Being a pet sitter/dog walker isn't all puppies and rainbows as I've mentioned before, and at times we are called into a situation that is beyond our control...

All the advise that I have read says I need to write at least one blog post a week. As I had no ideas and would rather use the rare free time I have to do so...

Going for a walk with your dog on a nice Spring day can be a relaxing and fun experience. For your dog it is a great time to enjoy being outside and time wit...

For pet sitting and dog walking we typically use the equipment the pet owner provides and what the pet is familiar and comfortable with. With that being said...

The dog was good at the meet and greet with his or her owners around but three days before the pet sitting service begins they send a message that their dog ...

This past Saturday we held our first ever Doggy Easter Egg Hunt. With the amount of eggs we littered the ground with it was a very poor attempt at hide and s...

Owning a dog is one of the most rewarding things a human being can do. Dogs give us love and companionship and can be great partners in play and exercise. Sh...

In the world of behavior modification there exists what we call The Human Hierarchy of Behavioral Change. It is a very simple concept to understand but not o...

A lot of times as dog walkers we are called in to work with dogs that are new to their home and we find people with a lot of differing ideas on how a dog sho...

I have heard tales of the dog that does not like treats. I have yet to meet this dog and in my time as a pet sitter/dog walker I have met hundreds of dogs. A...

As a pet sitter/dog walker I interact with a lot of dogs on a daily basis and many display undesirable behavior. In my role as a pet sitter/dog walker I am a...

Dogs jumping on people is one of the most common problems we hear about and deal with at meet and greets in our roll as in home pet care specialists. As with...

In the dog world, the leader always goes first. A dog who races to the door ahead of his owner is showing disrespect, and doesn’t see the human as the alpha ...

As in home pet care professionals it is important that we have an understanding of animal behavior. We walk dogs and pet sit for cats on a daily basis. If we...

I've written a lot recently on my view of human and dog interaction and I've skirted around the old way of thinking. Yesterday I was faced with a somewhat aw...

To continue to highlight the junction of human and dog behavior I will start this post of a story of a first date I had that didn't go terribly well. You alw...

I attribute many of our good business decisions to blind dumb luck and on one May day in 2015 a potential client called us informing us that her sitter was m...

The foundation of a healthy human to human relationship is not much different than the foundation of a human to dog relationship. Why is punishment and yelli...

Resource guarding isn't a hard behavior to understand. Think of the positive benefits of guarding resources for our dog friend's ancestors. As a dog you have...

It's the night before your big presentation to the board of directors and you still have no idea what you're going to talk about. In fact you're just sitting...