GETTING a dog sitter to look after your beloved pooch while you go away on a holiday is a challenging task.
You want someone that you love and trust and feel comfortable with to not only look after your dog, but ensure that your house is ok too.
Well, one man revealed that he asked his mum to dog sit for five days while he was away at a festival.
Out of all of the people he trusted, his mum seemed like a safe bet, but the man was horrified when he came home and realised that she had painted the walls, hung up her own pictures, and tossed his dog's bed into the mud outside.
The man took to Reddit to share his story and explained that he and his wife had recently moved into their first house together, and had needed his mum to look after their Great Dane while they went to a music festival.
He explained that he had paid his mum in advance for her services because he claimed she "needed the money".
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But he was left stunned when he returned home to find that she had completely wrecked the place.
The man also alleged his mum's boyfriend had a spare house key made while he was away, and also believes the pair may have pinched some of his and his wife's belongings.
In a post on Reddit, the man explained: "Last week, my wife and I travelled to a music festival for about 5-6 days.
“I hired my mum (she needed the money, I needed a dogsitter) to take care of things while we were away for an agreed-upon price.
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"We cleaned the house prior to leaving, left her with strict instructions for what to do with our Great Dane, stocked the fridge, wrote the wifi and desktop passwords down for her, and pre-paid her so she’d have some money.
"Fast forward to yesterday, we arrived to find lots of things had been done to our home and it sent me into a fit.
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“My wife and I are 30-somethings who just bought our very first house together, and it was remodelled to our liking."
The man then explained what had happened while he was away.
He continued: "Every wall in the house had been painted with a colour that did not match our normal paint scheme.
“The job was also incomplete and patchy in most areas.
“The previous paint was totally fine, and only seven months old!
"[There were missing electrical outlet covers, [and I] still don’t know why.
“[There were over] 100 cigarette butts in my rose potted plant out the front, and several items were missing or moved.
"Pictures [had been] hung [and there were] holes in walls.
“We did not intend on hanging anything yet until we decided on where we wanted things.
"A six-foot ladder was laid on vinyl records, destroying three of them in the process, our indoor dog bed was thrown in the mud, [and there was] duct tape found over the motion detectors and Ring doorbell.
"[A] spare house key [was] made by my mum’s boyfriend. Now I feel like I must change my locks.
"Not to mention the whole reason I needed her in the first place: the dog!
“He'd been left out back seemingly the entire time, barely fed, and his dog bed is caked in mud and rain – I feel it necessary to toss it in the bin now."
The man was understandably very angry with the situation and revealed the he "lost his cool" with his mum and her boyfriend over the damage they had done to his house.
However, his response was not appreciated by his mother, who believes he was being "ungrateful".
The man explained that he is now planning on changing his locks and cutting off all contact with his mum.
He added: "Naturally, I lost my head and my cool. I immediately started yelling about the fact that this is not their home.
“It was not okay for them to treat our home like it was theirs, doing whatever flight-or-fancy entered their brains.
"The entire time, my mother refused to accept responsibility for the actions, began to cry, and called me 'ungrateful'.
“I feel like I'm being gaslit by my own mother for being upset.
"Our relationship is now tarnished even further than it was, and my wife doesn't want her back here.
“The scenario has played in my mind countless times and I feel completely awful about yelling at her, but it's the complete lack of accepting responsibility on her part that has me fuming, on top of acting like nothing was even amiss."
In a later update, he said: "I have completely ghosted my mum and blocked her phone number.
“I have changed the locks and begun the process of fixing my home out of pocket.
“My dog is back to his chipper self and is scheduled for a veterinarian visit tomorrow."
Reddit users were left stunned at the situation, with everyone on the man’s side.
Many commenters suggested that he do more digging into what actually happened while he was away – such as chatting to neighbours.
One person said: "Covering the ring doorbell was to keep you from knowing who was in your house. I’d talk to the neighbours. Pronto. What did they see?"
Another wrote: "If you won’t sue her, send her an invoice to cover all the damage to your walls, the cost for hiring painters, the missing items, a new dog bed, a vet check up, missing items, any damage to your cameras, a locksmith, etc.
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"This makes me so f***ing angry. She’d be cut out of my life forever. What a violation.
A third stated: "You most certainly need to change your locks and install more cameras inside and outside. Something has been going on in your home."
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