The Small Paws Inn is a premiere dog sitting service provider located in North Raleigh, NC. Small Paws Inn is a dog sitting service ran by Star Abernathy. Small Paws Inn specializes in watching micro and small sized dogs. I am very experienced at attuning to the specific individual needs of each small dog and striving to keep even the very anxiety-prone dogs calm and relaxed while their parents are out of town. I am a graphic design and artist and I work from home. I can hold them most of the day if that is what they prefer while I work on my computer. I have loved and taken care of dogs throughout my entire life. I have been dog sitting professionally for 6 years and counting now. I love caring for dogs while their parents are out of town and I definitely find great joy in caring of them and spending time with each dog guest. If the dog guest has a schedule they are most used to with waking-up and go-outs to potty, I can adhere to their schedule for them to feel more at home. I specialize most in watching the smallest dogs and caring for them. I always send the pet parents two photo/video updates a day in the morning and the evening on how their dogs are doing with their sleep, activity levels, playing, when they went out, and anything else they did that day. I have dog sat 60+ dogs over the past 6 years of doing it professionally starting in 2019. I have a Pet Sitting Profile on Rover App and that is how I have found many of my clients as well as meeting new clients through networking and meeting new people. I have many returning dog guests that I see a few times a year.
The Small Paws Inn does have one resident small dog that is a 22 lb. pugzu named Ralphie. Ralphie is extremely laid back and mellow and I have never seen him be aggressive with people or other dogs. He is also totally up to date on his shots. I am more picky about which dog guests I host because of having Ralphie, so the dog guests that I host must be okay with other dogs.
