Old Friends Pet Support

The Tales to Tails Program: Therapy Dogs, Pet Sitting and Teaching Kids to Read!
In libraries and schools all over the country, volunteers and their therapy dogs are helping kids improve their reading skills and gain self-confidence in the process. The dogs are in essence pet sitting the kids!
Pet Sitting Exclusive: Dogs in the Library!
The Tales to Tails program brings certified therapy dogs into schools and libraries. Volunteer teams of one dog and its handler are paired with one child who needs to improve his or her reading skills. The child chooses which book he wants to …
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Meet Maty, Winner of the 2011 Diamond Collar Hero Award. A Dog Pet Care Exclusive!
At three weeks of age, Maty was abandoned along with the rest of her litter mates at a motel in Oregon. The Humane Society of Central Oregon rescued the litter providing the young dogs with excellent pet care. Then Maty developed a staph infection in her left back leg. The infection was so severe that euthanasia seemed likely. Instead the choice was made to amputate Maty”s leg. Today, Maty is a Frisbee Campion, Foster Mom, Therapy Dog, Goodwill Ambassador and more.
Foster Mom …
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Pet Sitting is a wonderful and rewarding profession for me. As pet sitters, one of the hardest things we have to go through is the loss of one of the pets we care for, they are our friends. Even more difficult is to have to make the decision to let one of them go when their family is out of town. Thankfully, I have only had to do this once, with a very special friend of mine, Idgie.
Idgie was a few years younger than my dog Hobbes. Hobbes and Idgie were good friends and they grew old together. When Hobbes was fifteen and a half, the day came when she could no longer stand. I knew …
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At Home Pet Care or Rafting?
I'll take rafting but I do love Nickie Z. She's my pet sitter and she gives me the best pet care around. Hi, I’m Sprocket and I have a very exciting life. (I’m the passenger in the very front of this raft.) I don't need pet care that often because my mom Nikki is a river rafting guide for Mariah Wilderness Expeditions . I’m the camp mascot as well as a frequent river rafter myself! I get to go on tons of rafting trips each year and by the time I was three I had already been on more than 30 trips!!!I love them and I always have lots and lots of …
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Hi, I’m O.G., (short for Original Gangsta.) I’m thirteen years old, missing quite a few teeth and have Glaucoma in my right eye. I was sent up here (Santa Cruz) from Manteca in the hope that someone here would adopt me. When I arrived it was determined that I was unadoptable due to my age, medical problems and let’s face it, my looks. I was sent back to Manteca and my future looked grim. Kelly Luker, the owner of Little Pup Lodge, has been fostering older dogs for years and has recently begun to have a hospice dog as well. When she heard of my plight, she called the SPCA and sight unseen …
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It’s not unusual for dogs and cats to become disabled just as people do. Dogs and cats become paraplegic and quadriplegic for many different reasons, but the good news it that you no longer have to put them down because of it.
Successful Solution for Disabled Pets
Doggie wheel chairs are now readily available and are a very simple and successful solution for disabled pets. Their mobility and dignity is restored and they go on to live happy and long lives as they should. Usually your dog will adjust to their new chair in just a minute or two. And the good news…they are very easy to …
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Locally Owned and Operated by Nickie Zavinsky
Nickie was a great and loving pet sitter for my Lovebirds. I had them for 15 years and when I would go away on vacation it was comforting to know they were in wonderful care.
Claire St. L, Santa Cruz
Beach Bungalow Rentals
In 2003 I founded A Walk in the Park, In Home Pet Care. It soon became apparent that there was a need for specialized care for senior and special needs pets. To this end I have founded Old Friends Pet Support and now offer the additional pet care services of massage, Reiki, gentle stretching and exercise as needed by your senior or special needs companions.
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