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 (fr) 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, guardacani m or f (informal), badacani m or f (informal)
• Persian: سَگ‌گَردان
• Romanian: îngrijitor de câini m, îngrijitoare de câini f
• Swedish: hundvakt (sv) c