Rhonda & Marcus Z.
Rhonda & Marcus Z.
Contact for Boarding
from $120 per night
Highlights
Pet care experience
Your dog’s home away from home 🏠
We offer an exclusive, small-scale experience with a limited number of dogs to ensure a calm, structured, and truly personalized environment. We also provide boarding for our regulars, with a trial daycare or overnight stay required for all new dogs to ensure they’re perfectly comfortable and a fit for our carefully curated pack. ✅ Most of our dogs visit multiple times a week, creating a familiar group that keeps the energy balanced and serene. ✅ We’re both highly knowledgeable in dog behavior and training, so your pup benefits from subtle structure and guidance woven into their day. ✅ Beyond long walks and secure backyard play, we incorporate enrichment sessions and beginner agility, offering mental stimulation and fulfillment most sitters simply don’t. ✅ Your dog is never left alone — one of us is always home, ensuring constant supervision and companionship. We’re committed to maintaining an environment where every dog can genuinely thrive. If you’re seeking more than just a drop-off service — a place that feels like a second home, with thoughtful, elevated care — we’d love to connect.
Qualifications
Ratings and reviews
We can’t say enough about how great Rhonda is. Our dog had health issues while she was watching him and not only did she do everything possible to make sure he was OK, including taking him to the emergency vet on Thanksgiving, she did it all with a smile and was so gracious. I can’t recommend her enough. She cares for our dog as if he was hers.
Great sitter! Very professional and extremely reliable! Highly recommend!
Rhonda was extremely communicative with lots of updates and photos! Could clearly tell Champ was enjoying his time and we’ll definitely be rebooking in the future!
Rhonda is friendly and communicative, and our puppy always has the best time in her care!
Rhonda and Marcus are so attentive, thoughtful, and communicative. Our stubborn girl made herself at home, and didn’t want to leave. From walks, to cuddles, and everything in between that comes with overnight boarding, we were able to fully be present on vacation twice now, knowing our girl was taken care of. Also can’t beat the location and proximity to a dog park, and extensive well lit walking routes. Thanks so much Rhonda and Marcus! Remi is still smiling from ear to ear!
We had an absolutely wonderful experience and our puppy Sonny had such a great day. Great communicator who sent nice photos and most importantly took great care of our girl! Happy to find Rhonda and Maecus and would book again!
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Schedule
Marcus works remotely as a software engineer, and I do this full time, so we’re home all day with the dogs. That means lots of flexibility for drop-offs and pick-ups as long as we schedule ahead — and we can usually accommodate last-minute changes too.
Where your pet will stay
Home characteristics
Safety, trust & environment
We live in a townhouse and have a small dog park 1 min walk from my house. And another large dog park about 10 min walk from our home. We are a very active couple along with Milo so we can ensure your dog gets plenty of exercise!! We can also go for long walks at the Rock Creek Park area or Georgetown Waterfront area. There is also a trail near Georgetown that we usually go on walks
Pets
A typical day
✅ Morning: Long neighborhood walks and structured social time to burn energy. ✅ Midday: Enrichment activities, beginner agility, and quiet rest periods to keep minds sharp but avoid overstimulation. ✅ Afternoon: Additional walks or backyard time, plus gentle training reinforcement woven throughout. ✅ Evenings: Everyone settles in with us — your dog isn’t isolated or crated away. One of us is always home, so they’re truly never alone.
- Cats0 to 15 lbs16 to 40 lbs41 to 100 lbsover 101 lbsNo females in heatRhonda & Marcus can host up to 4 pets per night
- Let me know if your dog has any special needs/behaviors I should be aware of. Knowing the dog's usual schedule/activity level would be helpful too so I can keep his schedule consistent as usual so the dog feels comfortable.