If you can find someone that will take better care of your pet better than I do, USE THEM. I do not do this just for the money, I do it because I love animals. I currently have a website that is only a pet care site and I'm very popular in my area with many returning clients due to the care I provide. With that being said, on my site I'm a little different in my pricing since everyone's situation is not the same and I'm very willing to negotiate the cost of my services, but on here please understand that an overnight stay is more expensive than on my site and I try and run off a 24 hour timeframe. If you drop your dog off at 9am and pick them up at 9am the next morning that's one day. If you would like me to care for your pet I would like to make sure we both agree on the price as to many times I've cared for a pet for less than a $1 an hour due to the way appointments are made here. I'm sorry I had to say that but I've been taken advantage of to many times on here. When I care for your pet I'm with them 24 hours a day, where I go, they go. If where I need to go doesn't allow pets, I don't go. I'm a legitimate 24 hour care giver and I try to entertain your pet or I want them to know I'm here for "them" while you are away so they feel more comfortable with you being going. If they want to play we play, if they want to walk we walk, if they want to sit out on the patio and people watch, we do that to. So why do I love animals, it's pretty simple, they don't talk back (usually) lol. I was privileged enough early in my life where my parents owned a farm and a home in the city, most every weekend we would be out at the farm, farming, lol. We had the normal critters and livestock, cats, ducks, geese, dogs, rabbits, horses, cattle, pigs, you get the gist of it. In my eyes, pets of all kind are family and when I own dogs they have the run of the house. At my home I attempt to make it as if they would feel comfortable in their surroundings. How do they get exercise, it's simple, depending on the dog, I usually will walk smaller dogs just down the the dog area at the end of my street, for larger or more excitable/hyper dogs, it's a whole another story as depending on the weather, I will walk them numerous times throughout the day and I typically will go 5 - 7 miles a day. Except for short potty breaks, I normally will take them for walks near where I live and there are plenty of parks nearby or just walking trails to keep them curious. I live in a very nice secure building, my apartment is 900 sq ft and my floors are concrete (it's a refurbished auto dealership and they wanted to keep the ambiance) so no worries about cleaning up accidents, the floors are cool year round and dogs just love them. I have a patio that allows both of us to sit outside and people watch, and yes I even do it during the winter when it's cold. Enough said, I could go on all day, suffice to say, I'm an animal lover.