For potential travel sitting clients (in your home overnights or dog walking/pet & house sitting): Before sitting for your dog(s), cat(s), or other pets I would like to know a few things: 1. General expectations and requirements for the duration of my overnight stay or for their individual visits to your home for general care or walks. Amount of exercise required, medications required, eating & bathroom habits and schedule, crating habits, and overall routines are all things that are good to know. The location of their things is also important (i.e. where to find food, leashes, etc.) 2. Are your animals generally well behaved? Do they get along with other animals/with each other? Are they possibly food aggressive? Have a tendency to have accidents? What sort of tricks do they know or need to work on? Additional things such as where to put daily mail, indoor plant needs, etc. are also all good to know ahead of time. For potential overnight home-boarding clients: Before sitting for your dog in order to ensure that my home is the best place for your dog(s) to stay I will first need to know a few things: 1. The size of your dog(s) - I am open to accommodating multiple dogs at a time, however I may not be able to take some dogs at times in order to ensure that everyone is as comfortable as can be. For example, I would be unable to take 4 x-large dogs at one time due to limited space but I may be able to take 1-2 large dogs and 1-2 medium to smaller dogs at one time. Every dog is stay is considered on a case by case basis. This includes considerations to their size, individual personalities, and their general needs. I do not have any breed preferences. 2. Is your dog generally well behaved (non-destructive) and friendly with other dogs? Tell me about their personality! I love to know those little quirks ahead of time so I know what to expect and how to best make them feel at home :) 3. Vet contact information and an up to date vaccine history on the following vaccines (copies of these too): *Distemper combo & Kennel cough (a.k.a Bordetella) *Rabies This is to make sure that everyone is safe - people and pups included! :) All dogs must also be spayed/neutered if they will be staying with and encountering other dogs. Some exceptions may be made to this rule which we can discuss further is needed. 4. General expectations and requirements for their stay: Amount of exercise required, medications required, eating, bathroom, crating habits, etc.

Here's where we'll take our walks Your dogs will have full access to my fenced in backyard during their stay. In addition to this, there is a woods just down the street complete with trails and a lovely river running through it to take your dog(s) on daily hikes. If your dog is happy to take car rides and well behaved I can also take them with me to other the local nature reserves etc. Your dog's sleeping arrangement I like to make your dog's stay as comfortable and as smooth a transition as possible. Whether your dog is used to being crated or snuggled up to you for bedtime at your home, I will continue whatever routine they are used to here. Time I'll spend with your dog I work based out of my home so your dog(s) will never be alone for more than 2-3 hours at a time. Your dog(s) will never be left alone for longer this time, and will never be alone overnight. When I am away I am visiting other pet clients to take them for walks, feeding them, administering medication as needed, reinforcing and teaching commands, and just giving plain love and attention just like I will do for your dogs! Time I'll spend with your dog For multiple overnight clients, your home will be visited at least once during the day to spend time with your animals, take them on a walk, and to give them a bathroom break. Exact overnight arrival and departure times can be discussed for both single overnight and multiple overnights but once I am 'home' for the night, I will stay there until the next morning to tend to your particular animals needs both morning and night. For dog walking clients/cat sitting clients we can discuss the length of walk(s)/ number of visit(s) you would like per day on an individual basis. Anything from quick fifteen minute bathroom break, meds, and feeding visits to hour long exercise visits are possible (rates may need to be adjusted accordingly). Extra house-sitting services I am more than willing to take on additional simple tasks while you are away from home. In fact, I would actually recommend that daily and weekly household things like taking in the mail and taking out the trash and recycling continue as they would normally for security purposes. That way, no one is alerted to the fact that your house is not fully occupied as normal.