05/20/2026
Meet the Staff Episode 1 🐾🎬
“I started this company because of my deep love for animals, but also because of the heartbreaking stories I kept hearing from pet owners. Time and time again, people would tell me they picked their dog up from a boarding facility only to come home to a completely different pet. Sometimes it was behavioral changes like anxiety, resource guarding, or aggression. Other times it was physical illness such as kennel cough, dehydration, or extreme stress.
It never felt fair to me that pets were being removed from everything familiar to them and placed into an unfamiliar environment surrounded by strangers and other animals, then simply expected to adjust. As humans, we know how stressful that would feel, so why should we expect our pets to feel any differently?
As a teenager, I began caring for dogs for friends and family in their own homes so they could remain in the environment they knew and loved. I quickly saw the incredible difference it made. The pets were calmer, happier, and far more at peace when they were able to stay in their own routine.
During the pandemic, boarding facilities became increasingly overwhelmed, and I noticed more and more pets developing anxiety and stress-related behaviors. That’s when I officially created Happy Paws Pet and House Sitting with a simple mission: to provide pets with safe, loving care in the comfort of their own home.
We want every pet to feel secure, loved, and cared for while their owners are away almost like a staycation of their own. They get to stay in their routine, eat their own food, sleep in their favorite bed, and receive one-on-one care from someone who treats them like family. As an added bonus, pet owners can also have peace of mind knowing their home, plants, mail, and property are being well cared for too.”
