Before you begin

Daily reports are required once per calendar day during a house sitting stay. Complete the report after you have finished that day's pet care, walks, home checks, and any scheduled home responsibilities.

Have one clear photo ready for each pet.

Know whether walks, playtime, and alone time happened that day.

Check the home before filling out the home checks section.

Leave notes when something was incomplete or needs context.

The screenshots in this guide use the SitSignal Test Account booking and stop before the final submit action.

Open the daily report from Bookings

Open the Bookings tab, find the correct client booking, and expand it. Press Details on the booking card.

Bookings tab showing the SitSignal Test Account future booking — Open Bookings and expand the correct booking thread.

Expanded booking sheet with a Details button — Press Details to open the full booking.

Start the report

On the booking details page, scroll to Daily report. Press Start daily report.

Booking details page near the Daily report section — Scroll down until Daily report is visible.

Daily report section with Start daily report button — Press Start daily report to open the three-step report flow.

Complete the Pets tab

Fill out every required field for each pet: seen today, mood or behavior, food, water, potty or litter, medications, and any needed notes. Select one photo per pet. Share extra photos in booking chat.

Pets tab showing Jake with required pet care fields — Start with the first pet and answer each required care field.

Pets tab showing Jake completed with a selected photo — A green check appears after the pet's required fields and photo are complete.

Repeat the same process for every pet on the booking. Press Continue only after each pet has a completed section and photo.

Pets tab showing Mia completed with a selected photo — Complete each pet before moving to Care & home.

Complete Care & home

Answer whether walks were completed. For house-sitting bookings, GPS-tracked walks for that report date load into this section automatically. If no tracked walks appear, select Yes and enter the walk count, each walk's duration, and distance manually to the best of your ability. Select No only when no walks were completed.

Care and home tab before activity and home checks are answered — Start by answering walks, playtime, and left-alone questions.

Care and home tab with walk details, playtime, and left alone answers — Manual walk fields appear when tracked walk data is not available.

If you provided playtime or enrichment, select Yes. If the pets were left alone, select Yes and enter the approximate duration. If not, select No.

Home checks and responsibilities

Complete home checks accurately: doors and windows, lights, thermostat, and visible damage or home issues. If there is an issue with the home, select Issues found and add details in Home issue reporting. If there are no issues, select No issues and leave the issue reporting box blank.

Care and home tab showing home checks before completion — Home checks and home responsibilities appear below activity care.

Care and home tab showing home checks and trash responsibility completed — Mark scheduled home responsibilities accurately and add notes if something could not be completed.

If a home responsibility is scheduled, it will show under Home responsibilities. Make sure the requested task was completed. If you were unable to complete it, leave notes explaining why.

Write the Summary

On the Summary page, provide an overall day summary. If the client needs to know anything before tomorrow, put that in the second box. If there is nothing urgent, leave the optional box blank.

Daily report Summary tab before required summary and flag are filled — The Submit report button stays disabled until required fields are complete.

Daily report Summary tab filled with No action needed selected — Select the proper client communication flag before submitting.

Choose the correct client communication flag: Client notified of issue, Client response needed, or No action needed. Review the report, then press Submit report.

Tips

What if I cannot complete a requested task?

Mark the task accurately and leave notes explaining what happened. Do not mark a responsibility as complete if it was skipped or could not be done.

What if there is a home issue?

Select the relevant issue category, describe the issue clearly, and attach photos if useful. If there is no issue, leave the home issue reporting box blank.

When should I use Client response needed?

Use it when the client needs to answer before the next day of care, such as approving a change, clarifying instructions, or responding to a concern.

How sitters submit a daily report on SitSignal