Seagrove Dog Sitters with Lori Clodfelter

06/20/2024

Hey everyone!! Independence Day is soon upon us!! I wanted to post my holiday rates and also encourage you to book this week if you're booking. It looks like I have only a few spots for that week available starting June 30.

06/06/2024

So many doggies!! I love them all!!
Please get your dates in to me soon if you're planning on boarding! Remember I do drop in visits too within a radius.

05/17/2024

Some recent doggie guests!!
Y'all... If you are going on vacation get your dates to me quick!! My summer is filling up quickly! I've currently got clients booking into September!

05/06/2024

We're getting booked up for summer vacations! Give us a call or send us a message to book your dates!! Thanks!

02/18/2024

We love what we do 💛
It's such a blessing when a new client gives us positive feedback - Thank You, Michelle! We look forward to starting your project.

02/18/2024

Thoroughly loved having Arrie with us recently!!

02/18/2024

Love playing ball with our guests in the back yard!!

02/18/2024

Sophie and Sterling! Two of our favorite friends! Remember that I also do drop in visits! Sterling didn't want to come to my house!! Cats often prefer to be in their own environment! Sophie on the other hand, thinks our home is also hers!!

02/18/2024

Can someone say pampered?? Loved watching Vader this weekend!

10/24/2023

It's a great thing when your vet recommends you as a dog sitter! There are no other cards out in the lobby!! Just us!

08/02/2023

Leila loves it here!!

07/14/2023

I Love Sean Dietrich.. Especially when he writes about dogs. I posted for your reading pleasure today!

“Dear Sean,” the letter began, “there’s a dog in my neighborhood who was lost and followed me home. “We think he is an Irish Setter, and he has an owner already but she is an old lady who can’t take care of him any more. She says I can have him but my mom says I should ask you because it...

07/08/2023

So much fun.. These pups are worn out tonight from so much play time!

07/01/2023

We've had some fun times with our furry friends these past few weeks!

05/18/2023

The best way to choose a company for your home remodeling project is to think about what matters most to you in a contractor. When you and you support more than a brand, you support your neighbor.

05/03/2023

Some recent time with my furry friends!!

02/27/2023

Start booking now for your summer dates! We are always happy to see our furry friends!

12/19/2022

Photo dump...I have not posted photos of recent visitors in a while. We have unfortunately had some serious medical things to handle with my Dad. But these are too good not to share.

11/30/2022

Holiday dates and Rates

11/30/2022

11/30/2022

Beaux and Izzy!! We love you!

11/30/2022

Winnie and Rue and such sweet little guests!!

11/30/2022

Resse is loving being here with us!

11/30/2022

Bonny and Clyde!!

11/03/2022

Sweet little kitties!

11/03/2022

Sean of the South
To My Blind Dog

Sean Dietrich

Nov 3

I am not sure whether you understand English, but I’d like to think you do.

I’d like to think that you know exactly what I’m saying to you. I’d like to think I speak fluent dog.

Heaven knows, I speak to you non-stop. Because you’re blind. Because you need me to keep talking. When I talk to you, you don’t feel so disconnected. That way you’re always part of what’s going on.

So I’ve been talking a lot since I brought you home. I say anything and everything to you, so you feel involved.

I tell you when I’m going to the bathroom. When I read a book, I read aloud. When we go for walks, I describe what I’m seeing. I talk to you about the green crabgrass, the particular shade of blue in the sky.

Yeah, I know it’s silly. You probably can’t understand me. Although sometimes I’m not sure.

Sometimes I think you actually know what I’m saying. Because there are occasions when I tell you how much I love you. And when you hear this, you sort of lean into me like you know precisely what “I love you” means.

Other times, when I tell you “It’s going to be okay,” after something frightens you, you tuck your head into my chest because I think that, on some level, you know. You know what I mean.

I can only imagine how scared you get when a loud sound occurs nearby. I can only guess at how disoriented you feel when you stumble off the curb.

I owe you an apology. I’m sorry. I don’t know how to teach a blind dog. I am learning as I go. I have so much more to learn. I’m reading books. I’m watching videos. I’m trying. I promise you, I am. But I am an inadequate trainer.

Any troublesome issues lie within me, not you. You’re doing perfectly. You have learned so much.

For starters, within two days of being at our house you memorized our entire floorplan. You mapped out the whole backyard. In 48 hours, you’d learned every step, every rise, every interior wall, every drop off, and every piece of gravel in the yard.

And yesterday you followed the command “sit” for the first time ever. I cheered for you like a schoolkid. Because you and I have been working so hard on learning to sit. It seems like such a simple trick.

But when you’re blind, nothing is simple.

I was so proud of you for placing your hindparts on the floor that I gave you half a sirloin steak.

Namely, because you work so incredibly hard. And even though your face is battered from past abuse, and although your body is pocked with scars from your former aggressor, you continue to keep trying.

Sometimes, I swear, you get depressed. Lord knows, you have the right to be despondent. All you’ve been through.

And sometimes, when you get down in the dumps, and you hole up in my office, I don’t know how to reach you. So I just sit beside you on the floor and tell you how special you are.

Because you ARE special.

I’m not just blowing smoke, Marigold. I’m not just saying this because you’re my friend. I’m saying this because I’ve known a lot of dogs in my day, and you’re un-freaking-believable.

You had your head crushed by a man who was probably about my age. A man who left for you dead. You were seen wandering highways. You were starving to death.

And yet you’ve come to trust me. I don’t know how. I don’t know why. I don’t deserve your trust.

I’ll tell you the truth, darling. If those things had happened to me, you know what I’d do? I would never trust another human being again.

I would tuck my head and run headlong into the woods and disappear forevermore. I would never ever have any contact with humankind. And if I died of starvation out there, so be it. I dang sure wouldn’t put any faith in people. Not now. Not ever.

Because mankind is the only animal capable of cruelty. He can be quick to anger and slow to exercise mercy. He can be vain and self-important. He builds monuments unto himself and then spends the rest of his wealth maintaining them.

I wouldn’t blame you if you never wanted to trust another man, woman, or child.

But somehow you do.

Somehow you’ve made your way into my life, and you trust me. And you’ve made me want to be a better man.

So when I read this letter aloud to you, even if you don’t understand the words, just lean into me when I say “I love you.” Because I never get tired of that.

11/03/2022

11/03/2022

I love Marigold!! Follow Sean Of The South for her story!!

She can’t see. But someday, she will. Someday, she is going to finally see my smiling face, and she’ll say, “So that’s what you look like.” And I’ll say, “Are you surprised by how I look?” And she’ll say, “Yes. I thought you’d look just like me.”

10/12/2022

We've been busy!! Just catching up on some photos!! I'm booking into December now.

08/01/2022

Meet Lilly! Lilly is a rescue who was probably mistreated by men. Her mom warned me that she wasn't a fan of men. Now.. Meet my husband, Geoffrey... Geoffrey is one of the most gentle calm men you will ever find. Lilly was won over by him the first time she met him. All week long when he came out to the studio, she would come up to him and let him love on her. This business is a family affair. My family treats these guest dogs with lots of love and affection. We're always honored when mistrust is replaced with love and affection towards us!