What to say to lying dog walker?

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Sent home sick from work yesterday, still off sick today. DH messaged walker at 9am to say dog was fine (she had been ill last week)
Dog walker messaged back saying Perfect I'll be to take her out.
Comes to 12pm no walker, DH messaged again to say where are you?
She messaged back saying she'd been and gone from 8:45-9:45 and would be back at 2pm.
DH said that's not true and that I was at home.
Walker messaged back assuring him she'd been.
DH said he would be coming home to walk her as I was too sick to and not to bother coming back in the afternoon.
She maintains she had walked her.
SHE DIDN'T I WAS AT HOME WITH HER!
Anyway the trust is gone, Therefor she is going. How do I word this?
I know she's lied and doesn't obviously give a shit but I would like to hold my head up high walking past her knowing I was right and handled it correctly without flying off the handle.
Please wise women if mumsnet help me with wording a message.

@SarahJJBrown

DH and I have been chatting and we're half considering me taking Wednesday off to see if she'll appear.
I'm thinking her options are now
A: To pop my keys through the door on Tuesday when she thinks I'm at work.
Or
B: Just turn up on Wednesday as normal.

I'm 100% convinced she'll not try to gain entry to my house using the keys, she's just has way too much to lose to do that.
Plus we'll be here all weekend and my mum has offered to come on Tuesday when I'm at work so there's someone in the house.
If by Wednesday no keys and no appearance I'm going to her door for my keys.

Why not go into the vets and just say "hi X, i didn't hear anything back from you so i've popped in to collect my keys?"

What's the point playing games and setting traps for her?

In the nicest possible way, OP, man up!

Message her stating you need your keys back by (say) 5pm today. Not 'asking' for them.

Whatever happens in response to that, change your rating of her from five stars to zero and say, factually, why: 'This individual assured me several times she had been to walk my dog, but in fact I was at home unwell, with the dog, all day, and she did not arrive. She has not responded to messages about the issue. [I am still waiting, three days later, for the return of my house keys].'

End of. She's not worth spending any more time or angst on.

Have you actually old her that you are terminating her contract? The message you posted here just said that you knew she was lying, nothing about what is going to happen next. She might not be replying because she has nothing to say, and is taking it as a complaint rather than the ending of her contract. If you don't want her to come again, then you need to tell her that, not assume that she will know that and drop the keys by.

Yes, get the keys back and give her the opportunity to explain herself too F2F. It beggars belief people - who rely on trust - would lie. It's going to kill their business - bad news travels a lot faster than good.

Agree with others.

Don't wait or waste any more time on her.

She's had plenty of time to reply.

Tell her you are terminating the contract because of a serious breach of trust.

Ask for your keys back within 24 hours.

@flawlessjem I don't think many walkers can be registered with that website. Several counties don't seem to have any walkers registered at all including my own, and I know there are four other well established walking companies within a fifteen mile radius of here, as well as the usual number of fly by night one man bands that start up, realise that it's NOT money for old rope if you do it properly, and either stop again or cut corners like the horror stories we've heard too many of upthread.

In many ways I'm a believer in laissez-faire but the whole doggy industry is so riddled with bad practice now that I'm seriously in favour of bringing back the dog licence and using the funds raised to actually enforce some of the laws that are not observed and to clean up the disgraceful state some of the breeders are in. The Kennel Club and RSPCA are epically failing.

The trouble with dog walking is, anyone and everyone thinks it’s an ‘easy’ way to make money and that anyone can do it. It’s not and they can’t. I want to slap people that say ‘oh you’re a dog walker, what a lovely easy job’ no it’s bloody not, it’s stressful, days can be long and are v tiring.

OP I’m shocked that she hasn’t replied, that’s dreadful! No justification I guess!

seems weird she replied saying walked dog 845/945 even before dh contacted her and said dog was well enough for walks

I can't believe she's not replied!!

I don’t see any point in laying in wait as it were for her on Wednesday. Just message her and say you would like your keys back today as you are terminating any agreement between the two of you.

I hope she replies soon, I can't stand the suspense!

I think now she hasn't replied you need to take back some control. You need your keys back asap and let her know you are terminating the agreement. Can you do it by email rather than Facebook? Some people claim to have missed fb messages and it needs to be official.

How horrible for you OP and your DDog.

I would not be waiting around to see what she does next. I would send her one more text to say that I will be calling into the vet surgery to collect my keys then turn up and take them back. No need for any dramatics but she knows that if she messes you about it will make her look terrible at work so I reckon she may just leave them for you to collect.

She is a dick by the way.

Get your locks changed anyway if you don't trust her - with most house keys it's easy enough for her to get a copy before she gives you your key back

Any reply yet op?

Still no reply at all.
Sorry busy all day yesterday with my DD and the dogs and today have been on a course with work.
Once DD goes to bed tonight I'm going to send her another message to return my key asap or I'll be in to the vets first thing Monday to collect it.
Will let you all know the outcome.

That’s so awful. You would think that seeing as though it’s obvious what she has done and you know where she works and are likely to go there, that she would atleast have the decency to reply and apologise. Such a horrible feeling when you trusted someone so much and they let you down so bad. Yes please let us know the outcome xx

You're not near Plymouth are you, OP?

@babybubblescomingsoon

Just seen this post. I'm from Plymouth. Could you please PM or something with more info?

Thank you

youredeadtome i don't really know much but I remember a post not long ago on the gossip girls page about a dog walker not doing her job properly...

It was very similar to this.

What a pathetic question. This woman is a liar. Tell her in so many words, to piss off, and post a terrible review on "Checked and Vetted".

There again, the notion of keeping a dog and paying someone else to walk it strikes me as ludicrous. If you can't be arsed to walk it, why keep a dog at all?

oobeedoiwannabelikeyou

I'd just stick with a simple message of:
"Kthx FOAD bai."