Whiskers Away Night and Day

05/06/2023

I know this page is inactive, but I just want to shout from the rooftops to all of sully’s old friends, that sully passed his test to be certified as a therapy dog today! We are so proud of him!

04/04/2022

Last weekend with a bit of a herd. Couldn’t have a better group. Glad to see some of our best buddies one more time

03/30/2022

In a very unexpected turn of events, a couple weeks ago we decided to sell our house, and given the current real estate climate, it’s already under contract, so we are going to be out of this house that most of your dogs have visited by the beginning of may. It’s been a real whirlwind and I’m so sorry to anyone I have had to cancel/recommend alternatives. We will still be watching our doggy buddies through mid April, but then sadly our dog sitting business will be taking an extended (maybe permanent) hiatus.

I will miss so many of your pups. I hope we can still have play dates with miss Maddie, Oliver, teddy, rigi-man, lamby, Bella, the phoebes, and so many others that we’ve loved having as temporary parts of our family.

I’m going to deactivate this page since I get a ton of messages from potential new clients and I don’t want to waste their time and efforts, but please don’t hesitate to text me at 973-975-9295 if you ever want to arrange a playdate or anything. We won’t be far, but we won’t have a fenced in yard sadly.

03/08/2022

Ah ! Did anyone bring this leash attachment to our house and leave without it? It’s definitely not ours, but I’m confused as to how someone could leave without part of their leash !

02/20/2022

Last but not least, the goldendoodle brother sister duo of moose and mango. Moose being the least golden golden doodle you’ll ever see 😆

02/20/2022

Can’t forget the happy ladies we had over here a couple weeks ago in the snow. Poor Ellie seemed too old to be out walking down the stairs in the snow, but she actually loved it ! I think lying in the cold snow must have eased her aches joints.

02/20/2022

Quite a lack of posting lately ! Sorry! Still coming up with the game plan for having a newborn this summer, so not actively advertising for new clients, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t still super happy to have our visitors over every week. Mr permanent-puppy Oliver is always a favorite over here.

01/05/2022

12/28/2021

I think I have been appointed queen of the golden corner. (Disregard the mess, their tails knock every dang thing down on that coffee table)

12/27/2021

Whew it’s a full house this week, just like with thanksgiving. So many people traveling for holidays, so so many doggy visitors (all of the golden variety yet again!). The goldens seemed to briefly discriminate against the doodle, but ultimately accepted his “foolish curly poodle hair” (I’m just quoting them of course).

12/24/2021

Merry Christmas to all the wonderful families who let their doggies be part of our family throughout this past year. I honestly miss each of them and hope to get more time with them (some of them starting tomorrow 😆). Our family will look a little different starting next June, because we are expecting a baby girl (a human baby girl)! This might complicate the dog sitting in June/July/august, but we will be prioritizing dogs that have stayed over here before whose behavior we are most familiar with and comfortable with, and who are already comfortable being here so hopefully a crying baby won’t spook them too much. Things will be relatively normal through the springtime !

12/15/2021

Doggos are never lonely here, that’s for sure.

12/13/2021

Whew. It was one of those weekends where lots of people with dogs I love and know are agreeable and friendly reached out for quick visits, so we ended up with a whole bunch of happy chaos. Now back to some calm normalcy with just sully and one buddy, apparently his long lost twin, teddy. (Sleeping with five dogs in my room is quite entertaining, can’t believe my parents did that with our five goldens for so long !)

12/09/2021

Almost forgot to post our buddy lambeau from the last week ! Typical energetic doodle! But he knew how to relax 🙂

11/28/2021

Busy and fun week for the thanksgiving crew. We try not to overlap more than 2 dogs typically, but on the rare days where more overlap, it’s so nice to see dogs making new friends. We always make sure everyone is friendly and social before any overlapping. Some dogs just want to be alone with sully and that’s a-ok too! Puppy phoebe is always happy to be the life of the party though (despite the skeptical look from Odie). Doodle boy Maverick went from being unsure of the crowd to totally copying how each of the other dogs played. So cute to see his confidence grow.

11/21/2021

Some food for thought at Christmas time. I know these are always quick and easy to grab to give your pups a Christmas treat, but there are better options.

Please do not buy. Throw them away if your dog gets one as a gift. Giving rawhide to a dog is never a good idea.

Many of these so called treats end up with the dog "enjoying" some time in a veterinary surgery over Christmas. The vast majority of these rawhide products and treats come from China.

The chews are made from cattle or horse hides and their journey starts with the hides being soaked in a toxic sodium sulfide to remove the hair and fat. More chemicals are used in order to split the hide into layers which is then washed with hydrogen peroxide to give the white "pure" look and remove the rancid smell.

Now comes the pretty festive colors and the glue to form cute shapes. On testing, these chews have shown traces of arsenic, mercury, chromium and formaldehyde.

If that wasn't bad enough, they regularly cause intestinal blockages, poisoning from chemical residue and choking. The chews go slippery when wet and are near impossible to get hold of to save a choking dog.

11/16/2021

We are away for the week ! Just a heads up to anyone reaching out and getting a slow response. We are missing sully terribly while we are away, so here is a pretty photo we took on a walk last week 🙂

11/05/2021

She may not get along with any other dogs, but she is pretty wonderful to my boys. Loving miss Maddie every time she graces us with her presence.

10/31/2021

Sometimes a dog can fit through the cat hole into the basement and milo gets to attempt to make a friend. I imagine he was saying something like “this is a dog? Dogs are big! You, my friend, are a curly cat”

10/24/2021

My Saturday night Netflix buddies.

10/22/2021

Such a nice week with this happy trio. They actually got sully acting like an energized playful puppy most days !!

10/17/2021

Hi all, frustrating issues with the payment gateway stripe today, so if anyone tries booking a sitter using the app, please shoot me a message and I’ll arrange for the payment by an alternate method that works best for everyone involved. Stripe is just finishing all of their final security reviews to make sure everyone’s payments within the app will be secure.

Ultimately the process will be as follows: when you accept a sitter you will be taken to the payment screen, a hold will be placed on your payment at the time of booking so that you have time to complete a meet and greet with your sitter and confirm your choice, if you change your mind, your funds will be released,no questions asked, no issues. Otherwise payments will be finalized at the completion of each job. Sitters get paid after each job is completed.

10/09/2021

Sad our week with rigi boy is coming to an end. These guys end up like part of the family when they are here for several nights. Always sad to see them go. (First photo literally just has rigi’s butt, but it’s such a nice photo of sully!)

09/28/2021

So in crazy news, my secret pet project (pun intended) of the summer is finally coming to fruition. We will have an app in the Apple App Store in the coming days !! It’s a pet sitting marketplace app comparable to rover, obviously on a smaller scale. I struggled so much this summer to match up owners with sitters who could fit their needs, and I hate turning people away without recommending someone else. Hopefully pet owners will be able to find awesome sitters on the app and hopefully sitters will be able to grow their business. Right now I’m asking that all sitters who sign up show proof of pet sitting insurance (and I’ll be doing background checks). Hopefully that is feasible and ensures that owners get peace of mind with their bookings. Fingers crossed that the app is live this week. It will have an option to send requests to your preferred sitter, so sign up and pick me as your favorite ! (Jk haha). Please bear with it as I iron out the kinks in upcoming weeks and months probably.

09/28/2021

It’s a golden party this week. So much fun outside time during these beautiful days and evenings. Doesn’t get any better than playing with 3 golden retrievers on a beautiful fall evening. Then they make themselves quite at home on the couch haha

09/22/2021

Hey dogs. I’m upstairs on the couch tonight. 😛

09/12/2021

Tried getting a photo of the Oreo line but sully didn’t want to get between our two visiting girlies. (Anyone get the movie reference ?)

09/06/2021

Me: smile sully
Sully: bug.

09/06/2021

Public service announcement: if you ever see someone posting that their dog just had puppies in a social media group, don’t like it. Don’t comment on the cuteness. Report it. Selling animals is 100% banned from Facebook, and is a super sketchy and shameful practice to be involved in on social media. Breeders will get around the rules by not explicitly stating they are for sale, and just making a happy birth announcement post instead. Not cool. Not. Cool. Don’t ever buy an animal off social media.

(Disclaimer: sully is absolutely from a breeder. I am a steadfast supporter of animal shelters, volunteering at st huberts in Madison since elementary school, and adopting my two cats as well as my grandmas cat from there as well. I sadly was turned down by numerous shelters on my hunt for a puppy when I was living in my one bedroom condo, so I defaulted to what I knew best, golden retriever puppies from a reputable, non social media breeder. I wish I could adopt every dog in every shelter, but I have to settle for supporting shelters in other ways while I love on my sully boy)

08/27/2021

Happy national dog day from these 3 cute butts.