I work from home, so your pup won't need to be alone for multiple hours. I minimize the number of dogs I care for at any given time - no more than two dogs boarded at a time, so I provide more focused care for your baby. While I don't have a yard, we will go on at least four daily walks in a quiet residential neighborhood. There is a fenced dog run in my community, and if you choose to take advantage of it, I'll happily let your dog partake. I hope you will consider me when selecting a sitter for your beloved fur child! I have been involved in rescuing dogs for the past 20 years...It's my life's calling. I have successfully matched over 100 worthy, loving rescue dogs with their forever families in my volunteer rescue work and it's among my proudest accomplishments. Additionally, I continue to dedicate countless hours to rescue, volunteering with no fewer than four local rescues throughout the Chicagoland area. I not only have experience with placing dogs with their forever families, but I also have a wealth of experience in managing medical issues, including administering medications and transporting dogs to vet appointments, recruiting fosters, dog walking, dog socialization, transporting dogs across state lines from high-kill to no-kill shelters, pulling dogs from high-kill shelters and negotiating their transfers to no-kill shelters, dog grooming, kennel management, and dog socialization. I consider dogs as family members and provide a warm, loving, interactive, compassionate home, time, attention, and devotion to canine citizens of all shapes, sizes, and temperaments. I currently have an adopted rescue dog - a beagle mix named Wally who is my life. He saved me, I didn't save him! He was rescued after being abused and abandoned - he was tossed out of a car at an Alabama gas station and he is safe now and for the rest of his life. I consider him the son I never had.