Along with some other helpful additions…like some rocks 
Failed on all this criteria.
Conditions
The council will inspect your premises before giving you a licence. They may carry out additional inspections any time after it’s granted.
You must prove that you can meet the licence conditions. These include showing that the animals are:
kept in suitable accommodation
given adequate food, drink and bedding
visited and exercised regularly
protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease
protected in case of an emergency, like a fire
looked after by people who are trained to care for the animals
Why was a vet not called? Why no access to the garden?
Have some thoughts. 
Vale of Glamorgan Council said the sitter does not hold a dog boarding licence and police are investigating.
Not surprised in the least.
Hi
You are quoting the wrong statutory requirements.
I know you are upset by this incident, however facts are facts.
The dog was placed via an agency in the sitters house, not in a kennels.
Any formal action would have to be taken against the agency and the burden of proof is beyond all reasonable doubt and there are a multitude of exemptions in the statutory guidance
Thanks for making it clear, should not post when hopping mad.
I have to admit that I have looked into using people from BorrowMyDoggy, but have since been let down. I now have bookings with a licensed carer near me, who Holly adores. With regards to Rover and BMD, I don’t really see how sitters and borrowers can be fully vetted.
I read the article in full. That truly was a horrific incident.
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Truly shocking. Despicable dog sitter. I hope we never need to experience something like that.
I believe dog sitters have to belicenced if they board dogs at the sitters own premises, but don’t think they have to be licenced if they look after dogs in the owners home though.
I might be wrong though.
I do know I could never, ever forgive them though.
How that poor dog must have suffered, and even more so because of being a Brachycephalic (squashed nose) breed.
Hi
It seems horrible doesn’t it?
For a prosecution to take place it has to go
through legal.
In the case of the Police, it is the CPS who take the decision to prosecute, other agencies have their own systems.
In any event all prosecutions have to pass two tests.
Is there a reasonable chance of a conviction and is a prosecution in the Public Interest?
Let us imagine that in this instance legal is called Lorraine.
Lorraine is in her late ,30s, a very well dressed, very quietly spoken lady who has her own dog.
She is also nobody’s fool .
The conversation would go like this.
Defence Lawyer.
Bulldogs are known to have severe medical issues and short lives, in fact the recent view of the Veterinary Profession is that the breed cannot be saved in it’s current form.
What proof have you that the dog was fit and well when it was delivered to my client?
You allege that the dog died as a result of excessive heat.
Can you provide the post mortem proving this?
You state that the external temperature was 27C when you arrived.
You arrived during the day, it is colder at nights. What was the temperature inside at night?.
Case dismissed, accused gets lots of damages for malicious prosecution and the mental anguish they have suffered.
A little smile and then you would get
No Chance at all, I am not going to make myself look an idiot in Court.
Unfortunately, Swimmy, your scenario sounds all too feasible. All too often criminals get away with crimes because the CPS don’t want to prosecute - for whatever reason.
I would never leave my cats with a sitter - other than a neighbour or a family friend whom they knew and in whose company they were comfortable.
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I am a member of trusted house sitters although the truth is we have only done two because we are always off somewhere ourselves .
However when I have sat some ones else’s animals I am very careful with them . When I pet sit for my son the biggest worry for me is one of their dearly loved cats which roams and also follows the dogs when we take them for a walk . I am always afraid he will get run over . So I try to sneak out without him seeing us .
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Other than a long weekend in Norfolk a few years back, I haven’t had a holiday for at least 40 years, mainly because I won’t leave my dogs. If they can’t come, then I don’t go.
I worked in two boarding establishments when I was younger, and seeing how some dogs are once their owners have walked away . . . Nah, I wouldn’t do that to mine, especially my youngest who I don’t think would manage too well if she didn’t have me around.
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We understand Mups.
It’s very upsetting to hear about that, i didn’t read it but I believe that someone shouldn’t have a pet if they can’t look after it themselves. We’ve never been on holiday and we always think of our dogs first.
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You can go on holiday with a dog we do ,loads of people do .
We take him to Spain with us he went to the Dales with us last week he even came down the Blue John Mine with us !
A little harsh and unfair.
The dog was left so that he could get used to staying there ahead of a two-week holiday in Jamaica later this year. It was also cruel, for the recommended dog sitter to just ring, the least she could have done was go to the owner’s address and explain. Guilty conscience, maybe.
I would have thought to continue as a pet sitter, this lady would be anxious for people to hear her explanation.
Yes, you are right Muddy.
Lots of places accept dogs now, although lots of beaches don’t.
Dogs Trust have loads of nice holiday cottages, and the money they charge goes to their rescue animals too. Here’s a link incase anyone might be interested:
https://www.dogstrustholidays.co.uk/
My main trouble is, that I would never be able to drive hundreds of miles on my own to get there. Summer would be over long before I found my way anywhere! 
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I’d happily drive to the cottages, but Holly wouldn’t like it. For a few years she has become a very bad traveller. Tries to scrabble free and whinges. I swear it was because my sister braked hard a few years ago, causing the dog to fall into the back footwell (yes, she was strapped in). That’s my sister for you!! (I believe we came up here for the day for sis to collect her keys for the house she had bought.)
If she’s only small get her a travelling bag or cage .
Tried that. The cage is now in my spare bedroom.