Michelle F.
Michelle F.
Highlights
Pet care experience
Patient and natural dog whisperer.
On a personal level: -I started dog walking and pet sitting as a teenager. -I have a 13 year old tabby cat, a 2.5 year old blue heeler, and a 2 year old husky/shepherd mix. They are my loves! -Before that I had many older rescue cats and a Shepard mix who lived to be 17. -I have trained dogs in basic obedience, confidence building, and possession/aggression. -I use a holistic, behavioral redirection approach, not a dominance approach. On a professional level: -I have worked at a horse ranch in Bodega Bay, guiding tours and taking care of over 15 horses. -I have worked at a luxury dog boarding facility in Sebastopol where I learned dog training, grooming and medication basics. -I have worked for a dog walking/pet sitting company in Oakland where I walked dogs daily, learned CPR for cats, and made house visits to repeat clients.
Qualifications
Pets
Safety, trust & environment
I am comfortable handling dogs of all sizes, and all needs. Just let me know what their walking routine is and if they have any behavioral needs.
Ratings and reviews
Michelle is so great! She has walked 4 different dogs for us, all with love, attention, and discipline. She has been helpful helping us with training problems, too.
Michelle has been walking our two large dogs regularly. I would 100% recommend her! She is wonderful with our dogs, and has been responsible and reliable. She is clearly very experienced with dogs and was able to immediately make our fearful dog comfortable when they met. Thank you Michelle!
Michelle is great! She loved our 70 lb. Golden, but didn't let him get away with anything. She helped us with training issues, and never inserted herself when I was trying my best to keep him steady. Thanks Michelle
Always a pleasure to work with Michelle. She's doing a great job of training Angus's humans.
Angus, our big Golden Retriever, barks every Tuesday morning, excited to go with Michelle. He absolutely knows it's his morning with her.
Michele was amazing!! My pups loved her! Highly recommend.
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Schedule
I am currently working from home and have full flexibility with my schedule. I can be available for same day dog walks, Monday through Friday.
- Cats0 to 15 lbs16 to 40 lbs41 to 100 lbsover 101 lbsMichelle can host up to 6 drop-ins per day
- Let me know if your dog(s) have any behavioral issues or special needs such as leash aggression, confidence issues, fear barking, etc. I can work with it all.