Come to help feed cats and walk dogs! Professional "pet trustee" Do you dare to entrust it? The lawyer has reminded

What should I do if I am busy with work and don’t have time to feed my cat or walk my dog? Recently, some citizens discovered that there was a professional "pet companion teacher" (also known as pet tutor) on the online platform, which could help solve the problem of taking care of pets, but because they had to come to help with care, some citizens also questioned whether there were safety issues. The reporter investigated and learned about the situation and asked a professional lawyer to conduct an analysis.

All services: Help to see cats and dogs. 50 yuan packs of food, drink, defecation, and play

Recently, on the online shopping platform, searched for keywords such as "dog walking on behalf of others" and "pet companionship" and jumped out of many links. Randomly clicked on one of the links. The reporter found that the store provided dog walking on behalf of others, with a price of 30 yuan per half hour. At the same time, it also provided help to clean the scene after the dog "demolition of homes" and ventilate. However, the store stated that consumers were required to provide a vaccination certificate for their dogs, and only those who were non-aggressive were allowed to receive the order.

In another business link that provides door-to-door cat feeding, the other party indicates that it provides door-to-door cat litter, feeding and playing with cats, and the fee is about 50 yuan a day.

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"The peak consumption periods are mostly during the Chinese New Year and large holidays. Many people travel outside and ask us to take care of their pets." According to the store, most of the people who come to buy these services are frequent business trips. Because they are worried that their pets are not at home and no one will take care of them, some of them will even purchase monthly services.

The reporter learned from a merchant that the door-to-door service requires the buyer to provide the home key or door opening password. Although the staff will record videos when they come to the door, they promise not to move the items at the buyer's home at will. However, the reporter found that most of these stores were pet shop staff and did not report personnel to the relevant departments.

[Lawyer reminder] It is easy to cause property losses; breed safety hazards

The reporter contacted Xu Dong, a lawyer at Beijing Yingke (Xiamen) Law Firm for consultation. Xu Dong believes that the risks of pet home feeding services are mainly as follows:

First, pet home feeding services may cause safety hazards to buyers' property and pets, because it is impossible to ensure whether the people who come to feed have subjective malice to steal or damage their home property, injure or steal pets.

Secondly, this service may also cause personal safety hazards for pet owners in the future. After feeding the keys to the pet directly to the pet owner, if the pet feeder intentionally commits a criminal offense, he may directly copy the keys, which will facilitate the criminal offense and will pose serious safety hazards to the personal safety of the buyer and other third parties.

Third, the pet teacher provides door-to-door services and causes losses to customers due to negligence, such as forgetting to close the water, causing water to cause property damage to the house, forgetting to close the door.

Sign an agreement to verify identity  Strengthen safety prevention

While the companion pet master provides convenience for pet owners, pet owners should also continuously strengthen their awareness of self-safety prevention.

First, pet owners should not hand over the house keys directly to the other party. The keys are replicable. If the other party has an illegal purpose, it will pose a threat to the property and personal safety in the house. Reasonable methods should be taken, such as seeking a trusted family to keep the keys and supervise the pet feeding process.

Secondly, when accepting pet feeding services, it is very necessary to sign a written service agreement. It can clarify the rights and obligations of both parties, verify the other party's identity information, and actively promote the performance of the contract.

Finally, the market supervision and management department should increase supervision and management of pet home feeding service workers, formulate industry standards, improve practitioner identity verification procedures, and protect consumers' legitimate rights and interests from infringement