If watching pets in your home, I am capable with almost any size, breed, and temperament. This is the ideal scenario and is recommended. We do offer boarding in our home as an alternative, and are quite proficient if that is your preference. Our townhome and routines allow for dogs of all ages up to a maximum of roughly 60 lbs. Unfortunately Rover doesn't provide a lot of granularity in this area, and groups 41 lbs puppies with 99 pound dogs capable of pulling a sled. With that in mind, I love big dogs, but will have to decline nearly all *boarding* requests in our apartment for dogs over approximately 60 lbs, 65 max. (Again, if dog/housesitting at your place, any size is A-ok). Prior to taking care of your pets, please inform me of any medications or special needs for keeping them happy and safe. Ditto for any triggers, dogs prone to potty/vomiting in the house, marking behavior, cats that like to claw humans or furniture (an occupational hazard haha, I just like to be aware beforehand), etc. None of the above necessarily exclude me from taking care of your pets. This info enables me to better mesh with their individual personalities . For example, I'm used to puppies and potty accidents (I always have a mop at the ready for our wood floors and protection mats for our rug). The occasional accident is okay! On the other hand, **if I'm left unaware** and a pet begins tearing up my home, shows almost zero signs of potty-training, or something similar, I may have to add additional charges. Luckily that hasn't happened yet even with one puppy who spent weeks in my home peeing all over the place (at least it was pee not poo and always on our hard floors/tile and not rug/couch/etc).

We start mornings off usually around 7-8am. Depending on the routines of our visiting dogs, we usually encourage dogs to drink water and then take them out to potty. This is followed by a play session, walk with lots of sniffing opportunities, or visit to one of the nearby parks. Dog parks are an option too if you approve. Next is breakfast followed by an hour or two of downtime to let their stomachs settle. Depending on your fur kid’s temperament, age, breed, etc we usually engage in more exercise/play/training ending with a calming routine where dogs chew on something age/size appropriate to relax. For dogs that want or need a less active routine we keep it mellow with lots of cuddling or massage. Then it is off to bed for naptime and we repeat a variation of this schedule in the afternoon/evening. Puppies usually get extra playtime, senior dogs are typically more discerning about what they do/don't want, and ALL pets get tons of massage, cuddles, and attention unless they're the rarity who likes being left alone. New environments can be stressful for animals, we try to minimize that by giving them whatever it is that they need (and hopefully a good measure of what they want, too).