We both have decades of experience with animals of all kinds. We are active fosters with Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue and have fostered over 50 dogs - from healthy dogs to sick dogs, from seniors, to puppies and we have fostered three Mama dogs and their litters. We truly enjoy meeting new dogs and petsitting and fostering! We have a large fenced yard and a perfect neighborhood for walks. Our schedules make it so there’s usually not much time our pups are alone. If you’re interested in looking up more, we do have an Instagram Account @ourgoldenyears that chronicles all our past rescues and fosters and our current boy Otis. ❤️ Otis is our boy from Peak Lab Rescue. Otis is deaf with his little ear flaps sewn shut following a TECA (total ear canal ablation) as a last resort for horrific ear infections (the worst the vet had seen in his 30 year career)😔. We have used a vibrating collar to train him which you may see on him occasionally. It ensures his safety when he’s off lead and also has helped to train him that most people don’t exactly love jumping hugs from an 80 pound lab 😬🤦🏼‍♀️ (Just Dad!). He is thankfully pain free now after his surgery and doing great. I now am realizing I just typed over a paragraph or more about him and his ears - he is our sweet boy. Just know we bring this level of dog obsession into caring for your pup 🤣. Our first experience using Rover ourselves for our own dogs was a straight nightmare. The sitter didn’t spend the night as we’d paid them to and then failed to show up the next morning for our dogs - they had been left for 14 plus hours alone, no breakfast, and had not been let out - and we were 300 miles away. After numerous failed attempts to contact the sitter, and realizing she just wasn’t responding or going to show, we had family and friends scramble to help. We strive to give our client’s the exact opposite of that experience as we know what it’s like to trust someone with the care of your dog, and we strive to never fall short of delivering there. We’re always happy to send plenty of pictures and videos and updates so you know your pup is happy & safe.