𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲: 𝗢𝗻𝗲-𝗼𝗻-𝗢𝗻𝗲, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 Dogs || Cats || Reptiles || Chickens || Rabbits || More Your animal companions receive 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡 attention and care, based on their specific needs. Visits to your home are highly personalized, where pets are treated as family, with everything that entails. Walks are per-client only, without the stress of introducing other dogs. Yard- and active-play are also acceptable, especially for animals with aggression or charging tendencies at the sight of other animals; this provides as much or more exercise than walking. The housesit base price includes one walk per day. Additional pets and additional walks are billed at a reduced rate, if you book a housesit. Yardplay and indoor play are offered at no additional cost. Animals, such as very young puppies, requiring 24-hour care may be billed at different rates.. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗙𝘂𝗻 Whether it's a stimulating game of tag, quiet time, snuggling, a neighborhood walk, or fetch-and-find-it: it's never a one-size-fits-all approach, with me as your companion's companion. Jumping puppy syndrome? Dietary restrictions? Mud puddles and water activities? Bring it on. Rubs and pampering? Love it! In training or already trained? Share your preferences and procedures, with respect for your relationship with and care of your dog, cat, or other animal family. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 Fear not. Your companion will have a patient and gentle friend, who'll gain their trust and put you both at ease. Ask about my shelter experience, journeys, and destinations of my canine, feline, reptile, farm, and wildlife rehabilitations and rescues over the years. When animals communicate, I watch, listen, and respond. 𝗗𝗼𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (Turkish) Akbash, Akita Dog, American Eskimo Dog, Amstaff (Pit Bull), Anatolian Shepherd, Australian Cattle Dog, Australian Shepherd, Basset Hound, Belgian Tervuren, Bernese Mountain Dog, Black-Mouth Cur, Blue Tick Hound, Border Collie, Boston Terrier, Boxer, Catahoula, Chihuahua, Cocker Spaniel, (Welsh) Corgi, Dachshund, Dalmatian, Dingo, English Mastiff, French Bulldog, German Shepherd Dog, German Shorthaired Pointer, Golden Retriever, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Ibizan Hound, Irish Setter, Irish Wolfhound, Jack Russell Terrier, Labrador Retriever, Llasa Apso, Malamute, Pug, Redbone Hound, Rottweiler, Rough Collie, Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie); Doberman Pinscher, Siberian Husky, Standard Poodle Miniature Poodle, Walker Hound, Yorkshire Terrier, and various mixes of all sorts of dispositions, sizes, shapes, and temperaments. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 2016 to 2025 || Rover Sitter: Professional Animal Companion Dog-sitter, cat-sitter, all-around animal companion and advocate. House-sitting, farm-sitting, ranch-sitting; care of all kinds of animals, domestic and wild. 2005 to 2010 || Volunteer: Heartland Humane Society, Corvallis Dog walker, leash trainer, playtime companion, kitty cuddler, feeder, kennel cleaner. 2007 to 2009 || Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon (FCCO) Pre- and post-op handler, post-op care and monitoring; auction and fundraising event coordination and participation, PETCO booth FCCO awareness and “Fur Ball” ticket sales (in kitty costume). 1978 to Present || Position: Volunteer and independent Dog, cat, bird, reptile, and wildlife rescue: fostering, rehoming, and capture-rehabilitate-release. 1994 to 1995; 2004 to 2009 || Independent Puppy care and training based on Paul Owens' methods 1984 to 1987 || Employee: Once Over Farm (Status: closed) Farm-hand; horse groomer, walker, tractor driver, irrigation pipe installer, stall and paddock cleaner, barn and tack maintainer. Thoroughbreds, Arabs, Quarter Horses, Warmbloods, Morgans. Other Years || Dairy hand: Santos dairy ranch (Status: closed) Family-owned farm with pastures and pens, milking machinery, hand-milking, and hand-rearing. Compassionate care, feeding, and interaction with calves and cows. 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Chickens, ducks, alpacas, goats, horses, snakes, iguanas, bearded dragons. Feeding, special diets, watering, egg-collecting, medication, wound-cleaning, safety, and nighttime perimeter security. Some experience with exotic cats, crows, ravens, cormorants, storks, ostriches, emus, iguanas, garter snakes, gopher snakes, scorpions, king snakes, lizards, skinks, jumping spiders, venomous spiders and snakes, finches, parakeets, doves, pigeons, deer, skunks, raccoons, opossums, rats, mice, frogs, toads, turtles, and tortoises. Minimal experience with raptors, owls, caimans, and monitor lizards; various common and uncommon wildlife. My 20-year professional background in Portland, Oregon and San Jose, California has been in software and procedural technical writing, training, and instructional design. I am originally from the Monterey Peninsula / Santa Cruz area, and I'm a beach girl at heart. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙮 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 ~ "Exceptional, patient, kind, and competent..." ~ "Left our house spotless..." ~ "Dependable and flexible..." ~ "One of very few able to bond with our intrinsically fearful dog..." ~ "Patient, calm, clear communicator.." ~ "Amazingly sweet and thoughtful..." ~ "I came home to a super-clean house..." ~ "Truly cares deeply, is honest and reliable..." ~ "Wish we could give Naiya more than 5 stars!" ~ "A superstar!"