We were worried about finding a dog sitter for Luna. She barks and lunges at other dogs on other walks and has anxiety behaviors that come out around people she doesn’t know well. We have a somewhat complicated training protocol for her reactivity we developed with a positive trainer. And to top it all off she was waking us up at weird hours of the night.
We had Mel dog sit in our home for a week and Mel was awesome! She tried a variety of things to help Luna feel more relaxed including figuring out what kind of music Luna found to be the most calming, using white noise and making her crate feel more cavelike. She kept up with the training protocol around other dogs and we really appreciated Mel’s strong commitment to positive reinforcement approaches. Mel gave us detailed notes about what she tried to help Luna sleep through the night and by the end of the week Luna was sleeping through the night—a very exciting development! Mel is a highly skilled dog sitter for reactive and anxious dogs and we would recommend her to take care of any dog.
Tita's Dog Sitting 