Hi! We’re Here To Serve You

We’ve been delighting clients for 20 years. We’d love to meet you and your pets and have you hire us, too!

Why do clients love us so much? (besides the cute photos we take and online notes we send you every visit?)

First, we hire EXPERIENCED career animal professionals as employees into our bonded and insured company.    We don’t have any seasonal or contract staff.

Second, we introduce your neighborhood TEAM to you and your pets, so you and your pets know who visits your home.

Third, everyone on our team is CERTIFIED as Fear Free Certified® Professionals and certified in pet first aid/cpr, which brings you and your pets a level of consistent training in handling pets, nuanced animal body language, social needs, enrichment activities, and emergency preparedness.

100% Fear Free Certified Professionals on our Team

Career Experience

Veterinary Assistants 75%
Veterinary Technicians 22%
Shelters & Pet Rescue 63%
Animal Control Officers 7%

If your pets are gregarious and healthy, or shy and introverted, or need special or customized care – whether elderly, ill, or very young – we can help.  

Our Team of Pet Experts – Ready to Help You!

Alison
Alison
she/her

Client Services Manager

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Alison jumped aboard in 2018, working in our Client Services team in our office. She’s a long-time volunteer with Rural Dog rescue, and has been a foster dog mom along the way. She has one dog of her own, a terrier mix named Bailey. In her previous experience, Alison worked in sales and customer service, in virtual teams with field employees, office management and data analysis positions. Alison has her bachelor’s from George Mason University.

Becky
Becky
she/her

Digital Marketing Manager

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Becky joined the team (again!) in 2021 as our marketing expert, after having worked here as a Pet Care Professional 2016-17. Her knowledge of our business and clients’ needs is an asset. Becky has past experience working in digital marketing and social media. She’s also a cat owner and a long-time volunteer with animal rescue organizations, having helped socialize many cats to prepare them for adoption. She has her master’s degree in Psychology.

Bella
Bella
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Bella joined us in 2023, serving Alexandria City clients. She has several years’ experience working in pet boarding and doggie day care facilities, and pet sitting independently in Alexandria. After the stresses of pack dog management in that day care environment (It’s perfect for some, but not all), she’s looking forward to caring for pets in a calmer environment in their homes. At home she has a pitbull named Brixxie and a cat named Koda.

Chantal
Chantal
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
– CPDT – KA, Professional Dog Trainer

Chantal jumped in our team in 2022, serving our Alexandria City clients. After many years pet sitting for friends and neighbors, she decided to step away from office jobs to work with animals full time. She has fostered dogs, often ones needing special leash skills and help with reactivity or behavior management. She is a professional dog trainer. At home she has an 2 year old dog, Charlie, who’s a rescue from A Forever Home (a foster fail)!

Chelsea
Chelsea
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Chelsea joined our team in 2023, serving our Alexandria City clients. over 10+ years’ experience working with pets as an independent pet sitter and dog walker; she’s cared for bunnies, ferrets, guinea pigs, fish, birds, hamsters, rats, mice, and worked in a pet supply store where she learned about nutrition products and care products for all pets. Most recently she worked with elders in a local retirement community, where pet care of the residents’ pets was an unofficial and voluntary part of her job too!

Cristina
Cristina
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Cristina joined our team in 2024, serving our Alexandria City clients inside the beltway. She has 3+ years’ experience working with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue in fostering and adoption. She’s a lifelong animal lover and advocate who has owned dogs, cats, hamsters, fish, and a dwarf rabbit. She currently has Cully, a loving pitbull-boxer mix. Her previous dog was a sweet miniature pinscher who was diabetic during her senior years. She has her bachelor’s from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Dolf
Dolf
he/him

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– (in process) Pet First Aid / CPR
– (in process) Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Dolf joined the team in early 2024, serving clients outside-the-beltway from Mount Vernon to Huntington. He brings many years’ experience working with animals: professionally for three years at a local pet hotel, and several years as a volunteer naturalist at a local wildlife park. He’s well versed in medication administration and in behavior management and of cats and dogs – at home he has several flocks of indoor birds, fresh water fish tanks, a snake, a very “snuggly” dog and a “princess” cat.

Elizabeth
Elizabeth
she/her

Founder/General Manager

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Elizabeth Legere founded Alexandria Pet Care in 2004 with a mission to provide Alexandria families a choice of higher level care by pet experts in a unique neighborhood team concept. She currently owns Mocha, a frisky Lagotto Romagnolo. Elizabeth has a bachelor’s from Smith College, and previously worked in marketing, SaaS development, and technology consulting, before finding her true passion working with pets.

Elly
Elly
they / them

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Elly joined us in 2022 serving our inside-the-beltway Alexandria clients, bringing several years’ experience in pet sitting and professional grooming. Prior to that, they worked for a dog trainer, learning obedience basics and reward-based teaching and techniques. At home they have a very smart cat, Billie, and a fresh water fish tank with a Betta and Tetra.

Hope
Hope
she/her

Client Services Manager

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Hope recently moved to our Client Services team after working as a Pet Care Professional with us. She welcomes our new clients, has met all our regular and monthly clients, and emailed or talked with nearly all our pet sitting clients. Previously, she worked professionally with 3 years’ experience with pets. She has a long track record of fostering, notably dogs and ones with behavior quirks, training issues, and anxiety. At home she has a menagerie: a dog, geckos, a corn snake, and fish.

Jessica
Jessica
she/her

Client Services Coordinator

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Jessica joined us in 2023 to serve our clients in Alexandria City as a Pet Care Professional and later took on an additional role in client services in our (virtual) office. She brings 5+ years’ experience pet sitting and dog walking in Manhattan, specializing in pets with anxiety and pets with medical needs including inhalers, pills and insulin. She has her bachelor’s degree in Animal Science from North Carolina A&T State University. Outside work, she’s an artist working in acrylics and oil painting. At home she has a cat named “Huey” who thinks he’s a panther with stealth skills.

Jordan
Jordan
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Jordan started in 2023, serving our Fairfax County and Alexandria City client neighborhoods. She’s a full-time Pet Care Professional with over 2 years’ experience as a veterinary assistant and vet technician. Before that experience, she previously worked at SeaWorld as an educator providing animal presentations and information. At home she has a Husky and a Husky mix. She has her bachelor’s degree from Piedmont International University in NC.

Lotus
Lotus
she/her

Internal Communications & Media Manager

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Lotus became our Internal Communications and Media Manager in 2024, after joining the team in 2022 as a Pet Care Professional to serve clients outside the beltway from Belle Haven to Mount Vernon. Lotus joined our team with over three years’ experience as a professional pet sitter, which she started in order to lead a more purposeful life. She is certified as a yoga instructor and a talented in experiential art. At home she has a bunny named “Hoi Hoi” and a hamster named “Bean-nut.” She grew up around horses, donkeys, goats, and pigs on a small Virginia farm, and she has her bachelor’s in Anthropology from George Mason University.

Maria
Maria
she/they

Pet Care Operations Director

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Maria is the leader of our Pet Care Professionals, who joined us in 2023. She has been working with pets for 10+ years, most recently at another company as Operations Manager and as General Manager. She has many years’ management experience both in hospitality and in pet care services. Currently she has an 11-year-old dachshund Oliver, and 10-year old Lulu (mostly fox hound) at home. She has her bachelor’s in Business Management. Outside work, she uses her green thumb with houseplants (mostly tropical) and her outdoor veggie gardens.

Mariah
Mariah
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Mariah joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2024 to serve our Alexandria clients inside the beltway. She Mariah has 3 years’ experience in veterinary care working as a Veterinary Assistant, most recently in a Fear-Free practice. As a result, she’s a master of animal body language, medications and pilling and insulin, and handling special behavioral needs and medical needs. She’s also worked with horses before; too bad that’s not a skill we need here! She has her bachelor’s in Animal Science from Rutgers University.

Nilo
Nilo
she/her

Finance Manager

Nilo joined Alexandria Pet Care in November 2023 as our Finance Manager with over 12 years of experience in accounting, finance, and grants management. Previously she worked at NOAA, Catholic Charities, and the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan as their Accounting Manager. She’s multi-lingual, speaking English, Persian, Dari, Pashtu, and Urdu. She has a B.A. in Business Administration from Dunya University, and a B.A. in International Business from American University.

Norma
Norma
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Norma joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2023 after 5+ years’ experience at a local veterinary hospital, working as a veterinary assistant and then veterinary technician. She pampered the boarded pets at the clinic, and assisted in critical care and surgeries. Independently, she’s helped with neighbors’ home dog walking and pet sitting. At home she has 2 dogs, a 4-pound Yorkie and a 66-pound pit bull. Guess which one rules the house? She has her bachelor’s degree from George Mason in Biology.

Rudy
Rudy
he/him

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Rudy joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2023 after 5+ years’ experience with pet care both at a local veterinary hospital as a vet assistant, 5 years at another pet care company (pre pandemic) in managing and caring for the pets, and previous professional pet grooming experience. After the stresses in the vet clinic environment most recently, he is looking forward to caring for pets in a calmer environment in their homes. At home he has a dog (a ‘four legged rocket’) named Gunner.

Ryan
Ryan
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Ryan joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2023 after 15+ years’ experience pet sitting for friends, neighbors, and family. She just recently moved to Alexandria from Washington state (ask her about island life in the upper northwest!), and is looking forward to caring for pets in their homes. She has owned all sorts of animals over the years from tiny zebra finches to horses, dogs, cats, and exotics. She had a previous career in the human medical field as a phlebotomist and lab assistant.

Winoka
Winoka
she/her

Human Resources Advisor

CERTIFICATIONS:
– SPHR

Winoka joined our team in 2023 as our first-ever HR Advisor as our company grows. She brings almost twenty years’ experience working in Human Resources, with a focus on employee experience, employee wellness, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives. She’s a dog mom of a rescue pit bull, and a grandmother to five lucky grandkids. Winoka has her Bachelors in Human Resource Management from Baker College and her Masters in Instructional Development and Design from Bellevue University.

Yelka
Yelka
she/her

Pet Care Professional

CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional

Yelka joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2023 after 6+ years’ experience at a local veterinary hospital, working as an emergency and ICU animal nurse. While she’s really excited to care for loved pets at home, she’s equally ready for our calmer pace of work outside the emergency veterinary environment. At home she has 4 dogs and 1 cat. She is finishing her bachelor’s degree at George Mason University in Biology. She’s working with both our outside-the-beltway and our inside-the-beltway group serving clients in Alexandria City to Mount Vernon.

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Life’s too short to work in a job you don’t absolutely love. We’ve seen it — it’s a beautiful thing when a passion for pets’ well-being and a career in pet care come together in a rewarding job! Have the skills to be a purrr-fect pet care professional? Let us know.

“Yes, We’ll Be There” – your service reliability guarantee

Once you’re a client, we’re available to your pets all year long for dog walking and pet sitting.

7 am to 10 pm, 365.

We guarantee our availability, when you book appointments with three or more days’ notice, except in November and December.  (Holiday period visits Nov 15-30 and Dec 15-31) should be booked 30 days in advance.  All clients meet your neighborhood team of pet professionals, so you can schedule pet visits and know that even if one employee’s schedule is full, you’ll already know personally who else from your team will come to your home.

 

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