Valerie C.
Valerie C.
Contact for Boarding
from $63 per night
Prices may vary based on your selections. A booking fee of 11% will apply.
Highlights
Pet care experience
Away from Home Heaven for your Dog!
Our family lives in a single house at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac. It has a nice fenced in backyard with lots of grass to run, 2 self closing gates and with close access to the neighborhood walking trails. Our upper deck is large(best squirrel/rabbits "watch tower" ever). Its gate when closed allows for that space to become a free roaming extension of the kitchen. There is no carpeting on the main (beside a few rugs) and 2nd level so it is easy to keep our floors sanitary in case of accidents. Ella is a mix of Airedale Terrier and German Shepherd. She joined our family in June 2020 from the same rescue group as our first full Airedale (and who was the original guest entertainer!). She is our Covid “puppy”! She learnt the ropes from the master before she passed away and is just the right amount of sweet and playful. Bring your dog's favorite toys and bed/crate or use ours. She doesn’t mind! No extra charge for playtime and snuggles in our household for sure. Everyone gets 2 daily walks of around 1/2h either with me or our 2 college kids when they are home. My husband works from home and occasionally join in too. We all like to exercise together! I have a part time job driving a school bus for LCPS with the summer off. Morning and afternoon shifts are perfect to spend most of my time with the pups and they love it! We understand that dogs don't like to be alone. When it happens, it is for minimal time. Ella has free range of the first floor and our master bedroom even though she is also crate trained. We treat our guest like our own and the same way! Over the years we have hosted many dogs and I always believed this is the best type of environment for our pets while traveling and being away. A home away from home. I was so pleased to find a website and service which promotes that philosophy for pet owners in our area. Our experience with DogVacay and now Rover keeps growing and we have been enjoying every minute of it! Lots of dogs have come through our doors these past 8+ years and repeat customers are the best as we get to see our favorite dogs again. Cant wait to get to know your pet and make him/her part of our family!
Qualifications
Ratings and reviews
Valerie is the BEST!
Valerie is amazing! She was incredibly kind and caring with our kitties, took wonderful care of them, and even went above and beyond by helping with a few extra tasks while we were away. For example, she brought in the many packages we received during our trip, which was extremely helpful. She provided lots of pictures of our kitties during every visit, including photos of their food station and litter boxes, so we could see that everything was clean, neat, and well cared for. We could also tell that the kitties really loved her! They are usually very shy and don’t warm up to new people quickly, so seeing how comfortable they were with Valerie meant so much to us. We are extremely happy with her care and truly appreciate all the help, kindness, and attention Valerie provided. She did an excellent job, and we would absolutely recommend her!
Valerie was very communicative for the entire duration of our time away — with both status updates and photos. And when we ran into some last minute hiccups on our return, she was extra flexible on the pick up time. Would absolutely leave our furry-four legged friend with her again!
Val is the best!
Valerie is the gold standard. I wish we could give more than 5 stars.
Valerie is absolutely awesome. She is super flexible and communicative, very polite and kind, and great with Maya. We appreciate you so much!!
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Schedule
I get up early during the week and the dogs all get their morning walk then. Then it’s typically breakfast time! I am then driving the school bus for a couple hours and are back with them for about 5h before my afternoon similar shift. Then it’s walk time again and dinner usually happens at 6pm. Bed time is around 9pm when everyone goes to our bedroom. Always a treat then so dogs all run upstairs!
Where your pet will stay
Home characteristics
Safety, trust & environment
Our garden gates are self closing for safety. I typically go out with the dogs to supervise while they are there. Dogs enjoy 2 walks per day on top of that.
Pets
A typical day
Our home offers trails whether going through the front or back of our yard. We have several routes selected by Nutella and now Ella approved too! Their favorite one includes a trail in the woods and through open common areas for optimal rabbit encounter possibilities!
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.