I provide high-quality, expert-level care in the form of specialized dog walks, interactive & immersive cat drop-in visits, and truly professional pet stays. When I stay in an owners’ home, I follow the pet’s routine exactly so they feel loved and avoid anxiety and separation issues. My aim is for the owner to return home to a calm and happy pet with the home looking exactly as they left it. I am selective about my home stays so I don’t do too many in a month - I want to show up with a lot of energy and attention for the pets I care for. I grew up in a pet-friendly house. My childhood dogs were our steadfast Doberman, Buck Thorn, and our hyper yet loving Australian Shepherd, Shayneh. I also had a cat, Pixel, who lived to be 24 years old! From an early age I was tasked with walking and feeding our dogs, and cleaning up after them. Pixel was “my” cat because she truly imprinted on me and only chose to sleep in my bedroom - she even moved with me when I left my childhood home. When we adopted Shayneh as a puppy, I was the one who took the time to teach her commands and agility tricks even though I was only a kid. I also bred and raised rabbits and rats as pets. As an adult, my first order of business after buying my first home, was to adopt a dog. I found a one year old Border Collie Aussie mix that I instantly fell in love with. I named her Calliope, Callie for short. Callie was my nonstop companion for the next 13 years and she went from being a semi-wild stray to being so well-trained and talented that people would always stop me to ask for my training secrets. After she passed, I filled the giant hole in my heart by pet-sitting and walking other people’s fur babies and over time, grew a pretty solid clientele of regulars, both dogs and cats. My specialty is dog-walking. I make sure energetic pups get long, fast-paced walks and take my time with elder and small dogs. I allow lots of time for sniffs and fully immerse the dogs in their neighborhood. I also provide half-day dog adventures and hikes. I provide training to the dogs I walk to improve leash skills and encounters with other people and dogs. I’m very intuitive and sensitive to dog behavior, and pride myself on being able to communicate and connect with the animals in my care. I currently live in an apartment with my two cats so I’m unable to board pets. I provide overnight care but limit pet-stays to about two per month to be able to provide a high level of care without burnout. I’m known in my neighborhood as the lady with the two super cool cats because I’m always out walking them in their own harness & leash and basically have trained them to be like dogs!