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| Auntie Ro and Ellie |
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I want to be your first choice when you consider a pet sitter.
What sets me apart? Your pets will know!
I didn't grow up with pets but one of my favorite animal memories is going to my uncle's farm. He tended cows, goats, pigs, chickens and two yapping, nipping, unfriendly chihuahuas. The dogs stayed close to the house on the hill. At the bottom, in front of the barn, chained to a pipe in the ground, sat Brownie. The amber and white hound mutt looked up at our Italian family gathering around picnic tables set up outside. He wasn't invited.
Brownie was never to run the property or protect the house from prowlers or chase the chickens. It wasn't meanness. It was simply, "farm thinking." Dogs run off. Chains keep them put.
When we visited the farm, I greeted Brownie first. His tail banged against the dirt when I approached and I allowed him to rest his feet on my shoulders. He looked into my eyes, as if to say, "Will you be the one? Will you unchain me?"
In my adult years, I travelled and moved many times. Brownie's image, alone and trapped, coupled with my travelling, prohibited me from adopting a dog. Cats suited my lifestyle. I have served as guardian to a few. Along the way, I joined organizations that help animals. I volunteered at an animal shelter. I worked for another pet sitting company. I was becoming more committed to helping animals, so I "hit the books" and graduated from the Pet Sitting University. I launched my pet sitting business in 2007. Here I can combine all my loves: learning more about animals through hands-on experience, painting pictures of the pets and meeting other folks who share my love of all things animal. See roseannhaslettart.com for some of my animal portraits. Contact (858) 663-2374.
P.S. I finally adopted a shelter dog: Ellie! She's a rocket!
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| Santa Ellie |
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When I tend other people's pets, I expect to be working over the holidays. My work in the airlines trained me to enjoy a non-routine schedule, celebrating on my own time, on my own dates. Caring for your loved ones on holidays or any day, suits me perfectly.
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