in brief, been asked to put out feelers. Guy in cornwall, elderly, needs someone to house dog sit for 3 months , starting this xmas (!) while hes away. no idea about pay or anything else but if anyones interested Ill pass his details to you.
I would suggest that he goes to a company who does this as liabilty for anything going wrong would be with the sitter and so unless they have public liability insurance his pen insurance could be invalidated :-)