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Matthew B.

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Matthew B.

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from $60 per night

Highlights

Enhanced background check
20 years of experience
Home full time
Can administer medication
Special needs experience
Senior dog experience

Pet care experience

Musher to active house pets :)

Spent six years mushing with a recreational team, down to one dog now & just love dogs and skilled at caring for & managing many sorts of dogs. Very active lifestyle and love getting outside and exercising dogs. A tired dog is a good dog:)

Qualifications

20 years of experience
Oral medication administration
Injected medication administration
Senior dog experience
Special needs dog experience
Can provide daily exercise

Ratings and reviews

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Sarah J.
Jan 02, 2026

Matthew is such a sweet and total dog lover. He had a small sled dog team when he lived in a more remote location and they were well cared for and well socialized. He is active and will have no problem getting your pooch out for a good day of exercise. He is well versed in training and caring for a variety of dog personalities. I would feel very secure and comfortable leaving Matthew with my fur baby for any amount of time.

Kat L.
Dec 29, 2025

Birch is exceptional, and I can’t recommend him highly enough. He has extensive experience with sled dogs and working breeds. He also is incredibly patient and gentle with senior pups. He was so kind and attentive with my older golden retriever, and equally skilled and capable with my young sled dog. His ability to read dogs, adapt to their needs, and provide both structure and compassion made it easy to fully trust him with my dogs.

Christy N.
Dec 28, 2025

Matthew is a highly experienced caretaker who I trust fully with my high needs dogs. He is intuitive with understanding the body language and needs of dogs in a group setting, navigating what could be high conflict scenarios seamlessly. I’ve seen him be both a great dog and cat owner and petsitter. He’s also clean and respectful in my home when pet sitting. Matthew is easy to communicate with and an all around great person—highly recommend!

Crystal H.
Dec 27, 2025

Birch was great. I’m a very responsible pet caregiver myself and used to managing multiple dogs, so I don’t hand out trust easily, but I felt totally comfortable leaving my dogs with him. He was calm, attentive, and handled everything smoothly. He communicated well, made sure the dogs got good exercise, and paid attention to their individual needs. When I got back, my dogs were relaxed and happy, which says a lot. I’d absolutely book with Birch again and would recommend him without hesitation.

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Schedule

I work seasonally and have the winters off so I have lots of time for dog care and an open and flexible schedule. Doing foster care this winter so being pretty domestic and would love to sit some extra dogs for people.

Where your pet will stay

Home characteristics

Lives in a house
Has an unfenced yard
Non-smoking household
Has no pets
No children present
Dogs not allowed on bed
Dogs not allowed on furniture
Potty breaks every 2-4 hours

Safety, trust & environment

Have a nice large pet friendly home shared with one other well behaved husky and one teenager. It has a big (unfenced) yard and close to cravass moraine trail system which we frequent almost every day.

A typical day

Very active household, lots of hiking and walking,. I live close to the trail system in the Palmer Greenbelt area. Also do skijoring and have a high energy teen who loves playing with dogs.

0 to 15 lbs
16 to 40 lbs
41 to 100 lbs
over 101 lbs
Matthew can host up to 3 pets per night
Manage a dog team of 10 dogs plus for many years very used to dog medical care, administering pills and medication and being attentive to illness and injury symptoms.
Each sitter joining Rover needs to pass a background check. And by booking on Rover, you can get photo & message updates, 24/7 support, and reimbursement for eligible vet care.