Hello! My name is Emily, a professional petsitter and an acoustic folk musician who has been traveling and petsitting internationally. My partner, Jason, and I just bought a house in the Linover neighborhood in Nottingham in February 2024. During my work stays for my hosts in several different countries, I have cared for a variety of pets including dogs, cats, rabbit, chickens, cows, and fish. The philosophy I use in my petsitting business is to live within a gift economy model. The idea that makes this model work is that the more I give, the more the relationships can become very rich. This means that as a petsitter, I honor the homes I stay in as if they were my own. I serve the pets and pet owners as if I was offering gifts to my own family. OVERNIGHT CARE: A couple things for you to consider as you feel out if we’re a good match. At this time, I am only reserving overnight petsitting with clients who are comfortable with receiving from both me and Jason. Jason is also my music partner and so we work closely together. (jasonandemily dot com) I have found that having us both present during a pet sitting job offers the pets and pet owners the absolute very best care I can offer. On weekends, we have Jeremy, age 10, Jason's son. When he is invited to, he sometimes comes with us on overnight petsitting jobs, but it is never expected. (We bring our own bedding for him.) Jeremy is my little responsible partner on my petsitting jobs. At his mom's house he cares for 10 goats, 5 cats, a mini-horse and a pot-belly pig! In general, everyone in our family takes our petsitting business seriously and treats the homes and animals with high respect. In addition to my pet responsibilities, I also offer other housesitting services such as watering plants, picking up the mail, taking trash bins to the curb, etc. If you feel good about moving forward, I will be in touch with Jason and see how the dates work for him as well.