For several consecutive years (starting June of 2018), I'd been Wag! certified and served over 500 assignments, achieved several badges along the way and made the final decisions about the platform after much deliberation of the company's tech standards for sales versus quality of service to caring families. As per my pet care moniker, however, the real start came in youth. When my little sisters & I were growing up, we started our own dogsitting and walking business locally with our neighbors. It was a great experience, plus we were raised around cats at home so this gave us a chance to get to know some pooches! We helped give dogs their medication and kept them busy playing until pooped. As I entered adulthood, I lived independently with roommates, and we had our pet cats and dogs amidst our everyday lives, of course. There was also a time in my early twenties when I formerly had a relationship with a partner who had gotten us a boxer puppy. We raised him into an adult with my 2 young cats and his 2 elderly cats. He had a very busy career life with 12 hr shifts for 7 days straight at times, so I did much of the training of our boxer pup together =) I have had the chance to pet sit for friends, roomies and coworkers, and oversaw a kitty adoption center at one point too. When it comes to animals, I've always been the one to know the specific species names, habits and habitats, and other details of animals. I have always been "the one at the party who wanders playing with the pets" haha. Now my inherent animal nerdiness can be your practical solution! And mine too =D Take full advantge of my abilities to be pet whisperer & let's make some tails wag~~