Isabella S.
Isabella S.
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Highlights
Pet care experience
unleash in a happy safe pet haven
I've had my own dogs since I was 6. We had 2 basset hounds that taught me responsibility starting from a young age. The responsibilities included, bathing, feeding, grooming, walking and playing with the dogs (with some help for the first couple of years since i was so young). Then when I was in high school I started watching my teachers pets which included a cat named Daisy who I would feed, clean the litter box and cuddle with. Then a dog named Hollywood who was on the older side and needed to be watched for seizures, given medicine, fed, and walked. I also house sat during the duration of watching those pets throughout the day and sometimes over night. Then I watched a dog named Dallas who would come to my house for weeks at a time and I would feed, bathe, groom, play, walk and sometimes go to the dog park during the week I would watch him. I used to have a holland lop eared bunny who i took care of 24/7 and did everything thing for including the vet and nail clippings. I have a pretty flexible schedule and could do ongoing long term pet sitting and arrange my hours as needed. My main job is to you and your pet.
Cat care experience
Isabella also cares for cats. Learn about their cat-specific care experience.
Qualifications
Ratings and reviews
Thank you Isabella for taking such great care of yuki this past weekend . You did a great job !
Isabella watched our two beagles and did a fantastic job. She provided pictures and updates frequently. We will hire her again!
Isabella did a great job watching my dog.
We always appreciate Isabelle 's care of Ruby!! Thank you so much!
Fantastic!
Thank you so much for keeping Ruby! It's great knowing she's safe and well taken care of so we can enjoy our family time. We will count back again and again!
Calendar and availability
Schedule
I am currently a stay at home mom with my children. I am good with either long term durations or just a quick trip to watch your fur baby at my home or yours. I do not currently spend the night or the whole day when doing house sitting jobs due to me having small children but usually for house sittings I go to your home about 2-4 times a day depending on distance and what you are wanting. I usually go around 7/8 in the morning, then 12/1 in the afternoon and then 6/7 in the evening. For the morning and afternoon checkin i usually stay at your home for about 30 minutes to an hour because i do have my children with me at that time and don't want them to get into anything in your home and in the evening i usually stay an hour or two because my husband will be home watching our kids at that point and i can go alone and stay a while. I am super flexible on time since i don't have another job that requires me to work outside the house.
Where your pet will stay
Home characteristics
Safety, trust & environment
I live in a 3 bedroom house with my husband, my 4 year old son Landon, my 2 year old jamie and my dogs Brandi, Ash and Simba and my cats Cappy, Suki and Tinkerbell. We have all dog and cat things so if you forget something I am bound to have it. We have a fenced in backyard with lots of dog toys and the front yard is super big and i have a long leash pole to just sit outside and play a while without having to be on a short leash.We prefer crate trained incase dogs need to be put up at night for no accidents or unwanted destruction and our dogs are also crate trained to for night time. Since i live right off of a busy highway and my neighbors let their dogs roam the neighborhood a lot unsupervised i don't walk dogs down the street but I do let them out back in the fenced in back yard about 5 times or more a day and anywhere from 15 minutes to and hour depending on weather of course. I have tons of toys and treats also. We have bigger outside kennel fence within our backyard wood fence just incase the dogs need to be separated and a couple gates to separate areas in my house incase your pet hasn't been around children so they have their own areas to relax in my house without my children trying to pet them and what not. I ALWAYS keep a close eye when any dog is playing around my children even if they have been around children before because you just never know what might happen. I also only introduce my pets to other pets if the stay is longer then 3 days and when my husband is home and we do one dog at a time in what i call a "neutral safe territory" with slow calm introductions. By that i mean there are no toys, food, or anything i believe a dog would fight over and my kids are never present for it because they can be loud and i do not want them to scream and spook either dog. Our dogs Simba and Ash do great with meeting any dog in any kind of way, it is just our other dog brandi can sometimes be reactive or protective so we take extra care when introducing our dogs with other dogs but we can always keep them 100% separated if we feel the dogs wont mix well and that is ok too. I have watched many dogs who don't get along well with other dogs and was able to safely and securely keep them apart. I also never discipline a pet for having a potty accident in my home because I understand they are in a new environment with new people, sounds and smells and they need time to acclimate to my family and I. And if you tell me ahead of time your pet is not potty trained yet, or on the older side or yall are still working on the potty training process for whatever reason, as long as i know before hand, it won't be an issue and i can help keep up whatever method of training you are implementing or if its an old dog to just be ready for accidents.
Pets
A typical day
I have many toys for all size ranges of pets. I love playing tug a war and my children and i love to play fetch with the ball. I have brain games where i put treats in special toys they have to figure out how to open or balls they have to figure out how to get out. I also always practice walking beside on the leash (if we go on walks) and not pulling and learning to sit before we go out the door.