I am available for dog, cat, and bird sitting. 🐶🐈🦜 I have owned several dogs; a bichon frise, a beagle/cocker spaniel mix, and currently a miniature Australian Shepherd named Grace and a lab/catahoula leopard mix named Brazu. I bathe, feed, walk, and administer medications to them. I have experience with using a pinch collar to discourage aggression towards people/dogs, and to encourage heeling during walks. I use positive reinforcement to encourage heeling, sitting, "stay" command, etc. by using training treats and lots of praise. More on pinch collars: When I adopted Brazu, who was found as a stray in Terre Haute, he was very aggressive on walks and would pull hard on the leash to the point where it was dangerous for me to walk him. I took him to First Friends K-9 in Fishers for a training session. They taught me that pinch collars are not harmful at all to the dog and merely "pinch" the skin on the neck, stimulating what the dog would feel if another dog was playing with him. The pinch gets the dog's attention. The pinch collar transformed my dog's behaviors on walks. If your dog is pulling on walks, I will not be able to take him/her on walks unless you are open to purchasing and using a pinch collar. It is dangerous for the dog and for the person walking when the dog pulls on walks, because 1) the person could fall, 2) the dog could get loose and run over by a vehicle. More on my dog Brazu: When I met Brazu at an adoption event, he came right up to me and sniffed my essential oils diffuser necklace and I fell in love with him right then and there. He was very thin (65 lbs) because he was a puppy and still growing, but also because he had gotten parvo. I met him at his very first adoption event, after he had been fighting for his life and overcame the parvo. Brazu had a limp, and they had found him as stray and named him "Mugs." I did not take him home with me at the time of the adoption event, but checked the Terre Haute Humane Society every day, ok several times a day 😂 for the next week. The following weekend, since I couldn't get him off my mind, I went and adopted him and changed his name to Brazu. Brazu loves his walks, he loves putting his nose on my arm to get my attention, and he loves doing the "Brazu shuffle," which is moving towards me and away from me with a really intense look in his face. The "Brazu shuffle" usually occurs when I ask him if he needs to go outside. Brazu also loves food, a little too much at times (kind of like me). He is a sneaky little mister and does it when I'm caring for my disabled daughter. He usually waits until he knows I am doing her g-tube feeding or changing her, and then "Mommy is busy, let me see if the crockpot is within reach!!!"