Janin W.
Janin W.
Contact for Boarding
from $100 per night
Highlights
Pet care experience
Puptastic Staycation @ Barkshire 🏡
🐾 Save $20 on your first Rover booking with my code: JW87502 🐾 Welcome to Barkshire Lodge! I’ve been momma to cats, kittens, puppies, and dogs for more than 30 years - the last few as a foster mom for a local animal rescue organization. In between, I’ve happily cared for our neighbors’ and extended family’s fur babies while they’re away or have relatives in town. I enjoy teaching all dogs new tricks and responsibly spoil our visitors to ensure they fold into our family dynamic easily with little stress.
Qualifications
Ratings and reviews
Janin and her family are the best! Diego loves to be with them and truly enjoys his time there, every time. They take such excellent care of Diego!
Janin is absolutely wonderful! She is incredibly accommodating, responsive, and so easy to communicate with. She always sends the best photo updates, which I love, and it’s obvious how comfortable and happy Tato is with her. Tato always has such a wonderful time and comes home happy and well cared for. It gives me so much peace of mind knowing she’s with someone I completely trust. I couldn’t recommend Janin more highly - we feel so lucky to have found her!
Janin took good care of Axl and sent us regular updates with photos.
Janin and her family provided the most exceptional care and love towards Lucy when we were away a half a month in Scandinavia leaving Lucy for the first extended time ever. The daily updates and seeing how happy Lucy was incorporated into Janin's family for those 16 days was so comforting - we hope Janin continues to do this help for many years!!
Janin and her family are amazing! My dog always has the best time there and always comes home happy and exhausted. They take wonderful care of him and I cannot recommend Janin enough.
Janin is great! Daisy loves to see her and play in her fabulous back yard!
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Schedule
My husband and I work from home which allows us to fully engage with your pup. We also have two children, the youngest being 11. They enjoy snuggling and playing with our visitors and are great at keeping them company.
Where your pet will stay
Home characteristics
Safety, trust & environment
📍 Upon check-in, all guests receive AirTags/GPS locators to wear for the duration of their visit. We live on five fenced acres with a smaller fenced in area as a backyard. During good weather, this gives us the opportunity to take walks and exercise safely multiple times a day. For rainy season exercise, we’ve converted our heated garage to an inside doggy playland. We also have a separate area inside our home where we can comfortably quarantine animals recovering from surgery or who might just be a little too shy in the beginning to jump in the mix. Our AC and wood floors keep pups cool and comfortable through summer and our cozy fireplace, blankets and pet beds keep them warm in winter. For your safety and ours: We require Bordetella, Distemper, Rabies, and a clean fecal test performed within the month to keep all our guests safe. Note also, our liability insurance prohibits us from taking guard/working dogs, namely: German Shepherds, Pit Bulls, Dobermans, Boxers, Akitas, Chows, Huskies and other sled dogs.
Pets
A typical day
Our days will be filled with exploring the sights, sounds and smells of our five acres. We’ll be outside anywhere from 2-4 hours a day depending on the weather. We have lots of toys, and playing fetch and chase are go-to activities for all our guests. In the evening, expect to snuggle up and hang with the family while we watch tv, read or play games.
- 0 to 15 lbs16 to 40 lbs41 to 100 lbsover 101 lbsUnspayed females accepted, neutered males onlyNo females in heatJanin can host up to 3 pets per night
- Please provide daily schedule, likes and dislikes, and any triggers your fur baby may have. Let me know also if they have any allergies. I’m adept at working with special need dogs (and cats!) as well as ones that are just a little quirky. We’ll crate at night if that’s what you normally do; otherwise pups can settle where they want at bedtime. And we follow your lead when it comes to routines, so just let us know what’s allowed and what’s not. Don’t hesitate to let us know what your fur baby needs! Please note the daily rate for daycare reflects up to 9 hours of service; after that boarding rates go into effect.