About Us
Maryland’s Top-Rated Professional Pet Care Provider
Our
Story
Pet and Home Care founder Tiffany Lewis started walking dogs in her Potomac neighborhood when she was a junior in high school. With a combination of hustle and word of mouth, her little side gig after school turned into a full-time job. By 2002, her client list grew to the point that Tiffany had to hire her first team member. Today, PHC employs more than 50 pet sitters, resort attendants, and office staff spread out across Maryland’s Montgomery County and Frederick County.
Our professional team of caregivers subscribes to our core values of reliability, trustworthiness, and empathy. Pet and Home Care has your tail covered by loving your pets as if they were our own and by treating your home with respect.
Our
Team
Pet and Home Care hires only the most reliable pet sitters and support staff to give your pets the love and attention they deserve. All team members are bonded and insured employees. We do not use contractors!
All PHC team members are required to complete:
- Thorough background checks
- A comprehensive week-long, in-person training program
- Online certification courses in pet sitting and pet first aid/CPR
The Management Team
Tiffany
As a teenager, Tiffany’s dream of becoming a veterinarian was cut short when she realized that she could not handle performing surgeries or euthanasia on the animals she holds so dearly in her heart. Instead, Tiffany got into pet sitting. She found it more rewarding because the animals are always happy to see her. This passion for animal care pushed Tiffany to started Pet and Home care in 1999 at the young age of 17. She has professionally cared for thousands of animals including reptiles, horses, and goats.
In April 2018, Tiffany welcomed a healthy and active baby boy named Everett. He adores all animals and their Shih Tzu Millie. She hopes to include Everett in the business as he grows. Tiffany enjoys many hobbies including hiking, yoga, cooking, attending cooking classes, caring for Everett, reading, and anything related to the growth and betterment of her business.
Her favorite part of being a momtrepreneur is providing much-needed services to customers and knowing that the animals are receiving great care. She loves providing affectionate care to the animals and helping her employees grow.
Kira
Kira has held a management role at Pet and Home Care since 2015. In February 2020, she became the Director of Operations. She possesses an exceptional eye for detail and displays exemplary dedication to our clients and their pets, and the entire Pet and Home Care team. Kira’s role includes wearing several hats to ensure that Pet and Home Care continues to always run smoothly. She helps with many of the operational duties, in-home visits, overnight visits, and works at our doggy daycare and boarding resort.
Kira loves caring for and spending time with the many animals she meets. She grew up with many dogs and small pets like fish, hamsters, and helping with her friend’s iguanas. She also had opportunities to learn obedience training and attend many dog shows and training seminars with her father. Her professional experience expands over seven years starting in college caring for small animals such as guinea pigs, rats, mice, finches, frogs, turtles, and rabbits. Since working with Pet and Home Care, Kira has been able to expand her knowledge and skill working with cats, seahorses, snakes, and tropical fish.
She is interested in learning about all animals and continues to attend seminars on pet care anytime they are available. Some of Kira’s favorite activities outside of work include cooking, baking, quilting, and listening to audiobooks. Additionally, she likes to participate in local 5K races!
Rylee
Rylee is a dedicated member of the Pet and Home Care team since May 2022, she started her journey as the Care Coordinator, bringing with her years of valuable animal care experience. Today, she holds the position of manager at PHC, where her responsibilities encompass supporting the entire team of pet sitters and resort staff. Rylee thrives in her role, assisting clients by answering their queries and organizing services efficiently. Her genuine enthusiasm lies in building relationships with clients and making a positive impact on their families’ lives through exceptional pet care. Rylee’s educational background includes certification as a veterinary assistant from Frederick Community College. Her passion for animal welfare led her to work in a small veterinary clinic specializing in dog and cat care. Additionally, Rylee has an agricultural background, having been a 4-H member during her upbringing. She showcased her expertise by exhibiting dairy cattle, swine, and goats. In 2019-2020, she served as the Maryland FFA State Treasurer, advocating for the agricultural community. In her personal life, Rylee shares her home with a loyal companion, a German Shepherd named Jax. With her extensive knowledge, genuine care, and unwavering dedication, Rylee continues to make a significant impact on the lives of both clients and their beloved pets at Pet and Home Care.
Dani
Dani, born in England and later relocating to Maryland, is a dedicated Care Coordinator at PHC. In her role, she ensures pet sitters have all they need to excel, finding joy in witnessing happy pets. With a background in rescue, she previously worked with the Humane Society of Washington County, fostering various animals from rabbits and kittens to horses and guinea pigs. Growing up surrounded by animals, Dani’s passion for pet care began at the age of three, when she got her first guinea pig. At home, she cares for four cats and three guinea pigs, showcasing her love for diverse animals. Outside of her pet-centric world, Dani enjoys traveling, cooking, watching sports, indulging in anime, and playing video games.
Fish
Fish joined the Pet Resort team in March 2022 with over 15 years of pet care experience. Their role includes ensuring everyone has a fun day, going above and beyond to meet each dogs’ unique needs. Fish treasures the relationships built with the dogs and seeing the joy in their faces when they see their friends. Knowing they will get to make new friends makes Fish’s heart happy!
Currently, Fish and their partner share three cats, one dog, and four ferrets. While growing up, Fish learned to care for sheep, horses, chicken, geese, turkeys, a feral cat colony, rodents, snakes, fish, cats, and dogs. They believe their experiences on the farm helped make their animal care skills versatile and adaptive. Additionally, Fish worked in professional pet care as a sitter and kennel technician. They have also worked alongside professional groomers, dog trainers, and veterinarians, giving them exposure to various dog-related situations. They hope to further their pet care career by attending dog training academies to enhance their knowledge in canine behavior and group/pack management.
Fish recommends all pet parents read Reaching the Animal Mind by Karen Pryor. Pryor’s understanding of animal behavior changed how they engage and understand animals. Fish encourages everyone to read Pryor’s work and believes our dogs appreciate our efforts!
Pet Sitting Team
Amber
Amber joined our pet sitting team in August 2019 having experience caring for all types of animals her entire life. Her favorite part about her job is that she gets to be a “fairy dog mother” to more than just dogs. Amber loves meeting several animals daily and spoiling them. She says this is the best part of her day because it is almost like having all the animals she has ever dreamed of, without it being too cramped!
Amber has been “dog crazy” since she was about three years old with her first dog, and she has not been able to slow down since! She has been certified through UC Davis as a “Pet Expert” and is certified in animal health and nutrition for dogs, cats, avian, small mammals, fish, herptiles, and reptiles. Amber has previous experience riding western horses and has received several certificates through Girl Scouts and 4H. Her passion is to become a Master Dog Trainer which has been fueled by having the opportunity to train a multipurpose Service Dog for the past two years.
Amber hopes to intern soon and is excited to finish her education at HighLand K9. She currently has two very spoiled Guinea Pigs. She shares a Malti-poo and Coton de Tulear with her boyfriend, and a German Shepherd Service Dog with her friend.
Amber’s favorite hobbies include sewing, LARP-ing, cosplay, dog training, mermaid-ing, going on adventures, spending time with family, and spoiling all of her animals. She says, “no pet is too big or too small, I love dogs of all sizes and personalities!”
Amy
Amy joined our pet sitting team in December 2019 with life experience being around and caring for animals. She loves all pets and enjoys taking care of animals when their owners are away. Amy’s favorite part of the job is meeting the animals and establishing a bond with them. She loves being able to always care for new pets and have something new to do every day. Amy is currently in school at Montgomery College and owns a rabbit and a dog.
She’s had cats in the past, along with hamsters, fish, birds, and other rabbits. Amy has cared for pets in the past for various family and friends. Currently, she dog sits for a family with two American Hairless Terriers and assists with their health needs including testing blood sugar levels, administering insulin and allergy shots, and dispensing pills every morning. In her free time, Amy loves to run, hike, play soccer, paint, and work out at the gym.
Andrea
Andrea joined the pet sitting team in December 2021 with a lifetime of experience caring for animals! She provides daily care, scratches, and belly rubs to pets while their owners are away. Andrea loves how excited they are to see her when she comes through the door, and sometimes she even sings songs to them! Andrea has been a pet sitter for over seven years! She has also worked as an assistant preschool teacher and in a nature center as a nature preschool teacher where she taught children about nature and handling animals such as snakes, turtles, lizards, toads, tarantulas, and hissing cockroaches! Andrea is a mom of three adult children and currently is mom to a kitten named Agatha. As a teenager, she owned and rode horses, owned a bunny and a guinea pig. In her free time, she loves spending time outdoors walking, hiking, running at the river, kayaking, and camping. She also loves playing fetch and snuggling her kitten.
Andrew
Andrew joined the pet sitting team in April 2022 with several years of experience caring for animals! He ensures your pets are taken care of and looked after while away at work or on vacation. Andrew’s favorite part about the job is that he gets to meet many different pets and make sure they are happy! Every time a friend or family member went on vacation, Andrew was the person they asked to watch their pets because of his trustworthiness and connection to animals. Andrew worked on a farm for about four years and had the opportunity to learn a lot about various farm animals. He was also a guide for 1st through 3rd-grade field trips that traveled to the farm and would show the kids the farm animals. Andrew currently has two Pitbulls who are very sweet and amazing pets and two Parakeets that are extremely cute but very loud! In his free time, Andrew enjoys hiking and exploring new places, and he’s also a movie nerd and could talk about movies for hours!
Aniyah
Aniyah joined the pet-sitting team in May 2023 with several years of experience caring for animals! She looks forward to learning new things about animals and spending more time with them. Aniyah would love to have more experience to better prepare for a future career in veterinary medicine. She loves all animals and has worked with and had various animals for many years, but professionally has cared for animals for over two years. Aniyah has a cat and has experience with ferrets, hamsters, dogs, birds, and more! When she is not loving on your furry family members, in her free time, Aniyah enjoys watching movies!
April
April has been dedicated to caring for pets for nearly 15 years, initially helping family and friends with their beloved animals. Her professional journey in animal care began a year ago, complementing her extensive personal experience. Her clients consistently praise her for her deep knowledge and the excellent care she provides, resulting in many satisfied and returning customers.
An avid animal lover, April has rescued numerous animals and successfully reunited them with their families. Her exceptional ability to understand and connect with dogs has earned her the affectionate nickname, “The Dog Whisperer,” among those who know her. Making animals happy and healthy is not just a job for April—it is her primary goal and passion.
Brooke
Brooke joined our pet sitting team in May 2022 with a lifetime of pet care experience. She spends time doing what she loves walking dogs and caring for cats and various animals. Brooke looks forward to spending time with animals and giving them lots of love! During summer, she works at a barn with horses and helps with their needs. Brooke is also currently studying at Towson University, majoring in Animal Science and Behavior! She owns two dogs named Maui and Hope, a cat named Cinnamon, and a fish. Brooke grew up with a turtle, horses, chickens, and bunnies! She is always happy to help with any pet needs and has a huge heart for animals!
Daniella
Daniella joined our pet sitting team in November 2021 with a lifetime of pet care experience! She cares for pets when they need her, makes sure to give lots of pets and cuddles, and loves seeing how excited the pups get to go outside! Daniella’s favorite part about her job is getting to make new animal friends and taking pictures of them all! She has grown up with pets her entire life and has always had a dog in the house, and often had cats, hamsters, guinea pigs, and fish. Aside from caring for her pets, Daniella cared for many animals throughout her years being a nanny and loved spending her days with furry friends too! In her free time, she loves to hang out with her two daughters, read a good book, go to the movie theaters, and take pictures!
Dorothy
Dorothy joined our pet sitting team in October 2022 with a lifetime of pet care experience! She walks dogs, feeds animals, and cleans enclosures and litter boxes to ensure the animals are all set for the day. Dorothy has two dogs, four cats, three sugar gliders, a chinchilla, and a snake, for which Dorothy has provided care for years. She has worked on farms with horses and cows since she was three. Dorothy is currently enrolled at Frederick Community College as a biology major to finish the prerequisites for veterinary school. She has completed multiple volunteer hours working with cats at Friends for Life Cat Rescue, where she cleaned enclosures and ensured the cats had food and water. Dorothy has more experience with large and small animals through taking pre-vet large and small during high school. She enjoys painting and exercising by taking walks and hikes with her boyfriend and dog in her free time!
Jalisa
Jalisa joined our pet sitting team in September 2021 with life experience caring for animals! She gives all animals the care and love they deserve and gets to know each animal’s unique personality, which leaves a smile on her face and gives her pride in such rewarding work.
Jalisa has cared for animals from a very young age and has never known life without having a dog (or three). She has a rescue Treeing Walker Coonhound named Buck, who is the light of her life. Jalisa also has Milk Snails which do not do much other than eat and sleep. Jalisa worked at Urban Cottage and gained a lot of customer service experience before becoming a pet sitter. She also has experience with dogs of all sizes, cats, rodents, and fish!
Her hobbies include thrift stores, antiquing, hiking, and camping because she loves the outdoors. If you do not see her outside, Jalisa is likely giving 1,000 kisses a day to her dog or coloring to relieve stress.
Jennifer
Jennifer has been a member of our pet sitting team since February 2014 and has lots of prior pet care experience. When asked about what she loves about pet sitting, Jennifer says; “I enjoy having pets treat me like their favorite aunt. What I like best are those occasions when clients tell me they had complete peace of mind on their trip knowing that their pet was in good hands getting great care.” Taking candid photos of your pet to send with her updates is another part of her job that she enjoys.
Jennifer’s pet care experience includes working with PHC for over five years and watching neighbors’ and friends’ pets since middle school. Currently having no pets, she enjoys loving and caring for your pets as if they were her own. Jennifer’s exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills on the job were easily translated from previously working as a research analyst. In her free time, she likes learning new things, reading for pleasure, art, and being outdoors. Jennifer adds, “At this point in my job, I feel that I can safely say there is always something new to learn and the job is never boring!”
Jill
Jill is a true animal lover, dedicated to providing social stimulation, exercise, and supportive care. Jill previously worked with Paws With Patients, providing pet care for long-term nursing home patients and short-term rehab therapy patients. Her experience with animals began in her childhood, where she grew up with small dogs and guinea pigs. Over the years, Jill has also cared for rabbits, pigs, goats, birds, fish, and reptiles. She recently rescued a large mixed-breed dog, and over the past 20 years, Jill has rescued six English Mastiffs, mostly seniors with abusive backgrounds. In her personal time, Jill enjoys running and spending time outdoors.
Joshua
Joshua joined our pet sitting and resort team in October 2023! Joshua’s favorite aspect of working at PHC is encountering animals with unique and wonderful personalities, making each day an exciting adventure. With over 8 years of experience, Joshua has cared for a wide range of animals, from reptiles to chickens, and, of course, dogs and cats. He has undertaken dog walking and sitting jobs, demonstrating his commitment to ensuring the well-being of pets. With a passion for the diverse wildlife in his home state, Joshua has always been drawn to animals of all kinds. Additionally, Joshua has extended his care to working with children.
In his personal life, Joshua shares his home with a diverse array of pets, including a dog, a snake, numerous fish, and a flock of chickens. He has also gained experience with cats, horses, and various reptiles. Outside of his professional responsibilities, Joshua enjoys engaging in hobbies such as hiking, biking, fishing, and dedicating time to the breeding and care of his own fish. Joshua’s love for animals and the outdoors is deeply rooted in his Maryland upbringing, contributing to his enthusiasm for providing exceptional pet care services at PHC.
Joy
Joy believes that animals give us more than we give them, so her passion is to thank them with love, care, and compassion. She strives to ensure that every pet in her care receives the best possible support! In her previous role, as a barn manager for a non-profit, Joy cared for horses, goats, dogs, cats, and chickens. Currently, she has two dogs and a cat who are cherished members of her family. Outside of work, Joy spends time horseback riding, gardening, reading, and hiking.
Kat
Kat joined our pet sitting team in April 2022 with a lifetime of pet care experience! As a professional pet sitter, she hangs out with different pets all day and loves caring for them as their owners would! Kat has been a dog walker and pet sitter since 12 years old. She has also worked on a horse farm caring for the horses and occasionally goats. Kat has three dogs and three cats and has experience with guinea pigs, hermit crabs, fish, horses, snakes, and bearded dragons! In Kat’s free time, she loves horseback riding, skateboarding, hiking with her dogs, reading, and visiting humane aquariums to see sharks and dolphins. Kat has loved animals her entire life, and growing up always knew she wanted to work with them. Kat says her family jokes that she has no problem holding and feeding baby tigers, alligators, eight-foot snakes, or swimming with sharks but is terrified of tiny, harmless stinkbugs!
Kathy
Kathy joined our pet sitting team in March 2011 and takes care of your pets when you are away, or even when you are home. Kathy exclaims, “My favorite part of my job is that I get to be outside in the nice weather getting exercise!” After years of administrative office work, Kathy decided she needed a change and found Pet and Home Care. She truly loves what she does and states, “It is always a pleasure to see how excited the animals are when I arrive, I always look forward to seeing them again!”
Kathy does not have any pets of her own currently but hopes to have some again in the future. She has been caring for animals since she was a kid, assisting neighbors and relatives with their pets when they would go away. Kathy says, “in my time with Pet and Home Care, my experience has expanded beyond cats and dogs and now includes; birds, fish, hamsters, bearded dragons, salamanders, and gerbils!” In her free time, Kathy likes to listen to music, go to concerts, walk, read, watch tv/movies, and go to dinner with friends!
Kimberley
Kimberley has been with Pet and Home Care since August 2016. Her responsibilities include caring for animals in their home environment making sure they are happy, as well as making sure the home is safe and clean. Kimberley holds a lengthy background in the medical field. Having this experience enables her to administer care of bandages and medications by mouth or injection as part of pet care services.
Kimberley has been caring for animals all her life and currently has two labs, three tabby cats, and two fish. She grew up with pet rats, ferrets, and a chinchilla. Some of Kimberley’s favorite things to do in her free time are road trips to historical places and outdoor activity in all four seasons!
Louisa
Louisa joined the Pet and Home Care team in July 2019 and has spent her whole life around animals! She loves having the opportunity to walk dogs and play with kittens, rabbits and many other kinds of pets and get paid for it too! Louisa has had the privilege of doing many things in her life. She says the most exciting thing she has done was being a train hostess in Sweden, where she got to meet a few famous people who turned out to be very nice.
Louisa has always been surrounded by one animal or another. She even recalls being a small baby and having a German Shepherd watch over her like a well-trained babysitter! When Louisa was a tween, she bottle-fed a young lamb every day for two weeks. She prides herself on having experience caring for and rescuing hurt birds, rabbits, squirrels and more.
Some of Louisa’s favorite hobbies include woodworking, building things, outdoors and camping. She considers it a privilege to care for pets and hopes to be doing this until the day she retires!
Meghan
Meghan joined our pet sitting team in August 2021 with experience caring for pets since she was 11 years old! Her favorite part of her job is meeting and interacting with different animals and people! Ever since Meghan got her first tank of fish at 11 years old, she has cared for pets for family and friends, and now her cats. She currently has two cats who are very sweet and love to play.
Growing up, her family had several large dogs, lots of fish, and Meghan also took horseback riding lessons growing up. She has 11 years of experience as a librarian and seven years of experience as a professional freelance writer for tabletop games, fiction, and lyrics. She chose to pursue pet care for a fresh start doing something rewarding that gets her up and about.
In her free time, Meghan enjoys writing, playing tabletop and video games, watching and chatting about movies and television, and exploring new cafés and places to eat. Her recent hobby is experimenting with making various smoothies and milkshakes at home! Meghan is also a lifetime amateur musician and loves attending live music performances of all kinds.
Michele
Michele has been taking your pup for walks and giving lots of love to all pets in her care with our pet sitting team since March 2010. Michele’s favorite part of her job is the animals’ excitement when they see her come over again for playtime! After demonstrating an exceptional standard of care at the Pet Resort, Michele’s love and care for animals were eventually needed in our in-home pet care services as well as our Pet Resort. She enjoys the daily walks with the dogs and her favorite breeds are labs and greyhounds.
Michele has been caring for animals for over nine years with Pet and Home Care and has experience walking neighborhood dogs as a teen. She currently has a one-year-old family yellow lab named Buster. A couple of Michele’s favorite hobbies include walking outdoors and cross-stitching reading. Most of all, she just loves being with animals and enjoys all of her visits!
Molly
Molly joined the pet sitting team in June 2021 with pet care experience going back to childhood! An easy way to remember her name is “the Unsinkable Molly Brown”, who was a famous figure on the Titanic. Molly is a professional animal auntie! Her job is to make your pet feel like they are being cared for by family, including everything from walks and playtime, to overnight stays. No animal is too big, too small, or too scaly! Molly’s favorite part of her job is getting to love and care for all of your animals, no matter the kind.
She has been caring for animals professionally for over ten years but has childhood experience caring for animals. When Molly was asked in kindergarten what she wanted to be when she grew up, her answer was simple: an animal caretaker. With over ten years of experience in the pet industry, Molly knows quite a bit! As a former pet sitter, she is returning to her roots after spending the last eight years working in pet stores helping pet parents set up for their new family members, and finding solutions to a variety of challenges they have faced for a wide variety of animals. Molly has also volunteered in animal care for a shelter and a Nature Center. She owns one cat named Patches and a blue tongue skink named Vitale. Throughout her lifetime, Molly has had quite a menagerie including, three other cats, three Guinea pigs, two rats, two ball pythons, one bearded dragon, one mouse, hermit crabs, and an aquarium of tropical freshwater fish. She has had the opportunity to be in charge of a local pet store reptile room and has helped care for over 500 aquariums within the store – that’s a LOT of fish!
In her free time, Molly enjoys going swimming in any body of water allowed. Nowadays, you can catch her in her mermaid tail! She also enjoys going for slow walks through parks and looking for signs of animals and taking their pictures. When the weather gets too cold to explore the world outside, Molly will be indoors with her partner playing video games, watching their favorite streams, or sometimes just going for a drive for scenery’s sake!
Monica B.
Monica joined our pet-sitting team in May 2023 with a lifetime of pet care experience and looks forward to interacting with different animals throughout the day! She has over 19 years of experience working in donor care at an animal welfare organization and manages two feral cat colonies. Monica has experience caring for dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, and small birds, giving medications to dogs and cats, and insulin injections to cats. She has a donkey named Blossom and enjoys caring for stray cats in her neighborhood. As a kid, Monica had a dog named “Do-Funny,” who learned he would receive praise and attention for mimicking humans and smiling on command! When she is not caring for our furry friends, Monica enjoys kayaking any chance she gets and going on hikes!
Monica H.
Monica joined our pet-sitting team in March 2023 with a lifetime of pet care experience! She is a pet care professional who provides care for pets including walking and feeding their pets and caring for their home. Monica’s professional experience has revolved around customer service work as a bank teller, barista, property manager, or in a bakery (not at the same time, of course). In the past four years, she has worked professionally as a dog walker and overnight sitter. Monica has one Bernese Mountain Dog training as a service dog for her eldest child, three cats, and two mice. She grew up with dogs and later had cats, and in the past, her family has cared for birds, fish, a snake (rescued from their basement), and a monkey! Monica has been married for over 25 years and has two biological kids and a lot of “adopted” kids. Her family loves to game, has hundreds of board games, and enjoys attending many gaming and anime conventions! Monica likes to read and channel her crafty side with painting, knitting, cross stitching, needlepoint, and baking in her free time!
Orrin
Orrin has been a passionate animal lover since childhood. Growing up, they were constantly surrounded by animals, especially Dobermans. Orrin also has experience with farm animals, with a special fondness for chickens. Currently, Orrin has a cat named Max, and also cares for a cat named Sashimi, a gecko named Gazpacho, a snake named Valentine, and fish named George, Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Smith. Outside of work, Orrin also enjoys cooking and making art.
Rena
With a huge heart and so much love to share, Rena ensures that every pet she looks after feels well-cared for in their family’s absence. Rena works full-time as a teacher, but about seven years ago, her lifelong love for animals naturally led her to pet-sitting as the perfect second job. In her free time, Rena enjoys weight training.
Sarah
Sarah has dedicated several summers to caring for various families’ animals, sometimes for days and other times for weeks at a time. Since graduating high school, she has balanced working in a preschool/daycare during the school year while being enrolled in online college classes. With over five years of experience caring for other families’ dogs and cats, and three years of having her own dogs, Sarah brings extensive knowledge and a deep passion for animal care.
Currently, Sarah has three dogs of her own and has previously cared for cats, iguanas, fish, and doves. Her lifelong passion for animals started with the responsibility of caring for her family’s cat from a young age. Sarah is excited to spend her time caring for others’ sweet pets and looks forward to communicating with families to ensure their pets’ needs are met in every way. Her dedication and enthusiasm make her a wonderful caregiver for your furry family members.
Tad
Tad has been a part of our home cleaning and pet-sitting team since May 2023 and has over 15 years of pet care experience! He feels it is great getting to know all types of animals and provides care for your pets by walking, feeding, and tending to any other needs. Tad has five years of experience working at a pet store, where he learned more about pet care. He also spent a few months independently pet-sitting and got more hands-on experience. Tad got his first fish on his eighth birthday and has kept various animals ever since. He grew up with a dog but currently lives with three cats, several reptiles, and various rodents, including hamsters, gerbils, rabbits, and a micro squirrel! Tad also has extensive experience with fish keeping, including both indoor tanks and outdoor ponds. When he is not cleaning homes or playing with our furry friends, Tad enjoys making art, story writing, and caring for his pets, garden, and his parent’s pond!
Tracy
Tracy joined the pet sitting team in June 2021 with over 30 years of pet care experience! She loves to play with animals and give hugs and kisses and lots of love. Tracy says the best thing about working with animals is how trusting and loving they are! She loves to nurture animals and people, and for 20 years, she has worked as an Early Childhood Education Director. Tracy has been married for over 27 years and has two amazing daughters!
She has been professionally working as a pet sitter for over a year and a half and finds it so relaxing and rewarding. Tracy is a momma to her Beagle boy, Huck, and two kitties, Swaggy and Toasty. She loves all animals, furry and scaly! In her free time, Tracy loves to walk outdoors, garden, and play with children and animals. Her favorite quote is “the way I see it, if you want the rainbox, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton
Pet Resort Team
Alexa
Fish
Fish joined the Pet Resort team in March 2022 with over 15 years of pet care experience. Their role includes ensuring everyone has a fun day, going above and beyond to meet each dogs’ unique needs. Fish treasures the relationships built with the dogs and seeing the joy in their faces when they see their friends. Knowing they will get to make new friends makes Fish’s heart happy!
Currently, Fish and their partner share three cats, one dog, and four ferrets. While growing up, Fish learned to care for sheep, horses, chicken, geese, turkeys, a feral cat colony, rodents, snakes, fish, cats, and dogs. They believe their experiences on the farm helped make their animal care skills versatile and adaptive. Additionally, Fish worked in professional pet care as a sitter and kennel technician. They have also worked alongside professional groomers, dog trainers, and veterinarians, giving them exposure to various dog-related situations. They hope to further their pet care career by attending dog training academies to enhance their knowledge in canine behavior and group/pack management.
Fish recommends all pet parents read Reaching the Animal Mind by Karen Pryor. Pryor’s understanding of animal behavior changed how they engage and understand animals. Fish encourages everyone to read Pryor’s work and believes our dogs appreciate our efforts!
Sam
Sam joined the pet resort team in July 2022 with over 15 years of pet care experience! Her job is to ensure your dogs are happy, safe, and cared for during their time at the resort. Sam’s favorite part of the job is meeting all the dogs and getting to know each one! Previously she was a design assistant, but she held more pet-related professional jobs before that. Having horses, Sam has had the opportunity to intern and volunteer at the barns where she has boarded her horses. She also has experience working at Petsmart, volunteering at the zoo, various animal shelters, and pet sitting! Sam has two cats and a horse at home, and her roommate has ferrets and a dog which Sam is getting to know. Previously, she cared for fish, turtles, and a rabbit. Sam enjoys hanging out with friends, making art, playing volleyball, and visiting her horse in her free time!
Tina
Meet Tina, known formally as Christina, a compassionate kennel technician at Pet and Home Care daycare. Her days are filled with the joy of looking after dogs dropped off for day or overnight stays. Tina finds immense fulfillment in observing the unique personalities of these dogs, whether it’s during playtime or mealtime. With seven years of professional pet-sitting experience under her belt, Tina specializes in caring for dogs and cats, although she occasionally extends her expertise to birds and hamsters. In her own home, she shares her life with one beloved dog. Beyond her personal space, Tina’s passion for animals has led her to pet-sit for numerous relatives and family friends, a practice she has diligently carried out for seven years. Her dedication to the well-being of animals shines through in every tail wag.
Home Cleaning Team
Hermenia
Pet and Home Care has been fortunate to have Hermenia and her team cleaning homes for over 10 years! Hermenia and her team are considerate, kind, and pay very close attention to detail with respect to your home.
She is always available to respond to her clients, available to accommodate special requests, and loves to receive feedback!
Tad
Tad has been a part of our home cleaning and pet-sitting team since May 2023 and has over 15 years of pet care experience! He feels it is great getting to know all types of animals and provides care for your pets by walking, feeding, and tending to any other needs. Tad has five years of experience working at a pet store, where he learned more about pet care. He also spent a few months independently pet-sitting and got more hands-on experience. Tad got his first fish on his eighth birthday and has kept various animals ever since. He grew up with a dog but currently lives with three cats, several reptiles, and various rodents, including hamsters, gerbils, rabbits, and a micro squirrel! Tad also has extensive experience with fish keeping, including both indoor tanks and outdoor ponds. When he is not cleaning homes or playing with our furry friends, Tad enjoys making art, story writing, and caring for his pets, garden, and his parent’s pond!