Your pup or pups will be happy with me! ME: I'm a recent UW grad, moved to Seattle the years ago after working abroad for several years and being in college at UNC. I live in the Central District and can travel by bus or bike to your house; no car, sorry! My house has a lot of people in it and no pets are allowed, so I would need to watch your dog(s) at your house. I can't wait to dogsit in Seattle. EXPERIENCE: I first began dog sitting in North Carolina and Kansas where I grew up, starting in 2004. I also helped raise a dog for 16.5 years (we were like sisters) and volunteered in college with the Helping Paws animal rescue group and at the Orange County Animal Shelter in Chapel Hill, NC. I took large and small shelter pups out for walks, taught them to sit and stay, gave them love especially if they had been strays, and brought them to the UNC campus to cheer up both dogs and stressed college kids for "Puppies in the Pit" de-stressing events. When I moved back to Wilmington, NC, I went to Paws Place rescue and fostered a beautiful hound dog who couldn't walk on a leash when I met her, and taught her how to walk calmly and partially potty-trained her. She was overweight so I brought her to the dog park to get exercise and she became so muscly and healthy. I got to know her personality and adorable habits, and wrote about her online. She was soon adopted! When I worked abroad in a shantytown in Peru for 2 years, I chatted up the street dogs and gave them my lunch leftovers even though I could not usually safely pet them because they had lots of fleas, parasites, etc. :/ I brought a very sick street dog to the vet once, a pretty challenging task that involved a generous taxi driver and several of my coworkers and the neighbors to catch this pup. In the hot summer, I convinced my coworker to walk around with me through the neighborhood leaving out water for the street dogs. Basically, I really love dogs and I know how to care for them and understand their signals. They cheer me up and make me laugh. I usually say hi to strangers' dogs on the street, as though they could talk to me. :) I'll give your dogs attention, cuddles, exercise, and love!