My love for dogs and cats (and all animals, really) has been a defining aspect of my personality for my whole life, from finding and rescuing a small cat at a playground in 3rd grade to excitedly exclaiming "oh wow LOOK AT THAT CUTE DOG!" from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle (apologies to the startled drivers). There's an Andrea Gibson poem where they referred to their dog as "my beating heart, with fur and legs," and that feels exactly right - whether my own pets or yours, I will love them as much as they'll allow. I'm here for anything from quick mid-day dog walks to hour-long jaunts on a trail for your dogs to joining your pets at your house while you're away. I have experience with sick and older pets, as well, and am the designated medication-giver in our own home. I've nursed a cat back to health from an animal attack via tube feedings, wound care, and multiple medications, and provided hospice comfort care for our older cat and dog in their final weeks. I've used Rover sitters for our own cats and dogs many times, and am very familiar with the anxiety that can come from leaving your fur-babies in someone else's care. (How many photos from a pet-sitter is too many? The limit does not exist!) I'm often the go-to pet sitter and dog-walker for many of my friends when they've been out of town, and have joined a former partner in being a Rover sitter in the past. I work from home running my own consulting business, so my schedule is pretty open and flexible. While I can't host in my own home - our own dogs are not always great with other doggos - I'm happy to travel just about anywhere in the greater San Diego region. I'm excited to meet and love on your babies! (Or, in the case of grumpy or shy ones, send love from the other side of the room while I refill their food dishes and scoop their litter.)