Marilyn G.
Marilyn G.
Contact for House Sitting
from $40 per night
Highlights
Pet care experience
May go viral on DogTok 🐾🤳
🏡I live house with a fenced front yard in EaDo. 🫶🏼I’ve been a dog mom my entire adult life 16+yrs 🐾I have (3) babies of my own: Gia and Grizzly - littermates, and Blondie. 👱🏻♀️🐱 I’m roommates w my cousin Jackeline and her cat Stormy, so yes... cats are welcome here too! ◡̈ 🩵I'm an active foster for Heart of the Underdog, a Houston-based, no-kill rescue. I occasionally volunteer at the Houston Humane Society, and throughout college I spent weekends walking dogs for Friends for Life. Caring for animals has been a constant thread throughout my adult life, not an occasional thing. ☺️I'm the happiest version of myself when I'm surrounded by animals and helping them have a better quality of life. This isn't just a side gig for me, it's genuinely my happy place.
Cat care experience
Marilyn also cares for cats. Learn about their cat-specific care experience.
Qualifications
Pets
Safety, trust & environment
🛋️ My own dogs free-roam at home, and yours can to, as needed and with safety in mind. 🐕🦺🐕🐩 Through my years of fostering, I’ve become experienced at managing a multi-dog household safely, including around food and toy guarding situations. I've worked with reactive dogs, puppies, and pregnant mamas...and I've even delivered a litter of puppies in my home. I've also done hands-on training and confidence-building work with fosters who needed extra patience and support. I'm very tuned in to dog body language and behavior. I pay attention to what a dog is telling me, and I adjust my approach based on what they actually need. My own pups range from 60–90 lbs, so small and large breeds are welcome here.
Ratings and reviews
Merilyn is the best there is! We had Merilyn sit for our dogs while we traveled out of town for the weekend. Let me paint the picture… Our dogs are velcro dogs and we are their emotional support humans lol so I was a little nervous leaving. Our dachshund can be standoffish around new people and I was nervous he wouldn’t love the idea of someone new. Incomes Merilyn! Our meet and greet was at the beginning of the month and we were set to leave a few weeks later. Merilyn was happy to come back the night before we left one more time before she stayed for the weekend so the dogs could remember her which made me feel so comfortable. Something I appreciated so much was her intuition and ability to read the dogs body language. She very much allowed our dachshund to adjust to her at his own pace. She engaged with him on his terms and before the day was done he was in love with her! While we were away, Merilyn provided us with updates, photos and videos of our dogs frequently without us having to ask her. If I checked in it was because I wanted to, not because I felt like she was MIA. Merilyn was also very flexible with us as our flight home was delayed due to bad weather, she had no issues with extra time and that was a huge stress reliever. When we returned home our dogs were walked, fed and the place was just as we left it. I would recommend Merilyn to anyone who wants someone to love their dogs like they do 🐶🥰 thanks Merilyn!
Marlyn has wide experience taking care of dogs, for sure knows how to care and love dogs patiently. Very good in communicating and providing updates as needed or on a daily basis, she sends pictures and videos to ease our longings while on vacation.
Marilyn was amazing!! We had a meeting VIA FaceTime to make sure my dog was compatible under her care which she took the time to explain what she does and how she looks after the animals she cares for while also making sure to ask questions about my baby Zeus! Drop off day was a breeze she took the time out to make sure my dog would get along great with hers and I could also see where my dog would be playing/staying which is/was great to see! Marilyn sent me photos and text updates everyday I was gone/while Zeus was in her care which was perfect. My dog had an amazing time while being in her care he loved to be around, play & cuddle with Marilyn while also loving to play with her animals! Pick up was also a breeze she had his toys and extra left over food packed in his doggy bag ready to go! I would 100% RECOMMEND booking with her your baby will be under a great household and amazing care!
She was great and made Roskos life very easy while I was gone!
Marylin took great care of my Slinky. She updated me every day and always let me know how things were going. She is thorough, kind, and clearly loves taking care of puppers. I really appreciated how considerate she was with her communication. I highly recommend her.
Marilyn took great care of our baby. She sent pictures and videos which made us feel at ease. We would definitely recommend to anyone looking for an extra hand with their fur babies.
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Schedule
🏡🫶🏼🐾 I'm at home throughout the week and most weekends. Im a homebody which allows me to give real time and attention, (not just check-ins), to all the pets in my care.