I am doing Rover.com because for several years I had to travel a lot for work, which I never would have been able to do without quality pet sitting services. Now I can return the favor! My goal is to provide a safe & happy environment for your dog while you are away as so many people did for me. I only take one dog at a time. I am also familiar with different training methods so your dog won't "forget" its manners at my house but they still will have a grand ole time! We have a lot of fun and games, but we do so constructively, safely, and happily. I've had dogs my whole life, and I take my care for them seriously. I work for myself, and I am generally never away from the house for more than 3-4 hours. I have always hiked with my dogs, and now I am even trying to surf with one of them! I've done agility classes, and life-skills classes for my dogs to work on good real-world behavior. It is a learning process for all of us! My dogs growing up were purebred (dalmation, vizsla, lab) & my own dogs as an adult have all been rescues, and I support several rescue organizations. I had two dogs for the last few years and recently my Sweet Ella Pie passed away. Mr. Fig loves to have visitors. I do have a cat, who is a pretty good judge of which dogs are OK to make friends with and which ones are not. My house has separated areas for dogs and cats so everyone is happy and content.