I needed someone to watch my cats while i was away at a Tony Robbins 5- day event. Im very cautious, and had cancelled other sitters in the past whom i knew personally but was unsure would keep my pets healthy and safe. (I found out afterward from a friend who had been a client, that my instincts were right!) I also had someone I had hired whom I'd known personally for a few years, when my daughter and i went to Disney World, and when we got home, i found out from a neighbor that the sitter left the litter boxes dirty and only changed them right before i got home! Come to Kristina: I met Kristina several months before, when she came to stay with me as a an Air BnB guest (boarder) for 2 months. I saw day in and day out, how kind, loving, and nurturing she was to my cats. So, later, months after she'd left, when it was time for the Tony Robbins event, I knew that I'd only have peace of mind to hire Kristina, even though being a pet sitter wasn't her career. I felt she'd be way more reliable, and my cats would be better treated and taken care of by Kristina than by any of the official pet sitters that I'd hired or almost hired in the past. And i was right! I'm so glad that more people will now have the opportunity to give their pets the best sitter, Kristina.