Shannon's "Safe At Home" Petsitting

11/11/2025

Another five star review! I am proud to have so many cat clients!

I love the trust my clients have in me.

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11/11/2025

Another five star review! Barni is one of the few pets who uses my special Pet Transport services. I take her to her annual exams and vax appointments. Her vet knows me very well now and refers other clients to me.

There's no higher honor than having vets across the city refer their clients to you. 😍 Just these last few years, I've had at least ten vets refer senior pets or special needs pets to me.

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11/11/2025

I think Wichita Pet Wellness is actually the only veterinarian hospital in Wichita whose entire staff and facility is Fear Free certified. It takes a tremendous amount of time, dedication and resources to acquire and maintain full clinic fear free status.

However, there are some simple things you can do to make your pet's office visit less stressful, even if the staff isn't fear free certified.

The two biggest things I recommend to any pet parent is to see if medicating your pet before their appointment will help. This would be for getting vaccines, regular exams and grooming. Some meds take longer than others to work fully so make sure to dose your pet early enough to kick in.

The second thing is to wait in the car with your pet if they get anxious sitting in the waiting room. Call the receptionist when you arrive and let them know to call you when your pet's exam room is ready. This will allow you to just walk in with your pet and head straight to the exam room, skipping all the waiting room noise and excitement.

I am a Fear Free certified petsitter (the only one in Wichita.) I make sure to ask all clients if their pets need medicated to get to the vet and how they are best transported (leash, kennel, bed, etc) so that I am prepared in an emergency. I also work with clients regularly on taking other measures to help keep their pet calm and relaxed.

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11/07/2025

Me and a few of my friends.

I'm so blessed to have cared for so many pets over the last few years. I currently have over 300 pets on my client list.

I can tell you all their names, their breeds and my favorite thing about each one of them. I guarantee you that THEY know what my favorite thing about each of them is. ❤️

I'm honored and blessed to be given the opportunity to do what I do. I work hard to build lasting relationships with all my clients and I hope to be their petsitter through the lives of all their pets, both current and future.

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11/06/2025

I love connecting pets to their kids when they're not together.

I have had kids, who while on vacation, send me videos recapping their day of swimming in the ocean, riding beach bikes, snorkeling and so much more so that I can share it with the pets. I always share the videos with the pets and it's the best thing ever.

I have one family who has two boys who read to their dog every single night when they're home together. So before they go on vacation, they get two copies of whatever book they're reading. They take one of the books on vacation and they leave the other for me. They read a few pages a night wherever they are and then I read a few pages a night to their dog before I tuck him in for the night. It is a great way for the boys to feel connected to their pup. The dog gets to stay in his normal routine of getting a book read to him before bed so he's certainly happy and relaxed. They're all on the same page in the book when they are reunited.

I'm totally ridiculously happy to do this for the families.

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11/04/2025

A few more pics of Linus and Lucy. Both of these pups are so gentle and chill. Until they go outside. Then, their beagleness takes over. They have a huge backyard so they can just run and play and bark at everything.

They are loving life. They love each other. They are so much fun.

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11/03/2025

One of my favorite things as a petsitter is keeping families, including the kiddos connected to their pets when they're not together. I love the connection between kids and their pets and do what I can to keep the connection healthy and active.

Bella and Barkley have a little girl that misses them tremendously when she's not with them.

During my last session with the pups, mom sent me a video that the little girl had made saying that she missed her dogs and then she blew them kisses and said good night. I played the video for the dogs and they loved hearing her voice. I told mom that we'd make her a video too. 😍

Here is what the video did for her. The girl was thrilled to see her pups get excited when I said her name.

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11/03/2025

Lucy and Linus have been clients of mine for almost three years. Linus (the pup on the right) had a rough start in life though.

Linus was part of the Envigo rescue. In 2021, an undercover investigation by an animal-rights group found horrific conditions at the Envigo facility in Virginia: dogs and puppies crammed into cages, some injured or dead, living in filth, eating rotting, maggot-infested food, and sometimes euthanized while they were still conscious.

Almost 4000 beagles were rescued and rehomed to loving families across the country. It was the largest rescue in the history of the US Humane Society.

Linus was fortunate to find his new loving home with mom, dad and Lucy. Both pups are living the dream.

I'm so lucky and fortunate to be able to care for them both. Linus' previous situation stays in the back of my mind when I'm with him. I don't baby him, but I am more tender with him in certain situations.

I am so happy that he was able to find his forever home here in Wichita, where he's loved beyond measure.

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11/03/2025

This is Fredo. He's one of my newest clients. He has two canine brothers and two feline brothers so five boys in the house makes for quite an adventure at each visit!

Fredo is mostly blind and hard of hearing. Due to this, he doesn't like walking on the hardwood floors in his home so his parents have a lot of rugs all over the place. Fredo will walk around the house but only on the rugs. If you want him to come to you, you have to be standing on a rug. When he eats, I have to put his plate on a rug so that it doesn't slide across the kitchen.

My caring for Fredo and understanding his quirks has made for a much better experience for him when his parents are gone. He is a lot less stressed and is relaxed and comfortable when they get home.

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10/30/2025

For the first time ever on Halloween, I don't have a single visit in College Hill 👻.

If you're not familiar with Wichita, College Hill is a small neighborhood just east of downtown Wichita that has several blocks of massive Halloween displays. The front yards are decorated, complete with music, animatronics and candy, of course.

For the safety of the trick or treaters on the street, several streets are completely barricaded by police and vehicles are not allowed in or out of the barricaded area for the entire evening.

College Hill is a part of my service area so I have a lot of clients there. Many years, I've parked fairly far away and walked, which isn't horrible, except there is a TON of kids, adults and chaos!

I don't have any College Hill visits until Saturday morning so I don't have to worry about the craziness!

I think I'll kind of miss it, actually. But I have been able to see all the decorations in the daylight when I did my visits these past several days.

I hope all the kids are safe and have a lot of fun

10/29/2025

This pretty girl is Dolley Madison. She's one of my newer clients, but I take care of Dolley and her sister Lucy quite a bit.

She is a cuddle bug and is as sweet as she is cute.

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10/29/2025

This is Ernie. His family has been a client of mine for a few years, but his owners typically take him along for their travels, so most of the time I just take care of the 3 kitties.

Every now and then, I get lucky and he gets to stay home with the kitties!

I got to care for him last weekend and we had such a great time. He loves to bring his toy to me when I come through the door, but he won't actually let me have it. He's such a tease. 😉

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