Petsitting dilema.

[PigWittington]

My aunt asked my 18yo daughter to petsit for her during the summer holidays. Its a 7 night holiday and DD was to stay at her house minding her 2 dogs for £140.
Unfortunately one of the dogs passed away of old age a few weeks ago and my aunt has now messaged my daughter along the lines of 'I was paying you £140 to watch 2 dogs, now I only have 1, can I pay you half, £70'

I don't really know what to say to her. I understand she based the amount of what it would have cost to board 2 dogs at a kennel but DD is still doing all the same things, staying away from home for 7 nights. Feeding. Walking etc.
Plus DD needs to feed herself whilst there, will be away from her friend group etc.

I don't really know what to advise.

So. Have you spoken to her?

As a pet sitter, you should know that the average price is between £50-£65 per day for 1 dog.

What would a "professional" sitter offer that the OP's daughter can't?

What a nasty cheap skate

So what would your aunt have done if the older dog had lived a couple more weeks then ended up passing away whilst she was on holiday(let's say a day or two into the week)? Your daughter would have been looking after an essentially dying animal aswell as having to deal with what to do with a dogs body for a week whilst the aunt was away on her holiday. Would she have then said well now there's only one dog I'm halving your payment?shes got a cheek thinking she should pay someone so low to look after a dog that could pass at any time

That’s crazy to me, looking after one or two dogs is pretty much the same, so why would she and to half the money.
Just say no!