dogsitter

dogsitter

English

Etymology

From dog +‎ sitter or dogsit +‎ -er.

Noun

dogsitter (plural dogsitters)

1. One who acts as babysitter for a dog in the owner's absence.
   • 1997, Karla S. Rugh, Miniature Schnauzers:

     In some towns, you can hire a professional dogsitter to come to your home...

   • 2009, James Endredy, Shamanism for Beginners: Walking with the World's Healers of Earth and Sky:

     I have had multiple dogsitters report to me that after many hours or days of being away from home, my dog would begin to act differently...

Hypernyms

• petsitter

Hyponyms

• puppysitter

Related terms

• catsitter
• dogsit
• dogsitting

Translations

one who takes care of dogs when the owner is absent

French: promeneur de chien (fr) m, promeneuse de chien f, dogsitter (fr) m or f German: Hundesitter (de) m, Hundesitterin (de) f Hebrew: מוֹלִיךְ כְּלָבִים‎ m (molíkh klavím), (please verify) שְׁמַרְטַף כְּלָבִים‎ m (sh'martáf klavím)

Italian: dog sitter m or f Romanian: îngrijitor de câini m, îngrijitoare de câini f Swedish: hundvakt (sv) c