Megan S.
Megan S.
Contact for Drop-In Visits
from $30 per visit
Highlights
Pet care experience
S.P.C.A Alumni Caregiver At Ready!
***Clarification about my sitting rates for dogs - The daily rate includes all walks needed for the requested time and overnight stay in client's home. *** ***I have full and flexible availability for a range of pet care needs, including dog walking, house sitting, cat care, and care for exotics (ferrets, bunnies, turtles, fish, anything legal and reasonable!)*** Hello, I'm Megan 👋! Whether your family member has fur or scales or green leaves, they have a dear friend in me! I have four years of professional experience caring for both dogs and cats at a large non-profit humane society (The Richmond SPCA), plus one year of experience as a volunteer. I also have expertise with ferrets, having owned (or should I say "been owned by?" 🤔) five of them - Roscoe, PJ, Stella, Willoughby, and Jean-Jacques - and being involved with The Richmond Ferret Rescue League in Richmond, Virginia. When I transitioned into a career in live theatre production, I was handed the rare opportunity to supervise a rotating cast of baby bunnies for Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," hosting them in my home. I am also the kind of person who is likely to be caught on camera having conversations with aquarium fish 😃. I have been providing Rover services officially since December of 2019 and for two years prior to that was an on-demand dog walker for Wag! I have been a resident of the quiet and leafy Brookland-CUA neighborhood of Washington, DC for several years now since moving from Richmond, and I definitely call DC my home. I service areas of DC and also Maryland within a radius of about 5 miles max from Catholic University. You can expect me to go above and beyond to the best of my ability every single time for all of your pet care needs, particularly in the following categories - Communication, Listening, Consistently On Time or Early, Attention to Detail, Pet Safety, Patience, and Sensitivity. I am a "bone"-afied animal lover and rest assured that all of your pets will be treated with love and care and human owners will know that their animals are loved and being cared for daily! I care for all pets in the exact way that I would want my own pets cared for! I am always available via Rover chat, I send thorough updates with pictures, I attend to all the needs of the pet regarding food and fresh water and cleanliness and medication. I respect my clients' homes, which means never inviting guests to my drop ins or sittings, keeping the home clean, and only entering areas where I am authorized to enter.
Qualifications
Pets
Safety, trust & environment
I provide overnight sitting in client's home! This includes all walks for dogs, feeding, medications if needed, and sleeping in your home. Be advised that continuous care for dogs with separation anxiety will be an hourly rate of $25, please reach out using the house sitting option and specify how many hours needed and I will adjust the rate if I happen to be available for continuous care that day.
Ratings and reviews
Megan has done a great job looking after our cat multiple times. Reliable, communicative, helpful and flexible. I very much recommend her!
We really appreciate Megan checking on our cats while we were away for a weekend! She made sure they had food, water, and clean boxes.
Our cat Ted loved Megan and so did we. She was very responsive and left great visit notes. This is the happiest Ted has been after we’ve returned home from an extended trip!
A delight to work with - always treats my cat with kindness, very communicative
The best!! My cats are so lucky to have Megan and I’m so grateful for her attention to detail, care, and compassion with my boys.
Megan is a great dog walker. Extremely attentive, timely, and hyper-aware of things like extreme heat. I'd happily recommend her to others and will definitely re-book her.
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Schedule
I have gone from being a part-time sitter to having a full-time career as a sitter, which means that my availability has expanded and unless I am marked off on my schedule, I am usually able to be available with at least a day's notice (or same day if you are lucky). With dogs I do require a meet and greet beforehand, so 2 days notice would be optimal in the case of new bookings. Meet and greets are optional but offered for cats and other small pets.