Ruby's Doggy Adventures @ Bukit Timah
Ruby & Guest's Pets
My background:
- long term PERMANENT pet sitter and pet transporter since college days in the USA and upon returning to Singapore, a godma to several local and international pets, dad's GP medical assistant until he retired 7 years ago
- handle dogs daily and cat sit regularly, well versed in a variety of different pet behaviors incl skittish/reactive/difficult cats and dogs. I do NOT train dogs, I only reinforce discipline and correct dogs' unwanted habits/behavior
- several condo guards have addressed me as the only one familiar and consistent resident pet sitter through the years. My regular clients ensure that they live close to me even if they move house due to my consistent dedicated service
- volunteer at local and overseas animal shelters in handling pets, transportation and food donation drive
- connections with a number of dog trainers who use positive/force free/reward based reinforcements, occasional dog meetups with them
- family in Tanzania Africa and Oregon USA - travel to rural areas of Africa, Australia, Canada and the USA for wildlife study and photography at safaris, farms, national parks, lion rehabilitation camps, underwater reefs. I often self drive, spot tiny movements, listen for sounds of wildlife, have extremely close encounters with them. We get stares and recognition for being the only long stay Asians at rural areas and certain national parks
- replaced SEVERAL pet sitters who quitted during Covid
Keep countless pets since young - dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, etc. 4 Pets in the recent 7 years belong to ex clients who entrusted them to me after relocating elsewhere.
Skills and qualifications
I bond easily with the WILDEST pets, I possess quick reflexes and an extremely sharp sense of of smell, sight and hearing.I work with skittish/reactive/difficult cats and dogs.
My face is an access pass to many condos due to my excellent PR. I have forged strong friendships with cleaners and security guards (some greet me in pet languages, some lunch with me).
Gift of instruction - I have been coaching since a teenager to music students, english students, adult choirs, youth choirs and pet assistants. High level of patience and creativity.
Gift of leadership - often chosen by others (but if given a choice, I prefer to be laid back and work behind scenes) to lead because I am firm and assertive, I build relationships and communicate/articulate well, and this contributed to easy bonding with difficult cats and successful handling of stubborn and selective dogs. I am a pack leader!
Sharp sense of sight (very observant, detect movements quickly), hearing (can hear distant noises like water drips/running, slight movement noise, high pitches - did much sound mixing for music bands in the past, ears get painful at loud feedback and screaming kids) and smell (can detect a roach, rat or certain animal in an enclosed area, nauseate upon bad smell).
Resourceful - I am well travelled and thus blessed to have very good knowledge and connections, so I know where to get quality stuff at good deals. I have driven in to Malaysia hundreds of times already.
Resident Pets
About Ruby's Doggy Adventures
The services that I offer.
I reinforce obedience/discipline and correct unwanted habits/behavior. I have seen dog owners/maids/dog walkers stood clueless during dog confrontations, used wrong methods, wrong tone and wrong choice of words to stop barking dogs, resulting in more aggression and I had to intervene and disrupt them. I have tackled mongrels, stubborn and skittish dogs who struggled with or refused other dog walkers. My physique, tanned skin and scars are proof of experience.
Several clients request dog socialization for their dogs, esp timid, antisocial or young ones. Sometimes I do pack walks for clusters at Bt Timah and Robertson Quay. Clients have feedback that their dogs became more confident and less barky.
The charges for my service.
$35 / walk. Additional $10 for each additional dog.
Why does my service stand out.
I offer long term, consistent and committed service. I am always there for my clients because I make sacrifices (constant re-scheduling, very late meals, etc). I go extra miles, I offer high quality services from 8+am to midnight, three hundred sixty five days - longest standing pet sitter/dog walker.
I am a beck and call for many pet owners, and I replaced several full/part time pet sitters and dog walkers who quitted after many clients want a long term consistent pet sitter/dog walker. Many condo guards have confessed that I am the only pet sitter whom they are familiar with through the years.
Familiarity and long term bonding is very crucial since pets recognize my voice tone and no nonsense style. I study them, build strong, long term relationships with them (and their owners), and treat them like my own thus making it easy to reinforce discipline and correct them. I have the same clients for up to 15 years or until their pets' last days. Some clients included me in rental homes' search and opinions, in their pets' hospital visits, in adoption process at pet shelters, in house moving, etc. We still keep in touch and have visited clients who relocated overseas, we share pet food recipes and wildlife travels.
Do not contact me if you want my kind of background and commitment at cheap rates. It is not about how much I earn from you, but rather how much I save for you by doing all the work which you don't do it personally daily. ALL regular clients and visitors (to my place) feedback that I do the most among all pet sitters/boarders/hotels they had used previously, and some paid me up to double (1 cat client paid triple).
What I enjoy about the work I do.
I like to study different breeds and their psychological behavior/traits. I watch documentaries, do read ups and research as well. I enjoy exercising with dogs as I need constant workouts to keep my stamina high for my hiking trips and dance performances. I also enjoy chilling out with them to de-stress myself.
My service is
Commercial
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