I’m a recent graduate student from Southern Ontario moved out to the Big Island for the winter. Currently living in Kona Palisades🙂 message me here or ask for cell # I have 10+ years of animal experience - beginning with volunteering at my local humane society and animal shelters at the age of 16, to training service dogs for children with autism for National Service Dogs and later on becoming a certified dog trainer in Ontario, Canada. While completing my undergraduate degree I also worked at 2 different pet stores and dog walked & dog sat for cash on weekends. I have been house/dog sitting regularly for 4+ years for two local families in Southern Ontario - one of which with 3 elderly wiener dogs and the other with two high energy samoyed puppies turned adult pups. My undergraduate degree was in Animal Biology, and my graduate degree was in Animal Behaviour & Welfare - both completed at University of Guelph. Although my specialization was in African penguins, I have lots of love for fluffier animals too. I am an avid runner during the warmer months of the year and would run frequently with some of the dogs I walked at home. I regularly walked three sets of young dogs at home in my college town once/twice a week for over a year. I am comfortable working with dogs of all sizes and temperaments, and have experience working with dogs of all breeds and ages. My current ratings on Rover are relatively limited, but I am moving to Kailua-Kona full-time as of September 2019 and will try to keep my availability as up to date as possible.