Lovely to meet you, I’m MarleeZ! I’m 36 years old and have had pets my whole life. I have been working full-time with Rover.com since 2017. I PET SIT OTHER ANIMALS TOO! I have experience caring for all types of pets, including cats, farm animals, birds, reptiles, fish, rodents, and ferrets. My special interest is animal behavior, which I have been studying since I was a child. I interned at Wolf Park, IN at age 18, observing and recording wolf pack behavior. I cared for the wolves, coyotes and foxes there, including administering oral medication to them. In 2016 I was a camp counselor at Camp Bow Wow in Newark, DE, where my duties included monitoring up to 50 dogs per yard, cleaning kennels, and providing a safe and loving environment to all the doggie campers. I use my knowledge of a species’ behavior to tailor my care towards each unique pet. I’m familiar with different styles of play and personalities, and am always respectful of an animal’s needs. I’m gentle and quiet around shy pets, and full of energy for when I need to keep up with the rambunctious ones! Over the years I developed a close relationship with all my long-term clients, and am so grateful to be part of their pets’ lives. Some of them I have known since they were babies, and it has been an honor to be a constant part of their lives and help them grow! As for my own pets, I currently have a border collie-lab mix who enjoys long walks at Fair Hill. I help care for a feral cat colony in my neighborhood, and was able to adopt a few of the friendliest ones (they are now very fat, and happy to be indoors!) I am a firm believer in positive reenforcement, and have only ever trained my animals in this method. In their old age, my previous pets all had special needs, including some that needed to be spoon-fed. I am familiar with Deaf and blind animals, and will approach them accordingly, so as not to startle them, and will help them navigate if they look like they need assistance. I am prepared to clean up after pets who have frequent accidents.