hello! my name is Jessica. I currently do not work, I am a stay at home mom, so I am always available. I absolutely love animals, I grew up with a golden retriever, then when I moved out of my parents house and got my own house, I started to foster for a local shelter that helped rescue animals from high kill shelters in other states, I fostered many puppies and dogs of all ages, but there was one special one that I fell absolutely in love with because the connection was undeniable, when I took in a 8 week old puppy that was very sick and they weren’t sure he was going to make it, the first few weeks were very hard, but I did everything that I possibly could to help him and he pushed through it and beat the odds, what we had was special and I couldn’t give that up so I ended up adopting him, I named him Hurley. I continued to foster and a year later I took in another dog that was about 2 years old, I ended up having another special connection with that dog, I ended up adopting her, I named her Roxy. I saved her and she saved me from one of the hardest times in my life and we became inseparable. Despite Hurley having a lot of health problems, I gave him the best possible life I could, and even though he wasn’t here for long, I know he lived his best life. Roxy unfortunately passed in January 2021, that destroyed me and left me heartbroken, and that is when I left my job and decided to become a stay at home mom again. I have an 11 year old son, who stays with me part time, as his dad and I have 50/50 custody, he’s very good with puppies and dogs and absolutely adores them, he loves to keep them busy and play with them as much as their heart desires when he is here. In January of this year (2022), my fiancé got me a puppy for Christmas, her name is Aria, she is currently 11 months old, she is a black lab, full bred. Aria is super friendly and playful and loves other dogs and puppies. I’ve got experience with it all, from pet sitting, walks, and boarding with dogs of all ages and sizes, I’m also able to administer medication to dogs of all ages and sizes. Any and all instructions you leave for me will be followed with the utmost care to keep your pup happy! I am available all the time. I’m usually always home, and when I do run errands, it’s not until my fiancé comes home from work so Aria is never alone. Aria and I start our day at 6:30am, I take her out in our backyard to let her go to the bathroom then we come back in and snuggle up for a little while watching tv, at 7:00am I feed her breakfast. At 8:00am I take her outside in our backyard for some playtime, we usually stay outside for a half hour playing, she comes in and naps for a while and that’s usually when I’ll get stuff done around the house. She usually wakes up from her nap around 10:00/10:30am and that’s when I’ll take her back outside to go to the bathroom and if she’s up for it we’ll play for a little. Aria is well house trained so she’ll always let me know when she needs to go out and I let her out. During the day we get lots of playtime in and just hanging out. Being that she’s still a puppy, she gets fed 3 times a day, so at noon, I’ll feed her lunch. My fiancé gets home from work at 4:00pm. Around 6:00pm my fiancé and I will take Aria on a walk, the time of the walk always varies. I feed Aria dinner around 6:30/7:00pm. Then we just usually hangout for the night and will let her out when needed. We usually go to bed around 10:30/11:00pm. Aria is crate trained, and sometimes she still chooses to sleep in her crate at night which is in our bedroom, and other times she’ll sleep in her bed that is also in our bedroom, or sometimes she just sleeps on the floor or in our bed, I’m able to accommodate any sleeping arrangement that you would like so your pup is able to sleep happily and comfortably. I will always follow your instructions and I’m always able to adjust accordingly to fit those instructions into our daily routine. We have a fenced in backyard with lots of room to play. We live on a dead end street and we’re the second to the last home on the end of the street so it’s pretty quiet. Our home is still mainly puppy proofed, with no cords that are accessible and we have baby/puppy gates in a few places to ensure safety, being that we live in a two story house, stairs and dogs scare me unless i’m there to watch, so i always keep the gates at any of those points to keep Aria off the stairs so she doesn’t end up playing on them and getting hurt or anything. I try to keep our home as clean as possible but it’s a bit hard during shedding season, and with a puppy that loves to play in dirt/mud, that tends to get tracked into the house sometimes as well.