Mariah Jane

Hello Pet Parents! I am an animal lover and have been my whole life.
Thank you for taking a moment to learn a little bit about me and my history of loving and caring for animals.
First a few basics: Non-Smoker, no drug use, non drinker and clean driving record. My vice is Sugar and cheese! Fairly recent criminal record done as I teach children dance.
I do have my own car in the lower mainland and can therefore be with a car depending on how far I'm needing to drive.

I am not in position at the moment to continue to foster animals through the BC SPCA as I have done for the past 3 years. But I’m missing being around the special bond between human and pet.
So I’ve come up with an idea of being a House/Pet Sitter as I also love to travel and much of my work is now online (so I'm home a lot!)

I can provide additional references for various sits I have already done to anyone who wishes, as I have actually done quite a few already for friends, just not on an official website. I now have history of pet sitting in both Canada and Australia (with good reviews you can check out).
Perhaps though my biggest point of reference would be the fact that I have been a volunteer foster with the SPCA for 3 years. That included specific training for how to lower and prevent stress in animals. During my foster years, I have fostered 7 different cats, from kittens, to an over weight cat who needed special care and a cat who had a leg amputated due to a fall, and required care right from surgery through full rehabilitation (see photo). I have experience with friendly cats and shy and and nervous cats. I do have experience with dogs as well, although more time thus far has been with cats. My landlord’s German Shepard did adopt me though and just this summer I pet sit a friends dog for 8 days and to date have sits with 4 different dogs.
I grew up with a dog, numerous cats and even a rabbit! At one point I thought I wanted to be a vet but realized all I really wanted was to cuddle and love animals. So I claimed at 13 I would be an “animal loveologist” …simply go around loving animals. I actually began my house/pet sitter career at age 12, when I made business cards and distributed throughout the growing neighbourhood! And for the 2 years I had a paper route, I was friends with every dog and cat along the route.
Basically my love is genuine and if you are a pet owner you get it, and know that leaving your pet in a kennel, outside of the familiar surroundings of their home is not an ideal situation if it can be avoided.
I do not just have a history being around many pets, mine and others in various house sits, I have also couch surfed all over the world; meaning that people trust me in their homes. I have been both a home owner and business owner, so I completely respect someone's space that they are invested in and will treat it as my own while there.
I believe in leaving a place better than I found it and will be sure you come home to a lovely tidy and clean home.
I would love to meet your pet, and enter into the wonderful bond of giving and receiving love and affection.
Thank you for taking time to consider me. I'm happy to have a zoom call and see if the vibe is right for me to be your chosen "pet aunt".
Mariah-Jane