Happy tails from happy families

Trusted with dogs, homes and families for over 20 years. Here’s what people say about Deanna.

★★★★★

“We wouldn’t want anyone else.”

We moved to Texas about a year ago and recently planned a 10-day trip, which meant finding someone to care for our two dogs. Until then, I had almost always left them with family members, and I had never been away from them for this long. The few times we had someone come into our home to care for them, I never felt completely comfortable. So, to say I was anxious about leaving my dogs with a complete stranger for 10 days would be an understatement.

Our dogs are 3 and 4 years old, and because we are home with them all day, they are very accustomed to having us around. One of our dogs is especially nervous around people, so I was particularly concerned about how he would react.

Then, by the grace of God, we found Deanna.

From the moment we met her, our dogs took to her. Even our very nervous dog warmed up to her almost immediately, which was incredibly reassuring. Before our meet-and-greet, Deanna sent us a very thorough questionnaire asking about everything imaginable concerning our dogs: their routines, personalities, habits, medications, preferences, and needs. It was clear from the beginning that she was professional, conscientious, and genuinely invested in taking the best possible care of them.

And she truly was amazing.

While we were out of the country, Deanna sent us daily updates, along with pictures and videos. Those updates meant so much to us. Knowing that our dogs were happy, comfortable, and being so well cared for allowed us to actually relax and enjoy our trip.

She went above and beyond in every way. Our house was actually cleaner when we returned than it was when we left! And when our flight home was delayed, Deanna stayed with the dogs longer and did not leave until she knew we had safely landed.

I cannot recommend Deanna highly enough. If you are looking for someone to stay with and care for your precious babies, you could not find anyone better. She is trustworthy, responsible, caring, attentive, and truly one of a kind.

We feel incredibly fortunate that we found her, and we would absolutely trust her with our dogs again. In fact, we wouldn’t want anyone else.

★★★★★

“Deanna is so reliable, trustworthy, caring and kind.”

Deanna took care of my little Fergie for many years. She is truly a gem! Deanna is so reliable, trustworthy, caring and kind. She loved Fergie as her own and I couldn’t be more grateful.

“It’s been impossible for me to recommend Deanna more strongly.”

To Whom It May Concern,

Deanna worked for my family and myself for 20+ years. It would be impossible to contain the admiration and the gratitude I have for her on one page, but I’ll try.

Firstly, the results speak for themselves: our son came through from toddler to grade school and through high school with Deanna and entered a top college at Northwestern. He never missed a single appointment, lesson, etc. Deanna helped, and indeed sometimes single-handedly, to raise our son as our careers often called us out of town over the years. I’ve always been completely comfortable and confident in Deanna’s ability to effectively organize and plan everything for the family and children, from play dates to international travel. Additionally, she has always proved to be alert, smart and safe on the road, across town or across the world.

Deanna remains one of the most diligent and dependable people I know. In addition to functioning as our full-time caregiver and executive assistant, she’s always been strongly self-motivated, somehow making time to pursue her own interests (dog business, yoga, organizing), education, and diverse business opportunities. She never shied away from hard work or long hours, and she never let me down, not once in 20 years.

Without filling pages with examples of Deanna’s work ethic, her creativity, patience, dependability, and her gumption, suffice it to say I feel anyone would be beyond lucky to add Deanna as an asset to personal households, adding to her career of caring for dogs.

Although we’ll be friends for life, I’m very sad my time as Deanna’s employer has come to an end. That being said, I simply re-emphasize that it’s been impossible for me to recommend Deanna more strongly.

Sincerely,