Stephanie L.
Stephanie L.
Contact for Drop-In Visits
from $20 per visit
Highlights
Pet care experience
Big dogs. Weird dogs. Hi.
I spent more than a decade loving a very large, very opinionated German Shepherd named Ruta through epilepsy, severe allergies, endless medication schedules, and his senior years, so “high-maintenance” pets don’t scare me. I tend to love them even harder. These days I’m supervised by Edwin, my mini Aussie rescue, who has strong opinions about other dogs, delivery trucks, and apparently several completely innocent squirrels. Living with him has made me very comfortable with boundaries, reactivity, slow introductions, and the fact that not every dog wants to be everybody’s friend. I’m also the person who genuinely wants the six-paragraph document explaining exactly how your dog likes breakfast. Give me the quirks, the routines, the medications, the weird little rules, the favorite toy, the thing they absolutely will not do unless you ask them in a very specific way. I want to know all of it. Basically: I take your pet seriously without taking myself too seriously. And yes, I will probably send you too many pictures.
Cat care experience
Stephanie also cares for cats. Learn about their cat-specific care experience.
Qualifications
Pets
Safety, trust & environment
Tell me everything. What’s their routine? What makes them nervous? Are they an escape artist? A sock eater? Do they lose their mind when a skateboard goes by? How are they on leash? I’m big on respecting a pet’s boundaries and keeping their routine as familiar as possible. I’d much rather know about a quirk or trigger ahead of time than be surprised by it later.
Ratings and reviews
I felt so great about leaving my dog Sancho in Stephanie’s care for a week long trip. My dog immediately took a liking to her at the meet and greet. She went above and beyond with long walks in the heat and hand feeding my dog who has bad eating habits while I’m away. My dog also has special walking needs and she handled his reactivity amazingly!! I will definitely contact her again the next time I need to leave town. I’m so happy I found her rover page!!
Stephanie was great! She was really accommodating and flexible with a last minute issue that popped up. Her communication was great throughout the whole process and trip. Would definitely recommend her and will use her again in the future.
Stephanie was amazing!! You can tell she really cares about animals. I felt totally at east while I was away for a week and I can't wait to use her again!!!!
Stephanie was great with my energetic pointer mix! She sent me pics of the dogs playing and kept me updated throughout the weekend. I know my pup got lots of playtime and snuggles over at Stephanie's house!
Stephanie was amazing. During our initial meet she was very attentive to learning about my Dog, she took notes and was very organized. Her house is great with a large backyard. During my Dog's stay, she updated me daily with photos and notes about how he was doing. When I picked him up he seemed as happy as could be. I am definitely planning on using Stephanie again and am so happy we have found her!
Stephanie was great! Really communicative, sending us photos and daily updates, plus she was super flexible and accommodating to our schedule. Our little guy loved his time with her!
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Schedule
My schedule is pretty flexible, which means I can usually work around your pet’s normal routine. Walks, meals, potty breaks, meds, couch hangs; tell me what they’re used to and I’ll do my best to keep things consistent.
- Cats0 to 15 lbs16 to 40 lbs41 to 100 lbsover 101 lbsStephanie can host up to 2 drop-ins per day
- Give me the weird little details. Feeding routines, potty schedules, meds, allergies, triggers, favorite walking routes, sleeping preferences, forbidden snacks, mortal enemies, and the one specific thing they require before they’ll eat breakfast.