Our home is in Santa Fe, NM. We will need a sitter for only 9 days this time, but would love to find a long term, reliable house sitter that we could use repeatedly.
Santa Fe is a wonderful place. It has music, food, culture and loads of world class art. People visit to see the art galleries on Canyon Road or to visit the historical areas of Pecos.
In the past, we just locked the doors and left, but we have acquired a dog named Elouise who is the apple of our eye. Elouise is a goldendoodle and we usually start our day by taking her to the dog park which is very close. After her ball chasing and playing with other dogs, she is just a layabout. We often leave her for 2-4 hours at a time. She has to stay inside when left as Santa Fe is a bit of the old west including coyotes and bob cats. She is our biggest concern and we think that staying in familiar surroundings would be better than a kennel.
We just finished building our house a couple of years ago and it has tall windows viewing the Sangre de Cristo mountains. It is a very special place and we think, beautiful.
We definitely would require a very responsible individual or couple with strong references as Elouise is a member of our family.