PROFESSIONAL PET SITTERS WEEK - MARY OBERDIER
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- February 15th 2021
2021 Professional Pet Sitters Week, March 7-13, marks the 27th annual celebration helping to bring awareness to those who care for the pets we love. This annual observance honors professional pet-care providers, seeks to educate the pet-owning public about the advantages of professional in-home pet care and encourages pet-loving entrepreneurs to explore professional pet sitting as a viable career.
Mary Oberdier started her pet sitting business in 2012 after working in the banking industry for many years. Mary became a member of the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters and become certified, insured and bonded to begin her new career as a professional pet sitter. Mary started the Bradenton/Sarasota Professional Pet Sitters group to network with and support other local pet sitters.
LET'S TALK PETS - PATTY GIARRUSSO
The Let's Talk Pets Story
Patty combines educational resources and feel-good stories each week with the main focus on lost pet recovery and pet retention, pet safety, pet health, training and more.
Patty shares true stories of lost pets that are reunited with their owners, veterinarians offering important pet health advice, rescue groups sharing information about their organizations, trainers sharing tips on problems pet owners face, pet health and anxiety issues and different pet products and services among other topics.
Patty is the Founder & President of Lost Pet Services, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to reuniting lost pets. Her organization has helped reunite thousands of pets in the Sarasota/Manatee counties FL area since 2013 and funded tens of thousands in medical care to strays and owned pets.
Lost Pet Services Facebook group has grown to over 41,000 fans and continues to grow by 100s every month. It is her mission to educate others on systemic lost pet recovery methods and ways to keep our pets safe.
Remember, a lost pet can’t tell anyone where it lives, so it’s up to us to help them.
