I highly recommend Lauren! We moved to AZ about 9 months ago and needed someone to watch our two black lab mixes. One is skittish around new people but Lauren's love and patience won him over right away. She walks them, plays with them, feeds them, gives them their medicine or any combination of those depending on what we need for her visits. And she goes above and beyond! The dog messes are always cleaned up plus any that were already there! She also has taken our garbage out when we had forgotten it was garbage day. She sends pictures of each visit with the dogs and what they are doing. So far, even on short notice, she has been able to take care of the pups. It is definitely a comfort to know how much she cares for our "babies." Please give her a try!