To the Pet Owner It May Concern: It is my pleasure to provide a reference for Stacy Rauch for pet sitting. I met Stacy when she was working at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park where she demonstrated a dedication to animals and their care as well as the ability to follow guidance to the letter. We used Stacy innumerable times for both long and short stays with our two golden retrievers. We always found her to be reliable and trustworthy, and she makes it a habit to leave a note about her visit . Unfortunately, we moved out of state, but we would not hesitate to fly her to where we are if we needed a pet sitter for a long vacation. Our dogs love Stacy! They never seem to mind us leaving when Stacy arrives to care for them. Stacy has the perfect balance of patience, love, and discipline. One of our dogs is very smart, and if the pet sitter is not on top of his/her game, she will take advantage of them. Because of her reputation as an excellent animal trainer (only using positive reinforcement), I even asked her to help train our dogs to allow their teeth to be brushed and to stop jumping on people when they came into the room. Stacy is an animal lover and truly cares about the well-being of all animals. With her background in exotic animal care and animal behavior, she would be perfect for pet sitting all animals from aardvarks to a zebra fish. Our dogs recommend you hire Stacy as your pet sitter. They are sure that both you AND your dogs will not be disappointed.