Welcome to the Sunshine State! We have two Golden's waiting to meet you!
Introduction
Welcome! My name is Stephanie, I am married to a fabulous husband and have two amazing kids (most of the time). We have two lovely fur golden babies that complete our family. Our family loves to travel and play golf, so we are in need of a sitter who will love and spoil our fur babies as much as us!
Show more...Home & location
We live in the Palma Ceia neighborhood of South Tampa on a red brick street. Our house is a single-story home with a very larger backyard with all sorts of yard games, a grilling and smoking area, a couple of sitting areas, large lanai with a tv. Dogs love to play fetch or sun outside. We also have a dog park across the street. We have a suite with a king-size bed and full bathroom for you to enjoy. Plenty of great restaurants that you can walk to. Hyde Park is a short bike ride away ( we have 2 bikes available for use), or less than 5 minutes by car. Downtown Tampa and Waterstreet ( Tampa Aquarium, The History Museum, and Tampa Art Museum) and Armature Works are 15 minutes. A long continuous riverwalk connects Waterstreet to Downtown, the Performing Arts Center, Convention Center, and Armature Works. It is a wonderful walk (run, bike, or rollerblade) with lots of lively parks and stops along the way. Armature Works offers kayaking and paddleboard. There is also a water taxi that connects all stops along the riverwalk. Great Breweries are located in Tampa Heights and Seminole Heights neighborhood which is a quick Uber ride away. The beaches of St. Pete are 30 minutes, while downtown St. Pete is 20 minutes. Downtown St. Pete has lots of great museums, restaurants, and pubs. If you do not want to drive you can catch a ferry from Waterstreet to the pier in downtown St. Pete. Busch Gardens and Adventure Island are about 30 minutes and Zoo Tampa is about 20 minutes from our home.
Show more...Responsibilities
Kona and Maui eat twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. They enjoy going a morning walk and an evening walk. During the day they enjoy spending a little time out back to sit in the sun and play. They also enjoy going to the doggie park across the street ( Maui more than Kona). They love treats and belly rubs. They will try to sneak in bed with you but are quickly happy to move to the floor when asked to. Both dogs can be left alone for up to 5 hours. Kona and Maui really just want to be near humans and to be loved. The plants get watered once a week.
Show more...Meet the pets
Kona
6 years
Maui
2 years
Sitter Reviews (3)
Homeowner Reviews (1)
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This was a delightful sit and it was a pleasure to look after Maui and Kona we had a brilliant time, and we would thoroughly recommend this sit to you. You will stay in a lovely comfortable spacious, clean family and dog friendly home in a historic ,quiet neighbourhood of individual houses lined with ancient oak trees and wide red brick roads, ideal for dog walking yet at the same time also accessible to downtown Tampa restaurants bars riverside and entertainment. The house has a generous outside space and a nice veranda with lots of seating and outdoor games that you can use. You can work remotely with ease at this sit as there is strong Wi-Fi that even works at the brilliant dog park opposite! At the dog park we met many of the local neighbours there who were warm and welcoming sharing lots of helpful local knowledge with us. Maui and Kona were easy to bond with and they took to us immediately. We really liked them and enjoyed caring for them. They are straightforward easy going relaxed dogs, settled likeable affable soft and affectionate who love human company including children and to be near you. They do not have any separation anxiety and play well with each other. They enjoy going out on foot or in the car and it was a pleasure to take them. You will find they are like local celebrities when walking them as they are very popular and eye catching when out walking garnering constant attention and compliments with everyone wanting to say hallo! At home and out they enjoyed human contact and affection and we were happy to oblige with numerous ear tickles and back strokes and they will even position themselves so it makes it easier for you! They will want to sleep on the bed with you but if this is something you do not want that will not be a problem. We were happy to oblige. They chill out and rest but with one eye open in case you want to play! They will sit at your feet in restaurants or bars and enjoy walks along the local fishing piers as they did with us. Their other favourite activities were going to the dog park and socialising with other dogs off leash, as they would leap and run around with circles of joy. We think they were at their happiest when we took them to the dog beach on Davis Island, a ten-minute car ride away. They absolutely loved it, running along the beach chasing balls, splashing in the water, and playing with other dogs. Maui is a beautiful strong dog, a typical puppy retriever affectionate and excitable who occasionally paws and mouths and sometimes jumps up. He is always sociable and is slightly more dominant than Kona. He sometimes pulls on the lead and is occasionally distracted by birds and squirrels. Walking him side by side with Kona works well as they both enjoy it and it makes them easier to walk. We found being a couple is an advantage as it might be a challenge for one person, particularly of slight build to walk them both on the lead at the same time. Kona is older more measured quieter with less energy apart from when she is chasing balls and swimming. She is good at both and incredibly determined to catch and keep her balls - she is fast when she needs to be and tries to carry two balls at the same time which made us smile! You will have the opportunity whilst at this sit to explore Tampa as the location is very central. As well as enjoying diverse local farmers and artisan markets in Hyde Park and St Petersburg and listening to live music meandering along piers and looking at sculptures you can also enjoy the river-walk in Downtown Tampa and enjoy dog friendly outside bars overlooking the water. You can walk along interesting arts and historic river trails and enjoy cocktails craft ales and fish and chip suppers overlooking Hillsborough bay. There are several beautiful beaches nearby and also an excellent Italian restaurant ten minutes’ walk away that has a highly recommended happy hour with pizza beer and cocktails. You can do all of this with the dogs as they like going out and about. The only place they did not join us was when we attended an evening concert in Clearwater. The Andrews family are lovely sporty helpful generous and friendly hosts, leaving a full fridge of drinks and food including beer (thank you). We did not meet Joe unfortunately who had travelled to their holiday destination but were welcomed by Stephanie and her delightful children. They are golfers and a sporting family who enjoy fitness and are warm and welcoming. They are trusting and were happy to give us a brief introduction to the house and facilities before they left for their family spring break. They left us some very helpful notes as well. We truly felt like trusted house sitters. We think we lived up to their trust and were happy with us when they returned. Our mutual communication was excellent via WhatsApp and we managed to give them daily updates and lots of photos of the fun and adventures cuddles and love their gorgeous dogs were having. They were able to share their timings for the end of their trip. We have no hesitation at all in recommending this sit to you and we are thankful that the Andrews family chose us.
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Kona and Maui are exceptionally sweet dogs who were a ton of fun to take care of. Stephanie was communicative and clear of expectations. Space was perfect for working from home and taking care of the dogs.
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Stephanie
Paul was a wonderful pet sitter. Our two Golden's had fun, were given attendtion and were happy having Paul stay with them. The house was clean and mail was neatly kept for us. I would highly recommend Paul to be your sitter.
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