Becoming Pet Sitter International’s 2025 Pet Sitter of the Year
Jessica of Fur Services Fur Pets has been named Pet Sitters International’s 2025 Pet Sitter of the Year, recognizing her dedication to exceptional pet care and animal welfare. Through the company’s innovative “Feeding Our Fur Friends” program, they’ve donated over 4,500 meals to local rescues in just six months. As anxiety specialists, their team is expertly trained to work with nervous and fearful pets, transforming them into confident companions. Jessica’s leadership extends beyond her business—she serves on the Texas Pet Sitters Conference board, helping shape industry standards and best practices. The company’s “Life Happens” philosophy ensures flexible, understanding service for both clients and staff, recognizing that pet care needs can be unpredictable. This prestigious award acknowledges not just their professional excellence, but their commitment to creating meaningful connections within their community while making a broader impact on animal welfare.
Safeguard Your Beloved Pets at Thanksgiving Holiday Gatherings
Hey, pet lovers! Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we’re sure you're all excited to celebrate with your furry friends. Before you start cooking that turkey and baking those pies though, there are some things you need to know about preparing for Thanksgiving...
A Journey to Overcoming Dog Separation Anxiety: My Personal Story, the Beginning
As professional in-home pet care providers, we work with a variety of anxiety situations with the dogs and cats in our care. We have worked with dogs with fear anxiety that presents like aggression, anxiety around new people, anxiety over new canine siblings, anxiety...
Overcoming Separation Anxiety in Dogs: First Steps
From the beginning of Fur Services Fur Pets, we were a company that could work with canine anxiety without fear. Individually, I've always had a special knack for working with dogs that are anxious, fearful, and uncomfortable with new situations. As a company, we've...
Union Park Cat Sitting: A Guide to Hiring a Cat Sitter in Union Park
Cats are truly unique. If you are owned by a cat, you know there is no other relationship that compares. They can be particular and easy-going, demanding and carefree, loyal and moody and the list goes on. Finding a cat sitter to love on them shouldn't be...
My Dog is Afraid of Storms, What Can I do?
For the first time in years we have a dog and cats that could not care less about thunder or lightening storms. However, we have hundreds of clients' pets that we care for that ARE terrified of them. We get the question all the time, 'My Dog is afraid of storms,...
Why Does that Dog Wear a Muzzle?
Our Abbie wears a Muzzle. We prefer to call it her “Bling,” y’know, like jewelry. Why? It’s a positive spin on something that carries a negative connotation. So why does my dog wear a muzzle? I was once like many of the people we see when we’re out with Abbie. ...
Hiring a Pet Sitter When You are About to Give Birth
Being an expected parent is an exciting time of your life. The anticipation of your little one, who they are going to be…you can’t wait to hold them, you want to get all the photos. Along with the anticipation can come anxiety, especially around the uncertainty of...
Union Park Dog Walking: A Guide to Hiring a Union Park Dog Walker
Union Park is a dog walking paradise. With concrete, wide paths that move every which way and traverse through parks and trees, its natural to walk to spend time walking all over. Do you find yourself walking your dog more since moving to Union Park? Perhaps...
Dog Friendly Bluebonnet Fields Near Frisco
Bluebonnets are the backdrop here in Texas. Bluebonnets are made even more special by the fact that they are only around about 45 days each year and the height of their beauty and population hits mid-April. Each year you see hundreds of bluebonnet photos circulating...