Buddy's Buddies Pet Sitting

Buddy's Buddies Pet Sitting Specializing in pet sitting & dog walking for Carroll Co. MD & beyond! Serving Carroll, Harford, Baltimore, Fredrick & York Counties!

I got to hang out with my buddy Heidi last night! She says even cold walkies are good walkies! 💜❄️
12/05/2025

I got to hang out with my buddy Heidi last night! She says even cold walkies are good walkies! 💜❄️

⚠️ We interrupt your scrolling for this special announcement 📣 Milo has a new ball and he wants to show everyone. ☺️🥎 Th...
11/12/2025

⚠️ We interrupt your scrolling for this special announcement 📣

Milo has a new ball and he wants to show everyone. ☺️🥎

That’s all. You may resume scrolling now 😆

Today is Veterans Day. If you’ll allow me, I’d like to pull my history degree out of my back pocket for this one. (I’m c...
11/12/2025

Today is Veterans Day. If you’ll allow me, I’d like to pull my history degree out of my back pocket for this one. (I’m combining my two passions: history and animals so this will be a long post. 🤣 Sorry in advance: come back tomorrow for more cute animal pictures!😊🐾)

🇺🇸 Thank you to all who have served, are currently serving and will serve. We can never repay your sacrifices… but we will be forever grateful. Thank you, both human and animal, that’s ever fought for this country. 🇺🇸

I’ve posted some pictures here of just a little of what animals have given to help our soldiers.

Veterans Day started out as Armistice day. “On the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, on the eleventh hour, the world was finally quiet.” Armistice day celebrated the ceasefire that ended World War I- “The War To End All Wars”. A lot of these pictures are from that first war- including the horses with gas masks as poisonous gas was starting to be used in war. To think we’d have another world war less than 30 years after this ceasefire is sobering. Not to mention all the ones after that.

Freedom isn’t free. It never has been and it never will be.

I’ll leave you with the following facts.

🐾The first picture is Sergeant Stubby. He is a stray pittie that was picked up by a WWI during training camp, ended up accompanying his troop overseas and lived to see the end of the war. He gained the title of Sergeant and outranked his handler, who adopted him. There’s a beautiful animated movie about his life- check it out if you ever get the chance.

🐦 Pigeons were used to send information from one army to another. From the Revolutionary war, up through World War Two. In 1957, the army disbanded their pigeon service due to the rise in electronic communications.

🐴 Approximately 3 million horses and mules were used by both the Union and Confederate armies in the Civil War. About 50% of them were killed in battle or by disease and exhaustion.

🐶 Stray dogs were adopted by soldiers to be companions, scouts and messengers from the Revolutionary War onwards.

🐕 It is believed that somewhere from 9 million to 16 million animals were used in WWI. The allies alone used an estimated 20,000 dogs on the Western Front.

🐩 The same number of dogs served in the US Army, Marine Corps and Coast Guard during WWII.

🫏 10,000+ mules were used by the Union Army for just the Maryland Campaign to transport supplies during the Civil War.

🐈 Cats were used to control vermin- especially in the trenches in WWI.

🦮 Today, there are 2,500 active Military Working Dogs currently in the United States Army, with around 700 deployed at a time.

I am constantly in awe of what animals do for us and what they teach us by being nothing but themselves.

🇺🇸 This Veterans and Armistice Day, and always, thank you to all who have served. 🇺🇸

(Sources because 8 years of training has ingrained it in me😆 but also in case you’re like me and would like to read more.)

https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/dogs-wwi

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/fall/buddies.html #:~:text=Some%20twenty%20thousand%20dogs%20served,sacrifice—of%20America's%20animal%20warriors.

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/head-tilting-history/war-horses-four-legged-fighters-carried-giants-battle

https://www.nps.gov/articles/animals-of-the-armies.htm

https://www.army.mil/article-amp/189131/army_k_9_corps_mans_best_friend_raises_paw_serves_too

🎄🐾 Holiday Pet Care Update! 🐾🎄Well, friends, the holidays are almost here, and my schedule is filling up fast! (I'm so i...
10/23/2025

🎄🐾 Holiday Pet Care Update! 🐾🎄

Well, friends, the holidays are almost here, and my schedule is filling up fast! (I'm so incredibly thankful- thank you all so much 💜💜) Below you'll find my availability as this crazy year comes to a close. Thank you all for making this my most successful year yet!! 🥰

✨ Thanksgiving: Overnight bookings are completely full, and I only have one or two drop-in spots left — so grab them soon if you need care!
🎅 Christmas Eve & Christmas Day: No overnights offered, drop-ins only!
🎆 New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day: No overnights offered, drop-ins only!

I’m already booking into the new year, iso if you have any upcoming trips or busy weekends, now’s the perfect time to reserve your spot!❄️🎄🍂🪩🌟

Thank you all for trusting me with your fur babies — I can’t wait to spend another cozy holiday season with them! 💕🐶🐱 I'm so excited for the year ahead!

I always love seeing these cuties!! 💕Ollie (the kitty) actually has a special place in my heart — he was one of my famil...
10/18/2025

I always love seeing these cuties!! 💕

Ollie (the kitty) actually has a special place in my heart — he was one of my family’s foster kittens before being adopted by this wonderful family! Getting to visit him and his siblings is such a joy; there’s nothing quite like seeing old fosters thriving in their forever homes. 🥹💛

Ollie has two kitty siblings (who prefer to stay off camera-no paparazzi here!😄), some chicken 🐔 friends and two adorable bird siblings, Misty and Honey! 🐦✨

Whew! It’s been a crazy few weeks — in the best way possible! I’ve been so thankful (and busy!) lately, which is why it’...
10/17/2025

Whew! It’s been a crazy few weeks — in the best way possible! I’ve been so thankful (and busy!) lately, which is why it’s been a little quiet over here.

But I couldn’t resist sharing some of the adorable faces I’ve been spending my days with lately!

Everyone, meet Milo! He’s one of my newest daily buddies, and I absolutely adore this big ball of golden fluff 🐾💛

If you know me, you know goldens are my weakness — the namesake of this business came from my late golden, Buddy, and I currently have three of my own. So getting to add another golden Buddy to the Buddy’s Buddies crew has been such a joy! 💗

Fun fact: you can follow Milo over on Instagram — ! Go show him some love- he’s the best boy! 💛

Today we remember all the victims, victims families & first responders- K9 and human alike- that we lost on that day 24 ...
09/11/2025

Today we remember all the victims, victims families & first responders- K9 and human alike- that we lost on that day 24 years ago.

A repost from Ladybug Art because it said everything I could ever try to say. We will always remember. 🇺🇸

“To the heroes who ran toward the fire when the world stood still.
To the workers who never came home.
To the lives cut short yet never forgotten.

To the hands that held each other through the smoke and the sorrow.

To the firefighters, police, medics, and all who carried the weight of that day you showed them what it means to be unbreakable.

To the dogs, loyal and tireless,
who searched through devotion and purity.

And to every soul lost,your light rose higher than the towers, carried on wings of remembrance.

Today we bow in silence, for courage that inspires, for the memory that keeps the world united.

We remember. Always. 🦋 🇺🇸”

🐶Also while I was away, National Dog Day was a thing and I can’t *not* post some of my friends that I’ve hung out with l...
09/04/2025

🐶Also while I was away, National Dog Day was a thing and I can’t *not* post some of my friends that I’ve hung out with lately! 💜🐾

🐾I'm back from vacation, and whilst I was away, Rainbow Bridge Remembrance day came and went. I couldn't get back to my ...
09/04/2025

🐾I'm back from vacation, and whilst I was away, Rainbow Bridge Remembrance day came and went. I couldn't get back to my regular scheduled programming without taking a moment to acknowledge our furry family members that no longer walk beside us on earth, and instead have crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. 🌈

As many of you may know, this business is named after my heart dog, Buddy, whom left over the rainbow bridge in October of 2020. Here's some of my other babies that I've lost, both to old age and much too soon.

Forever would still not be long enough with them.

If you'd like, please feel free to share a picture or a memory in the comments below so we can honor our best friends together. 🌈🐾💜

Yesterday I got to spend time with my buddy Snoopy and his handsome brothers—Linus, Charlie Brown, and Woody.I’ve been w...
08/26/2025

Yesterday I got to spend time with my buddy Snoopy and his handsome brothers—Linus, Charlie Brown, and Woody.

I’ve been watching Snoopy for over a decade now! He was one of my very first regular midday walks, and every single visit with him still feels like such a gift. Snoopy will always hold a special place in my heart 💜

Scroll to the end for a throwback photo of me and Snoopy from 2012—proof that some friendships truly last a lifetime.

And seriously… can we take a moment to appreciate just how incredibly handsome this whole pack is?! 🥹🐾🐶

😎 Somehow we're halfway through summer already?? I'm not quite sure how that happened! 🐾My August and September calendar...
07/22/2025

😎 Somehow we're halfway through summer already?? I'm not quite sure how that happened! 🐾

My August and September calendars are filling up FAST! (Which is so exciting, thank you to everyone who puts their trust in me to watch their furbabies while they're away. I'm eternally grateful. 💕)

If you still have a vacation or even back-to-school chaos coming up, I'd love to help you make sure your pets get the best care while you're away.

Make sure you send me a message today to reserve your spot! 💌

🌟 Why Buddy’s Buddies? 🌟This business is named after my heart dog, Buddy — my first golden retriever, and the soul who c...
06/23/2025

🌟 Why Buddy’s Buddies? 🌟

This business is named after my heart dog, Buddy — my first golden retriever, and the soul who changed my life forever.

I rescued Buddy in 2014 when he was 6 years old. Before that, he had lived outside in a kennel, neglected and unloved because “the husband didn’t want the dog in the house.” From the moment I brought him home, that all changed. He became my constant companion, my confidant, and my best friend. My buddy.

Buddy was with me through everything — from my high school graduation to my acceptance to my alma mater. He loved carrots, retrieving his stuffies to his bed and curling up next to me every night. We had six incredible years together before I had to say goodbye in October 2020. A sudden stomach bleed caused by cancer took him from me, and I held him as he earned his angel wings. It remains one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do.

The picture in my logo is one of my all-time favorites of him — the same one that lives in the necklace I wear, which holds a small portion of his ashes. He’s still with me in a hundred little ways, every single day. I still celebrate his birthday and his gotcha day, because love like his never really leaves. And I carry his memory with me in everything I do.

Buddy’s Buddies isn’t just a business — it’s a promise. A promise to treat every animal in my care with the same love, respect, and joy that Buddy gave me. He did so much for me… how could I not do the same for him?

🐾 For Buddy. Forever. 🐾

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