To Whom It May Concern, David has always been tuned-in to pets and animals. He has experience with dogs, cats, tree frogs, aquarium fish, tortoises, lizards, and guinea pigs. Examples of his experience are approximately 12 years of tortoise care, 17 years of cat care, and 15 years of dog care, including dogs adopted from rescue groups and the additional care and understanding needed in working with dogs who had experienced challenging early years in life. He has helped raise, care, and be in tune to the needs of different animals and animals tend to be very comfortable with him. We have utilized David for things like dog walking, cat play time, and long term pet sitting in recent years. For example, we travelled internationally for a month recently and during that time, David lived in our home caring for our Shetland Sheepdog and our African Leopard Tortoise. He took care of their daily needs for food, water, and gave our dog his medication. Additionally, he walked our dog daily and gave the tortoise his outdoor exercise time, weather dependent. Shetland Sheep dogs are somewhat prone to anxiety, especially when separated from their regular humans. David’s companionship, caring, cuddle and playtime as well as his presence made sure he was loved while we were gone. We have every confidence in David’s ability to care for clients’ animals.