I'm hoping this is just coincidence, but you may remember some months ago Milo had anemia. The cause was never found and it suddenly just went away, although I suspected and vet said it possible he had a stomach ulcer. At the same time I had a lady come in 2 days a week while I was at work to spend an hour with the dogs to break up the 4.5 hours they were left. Then I stopped her coming as my work hours changed so they would only be alone 2 hours before my daughter come home.
As I am now changing my job and working 3 full days I phoned her to restart coming again and I asked her to come in while we was at the funeral the other day.
When i got in from the funeral Milo had got the runs (he was fine before I left). I phoned dog lady to see if he had eaten something he shouldn't, she said no, not even out on the walk!.
I was not to happy she walked them as I had told her before, because of Shadys problems she is not to walk them, its too much of a liability and risk. She did say Milo had yapped constantly with excitement while she was in the house, but then Milo does do that when people come round and it has never given him the runs before.
Today 4 days later Milo goes out in the garden and starts eating dirt again, something he done avidly when he was anemic before. I checked his gums and they are deathly white, so it looks like its back again.
I feel awful saying it as it could just be coincidence. But before I had this lady Milo was fine, he gets anemic when I had her. It cleared up when I stopped having her and now she is back he is anemic by the looks of it again. It seems very strange. I also know this lady has been in hospital a couple of times with depression, oh and one other thing I wasn't happy about is I left her a note while I was at funeral asking that when she left at 1pm to give Milo the food I had left for him as he must eat little and often. She didn't give it to him,  Luckily I got home 30 mins later and gave it to him. She had seen the note as she had written on the bottom of it that they had both been good and taken her money that I had left on it.

I don't know if I should try to find someone else or if this is all coincidence, but i don't want my dogs suffering because of me working.

Sorry to hear Milo is having problems.  Personally for my own peace of mind I would try someone else, from what you have said she is not doing as you ask anyway, but if Milo is picking up bad vibes from her it's not going to do him any good.  Hope things work out for you.

If you have any doubts you need to find someone else. I have had the same dog walker for 2 years now and my relationship with her is almost as important as the relationship with my daughters childminder ( who is now in her third year with my girls). I have to have complete trust . I don't know about the coincidences you are reporting about but it would seem that you do not trust her, so your course of action should be to change her. JMHO I hope Milo will be back to full health very soon.

It may be purely coincidence of course, but I too would find someone else to call with the dogs while you are at work.  I trust my dogwalker completely and she takes that responsibility seriously; always carrying out my instructions to the letter and letting me know immediately if she notices anything amiss with the dogs no matter how apparently trivial.  I couldn't have someone around that I didn't 100% trust or who I suspected might be having an adverse effect on them in any way.

I hope Milo picks up again soon xx

at the end of the day even if shes not doing anything wrong your not comfortable with her. they are your family (because i know thats how we all see them) and she is going into your home.i'd say find someone else because it will always be playing on your mind. i know you probably feel like your over reacting and being paranoid but when it comes to those you love thats plenty reason to make a change.besides, she's not doing what you ask her to anyway!

With regards to the anemia i think  that is probably just coincidence, but if this person didnt put down the food you asked her to, and took the dogs for a walk when you specifically gave her instructions not to, then i would be looking elsewhere for a dog sitter. She doesn't sound like the sort of person i would like to look after mine. If shes that incompetant, what will happen next time? She forgets to shut the door and the dogs run into the road?? I just wouldn't take the risk. The idea of having someone to come in is so you dont have to worry about it. If it were me, i'd spend all the time away from the house worrying about she had or hadn't done. Hope your dog gets better soon :-)

Agree with Fred's mum re lady not taking notice of your wishes.  Also agree probably coincidence re illness as it seems a bit quick from lady's visit to Milo having such white gums.  I'm not a medical person but I would think these things take a bit longer to develop before there are obvious symptoms.

Don't use her ...Would'nt take the chance  your dogs are far too precious.

I went and placed an ad in a local shop this afternoon for someone else to come in and I have already had one reply. She is coming to meet the dogsand see me on Tue morning.
I think I will see everyone who rings and choose the one who I feel happiest with and perhaps if there are two nice people see if one will be a standby should the first one ever be sick or not able to come as there has been times when my current lady has been ill and unable to come or just not turned up . I cannot afford with such long days now to have nobody.
I just have to find a way to let my current lady down nicely and get my key back from her. I can't be horrible and say its because I don't trust her or she is not doing what I want.

Would she have needed your permission to get a copy made of that key?

I agree with Astarte, if you don't feel comfortable which you obviously don't and neither would I, then look for somebody else. You don't want to be saying in the future 'if only'. Good luck with the anemia X