For your pet's stay, I will ask you to provide all the items that you think your pet needs to feel comfortable here (e.g., bed, crate, food and bowls, toys, treats, collar and leash, poop bags, medication, etc.). I will also ask you to provide vaccination records and an emergency contact (for medical and other emergencies). In addition, I would kindly ask you to let me know if your pet has any health or behavioral issues (e.g., aggression toward other animals or humans, anxiety, fears, stealing food or other items, etc.) or just quirks that I'd need to address or watch out for. The more information you provide, the more pleasant and less stressful the experience will be for everybody! It could be also useful for me to know what kind of things your pet likes and enjoys, if your pet knows any commands, and if your pet has feeding, potty, and sleeping schedules that you want me to adhere to. In general, I try to accomodate the pet's needs and their owners' wishes/requests/preferences as much as possible. I am very dedicated to making your pet's stay safe and pleasant.

My house and yard are big enough for high-energy activities (e.g., playing with toys, running, chasing, fetching), and if you have an active pet, you can be sure that they'll get a lot of play time and exercise! There are some carpeted areas in the house, which is a great non-slippery surface for active movement. Likewise, your pet will get a lot of affection from me during the day: pets, rubs, cuddles, pleasant conversations and maybe a short song every now and then :). Your pet can also engage in window watching (either in the living room or in my office which has a lot of big windows and sunshine), they can watch me cook in the kitchen, they can follow me to a bathroom if they want, and we can relax together on a couch (sometimes this includes them also napping on my lap or beside me). For dog boarding services, I can also provide one longer walk or two shorter walks per day. Walking is a great activity for the body and the mind. For safety reasons, I always walk dogs with a leash on. When walking dogs, I am always alert, use caution and scan pathways for possible hazards (e.g., kids, bicycles, dogs or other animals, food scraps or trash on the ground, etc.) so that I can avoid them in time. On hot days or very cold days, I normally limit the outside time and try to improve the conditions as much as possible (for example, in the heat, I look for more shaded areas and give more (water)breaks). We don't use air conditioning in our home, but our basement stays very cool on hot days, so we just spend most of the time down there during such days. Due to this reason, if you're interested in using my services when the weather is hot, I would need your pet to be able to go down the stairs to the basement, or the pet would need to be light enough for us to lift them and take them down there. Also, if your pet needs to sleep on the same bed as me, we use a bedroom in the basement for this kind of sleeping arrangement, so the same expectation would apply here as well.