5.0

Lifelong animal lover and shelter volunteer! I have cared for cats and dogs of all kinds but have spent a lot of time specifically with senior animals that need medications and special care. I also have experience with reactive dogs as I have owned one in the past and understand how much work and patience that takes! I will align with your pet's needs and care for them like they're my own! -- My parents got me and my sister a dog when I was only 12 years old. His name was Cookie and he was a Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso mix. Cookie lived to be 18 years old! He only passed away a few years ago and lived a very long and happy life but with his old age, he developed dementia and other ailments that required medications and ointments. I learned so much from having a senior dog and after he passed, I wanted to continue spending time with senior animals and hopefully give them a little more love and happy moments in their last few years. That's how I ended up volunteering at Muttville, a senior dog rescue in San Francisco. My role was to take these grandma and grandpa dogs for walks, give them cuddles and help keep their space clean. As an adult I've had 2 additional dogs-- a Boxer/Pit mix (Muggs) and a Staffy/Shepard mix (Riker). Muggs was an angel and barely needed any training but my second dog, Riker, came with a lot of trauma and reactivity. I did a ton of research to learn how to handle all the anxiety and stress that this poor dog was experiencing. A plastic bag moving in the wind would set him off! After years of training and exposure therapy and anxiety medication, Riker has calmed quite a bit and I'm very proud of the work we did together! Unfortunately, my bigger dogs have also passed. I wish big dogs had the same life expectancy as smaller dogs. Recently, I found out about a housesitting site that would allow me to travel while housesitting for families with pets. I work as a recruiter in tech which gives me a ton of flexibility to work from anywhere. I have housesat for several homes now all over the US and I'm excited to continue my housesitting adventures through Rover as I navigate a career change.