Pawsitively Pet Sitting

 We PAWSITIVELY love caring for your pet! 

What We Do

PET SITTERS MEETING

MAY 22, 2010

Our regularly scheduled Pet Sitters' Meeting was held on Saturday, May 22.  We meet to update ourselves on our policies and to renew friendships.  Our schedule is always varied, covering the topics we need to refresh ourselves on, and to learn about charitable activities or educational topics.  We also celebrated our 3rd anniversary by bringing our own dogs to the outdoor meeting venue!  We're all about pets, of course! 

Our Pet Sitters: Back row: Donna & her dog Jesse, Holly, Allison, Molly, Paula and her dog Midnight.  Front row: Wendy, Anna and her new puppy Finn, and Meredith. Absent are Jennifer and Kathy.

February 13, 2010

Pet Sitting in the SNOW?

Snow in Charleston, South Carolina?  Beginning Friday evening, Feb 12, and snowing into the night, we accumulated between 3-5 inches of snow in the Lowcountry.  At our home in West Ashley, we woke up to about 3 inches of beautiful white snow on top of the cars.  The newspaper reports this as the first measurable snow in 10 years!  But don't worry, all of our pet visits were made without difficulty, as snow on the roads began melting off as soon as the sun came up.  Donna and Jesse had time to build a snowman, collect snow for "Snowcream", and have a snowball fight with Gary!  We hope you all enjoyed the snow, stayed warm, and were safe!

Presents 4 Pets Success!

Over $1500 Collected and Donated!

PRESENTS 4 PETS

November 1-7, 2009

We are proud to introduce you to our charity event of the year!  We participated in the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters' (NAPPS) and the Human Society of the United States' (HSUS) charity event called Presents 4 Pets.  We, along with many other Professional Pet Sitters throughout the US, collected donations for animal shelters.  During the week of November 1-7, 2009 (National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week) we donated our collections to our selected pet shelters: Charleston Animal Society and Grateful Golden Rescue of the Low Country.

Current clients, pet sitters,  as well as anonymous donations in Drop-Off boxes in local stores in the Mt. Pleasant and West Ashley areas, made this charity donation drive a huge success!  Thanks to everyone who participated!  We collected over $1500 worth of supplies, food, cash and gift card donations!  Throughout the whole country, NAPPS volunteers donated over $87,000 to pets in need!

 October Pet Sitters' Meeting

On October 3, 2009 we held our regularly scheduled Pet Sitters' Meeting.  It is always a fun time when our pet sitters from all over the Charleston area to get together to visit and learn with each other. In addition to planning for our holiday coverage, we reviewed our newly published Policy & Procedure Manual to assure that we are all providing consistently outstanding pet care!  

Our educational component this meeting was an update on Diabetes Care of our pets.  We were excited to have Rebecca Rew, a senior pharmacy student, attend our meeting and present an overview of diabetes treatment in dogs and cats.  She has a special interest in veterinary pharmacy and has had additional training in this area.  Rebecca provided us with disease information and allowed us to practice drawing up insulin doses. We all feel more confident in caring for pets with diabetes!  

We are ready and excited to care for your pets over the upcoming holiday season!  Thank you so much for your business!

OUR PET SITTING TEAM (May 2009)

ALLISON, ANNA, VAN, MEREDITH, LISA on the back row

WENDY, MOLLY, PAULA, DONNA on the front row

 (Note Maddie-dog on the left and Jesse-dog on the right)

May 16, 2009--We just met for our regularly scheduled educational and organizational update!  Our educational topic was "Interpreting Dog Body Language".  We are ready to take care of all your pet care needs!  Learn more about us on the "Meet Our Pet Sitters" page! 

We were delighted to welcome our guest teacher, Mr. Van Sturgeon, with Clarity Canine & Equine, LLC here from Ravenel. Van trains dogs and horses, and shared a wealth of information with our pet sitters about how to better understand and interpret your dogs' body language.  He also answered our questions about our clients' pets that will help us with our pet sitting responsibilities.  We would like to recommend Van to anyone who could use a little help with their pet behaviors.  You may contact him thru his website at www.claritycanine.com or by phone at 843-556-0782. 

WHAT WE DO...

Going away from home for a few days? Need some help caring for your pet?  That's where we come in!  We will come to your home to care for you pets, so they don't have to spend time in an unfamiliar place.

 Basic Pet Services

Feeding pets

Hygiene (litterboxes, cleaning up yards, brushing)

Medication Administration

Walking dogs/ exercising dogs & cats with toys 

Lots of Love and Play!

 Basic Home Services

Bring in newspaper and mail

Water plants inside or out

Trash out/in

Shades/blinds rotated

Lights on/off 

 Basic Dog Walking/ Potty Breaks

Walk your dog for exercise while you're at work

Let out for potty breaks at mid-day

 Overnight Stay

Stay in your home between the hours of 10pm-6am to keep your pets company!  Additional daily visits are extra.

 Vacationer's Dog Walking

If you arrange with the front desk of your pet-friendly hotel for us to pick up your key, we'll come and take your dog for a walk, and leave you a short diary note about his/her 

Pet Taxi

If you need us to transport your pet, please let us give you a quote. The price will depend on the mileage, number of pets, and number of days of service. 

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

With Hurricane season making such an impact upon us here in the LowCountry, we feel it appropriate to offer information to you about protecting your family, pets and homes.  We can now offer all our clients the sticker above to place on their homes, and we can be contacted in the event their pets require emergency help. If you are a current client and would like a sticker, please contact us.  We would be glad to provide emergency shelter for your pets if you are not at home and cannot be reached.  

What's New?

HURRICANE SEASON

 Beginning June 1 though November 30 each year is hurricane season.  We have a disaster preparedness plan in place, do you?  We'd like to recommend the following site for you to begin your preparations for your pet's saftey.  

Please take a few minutes to visit the following website for good, practical information about assuring your pet is safe.  

www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/pets.pdf

 Other links are available below at the bottom of this page to assist you in your disaster preparedness plans!

ALICE THE HAMSTER

 We are excited to have with us this summer Alice. Alice is a White Syrian Hamster, but you could mistake her for a mouse!  Her owner had to go away for the summer and could not take Alice with her.  So we are "boarding" Alice for 3 months, and are so excited to have her with us.  We do not do boarding on a regular basis, but can sometimes accommodate occasional guests should emergency situations arise.  Please meet Alice!

SPRING TIME! 

We hope to hear from you about taking care of your pets while you visit friends and family this spring season.  Our staff is excited and ready to begin the new year of pet sitting.  We are eagerly awaiting your call today!

January 2010

Donna and Wendy attend Conference.

Donna and Wendy went to Orlando for the annual NAPPS meeting. (National Association of Professional Pet Sitters)  The program was outstanding, and they both had the opportunity to meet many other professional pet sitters from all over the country, as well as learn many new things to improve and enhance our business.  We hope that as we implement a few changes into our system, you will notice that we continue to improve the service we provide and the care we give to your cherished pets.  Let us know how we can serve you better!  

ON-LINE PAYMENTS

We are happy to say that you can now pay for your pet sitting on-line!  You can enter either Visa or MasterCard information and you can make a payment!  Once you set up your visits with us, you will receive a confirmation via e-mail.  Once you receive this email, you will find a link at the bottom underneath the total balance due and you can simply click on that link and it will take you to a page to enter your billing information and make a payment.  You can easily include gratuity for your special pet sitter if you wish.  We can also charge your credit/debit card manually from the office, if you would prefer that method of payment.

We hope you will find this service helpful!  Please let us know if you have any questions.

IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY!

May 2010 marks the THIRD anniversary of Pawsitively Pet Sitting. You will notice Jesse above wearing our anniversary bandana that we will share with our clients who we visit in May & June. We have grown from our very first client, Katie and her cat Bandit, to having over 180 clients and over 400 pets..and growing every week!  We appreciate so much the trust that our clients have had by requesting our services many times.  We hope that our quality of care will only improve with time and experience.  Thanks to all of you for making this opportunity available to all of us!  

 DATABASE UPDATES May 2009!!

We have been using our computerized scheduling system with great success.  The pet sitters enjoy it and it makes communication much easier.  Now you get to enjoy it too!  Please visit our last page on this website (Contact Us & Make a Payment) and you can login to the system yourself!  You can view you own profile, request your pet sitting needs, and even make a payment via credit/debit card!    You can even view the comments made by your pet sitters while you are out of town.   We hope you'll enjoy using the system as much as we do. Please let us know what you think.

FUTURE

PET SITTERS

VACATIONERS:  DOG WALKING NEEDED?

If you're vacationing in Charleston and would like us to come for a time or two and let your dog out for a potty break/walk while you enjoy the sites of beautiful historic Charleston, let us know!  We can come to your pet-friendly hotel, take your pup for a walk. 

Pet Friendly Hotels in Downtown Charleston include the Indigo Inn, Best Western, Vendue Inn, and Charleston Place!  Hope to meet you & your dog there!

 PET FIRST AID

Wendy and Donna completed the Pet First Aid course offered by the American Red Cross for dogs and cats.  We certainly hope we never have to use the valuable information we learned, but feel more confident in helping our clients' pets should an emergency occur.  

  OVERNIGHT STAY

We now can offer overnight stays at your home.  We will be in your home at a minimum between 10pm-6am daily while you are away, and additional mid-day visits can be purchased.  Call early to schedule as we cannot guarantee availability.  Contact us for more information!

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Jesse and Donna after the American Heart Association Walk 2006 

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