Welcome!

 

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Thank you for the opportunity to
meet and care for your pets!
 
Our goal is to offer a pet care plan with a professional approach, while combining a positive environment of trust and respect. Together, we can create a happy, healthy, and flexible care plan for your lifestyleand needs, while you work, travel, and enjoy life. We specialize in special-needs and geriatric pets, and multi-pet households.
 
Your Terrapin Pets team members are employees, not subcontractors. We work in a team environment, with continous cross-training, to insure qualified, educated staff are available 365 days a year.
 
We are devoted to providing communication services that respect your time and provide quick replies; we have invested in voice, text, and email services that allow us to respond to you 7AM to 7PM, 7 days a week.
 
Look for us at community events including Presents4Pets, SpayDay2010, Dog Days of Summer, Trap-Neuter-Release feral cat clinics, and other volunteer events sponsored by the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (NAPPS.)
 
2009 NAPPS Business of the Year
2010 NAPPS Board of Directors
 
 
Terrapin Pets is based in Beltsville, Maryland, and services the following areas:
  • Beltsville 20705
  • Jessup 20794, south of Rt 32
  • Laurel 20707
  • Laurel 20708
  • Laurel 20723
  • Laurel 20724
  • College Park 20740
  • Greenbelt 20770
  • Silver Spring 20901
  • Silver Spring 20902
  • Silver Spring 20903
  • Silver Spring 20904 (east of New Hampshire) 
beltsville office and mobile #202-528-3271

       terrapinpets@gmail.com

Notes and Events:

March 1, 2010 Christi and Shona will be attending recertification seminars March 3 -10; we'll be checking messages during breaks. Nicole, Ruth, Lynn and Laura will be taking care of the all the pets!

February 26, 2010  Christi volunteered at Alley Cat Rescue's SpayDayUSA Event. About 30 cats and 2 dogs were brought in for low-cost spay/neuter surgery and full vaccinations. That translates into about 100 kittens and puppies that will not be concieved and born this Spring, just to suffer a short life on the streets. Many thanks to all the staff at Brentwood Animal Hospital for allowing us to join in the event!

February 12, 2010 We survived the Blizzards of 2010...but there is still plenty of snow to shovel. We're back on our regular pet sitting schedule.

New: The Professional Pet Sitting Experience! Take a few minutes while the hot chocolate heats up to watch our new slideshow. http://smilebox.com/playEmail/4d5451354d4459784e5468384d6a49784d4451794d544d3d0d0a&sb=1

 January 18 Christi is travelling to attend the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters Board Meeting on January 21, and the NAPPS Annual Conference and Small Business Forum, January 22-24, in Orlando, Florida.  Three days full of continuing education opportunities will include seminars on Holistic Pets, Dog Manners, Animal Law, and Customer Experience Management, and more.

Christi will share the stage with other pet care professionals; an Emergency Planning Master Class will be co-hosted with Marcia Breithaupt of Liberty Home and Pet Sitting of Naples Florida, and a NAPPS Certification presentation will be shared with Julie Fudge-Smith of A Postive Connection Dog Training located in Granville, Ohio. There will also be many opportunities to network with other pet care professionals from all over the United States.

NAPPS is the ONLY non-profit Professional Pet Sitter Association, and is run soley by volunteers.

Many thanks to Shona, Nicole, Ruth, Laura, and Lynn for caring for all the Terrapin Pets here at home while Christi travels. We'll have many opportunities to share the knowledge over the next few months.

January 16 - Our interview with Capital Tails Magazine!

http://www.tailsinc.com/index.php?body=featured_christi&domain=capitaltails.com

January 3, 2010

Thank you for the opportunity to enter another wonderful year caring for your most precious possessions - your pets and your home.

We are currently accepting new clients in all service segments!

SNOW REMOVAL SERVICE

 Safety of your pets and our sitters is a priority during the winter "snow and ice" months! Please visit our FAQ page for details on snow removal at your home while you travel.

 November 29

  Check out the slideshow of our Presents4Pets campaign! Click on the link below, and smile for the next 3 minutes :)

 http://smilebox.com/playEmail/4d5449324e6a51354e7a5a384d6a49784d4451794d544d3d0d0a&sb=1

November 12 Check out this week's Gazette for a coverage of our Presents4Pets delivery! Alley Cat Rescue's blog has more photos....

http://www.gazette.net/stories/11122009/collnew173400_32527.shtml

http://alleycatrescue.blogspot.com/

October 31 Our Presents4Pets Campaign ended today; we now have cleaned, logged, and staged 1681 items, with a Salvation Army value of $3618.00!  Alley Cat Rescue, College Park Animal Shelter, and Greenbelt Animal Shelter received a slide show featuring all the items received by October 11, and have sent over their "wish list" so we can distribute the items as per their needs. Any items not specifically needed by these devoted, caring shelters, will be sent along to the Prince Georges County main Animal Control Facility, courtesy of Animal Control Officer Abigail Lightnting, of College Park. K.C. Company, Inc, the area's Pella Window and Door Distributor, has donated a truck and driver to help us deliver the presents to the pets during the first week in November.

October 22 Laura saves a house from burning down with 2 pets inside!

While walking two portugese water dogs in West Laurel this afternoon, Laura thought she smelled something burning. On the way back from  their walk, Laura continued to notice the burning smell, and could faintly hear a smoke detector going off in the house next door. After calling Christi in for help, she dialed 911 to report her observations.

Christi arrived just behind the emergency vehicles, with the CRV in case we needed to evacuate the dogs. We watched Laurel VFD Truck 103 break down the front door, and plumes of white smoke billow out. The team quickly came out with a large stock pot, which had been left on the stove, appeared to have been boiled dry, and then burning for quite a while. Laurel Rescue Team 49 arrived at the same time, and we reached the porty's owner at work to try and find out if there were any pets in the smoke-filled home.

A dog in a crate survived. Their cat had yet to be found by the time we left to go on to other afternoon sits, and hopefully will be found hiding in one of those places on kitties can get into!

Many thanks to Laura for her vigilance, and quite possibly saving the lives of 2 pets as well as the home from further damage! 

We will be reprinting our "Firemen - Please Save My Pets" stikers/window clings, which include the Terrapin Pets contact phone numbers for assistance when evacuating pets is necessary. Please let us know if you would like a set of these invaluable life-saving tools.