Don't want to come home to a mess? Feel guilty leaving your pet with your neighbor? Let us give your pets the loving care that they deserve, in the comfort of their own home! Call 303.725.2162 or email us at PetCare@FriendlyVisits.com

* Currently Pet Sitting in Westminster, Broomfield, Superior, and Surrounding Areas * Bonded & Insured *

 

The Company Photograph Courtesy of Melissa Kauffman. Friendly Visits, LLC has been officially operating since 2003. They are insured through Mourer Foster and bonded through Business Insurers of the Carolinas. They are members of Professional United Pet Sitters, the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters and the North Metro Denver Pet Sitters, in addition to other groups and educational forums. Friendly Visits, LLC is based out of Westminster, Colorado and their service area includes neighborhoods in Westminster, Broomfield, Superior, Louisville, Lafayette, Erie, Thornton, and Northglenn. All Associate Pet Sitters have had reference and background checks. The Owners Jennifer & Neisa, an Australian Cattle Dog Calvin & Hobbes, Chinchillas Anthony & Pippin, a Short-Tailed Opposum Anthony and Jennifer have always had pets, and whether their own pets or someone elses, or even nature's creatures they have found them fascinating. This is why they own and work for Friendly Visits -- to be with what they know and love! Anthony and Jennifer work full time for Friendly Visits. This is their livelihood, and not just a hobby! In addition to pet sitting, they handle the managerial and administrative tasks such as phone calls, emails, scheduling, and consultations. Jennifer graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Information Systems and Anthony is formally of the U.S. Army. Anthony had secret security clearance during his service (2001-2005), and also received USPS security clearance in 2007 and 2008 (includes drug screening, criminal history, citizenship, and fingerprinting). Anthony & Jennifer are both certified in Pet First Aid, and are dependable, trustworthy, and have a true love for animals, both their own and yours! Their own furry family consists of Neisa, an Australian Cattle Dog, (adopted from Second Chance Animal Shelter in Texas where they volunteered before moving to Colorado); Darcy, a Border Collie (from the Rocky Mountain Border Collie Rescue); Tyler, a Border Collie Mix (from the Western Border Collie Rescue), Hobbes, a chinchilla; and various foster dogs from the Western Border Collie Rescue. Jennifer currently participates in flyball with Darcy, and agility with Neisa. Anthony currently competes in flyball with Tyler. In the past 2 years, they have fostered over 39 dogs that have gone on to find forever homes! Anthony & Neisa Persephone, Hamster The Associate Pet Sitters Alicia: Alicia grew up in the Broomfield area. She has lived with and cared for dogs her entire life. In her teen years Alicia spent her free time working in a stable and especially loved when she got to ride the horses! Alicia now owns an amazing blue-eyed husky, a playful beagle mix, and two beautiful male cats. In the future, Alicia hopes to have a career working with animals.   Amelia: Both personally and professionally, Amelia has worked with animals for many years. She has volunteered for the Longmont Humane Society over the last year, in their volunteer program and as a foster caregiver. She continues her work with the Humane Society and finds it to be a challenging and rewarding aspect in her life. Her latest fosterees, a litter of four kittens have recently returned to the shelter to find their forever homes. In addition to her work with the Humane Society, Amelia has petsat for a variety of animals over the years, and established and retained a great rapport with the owners and their animals. Amelia is the proud owner of a spunky ten-year-old Maine Coon mix named Vida, a seven-year-old German Shepherd mix named Zelda, a nine-year-old Shiba Inu mix named Shika who was a Hurricane Katrina dog. The cat and dogs exist mostly coharmoniously, sharing opposite sides of the bed at night, and a couch occasionally by day. Amelia also enjoys working closely with people at her full-time job as a bilingual case manager at Denver Colorado AIDS Project. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. In her off-time she is a free-lance writer, enjoys hiking, performing at open-mikes, and hanging out with her husband, Tom, and step-daughters Sophia and Sadie.   Carla: Carla has lived in Boulder County since 1989 and has enjoyed sharing in the lives of dogs, cats, gecko’s, fish and ferrets. Having animals has always seemed to be a natural part of Carla’s life and she can’t help but respect and love all animals. In addition to dogs and cats, Carla enjoys sea life as well. She and her son have enjoyed many snorkeling and diving excursions admiring the ocean life, viewing huge turtles in Maui or Stingray’s in Florida. It’s all just so amazing! Having a past career in HR, Carla has decided to pursue a career in Marketing and Social Media and is attending classes. She also enjoys staying on top of local events and helping to promote local businesses in Louisville. Carla’s son Nolan is a sophomore this year at Fairview and a creator of music. They enjoy walking dogs, hiking, camping, biking, movies, the occasional 5k race and just about anything social!   Heather: Heather grew up in Massachusetts and has called Colorado home since 2009. While she didn’t grow up with any pets, she always wanted one. In Massachusetts she often was the pet sitter and walker for her sister’s golden retriever, since her apartment wouldn’t allow for pets. Upon moving to Colorado, she adopted her first dog, an Australian Kelpie named Case, who is now 4 years old. In 2011 she and her husband adopted a second puppy, a German Shepherd mix named Suji, who is now 2. She loves her animals and nursed Case back to health from a systemic fungal infection acquired while he was a stray. He is now a healthy and happy dog who loves to hike and play fetch. Heather also owns a photography business, Diamond Photography (www.diamondphotogallery.com). She currently displays her nature and wildlife photographs at a gallery in Georgetown and a coffee shop in Louisville. In her spare time, she can often be found in the kitchen baking and cooking or hiking the many trails around Colorado.   Jana: Jana recently moved to Colorado to be closer to her family and is enjoying our sunny skies. Jana grew up with dogs and has volunteered to work with rescue dogs for most of her adult life. She has fostered rescue dogs in her home, exercised and trained rescues kenneled at the veterinarian, and worked many adoption clinics. Jana’s canine family includes two Maltese sons, Miko and Schyler, a Miniature Schnauzer nephew, Lobo, and a Blue Heeler granddog, Papi.   Jenn B.: From earliest memory, Jennifer has been in love with animals. It started with horses, then cats, then dogs and then birds. She is a CPA running her own firm working with small businesses. This work allows her the flexibility to pursue her other interests with animals. She currently lives with her two cats, Whisper and Kenya, and her two dogs Rookie and Ty. Jennifer and her dogs train and compete actively in agility competitions. Ty is her beloved cattle dog rescue/super star, having earned one national championship and competed in numerous national level challenges. Rookie is her up and coming border collie, who is doing quite well in his training. Jennifer is also actively involved in raptor rehabilitation. She serves on the board and volunteers in all capacities at the Birds of Prey Foundation. The foundation rescues injured, sick and orphaned birds of prey. The birds are rehabilitated and released back in to the wild. She is also active as a bald eagle nest monitor for the Rocky Mountain Birds Observatory. Pet sitting allows Jennifer to put her animal care skills and love of animals to work to help owners when they are forced to be separated from their furry family members.   Karen: Karen grew up here in Colorado and has a great affection for animals of all kinds. She has owned everything from dogs to guinea pigs to hermit crabs – anything she could talk her mother into letting her keep! She has done volunteer work for the Boulder Humane Society and regularly is called on to care for her friends and relative’s pets when they are out of town. A while ago she and her husband and two boys went to pick out two new kittens from a shelter after their cat of many years had passed away. There were too many cute ones to decide between, though, so they ended up coming home with 3! Felix, Stanley and Smokey keep the family busy and entertained! Karen looks forward to being a veterinary technician sometime in the next five years, and is very excited for the opportunity to love and care for your pets while you are away. Lisa: Lisa has been pet sitting professionally for over 5 years, and all of that time has been with Friendly Visits. She has provided care for everything from fish to 130 pound Malamutes. She is comfortable with most every animal she has come in contact with, professionally and personally. She has cared for animals that need a variety of medications, oral and injection without issue. Prior to professional pet sitting Lisa has worked with animals since she was in middle school, mostly on a personal level or through volunteer work. She has been pet sitting for various families for over 20 years, from fish to reptiles to dogs and cats. Her love for animals is shared with her entire family. Her and her kids are currently proud owner of 3 dogs, 2 Chihuahua's that are brother and sister, and 1 rescue Golden Retriever. She also has 4 cats, adopted from a shelter. Over the past years they have also had frogs, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters and birds. In addition to pet sitting Lisa holds a full time job working for Ball Aerospace. She received her BS from Arizona State University and her MBA from Regis University. She has 3 children ages 21, 18 and 16. Her hobbies include skiing, swimming and hiking with her dogs.   Lori: Lori moved to the Denver area in 2010 after surviving 30 years in the Dallas area heat. She's been a secondary Spanish teacher for the past nine years, and now enjoys teaching Spanish for an online high school. She has also been pet sitting for over four years in Texas prior to moving here. She has a daughter living here that attended graduate school in Boulder, and a son finishing up school at the University of Missouri. Lori has grown up around dogs all her life, but also owned a cat, parrot, monkey and horse while living in South America as a teenager. These past nine years she has been a Puppy Raiser for the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind (www.Guidedog.org), where she raised three Golden Retrievers and three Black Labs. She has a 10 year old Schnauzer that is now glad to be the one and only, 'numero uno' in the house! Melanie: Melanie is a Colorado native and has been around animals all her life. Growing up she had a variety of cats and dogs in the household and has pet sat for family and friends for many years. Melanie has always been the person that everyone gives their animals to when they could no longer take care of them as they know that the animals will be loved and cared for with her. She is an avid animal lover and whether they are her own or someone else's animals, she feels that they deserve to be treated with the same care and respect as the people in her life. Melanie owns a beautiful short hair, tigerstrip kitty named Parrot, a hamster named Schiz, and an albino corn snake named Slink. Melanie is the proud parent of human children, two sons named Gavin and Evan. They also share her love for animals!   Sharla: Sharla is a Colorado native and has been around animals of one kind or another all her life. Dogs were always a part of her life growing up but, she always had a love for all animals especially horses. She finally fulfilled the dream of owning her own horse at the age of 39. Along with her wonderful family, her husband of 27 years Todd, and her two sons Bryan and Trevor, who are both in college, she has been blessed with an extended family of pets that includes 3 horses and 2 dogs. In her free time, she loves to spend time in the mountains hiking and horseback riding. Always willing to help out family, friends and neighbors with their pets, Sharla’s never met an animal she didn’t like! She loves working in the pet industry and couldn't think of a better job than caring for animals!   Copyright © 2006 - Friendly Visits, LLC. All rights reserved. Content from this website may NOT be used or reproduced in whole or in part without express written permission from Friendly Visits, LLC. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.