All employees have passed criminal background checks.
Wendy Nigro, Owner
In my fifth grade yearbook we had to choose what we wanted to be when we grew up. I wanted to be a veterinarian. When I was growing up my father had a farm and I LOVED spending time tending to the animals. We had a little bit of everything – horses, cows, pigs, chickens, dogs and cats and I loved them all. I took riding lessons and just couldn’t get enough of being around the horses. As I got older I decided that I couldn’t deal with the blood and gore, nor the people who don’t treat their furry friends well so I went to work for a bank. Several years later I had a much better job, but I still felt the longing to work with animals. A very good friend suggested pet sitting and the light bulb went on! After all, I was always the person everyone asked to watch their pets anyway!
Becky, Pet Sitter
Becky has always had a love for animals. Growing up, two of her siblings were allergic so she didn’t have pets. She would visit her friends’ houses who had pets and wished she could have a dog, a cat, or even a hamster. But she had to wait until she was on her own to get a fur-friend.
Less than a month after she moved into her first apartment, I adopted a kitten from the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society. Since then, she has always had at least one four-legged family member in her home. When she got married, she and her husband had a cat-Magoo (hers) and Jetta (his). Magoo and Jetta still share their home, and she has added their beagle, Trigger, who they adopted at nine months, and is now six years old, and they rescued a pit bull puppy, Bullet, in September 2016. Since Bullet was a rescue, he has had some specific needs that needed to be addressed, but with a lot of love and hard work, Bullet is now a happy seven-month-old playful pup that is on the road to recovery.
She is the person that friends and neighbors ask to feed and walk their pets when they go away for a day or a week. They know she will take care of their pets the same way she treats her own-with love and attention, since she knows how difficult it is to leave a pet in the care of someone else. During her free time, she likes to bake, read, and watch the cichlids swim around their 75-gallon tank.
Mara, Pet Sitter
Mara has had an affinity with animals her entire life, growing up in Poestenkill with cats, a dog, parakeets, pet mice, and her grandfather’s pony. As an adult, she became deeply involved in rescue, volunteering & fostering for the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society and Out of the Pits, and placing over 100 dogs & puppies on her own. She has extensive pet sitting experience with a variety of creatures. She is certified in Reiki and Healing Touch for Animals. In 2009, she had the opportunity to move overseas, and lived in Thailand for more than a decade. While there, she adopted her overindulged French Bulldog, Ronan. They recently returned to live in Averill Park, and Mara is excited to have an opportunity to work in professional pet care again. She enjoys getting to know the unique personality of every animal in her care – large and small – and strives to ensure they feel safe, happy and loved.
Eileen, Pet Sitter
Since Eileen was a small child, animals were destined to be in her life. Eileen grew up in a veterinary environment and was enthralled with all creatures great and small. At two years old she had my first pony ride and hasn’t stopped being in the saddle since! Eileen has worked as a veterinary technician and has volunteered for many shelters and events related to the adoption of animals. Eileen now resides near Averill Park on her working ranch with herding dogs and livestock.