Pet sitting, or doing drop off visits at the owners home. Hello everyone! I am Crystal Van Daalen. Please let me know if you have any questions!
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I started watching pets really young, mainly for my parents friends, and then word of mouth traveled and more people would ask me to watch their pets and it recently turned into a small business! I have always loved animals, and it's like I understand them on a deeper level and try to really understand them. I have worked for two animal shelters, voluntered at many, donate as much as I can, and tr
ansport rescue animals. I come to your home, and pet sit them in their own home so they are more comfortable. I love to do a meet and greet before hand, meet everyone, understand the animal (s) personality, food, watering, potty habits (fenced in yard, or leash), if they take any medicine, and anything else you want me to know! Rates are $40 a night, and an additional $10 a night if you are 30+ miles away from Waverly.
Hello everyone!! This is my buddy, Teddy! He is a Bichon Frise and a great boy! He is actually diabetic, so he gets insulin shots every 12 hours, morning and night, same time every day. He eats, and I give him a snackie while he gets his insulin shot. He is so sweet and loves to sit on my lap, or his awesome window! I think he is SO sweet that he went diabetic 😜
These two are so funny!! The rottie is Rambo and the pittie is Jax. They love to play fight, step on my feet, and crawl in my lap! ❤️❤️
Looking at my schedule, I need to fill August 12th-15th and the 19th-22nd, and then it would be constant pet sitting from Tuesday the 18th to September 10th! Now that is crazy!! Talk about a booked summer! 🐾 🐾
🐾 🐾 I am getting busier, these are the days I am still available August 12th-15th, and the 19th-22nd, September 16th-19th, 23rd-27th, November 4th-14th, 18th-30th, January 5th-17th, and 20th-28th 🐾 🐾 This is Billie, she is about a year old and up for adoption with PAWS in Charles City!
Hello everyone, I just got back from Vegas and trying to catch up on my sleep, which is hard when you walk over 40 miles and do so much in such a short time!! We were SO EXCITED when we saw this baby!! 🫶🏽🫶🏽
Hello everyone, just wanted to let everyone know I am going to Vegas tomorrow, and will not be responding to anything business related until Saturday or Sunday. My available dates for the next few months are June 10th-14th, 17th-20th, July 1st-4th, August 12th-15th, 19th-22nd, September 16th-19th, 23rd-27th, October 1st-7th, November 1st-14th, 17th-30th, December 7th-13th, January 1st-28th, February 6th-28th, March, and April I am now booking and completely open!! Thank you for the support, and letting me watch your babies!!!
These two girls I have a big soft spot for.. their mom is a good friend, and very much like me when it comes to her animals. 😍 Molly is a little trouble maker, but come on, look at that face!!! Princess is one of the best little girls ever, very sweet, innocent and love able. When ever I leave, they love to make a mess and have their ‘auntie’ Brooke clean it up apparently! 🤪🤪 I can’t wait to watch them again!
Everyone meet Deathgrips! Her mom calls her DG for short, but I love to call her Deathy. She is one I do visits with, every other day. When I visit her, I fill her food and water dishes, and then she comes and I will pet her until she decides to walk away. She just got her food switched to a special food for hairballs, and it completely changed her fur!! Her fur is so soft now, when before it was a thicker fur with some flakes from her skin on her, I believe she has lost weight also!
Miss Kitty is one of my regulars that I watch! Her mom will call me and set up trips from what I am available, versus just picking dates and then asking if I am available. Miss Kitty is an independent, but loves when someone is with her. She is an older cat, probably around 12. I love taking goofy pictures!!
I have some new people, so I figured why not make an introduction post with questions I am asked the most!! I am Crystal, 31 and live in Waverly! I travel up to 30 miles for pet sitting, after that is an additional $10 per night. I go to your home with your pets, that way they feel more safe and less things that are different for them. I charge $40 per night. Yes, I do have pets of my own, they stay with grandma and grandpa when I’m gone 😜 I have a 3 year old female sheltie, who is very sweet, but loves to bark! I have 2 cats with completely different personalities!! One is 9, and the other is 8, the female is pretty independent, cuddles are on her terms. The male has behavioral issues, he was found at 3 weeks and I fostered him since I worked at the shelter he came in to, he will randomly bite us, or attack the female cat (who hates him) I will put him in jail as we call it, where he goes down to our fully furnished basement, with fresh water, fresh food, litter boxes, many chairs to lay on, a huge space, sometimes we find him laying on top of the pool table, or on the treadmill sleeping, very silly. I got into pet sitting because my parents friends needed someone to watch their pets, so starting young my mom would take me and I loved it, then they would tell other friends and then I would watch for them and so on. I officially started this a couple years ago because people kept reaching out to me. I do have another job as an opening cashier, I work early mornings through the week. I am also booked out pretty decently, with random dates in between, especially during the week! No, I do not have any kids or a husband, I am an auntie, and it’s my FAVORITE!! I have an almost 18 year old nephew, 15 year old niece, almost 5 year old nephew, almost 2 year old nephew, 8 month old niece, and twin 8 week old niece and nephew. I do two extra nephews and an extra niece, a 3 year old nephew, 12 year old niece, and an almost 2 year old nephew! *Some of them there parents do not want pictures on social media, this is why I did not share all of them!! This is no shade to their parents🥰*
Okay yall… who did the tongue better?? First is my nephew Axton who is saying he is hungry, or Molly who was being a silly girl when I was taking pictures?
‼️Just updated dates ‼️I am available June 17-20, July 1-4, August 12-15, 19-22, September 11-13, 16-19, 23-26, October 1-4 and December 7-13. This is Loona who is a cavalier King Charles spaniel and poodle mix!
This is Teddy, he is a purebred Bichon Frise! Teddy has had some medical issues, and he is diabetic, he needs insulin twice a day. He is such a sweet boy, and loves to chill and take naps! ❤️
Miss Kitty loves to be in the same area as me and fall asleep, she probably thinks she is guarding me! Silly I am the one watching you!
This cute little lady is Nyla, and she is such a sweet girl!! I had so much fun this week watching her! She slept right by my feet or against my back every night, and it was so cute. She really has that ‘I haven’t eaten or got attention’ face down, in the last picture!! 🤣🤣 I know she will be so happy when her family comes home!
These are the animals up for adoption at PAWS Humane Society in Charles City, Iowa! We do have the tattoo event in Mason City, at Emerald Ink, and the PAWS Along the Cedar 5K coming up quickly, June 1st!
These two boys were never boring! Jax and Rambo are such good boys, and there was never a dull moment with Rambo!! It is so fun with these two boys. Thank you for letting me watch them!
Is there anything better than hearing a pittie snore?? Reminds me of my dog Baby that passed away 🩷 This is Jax, and he is SUCH a great boy!!
I am so lucky I get to watch these guys again a few times, and even in a few hours!! There is Corbin, Wrangler the two labs, then Bubbles/ Baby, Kora/Momma, and Marti are the 3 inside cats and then there are two outside cats Spinx and Ginger and the bearded dragon Fred!! They are all so sweet!! 🥹
Hello I have new dates available to pet sit! July 8th-12th, August 12th-15th, 18th-22nd, September 23rd-30th, October 1st-5th, open completely in November, and December 1st-
12th. This is Corbin, he says hi!
I still have dates in May, due to a cancellation. Available May 13th-24th, and 27th-31st. Let me know if you have any questions or want to schedule a meet and greet!
I have an opening in May! 13th-23rd and 27th-31st is now open! Then next opening is September 23rd-30th, November 1st-30th, December 1st-12th!! Thank you everyone for being so amazing! 🥰
I loved watching these two beautiful boys, Rambo and Jax! Rambo is the Rottweiler, and a few times he would jump and sit in my lap! 🤣🤣 I don’t think he realizes how big he is! Jax is such a sweet boy, who loves pets! I can’t wait to watch them again soon!! 🐶🐶
UPDATE- WOW!! I am now open only May 13th-21st, August 5th-10th, September 23rd-30th and all of November!! Thank you everyone!
Looking at my calendar coming up, I am full for April, May I have 13th-21st open, full June, July I have the 8th- 12th, August I have the 5th-10th open, September I have the 23rd- 30th open, and full in October, November I have the whole month open, and December I have the 1st- 12th, and 23rd-31st open!! Thank you everyone who has met with me, had me watch their pets, shared my posts, and been so amazing!! I am so happy that I have been so busy with pet sitting!! Let me know if you have any questions, or want to ask about certain days!
UPDATE- ONLY available May 13th-21st, August 5th-10th, September 23rd-30th and all November
Hello everyone!! I have been booking for vacations and I wanted to share what I have available still! Let me know if you would like to talk dates, and then we can set up a meet and greet with your animals! My rates are $40 per night, and if it’s more than 30 miles away from Waverly it is an additional $10 extra per night. I stay in your home with the animals, so they feel more comfortable and less changes for them! *The shaded dates are days that are not available.*
Willie was so excited he was running around and it sounded like a tap dance! So cute Willie!!
I watched Ava and Willie, and they are so sweet!! I couldn’t get a picture of Willie without holding him! 🤣 Ava was a little nervous at first, which is really normal I have only seen her once before, so I took it slow and let her come to me so I didn’t scare her, an hour later we were best friends! These two are great puppies!! Ava has these adorable ‘freckles’ and I love them so much! Thank you for letting me watch them!!
Maisy and Bella are so cuddly and so sweet! They have 4 cat siblings, two chinchilla brothers, and one Guinea pig sister! I have never felt a chinchilla and wow he was sooo soft!!! Thank you for letting me watch them!
Deathgrips, or DG, is such a sweet girl! She loves to meet me on the stairs when I come in and just meow at me until I pet her. She is such a good girl who loves attention for about 20-30 minutes and then she just walks away and lays down somewhere. I have watched her many times and I can’t wait until the next time I watch her! 💜
Waverly, IA
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Hello everyone, I just got back from Vegas and trying to catch up on my sleep, which is hard when you walk over 40 miles and do so much in such a short time!! We were SO EXCITED when we saw this baby!! 🫶🏽🫶🏽
Willie was so excited he was running around and it sounded like a tap dance! So cute Willie!!
Maisy and Bella are so cuddly and so sweet! They have 4 cat siblings, two chinchilla brothers, and one Guinea pig sister! I have never felt a chinchilla and wow he was sooo soft!!! Thank you for letting me watch them!
He loves to do this little hop thing when he is getting ready to eat! It is so cute!! He is the first Newfoundland dog I have watched! ❤️😍
Does it look like Lucy is playing? Well she is playing AND eating! She has her ball that you can put treats or food into it, and she plays and has to use her brain to get her food! I love this! She also has a puzzle that she eats her meals from also!
Lucy is so silly and playful! She was doing this for about 10 minutes before I started videoing her! Gotta love the puppy energy!😍🥰
Fran just doesn’t understand why the cats don’t like her?? Fran says but everybody loves me, I’m just a cute little puppy 💕🥹❤️
duck duck… GOOSE!!!🪿 ♥️
Two years ago I was watching Opal, and her three brothers! ❤️😍
