Highlights: - 11 years experience, professional animal caregiver - Works 5 minutes from home and can accommodate lunchtime walks/feedings - Large home with half-acre backyard surrounded by tall fence - Located 10 minutes from Dulles airport. Details: Animals, especially dogs, have always been my passion in life! I will care for your pup like I do my own because that's what I love to do :) I live with my husband, my father and our three pugs, Dudley, Nellie and Manly, in a large four bedroom home with an acre of land. The backyard is a fenced-in half acre with plenty of shade on hot days, where dogs love to run around and get all their energy out. I have worked at a vet, a pet store, as well as a small zoo, so over the years I've accumulated experience with animals of all shapes and sizes but dogs are my specialty and I love learning about their behavior and psychology. I work very close to home and set my own schedule so I can accommodate dogs that need care on a specific schedule. I can administer oral and topical medication as well as give subcutaneous and intramuscular injections. I'll pretty much stick to whatever schedule your dog is used to, we are flexible, and they will get lots of love and attention. Your babies will get the same treatment my babies get :) Why I love dog sitting I have always owned dogs and they have always been a huge part of my life. We treat them like members of the family because they are! Dogs make life better. Meet my pets Dudley, Nellie, and Manly are my three stooges. All pugs. They are 11, 8, and 9 years old so they don’t have a ton of play in them but they tolerate playful dogs and are used to having lots of dogs of different sizes and temperaments around. About my yard We have an acre plot, half of which is a fenced-in backyard. It's large and open with lots of room to run around and play catch or chase each other. It's bordered by very tall trees so they can get sun when they want it and shade when they don't. My dogs love to sunbathe on our lower deck. My experience administering medication I have experience administering pills, Frontline and other routine preventatives, taking temperatures and giving intramuscular and subcutaneous injections.