Heart For Pets, Dog Walking and Petsitting Services

11/01/2024

Happy Halloween to everyone and their fur family members! Stay safe and dry! 🐾🎃

10/25/2024

At the beginning of this week, I said goodbye to Piper, whom I had been fostering on behalf of one of my clients due to extenuating circumstances. She made her maiden voyage to Georgia to join her new family with her Uncle Frank and his 3 dogs and 5 cats! It will be an adjustment for her I am sure. But I am grateful that I had the opportunity to care for her for these past 6 months. I learned so much! And of course I enjoyed her company. She is going to have a great life in Georgia with lots of land to run around on! ❤️🐾

10/23/2024

Halloween is just about a week away. With all of the excitement of costume, friends, trick-or-treating, and candy, it is good to be aware of how we can keep our pets safe, happy, and calm. Here are a couple of links to organization websites who have written a good list of safety recommendations and suggestions for your pet to stay happy during the festivities.

https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/general-pet-care/halloween-safety-tips

https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/halloween-pet-safety

10/23/2024

This is Rusco and Jack, relatively new additions to my pup charges. Jack is a little buzz bomb and Jack is a feisty old man! They are a fun pair. 😊🐾

10/08/2024

As the seasons change and the deluge of holidays is on the horizon, I want to take a moment and share my availability for house-sitting and drop in visits during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. It is not too early to book or share this information with a friend who may be looking for a pet sitter or reliable person to come do drop in visits throughout the days during the holiday season while you are out visiting family, running errands, or just need to catch a break from your busy schedule and outsource some dog care to me! You can message me here or visit my website at heartforpetsservicesseattle.weebly.com/services.html for contact info. I look forward to serving you and your beloved pets! 🐾❤️

09/14/2024

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My best friend shared this video with me, and it just had me crying. The Kindness is so creative and funny. Here, he shares his heartfelt message to please not eat the dogs or the cats. 😂 I support this message. ❤️🐾😻🐶

No pets were harmed in the making of this video. Stream / Buy here: https://onerpm.link/EatingTheCatsDisclaimer: as a South African, I am non-partisan in my ...

09/08/2024

Sometimes while I am petsittIng, the everyday details of my personal life also have to get attended to. These guys are totally down for the ride and go with me wherever I go, and happen to meet and make friends along the way! 😍

This pup named Maggi is the shop dog where I bought my car and have it repaired on occasion at Armadillo Auto Sales in Lynnwood. Good people there, and obviously they have great taste in dogs! 😁

09/08/2024

This gang is so much fun. With Avery the field spaniel's mellowness, Cooper the Damlatian's go with flow attitude, and Piper the Aussie's high spirit happiness, they all have a fun time out. We even got to run into Piper's owner and his caregiver while out in the neighborhood. Piper was definitely excited about that! 😊

09/08/2024

I am finally getting to catch up with social media and so there will be a bit of a photo dump on here for the next few posts as the last month of summer was full of photographic moments. 😁

These pics are from an adventure Ingot to take with my foster pup, Piper, to go camping for a few days down in the Olympics near Lake Crescent. The PNW proved all of her splendor and beauty yet again, and Piper just lived the camping and hiking - especially the snuggle time in the car. 😂😍

08/13/2024

I got to spend some time walking with my big babies over in their new neighborhood in West Seattle. Pictured here are 2 of the 3 beauties - Country and Mia. Granny opted to stay home with her mama who was working from home. She also knows I think she is too cute and has deep loyalty for her mama and cannot give even the slightest hint that she may like another who is not her parent. 😁 Perhaps she will come with me when we walk again today. 🤞🏼In the meantime, these 2 gave me plenty of workout with their eager energy to explore. It was so great to explore a new area with them and see their new 'hood that we will be getting to know as time goes on. And very cool that the Chinese Garden and Arboretum for South Seattle Community College in West Seattle is just down the way - a perfect trek! 🤩

08/13/2024

Even while I was away on vacation visiting family in Rochester NY over a week ago, I still had pets surrounding me. Between my Mom's crazy cat Sheba to my Uncles' cat Tinkerbell and their 2 dogs, Prissy and Dottie, I did not need to worry about feeling lonely for pets in my life. 😁 The company of family and their animals was a nice lead up to my birthday when I finally got back to Seattle, and back into the swing with my charges here. 😊🐾🎉

08/13/2024

It was a beautiful evening for a quick hike over on the Cedar River Trail in Renton with 2 of my regulars, Cooper and Piper, after running a quick errand in Maple Valley. Any of the dogs I care for whom I have brought over for a change of pace on the eastside, just love the smells of nature and the opportunity to dip their paws and snouts in the fresh stream water that runs through alongside the walking path and trails. 🌱🏞️🐾

08/13/2024

Back with "The Menagerie" again! This bunch is such an eclectic and fun personality-filled clan. Not featured are the bun-buns, Voodoo and Pancake as they just have not made the rounds into my camera roll yet. But all these guys are the best.

Finnbar, my meaty boi Frenchie, gets more and more vocal with his years and is outspoken about his dislike of me not allowing him to come down and share the guest bed with me, howling through the door for upwards of 15 minutes! 😂 Tigger is as always my bestie cat in the whole world, with his affectionate snuggles and loud purring and meows. Juniper is a crazy little spaz of a Frenchie who lives to snort in and nibble my ears wildly. And Poppy and Rosie are my more calm Wheatens who just want to be rubbed a little bit and given good bribery treats and toppings to oblige me of eating their regular meals. 😏 You couldn't miss us walking down the street over to our usual Ella Bailey Park rounds in Magnolia with all 4 pups weaving in different directions for sniffing leadership rights! If you see us around, stop by and say hi. They love the attention! ❤️🐾😀

08/01/2024

This is Piper. She is an Australian Shepard, 4 years old, and I have been fostering her for almost 3 months for her owner who has been a client of mine for about 3 years. She is a precious loving handful! Due to circumstances, her owners needed some fostering care for the time being, so she has been my almost constant companion. And she has really gone with the flow of meeting and being with so many different dogs I have cared for over these months, and followed my lead and accepted all of them, even when she would prefer to be a spoiled only child. 😁 We had the opportunity to go on a hiking outing at Heather Lakes a couple of weeks ago, and she really showed her stuff! Turns out she is an excellent hiking companion, and loves to swim! 😍 We had a great time. 😊🐾

08/01/2024

Summer has been going by quickly and has been packed with pet care! 😍 I am going to do my best to catch up with some of the highlights while I am en route to visit family for a week in Rochester, NY. If I catch any fun pet photos while I am there, I just may share! 😁 In the meantime, here a few highlights of the last few weeks. ❤️🐾

11/02/2023

While I love a good daylight and nature photo of my pups out and enjoying themselves, there is something so dramatic about Autumn city nightscapes. And Luna is a perfect photographic muse. She puts up with most of my photo taking inclinations. Do you have a favorite photo of your pup out and about? If so, share in the comments!

11/02/2023

Happy belated Día de Los Mu***os! One of my favorite holidays, where I have loved and respected the Mexican tradition of honoring our beloveds who have crossed over beyond the physical. In past years I have done "ofertas", or ceremonial altars, for family and pets that have gone, but I was away from home this year. But I hold in my heart and memory both human family and the fur babies I have loved and cared for, and said goodbye to in this form. Sophie, Lander, Pickles, Honey Bear, Stella, Jake, and super-close-to-my-heart Steve-O - I have loved and been loved by you all. I hope there are infinite bones in the beyond, and all of the dog parks and treats you can desire. 💀🐾🤍🐾❤️

10/30/2023

I had a fun stay with my older gal, Luci, this past week, and will have her another few days this week. She is so sweet and the most easy going girl. Even bathing, blow drying, and brushing her was a laid back affair. 😁 We managed to get some good time in over at Carkeek Park as well, taking in a beautiful sunset. 😍