Lauren D.
Lauren D.
Contact for Drop-In Visits
from $25 per visit
Highlights
Pet care experience
Punctual, detailed, communicative
I've cared for puppies, kittens, senior dogs, senior cats, and everything in-between. I show up on time and make a special effort to bond with your furbabies. I know when I leave my own pup with someone, I want to make sure he is getting plenty of attention and I will do the same with your's. My 14 years of pet care experience is primarily being the sole caretaker for my own dog since he was a puppy and well into elder care, with a few pet sitting gigs a year. As of December 2025, I provide pet care full time and love it. To me this is my business, not my side gig. I enjoy applying my corporate customer experience background to develop my SOPs for ensuring your pet is well cared for me and you are receiving timely, organized updates. My onboarding process: we will have a meet and greet to review your expectations, familiarize your pets with me, and verify all parties are comfortable with each other. I offer this consultation complimentary and require it before booking a new client. After the meet and greet, I will summarize all the expectations and instructions we have agreed on in a Rover DM to you. I ask that you review and confirm everything. Only then will I click the book button. This process keeps everyone happy and on the same page so your furbaby gets everything they need to be happy! My housesitting guarantees: - never gone more than 6.5 hours at a time - with your dog the majority of hours of the day (12 or more hours) - I stay overnight - house cleaner than how I found it - custom quotes are available if your pet needs more time than what’s guaranteed here
Qualifications
Safety, trust & environment
I respect your space and your furbaby. You are letting me into your home to care for your family and it's important to me that you feel at ease and can trust that everything will be as you expect it to be. I require a meet and greet for new clients to ensure we are on the same page about your fur baby and their routines. You can expect about 10 to 20 minutes of me asking you questions about your pet and you showing me their routines. Your pet needs to be there so they can get familiarized with me. If a walk is expected, I will also want us all to go on a walk together. I will send you a written summary of what we discussed to keep myself organized and for your peace of mind. Some other fun facts about me! I love to read! When house sitting I can often be found cuddled up with your dog reading a book, if they'll let me! Also, I love to cook and meal prep! When house sitting I bring with me everything I plan on eating and do not touch your food. Just microwave/coffee pot/air fryer if you have one. I also clean as a de-stressing activity. I am happy to give discounted house keeping services while I stay if you want to come back to shiny surfaces that are dust free, just ask! :) My clients often rave about how good I am with their pets and that I actually give them attention and bond with them. My regular repeat clients often comment on how excited their animals are to see me. They also often specifically mention how professional my communication is.
Ratings and reviews
Lauren has been awesome to work with. On day one, we were able to connect and have a meet and greet with our dog. Porkchop loves Lauren and we love the communication and updates that we get each day knowing she’s getting good care. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lauren is super communicative and does a great job of keeping me updated on how the animals are doing when I’m away. My pets love her and I don’t worry about anything when she’s caring for them.
This was our first experience with Lauren. Simply put, she is the best pet sitter, by far that we have ever worked with. Communication, responsiveness and level of professionalism is truly impressive. Even better than all this, she is a very nice person and our pups loved her!! Will definitely work with her again and highly recommend!
Lauren was fantastic. We will be using her again!!!
Lauren was incredible to work with! She accepted a last minute, multi-day booking to walk my dog, Betty. We did a meet and greet first which was so helpful to introduce my dog and the neighborhood. She asked what I needed and tailored each visit to those requests, checked in regularly and sent great photos. I was able to enjoy my trip knowing Betty was in great hands. Will absolutely be re-booking with Lauren again and highly recommend using her for your pets!
Lauren was awesome, took great care of our boys! Communication was great and she went above and beyond. Thanks Lauren!
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Schedule
I make my own schedule so in most cases I can accommodate your's! :) Morning to afternoon is ideal but just let me know what you need.
- Cats0 to 15 lbs16 to 40 lbs41 to 100 lbsover 101 lbsLauren can host up to 8 drop-ins per day
- Please let me know their feeding schedule! Also if there's any tricks or behaviors you're working on, let's talk about them so I can continue the pattern building in your absence! :)