Posts by Lauren Hollas

It’s said that you are what you eat – and the same is true for your dog.  Best practice is to feed your dog the highest quality food that you can afford.  Feeding your dog a high quality food is important because:

At the top of a professional pet sitter’s priority list is ensuring the security of our client’s homes and personal information.  We take the utmost precautions from the time that we input your information into our online database, until we have completed our visits to your home.  We know that relying on someone to care for your pets…

I don’t know who gets more giddy to see BarkBox in the mail – me or the pups!  It’s fun to spoil my dogs with shiny new toys and treats.  I like to have a large selection of toys here for my dogs and the dogs who board with us because it helps keep them busy…

When my husband and I moved from Round Rock to Leander in 2006, there was a much different vibe than there is today. There was no hustle and bustle of the MetroRail commuting people to their place of business in downtown Austin. We had to drive to Cedar Park to grocery shop, as the Leander HEB Plus…

When Leander Pet Care visits your home, our top priority is the comfort, safety and happiness of your animals.  Our goal is to give you peace of mind about the security of your pets and home while you are traveling for business or vacation. The following are tasks that we typically perform at each pet sitting visit, in no particular order:

Is Leander Pet Care a Dog Boarding Facility? Nope, not really!  Boarding with us is like sending your dog on vacation!  Dogs that stay with us are not put into dog runs or crates, but spend the day interacting with us and the night in peaceful slumber.  Dogs stay in our home and are treated like members of our…

This is the continuation of our blog series on some of the most frequently asked questions about Leander Pet Care’s pet sitting services! What Should I Bring With My Dog for In-Home Boarding? Dog Food & Treats.  Please bring just enough food for your dog’s stay, with an additional 1-2 feedings in case travel plans change.  It is best to package…

This is the first entry in our new blog series about some of the most frequently asked questions about our pet sitting services! Why does Leander Pet Care require two keys at the free consultation? Whether we are seeing your pets daily as their dog walker or sporadically when you travel, we request and prefer that we are…

We have met clients who have not traveled in years because they were too afraid to entrust their pet’s livelihood with someone else.  Honestly, we really can’t blame them for being apprehensive!  Caring for a member of someone else’s family is a big responsibility that should be taken seriously.  This article is designed to help you weed…