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Dog Savvy LLC Providing a tactful approach to pet care in Grand Rapids, MI. Where your pet's physical and emotional needs are treated as one.

Offering dog walking, overnight care, and drop-in visits for all species
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That's a wrap on a week spent with these girls!! 🥰 Two different houses, with three very sweet, entertaining babies. Or ...
28/07/2025

That's a wrap on a week spent with these girls!! 🥰 Two different houses, with three very sweet, entertaining babies. Or demons, if you catch Luna at Crazy Tug Hour.

We have!
Luna, the play fanatic.
June, the fetch fanatic.
And Prim, the teeny tiny baby trapped in a dachshund's body. She also loves tug and the occasional fetch when her sister isn't dominating the field.

Bonus points if you can spot the secret surprise in Pic 7 👀 This was taken at midnight... and it took me WAY too long to figure out what Prim was being weird about around the firepit.

I hope all you paw-thers out there had the best Father's Day. Ripley clearly adores her papa and his endless supply of l...
16/06/2025

I hope all you paw-thers out there had the best Father's Day.

Ripley clearly adores her papa and his endless supply of lovin's and sneaky bites of lunch meat from his sandwich. I lovingly turn my trainer-eye at a lot of their shenanigans. If you ever enjoy a meal with us, and Ripley comes up to beg instead of lay at her place mat, you know who to thank for that 🤣🤣❤️

Stay cool out there this week ☀️ Them dogs be gettin' hot! 🌭🌭🌭

Happy Aloha Friday!Please enjoy this clip of Bruce getting frustrated with the waterfall fountain. It's not the most eff...
06/06/2025

Happy Aloha Friday!

Please enjoy this clip of Bruce getting frustrated with the waterfall fountain. It's not the most effective way to drink, but at least it's fun!

Also, he just downed a whole bowl not even 10 minutes ago. This was bonus water before we wrapped the walk up 2 minutes later 😂

Enjoy the summery sunshine today ☀️

Hello! Due to the high demand for sitting services, Dog Savvy is not accepting new clients for regular dog sitting servi...
20/05/2025

Hello! Due to the high demand for sitting services, Dog Savvy is not accepting new clients for regular dog sitting services.

Unfortunately, being a business of one makes it challenging to take on new sitting clients. In the best interest of my current overnight and drop-in clients, I must restrict taking on new ones.

If you already have a regular sitter and need someone to fill in intermittently when your primary sitter or go-to family member is unavailable, I may be available for these on a case by case basis.

Thank you for your understanding, and I truly, deeply appreciate all my current clients, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances that put the word out about what I do ❤️ Word of mouth has been my strongest marketing tool since the beginning. I wouldn't be the business I am without you! With that being said, if you are one of these amazing people spreading the word about Dog Savvy, I kindly ask you to refrain from recommending me as a dog sitter. At this time, walking, training, and sitting services for non-canine pets are the only ones accepting new clients.

Give your pups a treat for me 🐕

Give Luna a round of applause for such great effort 👏 She hasn't caught one yet.. but she's getting close! 😂 ...
17/05/2025

Give Luna a round of applause for such great effort 👏

She hasn't caught one yet.. but she's getting close! 😂

🤍🧡🖤 Poppy and Orange Ball 🧡🧡🧡~ a love story ~Also, RIP my ankle. That sound does not do justice for the pain that *thwac...
25/03/2025

🤍🧡🖤 Poppy and Orange Ball 🧡🧡🧡
~ a love story ~

Also, RIP my ankle. That sound does not do justice for the pain that *thwack* included 😂 This job is not without its dangers!

When you think you're taking a cute pic of one dog, only to discover, much later on, that your camera focused on the oth...
24/03/2025

When you think you're taking a cute pic of one dog, only to discover, much later on, that your camera focused on the other...

Looking mighty suspicious back there, Mr. Grover!


This month was the 2 year anniversary of being in business under the Dog Savvy name 🐕After months of planning, scrapping...
24/03/2025

This month was the 2 year anniversary of being in business under the Dog Savvy name 🐕

After months of planning, scrapping, drawing, re-drawing, and grueling over-analyzation of every detail,

I've finally made a logo! (For now. Knowing myself, I can't promise I won't tweak this a little)

There are more exciting things in the works for Dog Savvy. For now, I'm thrilled to display this small success and look forward to sharing what's next in the weeks and months to come.

Part III of IIIThe precise moment I reached the squares of sidewalk in front of her house, on my way to say "hello" and ...
24/02/2025

Part III of III

The precise moment I reached the squares of sidewalk in front of her house, on my way to say "hello" and "goodbye" to Zo for the final time on Wednesday, a hawk flew in from my right, and soared up to a tree to my left. Mere feet from my face. I decided it was a sign. To hell with coincidence. I say it was her spirit animal posting up nearby, preparing to lead her on to the next chapter in The Life of Zooey.

It seems fitting for a fiery dog like Zooey. To be a hawk, or a falcon, or an eagle. I'll think of her all the time, for the rest of time. Like all the dogs I've loved and lost over the years.

I loved you so much, Zo. Thanks for making life so interesting and leading me to this little house I call a home, the neighborhood I call my community, and a job that's become a career. I'll see you again soon 🦅

I went back in the archives of Google Photos and Snapchat to find as many memories and moments that I could. I love seeing her in front of the old mural on Lyon st vs the repainted version. And all the beautiful summer flowers, fall colors, white snowfall, and regular ol' dreary backdrops of these memories. She was smiling in all of them, even on the rainy walks. And the many, many photos and videos of her voluptuous b***y and swishy, pom-pom tail. That thing was mesmerizing. It had me smiling through the tears going through years and years of Zooey photos and seeing so many of just her cute butt.

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Part II out of IIIShe's the dog that sewed two very important humans into the fabric of my life. Humans who are, without...
24/02/2025

Part II out of III

She's the dog that sewed two very important humans into the fabric of my life. Humans who are, without question, the best landlords, neighbors, and friends a person could hope for. She's the dog that taught me so much about patience. Particularly toward siblings, when they're walking twice as slow as you, or barking 10 times as loud. Lou was half her age and 3 times as slow. She beguilded me onward, regardless of the time, toward the neighborhood cookie bin. It's always worth being late in the name of cookies. Or an extra trip to the water fountain at Midtown Park.

Zo was not the kind of dog to take it easy. She hurled herself off diving boards, mouth open into the waterfall, and paw over paw down the sidewalk in spite of her busted toe, or bad knees, or uncomfortable tumor. I know dogs tend to hide their pain, but Zooey truly said "F**k it" to her ailments, and forged onward like the fierce force of nature she embodied each and every day.

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Part I Empty.Is the space behind your "fence window." Where you aimed keen eyes and a sharp nose beyond the confines of ...
24/02/2025

Part I

Empty.
Is the space behind your "fence window." Where you aimed keen eyes and a sharp nose beyond the confines of your yard, and I looked for you each and every time I drove by.

Quiet.
Is Innes St where your distinguished bark prevailed, and I smiled when you and your brother's dramatic discussions echoed through our neighborhood.

Still.
Are our hearts contending with the ineffable loss of your ninja kisses and bushy-tailed greetings and piercing blue stares that pleaded for that mutual affection from Your People.

Zooey left this world on Wednesday. Leaving a great deal of grief behind in my heart and an unimaginable weight for her parents and brother Lou. It feels raw and impossible to give voice to the multitude of ways this dog - this one, crazy, spunky, uninhibited, nut of a dog - influenced my life in facets beyond just my career.

I was gifted just shy of 7 years to know and love all that was Zooey. Zo-zo. Bo-bo. Zo-thang. Bubba. The dog who gifted me the notoriously abrupt muzzle punch to my face during our first encounter on May 10th, 2018.

Zooey swiftly recategorized me from the initial "Stranger" status to her mental rolodex of "Friends" in those mere 45 minutes together. Throughout the years, she was a felonious poop-eater, a dog with more personality than half the humans on this planet, a fanatic for water in all it's forms (note that her ma and pa made her a fountain🤍) and a creature that, understandably, attracted regular attention from the public - but wanted none of it. She radiated fairytale-like beauty and sported the most dazzling, hypnotic, and wonky blue eyes. She saw no need to franternize with unfamiliar faces. Zo preferred they remain well outside her personal bubble, in all honesty. Especially if they were on wheels, or running, or small and loud, or furry with 4 legs, or wearing a mail carrier uniform, and so on.

Part II in the next post...

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