Patient, professional, and playful animal lover. Available to sit, board, walk, or drop-in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. **Covid safety procedures: masks, hand sanitizer, social distancing (plus boarding services in my single family home where we all recovered from covid the week of Dec. 10, 2020) Professional experience caring for dogs, cats, and rabbits at the East Valley Animal Shelter. Assisted with walking, brushing, feeding, cleaning, and showing small dogs to prospective families on site and at adoption events. Started as a volunteer for high school community service hours, and developed a passion and commitment lasting years beyond graduation. Long term foster experience caring for at-risk and ill/injured dogs. Provided a clean and loving environment, walked and played with dogs at their adjusted levels, administered food, water, and medication, transported to vets, groomers, and pet adoption events, helped ensure full physical and emotional recovery whenever possible. Long term personal experience as a life-long pet owner; including dogs, cats, hamsters, rats, guinea pigs, fresh and salt water fish, turtles, and frogs.