Ahwatukee pet sitter grateful for group assist | Enterprise

Ahwatukee resident Tracy Zipay’s enterprise is as a lot about individuals as it’s about canine.

She enjoys them each.

As she mirrored on the primary anniversary of the pet sitting enterprise she began a yr in the past in the neighborhood she’s referred to as dwelling for greater than twenty years, Zipay waxes enthusiastically in regards to the individuals she’s met.

“We’ve got been blown away by all of the goodness on this group,” she stated. “First, by the belief that has been given us by those that rent us to care for his or her furry members of the family; and second, by the great will of those that promote us by way of nominating, voting, and sharing their experiences.”

That canine carry her as a lot pleasure is difficult to overlook, as anybody can see on facebook.com/yesspet, her enterprise’ Fb web page.

With an intensive historical past of fostering canine and dealing with American Kennel Membership Labrador Retrievers, she additionally turned Ahwatukee’s first pet sitter licensed in worry free pet sitting earlier than she began The Pawsitive Pets Sitter LLC.

The philosophy of Worry Free pet remedy and sitting is rooted in simply what it says: assuaging and stopping anxiousness, worry and/or discomfort amongst cats and canine.

Dr. Marty Becker, an Idaho veterinary behaviorist who is named “America’s Veterinarian,” claims to have invented the idea within the mid-Nineteen Eighties, although there are different clinics and individuals who take credit score as originators.

No matter its origin, Worry Free has been a dominant theme in animal care – each in clinics and, the place Zipay is concerned, somebody’s dwelling and even her personal.

“It’s science based mostly, and closely depends on persevering with animal habits training to replace how we look after pets,” Zipay stated. “I’ve seen firsthand the way it can utterly shift a pet from pure worry and anxiousness to calm acceptance and luxury.”

As for The Pawsitive Pets Sitter, Zipay stresses that her mission is to “preserve that good will and belief” she has earned in Ahwatukee by “offering the most effective pet care potential” and providing “a number of companies not available by different sitters.”

Furthermore, she famous, “We offer the additional benefit of pet enrichment.”

Amongst these companies are pet sitting within the homeowners’ dwelling for durations starting from each day visits that embody play time to in a single day and even extended-stays. She affords particular pet sitting and even takes a canine to her dwelling if a shopper has a particular want for that.

Zipay started her enterprise after what she calls an apprenticeship with Kate McPike, one other Ahwatukee pet sitter who over time rebranded her enterprise K8’s Cats to care strictly for felines.

“Kate will not be a part of my enterprise, however we’re unofficial ‘companions,’” Zipay defined. “I refer cat-only purchasers to her, and she or he sends me the ‘blended’ purchasers she will get – canine and cats. Kate is a useful useful resource for me, although, she is my mentor and helps me immeasurably. Her cat-only enterprise goes gangbusters, too.”

Over the previous yr, Zipay additionally expanded her companies into Chandler as a result of her daughter Taylor joined her within the enterprise.

In addition to providing the identical companies in Chandler that her mom affords in Ahwatukee, Taylor can be fine-tuning a pet deal with that will likely be obtainable quickly by way of the corporate web site.

Taylor went to Horizon Honors from kindergarten by way of her sophomore yr, when she transferred to Desert Vista largely for its science applications, Zipay stated.

She earned a full journey scholarship to Arizona State College’s Barrett, The Honors School and graduated summa cum laude together with her bachelor’s in molecular biology/biotechnology and a minor in chemistry in 2017.

“Her scientific mindset, alongside together with her compassion give her a singular strategy to working with our anxious and fearful purchasers,” Zipay stated, citing her household’s lifelong pet possession and pet fostering for the Humane Society.

Added Taylor: “I’ve plenty of enjoyable figuring out which toys and video games every of our purchasers would greatest take pleasure in, and it’s so uplifting to see them interact on a special stage.”

It’s not a one-way avenue the place The Pawsitive Pets Sitter and the group is worried, both.

For all that assist Zipay says she will get from the group, her enterprise additionally provides again.

“We sponsor actions and occasions once we can, just like the Ahwatukee Easter Parade/Spring Fling, and contribute to quite a lot of pet-related causes. We’ve been given a lot, we wish to give again.”

To study extra about The Pawsitive Pets sitter, see yesspet.com.