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Pet sitting, cat sitting and dog walking across the Cascais area. Vanessa visits your cats and dogs in their own home — food, water, litter, play, cuddles and medication if they need it — and sends you photos and videos after every visit.
The sections
Five sections, one person you trust. Tell us who is staying home and we put together the visits around your trip.
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Cats
Cats hate moving house. With home visits they keep their routine, their sofa and their window — and still get company, play and affection every visit. Most of our readers are cat people.
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Dogs & company
Dogs, rabbits and the rest of the family looked after at home while you travel — meals, walks in the garden, medication, attention and plenty of mimo.
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Walks
Walks for the days you work late or travel: out at a steady pace, sniffing time included, back home with clean paws.
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Prices depend on the animals, the number of visits and the distance — ask for a quote by message or phone.
Travel guide
Four steps, from the first message to coming home.
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WhatsApp or phone: tell us who stays home, the dates of your trip and anything special — medication, shy cats, dogs who pull.
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Before the first job, Vanessa comes to meet you and the animals: routines, habits, food, medication, where everything is and the keys.
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Food, water, litter, play and cuddles — and after every visit, photos and videos so you can enjoy the holiday.
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Everything as you left it, the plants watered and the animals happy. Until the next trip.
She insists on meeting you and your animal family before to become acquainted and learn about your pets.
Care chart · Petnessa
Special care
Vanessa is a veterinary assistant. That changes what can stay at home: animals on medication, cats on fluid therapy, 14-year-old seniors who need a closer eye. She follows the treatment your vet prescribed and tells you exactly how each visit went.
“We know she has love, pampering and medical care, if needed.”
— Marta Ribeiro, Mallu
“Also with veterinary care — in our case medication and fluid therapy.”
— Catarina Rocha
“Vanessa herself is very profound in pets’ health, such a deep veterinary knowledge!”
— Anna Kornilova
Vanessa is a veterinary assistant, not a vet: treatment is always the one your vet prescribes.
Profile
Petnessa is a small family business based in Amoreira, Alcabideche, looking after cats and dogs across the Cascais area. Behind it is Vanessa — a veterinary assistant who never stopped being, first of all, a great lover of animals — with her family helping out.
“She treated our animals as if they were her own.”
The idea is simple: the animals stay at home, in their own territory, with no change of routine, and the family travels with peace of mind. Every visit includes play and cuddles, and every visit ends with news.
Many readers have been with Petnessa for years, several are foreign families settling in Cascais — Vanessa speaks English, even if she insists she doesn’t.
Some of our regular readers
Steffy · Hamza & Cleo · Shiva · Lua · Mallu · Philip · Caju · Vox · Rio
Photos of the week
Alcabideche · Cascais
Letters from readers
37 reviews on Google · the 30 written ones all give 5★
Read all the letters on GoogleReaders’ questions
Cats, dogs and other pets — rabbits included. Tell us who stays home and what they need.
Before the first job, Vanessa comes to meet you and your animals: routines, habits, food, medication, where everything is and how the keys work.
Yes — photos and videos after every visit, plus any messages you want in between.
No. Vanessa is a veterinary assistant: oral medication, fluid therapy and senior pets are part of the job — always following the treatment your vet prescribed.
The Cascais municipality, from our base in Amoreira, Alcabideche. Somewhere else nearby? Ask.
It depends on the animals, the number of visits and the distance. Send a message or call and you get a quote for your trip.
Yes — the plants can be in Vanessa’s care during the visits too.
Yes. Many of our families are from abroad.
Some families leave their pet with the Petnessa family — ask about availability for your dates.
Classifieds
Pet sitting in Cascais
Send a message with your dates and who stays home — you get an answer and a quote.
Phone
964 606 704Area
Cascais municipality · base in Amoreira, Alcabideche
Tv. dos Bogueiros 23, 2645-173 Alcabideche
Contact hours
| Monday – Friday | 09:00 – 19:00 |
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| Saturday – Sunday | Closed |
Visits follow your trip — agree the days with Vanessa.