Dawn B.
Battle Creek, MN
Dawn B. has Star Sitter status
The Star Sitter program highlights responsive sitters who deliver highly rated care and have a history of listing accurate availability and preferences, making it easier for pet parents to find the best care for their pets.
Small Dogs Only - home 24/7
Pet care experience
This is a family run home business. 99% of the time Someone is home with the pups. We only take in small dogs about 14# or less such as Yorkie, Maltese ShihTzu and Poodles. Your pup will be under attentive care by a stay at home mother and her responsible daughter, age 18, son age 27 both who love playful dogs! we are careful when booking a group of pups, so they get along (old w/ old) (playful w/ playful) Your pup will be taken outside every 2-3 hours to do their business, walked, played with, cuddled, petted, talked to and loved. we have a double lot, trails nearby and a gated Sun Deck purfect for the pups off the kitchen. There's several dog beds around the house and a window perch for them to observe people walking their dogs. we have a doggie stroller for those pups who can't walk or don't want to! so they can still enjoy the outdoors. We even adopted one yorkie from a lady who moved out of the country and came back to visit her dog. he has since passed, but we gained a friend! ***** ROSEMARY PLANT KEEPS TICS AND FLEAS AWAY ****** PEPERMINT KEEPS SPIDERS MOSQUITOES AND ANTS AWAY **** BASIL OR LAVENAR KEEPS FLIES AND MOSQUITOES AWAY ***
Reviews
Our pups love going to Dawn's while we're on vacation! We get frequent pics and updates but are confident they're well taken care of regardless. This trip, we had a cancelled flight then ended up extending our stay and Dawn was easy very accommodating and able to keep them an extra day (Rover app made this process easy!)
We have been using Dawn for years, our pups stay with her every time we go on a trip because we know they will be loved and cared for. We also love that our dogs will get socializing time with the other little dogs she watches.
Thank you for your flexibility.
Dawn does an amazing job at caring for our pups. She always sends lots of photos and keeps us informed of their well being.
About Dawn B.
Communication
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Safety, trust & environment
I try to group them so if the first dog to book is an older dog, then I just only take older dogs that stay or dogs that I know will get along with older dogs… and The same for the young pups that are very playful. Occasionaly we get medical needs dogs and I do have separate areas around the house that are gated off I Call it the doggie sweet as it’s the two front rooms and my daughter would help out and be the caregiver for the shy, maybe a group of puppies that need to be on Pee pads, even a dog recovering from surgery I would use those gated off rooms.
Home
Information Dawn B. would like to know about your pet
non shedding dogs only please as we do have some allergies to ones that shed for some reason. Poodles, Yorkies, Shih Tzu, Maltese, must be under 15# we only take small dogs.
A typical day
we have plenty of toys and try to get pictures of the dogs to send to you showing how they are doing on “their Vacation” we have several bowls of water laying around the house change daily I try to feed dogs in separate areas I can’t guarantee that they won’t get each other‘s food in the end but we will do our best. There are plenty of toys to play with and we try to get them outside at least every 2-4 hours to pee unless there are used to using Pee pads, don’t be surprised if you see dogs in diapers as we have noticed some dogs mark more when there’s a group of pups. For winter we use our doggie deck it is gated and we have the grass pee pad out there also.
Services
Dawn can host
Availability
I’m Pretty much retired just doing this doggy daycare business, my daughter works part time and helps me most with the doggie daycare as her second job, I get jealous the dogs seem to love her more than me, my husband and son work and help out when they’re off work. I sometimes drive my daughter to a doctors appointments, we love to bring the dogs along if they don’t get carsick we have special seatbelts and harnesses for The pups if we have to make a run to the store and someone will always sit waiting with the pups.
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About Dawn B.
Communication
Skills
Safety, trust & environment
I try to group them so if the first dog to book is an older dog, then I just only take older dogs that stay or dogs that I know will get along with older dogs… and The same for the young pups that are very playful. Occasionaly we get medical needs dogs and I do have separate areas around the house that are gated off I Call it the doggie sweet as it’s the two front rooms and my daughter would help out and be the caregiver for the shy, maybe a group of puppies that need to be on Pee pads, even a dog recovering from surgery I would use those gated off rooms.
Home
Information Dawn B. would like to know about your pet
non shedding dogs only please as we do have some allergies to ones that shed for some reason. Poodles, Yorkies, Shih Tzu, Maltese, must be under 15# we only take small dogs.
A typical day
we have plenty of toys and try to get pictures of the dogs to send to you showing how they are doing on “their Vacation” we have several bowls of water laying around the house change daily I try to feed dogs in separate areas I can’t guarantee that they won’t get each other‘s food in the end but we will do our best. There are plenty of toys to play with and we try to get them outside at least every 2-4 hours to pee unless there are used to using Pee pads, don’t be surprised if you see dogs in diapers as we have noticed some dogs mark more when there’s a group of pups. For winter we use our doggie deck it is gated and we have the grass pee pad out there also.
Location
Maplewood, MN
Pets
Dawn B.
Battle Creek, MN