Am I Being Too Harsh?

Am I Being Too Harsh?

I have been using a walker from Rover for 4 weeks now. She was an hour late to our meet & greet, and in the strangest way (she texted me at 10 minutes late that she’d be a half-hour late; when a half hour came and went she was “5 minutes away”; then “almost there” at 45 minutes late, before finally showing up an hour after our original meeting time). I gave her the benefit of the doubt.

The first two weeks were fine. Then she didn’t show up on a Monday. I reached out to her and got no reply until the next morning Tuesday to say she’d been mugged on Sunday. She said she had to get a new phone on Monday and was too tired to text me and let me know what had happened.

Then this week, an hour before she was supposed to come by, she texts that she’s too sick. Okay, it’s that time of year.

The last straw was her doing a no-show on Friday. I texted her, and when she finally got back to me at 2:30 in the afternoon, she said she’d taken a Benadryl and overslept her alarm. She offered to still come by late at first, then said she was still too wobbly from the Benadryl and decided not to.

I want to be understanding that these are all extenuating circumstances, but my dog sat alone for 9 hours all of these days while I was at work. It’s not that she can’t be alone for that long, she just shouldn’t have to be.

When I spoke with the walker today and told her I think it’s best if I found somebody else, I feel like she tried to guilt me “I didn’t expect to get mugged or sick…” but I think the issue is the lack of communication and that my dog deserves better. Am I being too harsh?