Hi, I'm Laurie and I live in mid-town Toronto. I'm new to Pawshake but not to taking care of beloved family pets. If you choose me as your sitter, I'll bring my 38 years of dog and cat ownership, plus experience caring for neighbour and friends pets, to making sure your pet remains happy and healthy in your absence. I've owned 3 dogs and 5 cats (and counting) including rescues of all ages, sizes and stages. I currently share my home with 2 pets - Luna, an 8 1/2 year old German Shepherd and Shyana, a 13 year old diabetic Domestic Short Hair adopted from Toronto Cat Rescue.
While I primarily care for cats, I also offer doggy drop-in visits with optional short round-the-block walks, or senior or puppy potty breaks, and can assist with special and/or short term needs like medication administration.
As a life-long pet owner, I have significant experience managing a range of pet behavioural, dietary, physical, diabetic and other medical issues. I am as comfortable injecting insulin or administering other meds as I am cleaning up after puppies or senior pets who sometimes forget their toilet habits or who are recovering from illness or surgeries.
I always do a meet and greet ahead of a new client booking to make sure we're all a good fit, and create a comprehensive pet profile so there are no surprises!
Included in every visit are real time text or email updates at each visit. Mail, newspapers or courier package deliveries will be brought in, lights will be rotated if not on timer, garbage bins taken to curb and retrieved, indoor plants and front entrance planters watered and tended as needed.
References available.
Remboursement intégral en cas d'annulation avant midi la veille du début de la réservation, remboursement de 50% si l'annulation survient après cette échéance.
. Aucun remboursement n'est prévu si la réservation est annulée à la date de début de la réservation ou après.
Note : Toutes les heures sont basées sur le fuseau horaire du gardien.
This was my first time having a sitter look after my two cats so I was somewhat anxious. . Laurie really connected with my girls, followed their routine and therefore set my mind at ease. The three of us are lucky to have found her!
We cannot thank Laurie enough for taking such great care of our 2 toy poodles. I was so scard to do this and Laurie put me at ease from the first day we met. I had a list of things to watch our pups and she sent a template the same evening outlining everything we spoke about. She made me feel reassured that my pups were in the hands of a person that truly has a love and gift to be around fur babies. We received daily updates, pics and she took in our mail. She also helped one of our pups with a little ear infection we were dealing with. I hope you are free the next time we are out of town. Thank you Laurie for everything. We are so grateful!