Karla D.
Hillcrest, FL
Fur, Feather & Scales, Lover of all
Pet care experience
Serving Murry Hill, Riverside, and Westside Areas Only 🐾 Experienced with: + Senior pets + Multi-pet households + Medication administration + Reptiles, birds, and fish I’ve been a professional pet sitter since 2015 and truly love every aspect of what I do. My wife, Shannan, is also a Rover sitter and shares the same passion for animals. Together, we’ve cared for our own pets throughout our lives and have had the privilege of supporting friends and family with their beloved animals as well. We feel incredibly fortunate to be a team that shares a deep love and respect for all animals. You can trust that your pets will be in kind, capable, and attentive hands while in our care. Currently, our home is shared with 7 dogs, 3 cats, 5 chickens, 1 lizard, and 3 snakes. After experiencing the loss of a few cherished pets due to age and illness, fostering a mom dog and her 12 puppies brought healing and joy back into our lives. Now that all of our fosters have found forever homes, we’re excited to have more availability to care for our pet-sitting clients.
Cat care experience
Karla also cares for cats. Learn about their cat-specific care experience.
Reviews
I can’t recommend Karla enough! She took excellent care of our dogs while we were away for the weekend. From the start, she was professional, responsive, and clearly experienced with dogs. Ava can be a little anxious when we’re gone, but Karla kept us updated with photos and messages every day, which gave us total peace of mind. When we got home, the dogs were happy, calm, and clearly well cared for. We’ll definitely be booking again!
Karla took great care of our dogs and was an excellent communicator. Will be using her again!
I have been travelling a lot for work this year and knowing Karla is taking care of my 2 cats gives me peace of mind! The cats love her and she is awesome with communication, photography, and going above and beyond!
Karla remains my go-to sitter for my cats! Thank you for the wonderful pictures and responsive communication -- as always!
About Karla D.
Communication
Skills
Safety, trust & environment
My wife works FT during the week. Her schedule requires that she leave early in the AM. I am currently working PT however I begin work much later in the morning and off by 3pm. My schedule fluctuates and I will update this when the hours change (I'm in healthcare). While our jobs do limit our availability during the weekdays, the weekends afford us much more time tto spend in homes and on care visits.. **PLEASE NOTE: if your furbaby needs mid-weekday drop ins, we cannot at this time.*** This is something we always discuss with the owners prior to booking. We do this as a team and love what we do! Our clients become our family and we cheriah that.
Home
Information Karla D. would like to know about your pet
It is important that the dog not be dog aggressive if I will be providing care in my home as we have our own dogs. If the dog has any maladaptive behaviors this MUST be disclosed prior to booking.
A typical day
Our dogs love to go on walks through our neighborhood but really enjoy playing in our large fenced in back yard with plenty of space for exercise and play. We recently built them a dog park in our back yard. It includes giant tires to climb on, a sandbox and little bridge they can go over or under.
Services
Karla can host
Karla can watch in your home
Availability
We are both AVID animal lovers & advocates for animal rights. I believe in good communication & like to take pictures/videos throughout your pets stay to not only ease any worries that you may have but also I know just how important it is for the human spirit to see your babies while away from them!
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About Karla D.
Communication
Skills
Safety, trust & environment
My wife works FT during the week. Her schedule requires that she leave early in the AM. I am currently working PT however I begin work much later in the morning and off by 3pm. My schedule fluctuates and I will update this when the hours change (I'm in healthcare). While our jobs do limit our availability during the weekdays, the weekends afford us much more time tto spend in homes and on care visits.. **PLEASE NOTE: if your furbaby needs mid-weekday drop ins, we cannot at this time.*** This is something we always discuss with the owners prior to booking. We do this as a team and love what we do! Our clients become our family and we cheriah that.
Home
Information Karla D. would like to know about your pet
It is important that the dog not be dog aggressive if I will be providing care in my home as we have our own dogs. If the dog has any maladaptive behaviors this MUST be disclosed prior to booking.
A typical day
Our dogs love to go on walks through our neighborhood but really enjoy playing in our large fenced in back yard with plenty of space for exercise and play. We recently built them a dog park in our back yard. It includes giant tires to climb on, a sandbox and little bridge they can go over or under.
Location
Jacksonville, FL
Pets
Karla D.
Hillcrest, FL