This page on my site is no longer being updated, simply because in the course of my pet sitting day, I send out client "visit diaries" that are fairly elaborate (including descriptions and photos/videos) as well as manage an Instagram account so, in the interest of time, choices had to be made.
I am, however, leaving this page up because it gets a lot of views and I'm hoping that seeing me with Gussy gives some kind of indication of what you could expect from me during a visit with your pet(s). I do not come in, feed, scoop, walk, and say, "Ciao" because that is not the kind of person I am nor the kind of experience I'm trying to cultivate, and my time with Gussy seen here, is a rare self-shot video which gets the point across without making me seem too dorky (which took forever to find since I had a plethora of dorky videos to wade through; the videos I take are candid and it seems I'm almost always chatting in them).
If you'd like to see a sampling of photos and videos, please go to my Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amythesitter/). What you'll find there are some--but not all--of the pictures I send to clients; time constraints and the volume of pets I care for and pictures I take means that some of the most lovely shots only get sent to clients and never posted to IG. If you do end up over there, you'll see that the IG account has a bent towards humorous captions (though some are poignant) which doesn't mean that's the only way I see things; it usually means that something really funny happened during a visit and I wanted to recreate it for others to also potentially enjoy.
One of the biggest compliments I've gotten about my visit "diaries" was when someone said "it's like we can be on vacation and home at the same time"--which was my original hope in sending pics/updates--but after years of doing this, I know that the converse of this sentiment is also true, for in seeing their pets through different eyes while away from home and in a strange place, I’ve become aware that clients often feel so attuned to how special their pets are, that it makes them miss them all the more. The upside to this, however, is the homecoming.
I am, however, leaving this page up because it gets a lot of views and I'm hoping that seeing me with Gussy gives some kind of indication of what you could expect from me during a visit with your pet(s). I do not come in, feed, scoop, walk, and say, "Ciao" because that is not the kind of person I am nor the kind of experience I'm trying to cultivate, and my time with Gussy seen here, is a rare self-shot video which gets the point across without making me seem too dorky (which took forever to find since I had a plethora of dorky videos to wade through; the videos I take are candid and it seems I'm almost always chatting in them).
If you'd like to see a sampling of photos and videos, please go to my Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amythesitter/). What you'll find there are some--but not all--of the pictures I send to clients; time constraints and the volume of pets I care for and pictures I take means that some of the most lovely shots only get sent to clients and never posted to IG. If you do end up over there, you'll see that the IG account has a bent towards humorous captions (though some are poignant) which doesn't mean that's the only way I see things; it usually means that something really funny happened during a visit and I wanted to recreate it for others to also potentially enjoy.
One of the biggest compliments I've gotten about my visit "diaries" was when someone said "it's like we can be on vacation and home at the same time"--which was my original hope in sending pics/updates--but after years of doing this, I know that the converse of this sentiment is also true, for in seeing their pets through different eyes while away from home and in a strange place, I’ve become aware that clients often feel so attuned to how special their pets are, that it makes them miss them all the more. The upside to this, however, is the homecoming.
