I definitely need to know of any allergies, dietary restrictions, medication doses and timetables. It is also helpful to know what if any, areas or rooms of the home or property are off limits to the dog(s) or cat(s) and any specific preferred walking paths for dogs.

With dogs, we play fetch, chase, hide and seek, and they receive plenty of petting of course. My signature Birthday "Bark-uterie" boards are standard. (with pet parent permission, or at pet parent request) During summertime, some dogs may also play in their own kiddy pool or enjoy some water gun time. *They are of course thoroughly dried off afterwards. Some dogs enjoy when I build them a "stick-city," which consists of a few sticks from the yard sticking up from the ground in a circle, for the dog to choose from to play with. Wintertime of course calls for snow mazes, paths snow forts & tunnels (with owner permission of course & depending on yard layout). With cats, we play with a variety of cat toys, catnip, box forts, tunnels, chasing, stalking, (around corners for example) as well as "snugglies & cuddlies" and plenty of petting of course.