Trustworthy & Kind animal lover

About this sitter

Growing up in beautiful nature-filled South Africa, I was always the girl with a cat or a dog or a lamb sitting in my lap!

As a deep nature girl, I personally love and do need time in a quiet place in nature with beautiful animals for time to write and enjoy the stillness and beauty of the ocean and the mountains and the bird song and the insect jazz!

I like to be in a rural place deep in nature with the cows and horses and pigs and chickens and taking such gentle and good care of your beloved animals.

Caring and loving animals and making them feel happy and safe is a gift I have since I was young. I adore the natural world and my first student intern job as a teenager was with the Humane Society working with and caring for animals.

I am kind-hearted, calm, resourceful and confident and very reliable and trustworthy. I have a hard-working ethic and a cheerful disposition.

I love gardening and caring for gardens too. Happy to water and weed and maintain your happy garden. I worked in a botanical garden in Hawaii for a year in conservation caring for endangered plants and have worked as a volunteer in community gardens in Florida and Mexico and California and South Africa. References to confirm this are available.

I have worked on ranches and in national state parks as a very active volunteer.

I teach online as I run a small online Film and TV school.

I have an international driver's license and happy to rent a car when required.

Why they want to house sit

As a deep nature girl, I personally love and do need time in a quiet place in nature with beautiful animals for time to write and enjoy the stillness and beauty of the ocean and the mountains and the bird song and the insect jazz!

I love traveling and learning about new cultures and enjoying good healthy food and exploring new nature trails and creating community wherever I stay. I am a non-smoker and non-drinker.

In the evenings I teach online as I run a small online Film and TV school that was started by my late husband, Peter, and myself. The school is named after him to honor his name and his wonderful teaching legacy. He was a Professor of Screenwriting at UCLA. https://peterrussellscriptdoctor.com/

I have my own home in South Africa but I have chosen to travel and have some positive travel adventures after my dear husband passed away. I really love to enjoy the beautiful present moment and explore our beautiful world.

Their experience

I have excellent house sitting and character and work references! But just joined Mind My House tonight July 24th 2024!

I just complete 6 months in Italy caring for 3 lovely dogs and an olive grove, vines and fruit trees. I am currently in Dublin caring for a sweet rescuer greyhound.

Prior to that I was in Mexico to house-sit and care for five dogs, Treasure a 7-year-old Labrador, Monkey, a sweet elderly French poodle, loveable Tony, a five-year-old Maltese poodle, Evie, an adorable two-year-old rescue, Cross Border Collie who needs lots of exercise and cute Finn, a rescue Terrier Cross.

l have lived on a ranch with sheep, llamas, cows, horses, turkeys, chickens, coyotes and wild pigs.

If you need your garden cared for really well, I am your girl! I have worked in many community gardens and have great references.

I have enjoyed house sitting in New York caring for a sweet bird called Jazz and Pickle, an elderly Scottish Terrier and a mixed breed large dog called Milo.

I have cared for loving two cats. Jemima and Judah, in Kansas and I cared for chickens, 3 dogs and 3 cats in Hawaii.

On a ranch in Oregon I cared for lovely Anna the goat and three dogs and a cat and fed two horses and did cleaning of the stables.

In Windsor, United Kingdom, I cared for rescue mixed-breed, Nu-Nu and a tiny puppy, Spud.

If you need your garden cared for really well, I am your girl! I have worked in many community gardens and have great references.

What can they bring to the assignment

My good positive attitude! My strong sense of responsibility in caring lovingly for your animals and respecting your home.

I can garden and run errands and be flexible for your needs.

I will take special care of your animals as if they were my own!

I am a former journalist so I am very resourceful.
I am calm in an emergency.

I have excellent references to testify to my good character and my love of animals and experience as a keen gardener! I am a non-smoker and non-drinker.