Experienced International House and Pet Sitter

About this sitter

FULLY COVID VACCINATED (PFIZER)

** NOTE: I"M CURRENTLY GIVING PRIORITY TO SITTING ASSIGNMENTS IN THE AUSTIN TEXAS AREA AND THE GREATER NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT AREA **

-Dual citizen of the USA and Argentina (US-born) with home bases in rural Connecticut (CT), Austin Texas, and Buenos Aires.

-A professional with several advanced/graduate degrees in the social sciences.

-Small business owner, semi retired.

-Bi-lingual in English/Spanish, and I "get by" in a few more languages.

-Smoke free, alcohol free, gluten free vegetarian.

-Can provide references.

-I have police checks for both the US and Argentina.

Why they want to house sit

I love house and pet sitting, and it's my favorite way to travel. :)

Their experience

Decades house and pet sitting,.

Ditto managing a rental business.

Past house-pet sitting assignments include the following: Mystic CT; New Haven, CT; Branford, CT; Madison, CT; Woodbridge, CT; Wilton, CT; Guilford, CT; Durham, CT; Oxford, CT; Rowayton, CT; Washington, CT; Fairfield, CT; Stratford, CT; Boston, MA; Cambridge, MA; Nantucket Island, MA; East Sandwich (Cape Cod), MA; Tunbridge, VT; South Royalton, VT; Little Compton, RI; Stanford, CA; Palo Alto, CA; San Francisco, CA; Berkeley, CA; Mountain View, CA; Los Altos Hills, CA; Santa Cruz, CA; Studio City, CA; Woodland Hills, CA; Sherman Oaks, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Venice Beach, CA; Silver Lake, CA; San Diego, CA. La Jolla, CA; Austin, TX; West Lake Hills, TX; Point Venture/Lago Vista, TX; San Antonio, TX; Rockport, TX; Portland, OR; Las Vegas, NV; Silver Spring, MD; New York City (Manhattan), NY; Sagaponack ("the Hamptons"), NY; Orcas Island (San Juan Islands) WA. Also these international locations: Victoria (BC) and Vancouver (BC), CANADA; Mexico City (DF), MEXICO; Santiago, Iquique, and Punta Arenas, CHILE; Buenos Aires (Cap Fed) and Ushuaia/Rio Grande (Tierra del Fuego), ARGENTINA; Montevideo, URUGUAY; Tromso and Oslo, NORWAY; and Wiesbaden, GERMANY.

Most of my online sitter references can be found at Trusted House Sitters:

www.trustedhousesitters.com/house-and-pet-sitters/9284-PT/

What can they bring to the assignment

-Reliable, responsible, and I take care of your home and furry family members as if they were my own. :)

-30+ years experience as a house/pet/plant sitter.

-Intuitive bond/connection with most animals. I get along great with dogs. But I have a special connection with cats. I'm a bit of a "cat whisperer"..even feral, shy, and cranky senior cats tend to be quite responsive to me. ;)

-Experienced with elderly and special needs animals.

-Worked many summers on a CT dairy farm that has been in our family for five generations (experienced with farming and farm animals).

-Skilled gardener with indoor and outdoor plants (including vegetable gardening), and I also have worked at a plant nursery.

-Have owned, cared for, and managed real estate in multiple countries.

- Collector of vintage modern furniture. So you can rest assured that I take the highest care of home furnishings and NEVER set down a beverage without a coaster. ;)

-Know how to maintain a home swimming pool, unfortunately!

-Equally comfortable in rural and urban settings, from a small village to an urban metropolis.

-Adapt easily to new situations, languages, and cultures.

- Have worked/studied/traveled in many parts of the world, including the United States, Canada, Europe, and Central and South America.