Shannon's "Safe At Home" Petsitting

11/17/2025

Yesterday, I got to meet Stevie Nicks & Tommy Shaw 😯!

An existing client who has 3 cats now has 2 new kitties so I got to go meet the kitties yesterday!

The white kitty is Tommy and the darker kitty is Stevie.

**If you're not familiar, the human Tommy and Stevie are both iconic rock musicians.

I get to watch these kool kats (and their 3 feline siblings) next week for the holiday and can't wait to get to know them better!

11/17/2025

💛 Sweet Sookie has been through a lot this year. I first started helping her family with litter box cleaning when both her mom and dad were undergoing chemo. My visits grew to full care for a few weeks, and I continue to support dad now that he's able to care for his fur babies again, except for the litter boxes.

Sookie often follows me around, looking for comfort and companionship—it’s clear she misses her mom 💔, but she’s found a friend in me. 🐾 I always take a few extra minutes to sit on the floor with her and just let her snuggle with me, even though I'm paid to just clean the boxes.

Pet Care 911 is all about flexibility: whatever a family needs, I’m there. Helping Sookie and her brother has been such an honor. 💕

11/17/2025

These two girls really make me miss having big dogs in my own home. Kairi on the left and Emma on the right, are both a joy to be around.

Kairi always greets me at the door, Emma keeps me guessing if she’ll come down or make me fetch her… and Kairi’s right there as my sidekick when I do! 🐾 These two sweet sisters make every visit full of love, laughs, and a little playful mischief. 💕🐶

11/16/2025

Our Christmas tree is up and the wreath is on the door! With having a blind pet, we can't move furniture and change the layout of what's on the floor so we have a table top tree which sits perfectly on the platform above our stairs.

I also have a few homes already that have their 🎄 up! One home has a new cat so they put up just the tree and lights as a test to see how interested the cat is in the tree. If the cat leaves the tree alone, the client will add ornaments in a few days and then test that and then add packages under tree a bit later if they're feeling brave.

The other home has young boys who just couldn't wait to get the Christmas decorations up! This is my favorite time of the year for visiting client homes!

If I'm not visiting your home this year, please share your pics with me as you get your decorations up! I want to see it all!

11/14/2025

Three years ago we started transitioning Bo to come live with us. Little did we know that he was going to make such an impact and teach us so much.

We thought he'd only live for a few weeks since he was really at a hospice point, but he perked up once he came to live with us and thrived for another 15 months.

Please send all the happy vibes to the Welch house!

Bobo is a 14-year old blind and mostly deaf chihuahua that lives across the street. Five months ago, his owner was moved to assisted living with the hopes that she could get strong enough to come back home.

His owner and I have been friends for four years and I knew Bobo very well before any of this happened. When she went into the living center, her family was unable to take Bobo into any of their homes and had mentioned euthanizing him if the owner didn't come back home, knowing that his odds of finding a good home were slim.

James and I offered at that time to adopt Bobo once they decided that the owner was not coming home and the family has been paying me for the last five months to take care of him. So twice a day, I cross the street and give him the time that I have, which is limited and nowhere near enough for that sweet boy.

The family told me tonight that the owner is NOT coming back home and they're ready to start the transition to bring Bobo to our home!!! The hard part is getting the owner to understand since she's deaf and is a person with a learning disability. They're going to discuss the logistics more in depth tomorrow and start talking with the owner about it. The family did ask me how soon we'd be ready to move him... We were ready five months ago...

11/14/2025

Edited: Archie's mommy just texted me to let me know that their house is decorated and the trees are all up! I get to see Archie next weekend for my birthday so that will be fun to see all the decorations! They were my first holiday decorated home last year as well!
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This is my sweet Gia in her Christmas dress a few years ago. She's ready to get the holiday season started again!

Since we seem to continually have blind pets in our home (Gia included), we can't move things around to put a Christmas tree. So we have a small (but beautiful) table top tree. Most of our decorations hang on the wall for the same reason. You can't just move things around on pets that can't see.

For this reason, I LOVE the fact that I'm in so many clients homes for the holidays. I have quite a few homes that have multiple trees on display and some homes that really go all out with their festiveness (is that a word?!) 🤷

I wonder who the first home is going to be that has their decorations up this year. Last year, I had two homes back to back who decorated early. One was for Christmas and one was for Hanukkah. I have learned quite a bit about Hanukkah over the years from one of my clients so I think that's really neat.

The holiday season with the pet clients is my favorite. It's so much fun! I like to kid with them about who's on the nice and naughty list... Somehow, they all end up on the nice list...

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11/13/2025

Another five star review from a kitty home!

The Salazar home has four kitties who are always so happy to see me. Each cat has such different personalities and the dynamics in the home are quite fun! I always love spending time with them.

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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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