So many fun new kids!

Hello all my furr kid guardians...how has the week treated you? My week has been hectic, but that's the way I like it! Two of my furr guardians have moved, and that always makes me sad. Do you think it would be out of line to put a "do not move" clause in my contract? :o)

I just finished my day visiting with Sake, Smush and Sienna...wow, all three start with an "S". My girl Sienna was SO funny today! She kept trying to take a bite out of apples that had fallen off the tree and were lying on the ground. I said, "Sienna, you're not supposed to like apples", but she kept trying for them...luckily I'm fast and she didn't get one nibble. Katy visited our Boy Coco today...he was bit at his doggy daycare last week and required stitches in his tongue and a small bit cut off...he has a zigzag tongue now, which just adds to his charm. You know, people really have a negative view of Pit Bulls, (which Coco is) but the dog who bit him was a small terrier sort and after it happened Coco just started to cry and ran to hide. Not the vicious guy that people probably see him as; in fact he is one of the sweetest guys ever.

Did I mention that I was lucky enough to find an awesome replacement for Nanny Elaine? Her name is Cynthia and she's been a professional pet sitter for 5 years. To say she knows her stuff would be an understatement, and she will be the Nanny for all my South San Jose clients. I have also decided to do another expansion of sorts. During the interview process I met a wonderful girl name Christina, who fit the pet nanny profile to a tee. The only down side was that she is located on the boarder of San Jose and Milpitas, so asking her to drive to the South San Jose area wouldn't be a good match. So, I started thinking that I receive a lot of requests from furr guardians who live in that area, and I always have to turn them away due to it being out of all of our service areas. So, I decided to bring Christina on as my Milpitas/Great Mall Nanny and I couldn't be happier! She will start training with me next week, and hopefully will be ready to go by the second week of September.

I was looking at my photo gallery the other day, and realized that I don't have many of your furr kids due to your nanny not having a camera. If you notice that your furr kid isn't a part of my gallery please send me a picture of them and I will put them up ASAP.

We have a fun filled weekend coming up! Nanny Katy is visiting with sweet little Bandit and Zaelen. Nanny Samantha gets to spend time with her special girls Hugs and Kisses. Nanny Chandel gets to spend some time with two very sweet kitty cats, and yours truly will be running the office and hopefully talking to some more of your wonderful furr kid guardians.

I've enjoyed talking to all you new SVPN clients lately...it's really fun hearing all the stories about your furr kids. It's also very interesting to hear about your life and what you do in your work and personal time. So many of you are so loving and spend much of your personal time doing work with animal organizations. I want to thank all of you who do, whether it's with donations, or actually doing the rescue work.

Well, that's it for now my friends. Until next time give your furr kids a big hug and kiss from their nanny, and I will "talk" to you soon.

It's Friday! Yeah!!!!

Hello my furr kid guardians, how are you this evening? I would like to apologize for the horrible amount of time that has past since I last posted a blog. I have had one heck of a couple of weeks, and your loyal pet sitter is burned out!

This was a sad week for your loyal pet sitter...Nanny Elaine decided to hang up her nanny cap to find something with a bit more of a set schedule. Being a pet nanny comes along with some CRAZY hours which can change daily, and it's a hard adjustment to get used to. She was a great Nanny over the year plus that she was with me, and she was wonderful with all the furr kids that she visited over that time. I suggested to her that maybe she look into working at a doggy daycare since she is so great with doggies, and this would give her more of a structured schedule so she didn't have to keep track of our crazy ever-changing schedule. I have been interviewing for a replacement for Nanny Elaine, but after receiving nearly 100 inquiries it is taking some time trying to find that needle in a haystack. I have talked to some AWESOME candidates, but I am committed to finding the perfect Nanny who can join the superstar ranks of Nanny Samantha, Nanny Chandel, Nanny Heather and of course Nanny Katy, (well, me too). If any of you former Nanny Elaine clients would like to discuss this situation please do not hesitate to call me.

On a lighter note...I received all of my "swag" for the Bark in the Park! WOW, what cool stuff! I am super pleased about it, and feel that I made some very cool picks. I have electric personal fans, pedometers, bone shaped jar openers, paw shaped chip clips, a safety light/whistle and I'm still waiting on the poop bag holders...you know, the kind that you can clip onto your leash or belt buckle! We assembled the prize wheel last night, and my wonderful Husband designed a really cool graphic for it! Even if you do not have guardianship of a pup...you should still make a plan to visit the Bark in the Park, which is on September 20th at the Williams Street Park in Naglee Park. You can find everything that has to do with doggies, and a lot of kitty stuff too!!!!

I met the CUTEST pup the other day! Nanny Chandel is doing a 10 night overnight visit with a wonderful Shitzu named Molly Mae. Oh my goodness is this girl cute! She has a smile that would melt your heart, and is such a love bug! Nanny Chandel says that Molly Mae sleeps with her every night, and won’t let her out of her sight while she's there. I went to drop off some things for Nanny Chandel and that's when I had the pleasure of meeting this little girl. As we drove away Molly Mae was on the living room sofa looking out the window with a "please, come back" look on her face. I love when I get the chance to meet cute furr kids...although; they are all cute in my book, so that makes me the luckiest gal in the world.

One of my favorite things about working with furr kids is hearing the wonderful and sometimes hilarious names that they were given by their guardians. I talked to a new SVPN furr guardian the other day that has a Pug named...get this...Rhino. When I asked his guardian why she named him that, she replied, "because his butt is as big as a Rhino"...could you not laugh hearing that! I also met a furr guardian as I was walking Smush, (the Pomeranian) with a Dachshund puppy named...Banana!!! How appropriate is that name!

I still do not have nominee's for Septembers news letter pet...please do not make me go the nepotism route again and be sure to send me a cute short story about your furr kid. You can talk about anything...how they got their name, cute things that they do...does you kitty play fetch...that could be a story. Also, if you do not see your furr kid on the website please make sure to e-mail a picture of them to me so they can make their website debut.

That's all for now...until next time!