There's No Place Like Home
Family pets and their surrogate caregivers take center stage this week, National Professional Pet Sitters Week.
About 60 percent of American households have a pet. In fact, there are about 110 million dogs and cats alone! Many advocates believe that in-home pet care is the best option for traveling or busy families. Animals can maintain their familiar environment, diet, and routine while pet sitters give them personal care and attention. Staying at home also spares pets the trauma of traveling to a kennel.
If you hire in-home pet care professionals such as dog walkers and pet sitters, thank those great people from March 3 through 9. Next to your pet, they just might be your best friends!
Pictured: Emil Armin, 1883 Austria-Hungary–1971 USA, My Neighbors, 1929, oil, 42 1/8 x 50 1/8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Hilda D. Armin.
Family pets and their surrogate caregivers take center stage this week, National Professional Pet Sitters Week.
About 60 percent of American households have a pet. In fact, there are about 110 million dogs and cats alone! Many advocates believe that in-home pet care is the best option for traveling or busy families. Animals can maintain their familiar environment, diet, and routine while pet sitters give them personal care and attention. Staying at home also spares pets the trauma of traveling to a kennel.