BEIJING - At Zhou Tianxiao’s hotel in Beijing’s northern suburbs, where room service includes belly rubs and squeaky toys, reservations are filling up fast as theZhou’s dog mansion is just one of many pet sitting services that has seen a welcome return to former levels of bookings since a semblance of normal life resumed.
“During the Spring Festival, people normally need to visit their relatives and friends and usually they can’t bring their dogs with them during those visits,” Mr Zhou explained. Included among them are thousands of clients from the pet-sitting platform Maoxiang, which means “Cat Alley” in English. Seven Sha, a 30-year-old cat sitter based in Beijing, told AFP she expects to make about 80 home visits during the holiday’s main seven days.