Hi! I'm Ridley (legal former name Sharon,) an artist, vegetarian, and kind of a hippie. After growing up in Missouri surrounded by a menagerie of huge mutts, I moved out here to a house with a strict no-pet policy, so I'm positively starved for pets to lavish with affection--and after a life of roughhousing with 100lb dogs and playing jungle gym for pointy new kittens, I can take any blow your pet can dish out. While I love romping around with pets, I'm neat and very respectful of other people's homes. I won't raid the fridge, track mud in, or do anything I wouldn't do in King's Landing. If you're gone for a few days, I can take care of trash and newspaper for you, too. Give me a call! Petsitting for a friend with two cats and the oldest, gimpiest Dachsund in the world Years of caring for my family's dogs, cats, parrots, fish, horses, rabbits, and goat Volunteering at Pet Connection Why I love dog sitting The dogs came first. I was just added to the house. I grew up on a converted farm with my mom's four dogs, which soon became five, then seven, then thirteen as adoptees and litters came and went. The one I'll always think of as My Dog, though, was a beautiful lab/chow/wolf/mystery mutt named Ginger. I met her as a pup when I was five, and she was my best friend for years after. Always loving, playful, and empathetic, she was the first one to my side when I was upset--even when she was bigger than I was. I lost her to a hit and run driver after seven years and two beautiful litters, though, and it broke my heart. But three of her puppies--GG, Cocoa, and Fluffy--stayed behind, and somehow strays always found a home with us, so the nest didn't stay empty for long. My experience administering medication Yup. I sit fairly often for a dog who requires thyroid medication, NSAIDs, and injections of insulin.