Sarah O.
Sarah O.
Contact for Boarding
from $55 per night
Prices may vary based on your selections. A booking fee of 11% will apply.
Highlights
Pet care experience
Your Pet's Second Best Friend 🐶🐱
Hi, I'm Sarah! 👋 I'm a North Portland pet sitter offering house sitting, overnight boarding, doggy daycare, dog walks, and drop-in visits, with 15+ years of pet care experience and 90+ five-star Rover reviews. Whether your pet stays with me or at home, I provide calm, reliable, personalized care while keeping their routine as normal as possible. 🐾 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏡 HOUSE SITTING Perfect for pets who are happiest at home. • Overnight care in your home • Feeding, playtime & medication if needed • 1 × 30-minute walk daily • Photo updates ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌙 OVERNIGHT BOARDING (Not available until November 15th) Home-style care in my ground-level apartment with my partner, two male cats, and occasional foster kittens. • Private, fully fenced turf yard • No stairs • Feeding & medication if needed • 1 × 30-minute walk daily • Photo updates • Dogs MUST have prior experience around cats ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☀️ DOGGY DAYCARE A relaxed alternative to busy daycare environments. • Drop-off/pick-up between 6:00 AM–9:00 PM • Up to 12 hours of care • Indoor + private fenced yard time • Feeding & medication if needed • 1 × 30-minute walk • Photo updates • Dogs MUST have prior experience around cats ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚶♀️ DOG WALKS • 30 or 60-minute neighborhood walks • Fresh water & feeding if requested • Photo update ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🐾 DROP-IN VISITS • 30 or 60-minute visits • Feeding & fresh water • Potty/litter box care • Playtime & companionship • Medication if needed • Photo update • Does not include walks ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🐶 MY HOME IS A GREAT FIT FOR: • Independent dogs comfortable being alone while I’m at work • Dogs who enjoy a calm home environment • Dogs who don't thrive in busy daycare settings • Dogs with prior experience around cats 🚫 NOT THE BEST FIT FOR: • Dogs with separation anxiety • Excessive barking/howling when alone • Destructive behavior when alone • Leash-reactive dogs ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 SCHEDULE & BOOKING I work an in-person job Sunday–Thursday and am not home 24/7. I typically work four 10-hour shifts and occasionally one 7-hour shift, so dogs must be comfortable spending that time alone. • My work schedule can vary week to week • My Rover calendar reflects my current availability • No last-minute bookings — minimum 3 days' notice • Complimentary meet & greet required for new clients • Boarding/daycare meet & greets take place at my home • Home-service meet & greets take place at your home • Dogs must wear ID or be microchipped • Clients cover/reimburse paid parking for house sitting ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💚 New to Rover? Use code SARAHO69280 for $20 off your first booking! Questions? Feel free to reach out! I typically respond quickly and would love to meet you and your furry family. 🐾
Cat care experience
Sarah also cares for cats. Learn about their cat-specific care experience.
Qualifications
Ratings and reviews
Sarah, was great in communicating and responding to our travel emergency and took very good care of our dog. We had scheduled in advance for her time and she came through and was consistent and communicative.
Sarah was communicative and took good care of Archie!
Sarah is the best! We were so happy to have a meet & greet in advance and so we could travel with peace of mind knowing our pup and our home were in great hands. She kept us in the loop and sent photos every day — not everyone does this, and we really appreciated it! Absolutely will book again next time. Thank you, Sarah!
Sarah was easy to communicate with and was able to navigate my needy elderly cats. Thank you Sarah!
Sarah is the absolute best! She is our shy dog's primary sitter, and he comes home happy and relaxed after every stay. Sarah has great communication, and is super accommodating around our particular drop off times.
Sarah is great with Dart! He was so excited for his walk with her that he couldn’t sit still when she arrived. Sarah was prompt (arrived on time/completed the walk on time), engaging, and observant. She did a great job!
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Schedule
📅 MY SCHEDULE I work an in-person job in addition to pet sitting, so I’m not home 24/7. I typically work Sunday–Thursday, with about four 10-hour shifts and occasionally one shorter 7-hour shift. My schedule can vary week to week. For boarding and daycare, I’m a great fit for dogs who are comfortable spending some time alone and settling into a normal home routine while I’m at work. **Please no last-minute booking requests! I require at least 3 days’ notice for new bookings.** I keep my Rover calendar updated regularly, so please check it before requesting a booking! 😊
Where your pet will stay
Home characteristics
Safety, trust & environment
🛡️ SAFETY Your pet’s safety and comfort are always my top priority. I provide calm, secure care and follow your instructions closely, including feeding, medications, routines, and special needs. For boarding and daycare, dogs stay in my ground-level apartment with access to a private, fully fenced turf yard. I live with my partner, two male cats, and occasional foster kittens, so dogs must have prior experience around cats and be comfortable giving them space. Please let me know about any anxiety, reactivity, escape tendencies, medical needs, or other behaviors that could affect their care. Dogs must wear a secure collar with ID or be microchipped. I provide regular updates and photos so you can feel confident your pet is safe and well cared for. 🐾
Pets
A typical day
🐾 TYPICAL DAY Every pet’s routine is a little different, and I do my best to keep things familiar and consistent. For boarding and daycare, a typical day includes potty breaks, outdoor time in my fenced yard, walks, play, relaxation, and plenty of one-on-one attention. I do work an in-person job, so I’m not home 24/7, and dogs staying with me should be comfortable spending some time independently. For house sitting, drop-ins, and walks, I follow your pet’s normal routine and care instructions as closely as possible. No matter the service, my goal is simple: a safe, comfortable, and happy pet! 🐾
- 0 to 15 lbs16 to 40 lbs41 to 100 lbsDogs over 1 year oldUnspayed females accepted, neutered males onlyNo females in heatTakes only 1 client at a timeSarah can host up to 1 pet per night
- 🐾 WHAT I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR PET To help me provide safe, personalized care, please share: • Daily routine, schedule, and feeding instructions • Medications, medical history, or special needs • Behavior when left alone • Leash manners and interactions with other dogs (if applicable) • Comfort around cats — for boarding and daycare • Favorite activities, fears, and things they dislike • Any quirks, triggers, or important details that will help me get to know them The more I know, the better I can keep your pet comfortable, happy, and on their normal routine! 🐾
- These prices are for 1 dog.
Prices may vary based on your selections. A booking fee of 11% will apply.
Prices may vary based on your selections. A booking fee of 11% will apply.