Mindmypet.cyou (originally Mindmypet.org) was launched in 2010 with the aim of bringing pet owners and non-commercial pet minders together. Before setting up MindMyPet we had been involved with an animal rescue organisation abroad, helping with the international adoption of a disabled wheelchair bound dog in Russia, called Tuzik. Tuzik has since passed but from a life of relative misery at least t
he last couple of years of his life were spent in the kind, loving and cared for environment of the Pets With Disabilities centre in Maryland in the US. There is an RT (Russia Today) video news piece on Tuzik at our website. We have a Yorkie of our own and realise the potential benefit of such a site. We thought it would be a good idea to try and set up a site such as MindMyPet - we thought that if we would use such a service then others might also (the only problem was that no such service existed at that time!) So, here we are - if MindMyPet helps folks that's great! Seven years after launching the site, in 2017 Mindmypet.cyou extended the service to cover other English speaking countries and territories such as the UK, as well as the Isle of Man, Channel Islands and Gibraltar. At MindMyPet you will be able to search for someone to mind your pet for free or you will be able to offer to mind someone's pet for free, of course there will be incidental expenses such as food etc. Reciprocity is the name of the game: responding to a positive action with another positive action. Not everyone who seeks a pet minder will be in a position to in turn mind a pet but that is the aim. Also there will be folks who can mind a pet but who themselves perhaps do not have any pets. There could be someone in your own area, even on your own street possibly, who could mind your pet but very often you may not even know that - that's where MindMyPet can help. The site is totally free, there are no membership charges whatsoever. When you register as a member you can upload photos and videos of your pet(s). MindMyPet was the first service of its kind in Ireland, since then other similar services have been launched, however, these other services are commercial. MindMyPet started as, is and will remain a non-commercial, free service. The aim of MindMyPet is to benefit pet owners and their pets, not to make money. MindMyPet is essentially a community service, not a commercial enterprise.
