Many pet-sitting services have seen a welcome return to former levels of bookings since a semblance of normal life resumed. | AFP
“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,” Zhou explained.“And we have a swimming pool. For dogs being sent here it’s like having their own holiday,” he chuckled.
Included among them are thousands of clients from the pet-sitting platform Maoxiang, which means “Cat Alley” in English. “When the pandemic situation was severe, people just didn’t leave their homes. We were badly affected because there wasn’t much demand,” she said. “My workload during the Spring Festival is saturated every day… I have to work from early in the morning to late at night,” she said.Pet ownership in China has soared as the country’s middle class expands rapidly. In 2022, there were nearly 100 million pet-owning households.Media in Shanghai reported that a single night in some pet-sitting establishments was priced at 1,000 yuan , well over the average price of a hotel room for a person.
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