Does the dog have any behavioral issues i should be aware of? Even if it only happened once or twice—the pupper will be more anxious and stressed while you're gone. Which means they could act out. Does your dog take any medication or have any health issues? How does the dog do with other dogs, people, and children? That way, if we want to take them on a walk, or to the dog park, I'll know if it’s safe.

Most mornings, I’m startled awake around 7am by one dog kicking me in the ribs, while another leaps on top of me. I like to take the dogs for a nice walk in the mornings to get the mind working and the day going right. It’s not unusual for my days to start as early as 4am, depending on how many drop-in visits I have scheduled. After our walk, I head out to do my first morning visits, and then to pick up dogs for our daily play groups. Most clients choose drop-in visits of some kind, so those take up the majority of my day. Typically, a visit is 30 minutes and a client will either get three a day (morning, midday, evening) or will get one midday visit. The visits themselves vary from playing with puppies to scooping horse stalls and everything in-between. I care for all animals and my services are fully customizable, specifically because I never want two days to be the same. Over years of doing these drop-in visits, I’ve learned how to administer any kind of medicine you can name, I’ve been trained on how to deal with aggressive animals, I’ve helped birth puppies, and I’ve been with several dogs as they crossed the rainbow bridge. I’ve also become pretty decent at basic training and basic grooming in the process. When you spend all day hanging out with animals, you just become adept on talking their language in general. In the evenings, I provide overnight care for families traveling out of town that need more than a drop-in visit. I typically get to the home around dinner time and stay until it’s time for my first drop-in visit the next morning. I love doing overnight stays, not just because I’m getting paid to cuddle with dogs, but because this is where I really get to learn about other walks of life. They say you never understand someone until you walk a mile in his shoes, I say try sleeping next to their dog!