SAFETY, TRUST, & ENVIRONMENT- Please feel free to set as many expectations you have for my time with your pet. It’s your pet, what you say, goes! WALKS/DROP-INS: The line between walks and drop-ins are somewhat blurry and I have set my pricing so that they’re very close. I define a drop-in as letting/taking the dog(s) outside to go to the bathroom, but not a leashed walk. Walks can be from the minute I arrive until the minute I leave—we are walking. Or it could be a shorter walk plus playing indoors, feeding your pet, giving them cuddles in your home. Let me know which option works best for you! I am always hyper-cautious while walking and spending time with your pet. I’ll report anything that seems off should I notice it. For my safety and the dogs safety I always have pepper spray with me as well as a flashlight for later evening walks. Lastly, I never want to end up on your neighborhood’s next door or FB page so I will be picking up all of the poop and disposing of it in a proper receptacle! BOARDING/DOGGY DAY CARE: When you walk in, you will know this is a house for dogs, trust me! As an avid HGTV fan, I dislike that we do not have an open floor plan but it works so well with day care and boarding. I will slowly and methodically introduce your dog(s) to ours all on leash and see if any of them are a good fit to get more time together. If it turns out your/my dog(s) doesn’t/don’t seem to want company it’s very easy to give them their own spaces. My attention will be devoted to your pet as mine are in the comfort of their own home and have other humans they can get attention from. Just like our house, our back yard looks like a dog park. It is completely fenced by a 7 ft tall gate and a dead bolted door. Our dogs absolutely love running around in literal circles around our lemon tree. We have ChuckIt balls for fetch, rope toys for tug-of-war, and even a doggy flirt pole! We let our dogs on the couch, but if that is not a habit you want for your pet, we will definitely keep them all off, just let me know! My partner is a nurse and while that doesn’t mean he can medically care for dogs, we have learned over time and experience that human and dog pathology is pretty similar. Our own dogs and foster dogs have needed all different types of veterinary care and he’s been able to detect when things aren’t right early on. ICE: Of course the hope is to never need vet care when checking in on pets, walking them, or boarding them—but after so many fosters I know that, no matter what, it is sometimes necessary. I am comfortable communicating with you if something happens or doesn’t seem quite right when I am with your pet.