Joshua & Caz

Hi 👋 We are experienced house & pet sitters and very considerate carers of home and inhabitants, 15 years in on our journey together.

Joshua grew up on a farm on Great Barrier Island and Caz has worked with Lonely Meow rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming cats, including our two beloved, late cats: Mushroom and Simon.

Between the two of us we have a wide range of experience caring for animals of all shapes and sizes including: dog walking, farm-sitting; caring for cats, dogs, goats, cows, chickens and horses; feeding, minding, medicating, repairing water troughs and doing fence rescues etc; and rescuing, rehoming and releasing wild cats, birds, and a bali dog. 

We spend most of the year house and pet sitting in Wellington. Caz is an artist and ceramicist with Wellington Potters Association and Joshua is a writer and filmmaker who often works from home. Our furry friends can attest to the fact that writers make the coziest companions ;)

We love adventuring, learning and staying curious, and we enjoy making friends of both the human and 4 legged variety where ever we go. When we are settled in a home, we are quiet, contemplative, artistic people who love enjoying tranquil environments to reflect, write, enjoy good food and play guitar ...if there is one handy :)

We are very empathetic, honest and approach everything we do in life with a high level of integrity and consideration for the environment we are in, and we care deeply about the well being of animals, taking our obligations to the furry creatures of the house very seriously. 

Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to meet us, we are always happy to meet up and chat to see if we are the right fit for you and your furmily.

Cheers,

Josh & Caz

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*We have DISCOUNTED OUR RATES AS AN INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL since we have just joined.*

REVIEWS:

As we are new to Pawshake we are happy to provide references and reviews - Here is a sample from previous housesits on other platforms:

*****

"Caz and Joshua are 5 Star house sitters/pet carers and thoroughly lovely people. Can’t come more highly recommended. They looked after my house and pets so well, I came come to very happy pets and a very clean and tidy house. Excellent communication prior to and during the sit, allowing me to fully relax on holiday overseas. I really hope they are available next time I go away :-)"

SALLY - Houghon Bay

*****

"Josh and Caz were the perfect people to take care of our dog, cat, turtle and house while we were away. They really loved and looked after our pets - our dog Billie LOVED them and got daily walks on the beach and lots of attention. They sent us regular photo updates and communications while we were away, which was wonderful and really reassuring. Our house was immaculate when we returned. Could not be happier that we met Josh and Caz - they are just lovely, super responsible people. We wouldn’t hesitate to have them house sit again and would 100 recommend them for anyone else looking for a great couple to look after their pets and home."

CHRISTINA & GREG - Strathmore

*****

"Joshua and Caz were wonderful!! They kept us updated with photos of our beloved pets, while we were on our holiday. They are friendly and laid back, yet professional. We felt comfortable with them from the first meet up. The house was spotless when we returned. The animals were happy and had been well looked after. It was nice to go on holiday knowing our pets were being loved while we were away. I highly recommend these two lovely humans. They are genuine, honest and love animals. We will use them again for our next holiday, if they are available. Thank you Joshua and Caz!!!"

KARENA & GREG - Roseneath

*****

"Josh and Caz were awesome house sitters. Laid back, genuine nice people who took great care of our house and Molly. We got plenty of Molly updates with great photos while away. We then returned home to a nice and clean house and happy pup. We've already locked in another house sit with them and highly recommend them."

DANNY & KATE - Miramar

*****

Caz and Josh have just done a three-week sit for us, and in every respect it has been superb. Smitty and Java clearly loved them - they've been looking very peeved now they are on another sit! And we are delighted with the thoughtful ways they found to look after them, two very different dogs. And the house was embarrassingly cleaner and tidier than we'd left it. We all hope to see them again.

TONY & JENNY - Island Bay

*****

Josh and Caz are amazing hoomans says Merckx (2 yo Lab/GSP). I was loved, fed and walked - we even went swimming most days. My family say that they could not have wished for kinder, tidier and all round good people to look after me, my mate Boonen (giant Flemish bunny) and their house and garden. When they got back from holiday I could see how thrilled they were that the house was spotless, plants well cared for, garden tidy and most important of all, us, the pets were happy. In fact we miss them so much! Our hoomans say that Josh and Caz will come back again when they go away (Boonen and I can’t wait as we got spoilt with love and attention). Seriously lovely people and talented professionals. Highly recommended.

BEN & FRAN - Houghton Bay