| The Animal’s Kingdom sitters are the best Pet Sitters in Phoenix metro area. “Why?” you ask. Our pet sitters are all professionally trained. All applicants have passed a full criminal and civil background check, as well as social security verification. Personal references and past employers are contacted and questioned about the applicant personality and past performance.
Prior to signing contracts with The Animal’s Kingdom Pet Sitting Service, all applicants are required to pass a full training program held by Mango Consultants. During the training, pet sitters are put through their paces with on-site visit instruction, required reading on animal care and pet medical needs, and completion of the pet CPR/First Aid Certification course.
The pet sitters also learn how to perform proper interviews and take detailed notes on individual pet care and dog walking. Only adults 21 years or older with animal behavior skills are contracted with The Animal’s Kingdom, and their interaction with animals is monitored and evaluated during their training process. After being contracted with TheAnimalsKingdom.com, all pet sitters are expected to treat all visits with the utmost professionalism and customer service.
Pet sitters are paired with households that are within 10 miles of their home and have pet species that they are experienced in caring for. The Animal’s Kingdom Pet Sitting Service takes the care of your home and pet very seriously, and it will show in our service. When you decide to hire us, we will send the sitter out to your home to meet you and your pet. At that time, they will fill out a full routine sheet on the care of your pet and home.
Below are videos and written biographies on all of our pet sitters. Feel free to browse through the videos and get a chance to know us, up close and personal. See your sitter interact with their own pets and learn a little about their backgrounds and experience as told by them. |
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| Chandra Services Gilbert and Chandler
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 Chandra Maydak was born in Ohio in 1974. Chandra has had a love of animals since a very young age and spent countless hours at a horse farm in her area growing up. She was enrolled in the horse program at Ohio State University/Agricultural Technical Institute and graduated with an Associate Degree in Applied Sciences in 1997. Chandra worked with horses for several years before moving into the small animal field. She moved to Arizona in 2001 and lived in Lake Havasu City for 7 years before moving to Gilbert with her boyfriend and son. Chandra has been a Veterinary Technician for 11 years and since being in Phoenix has worked toward and attained her Certification. She is also Pet CPR/First Aid Certified with the American Red Cross. Chandra is currently employed full-time at a small animal clinic in Gilbert.
Chandra shares her house with her boyfriend, 14 year old son, 3 cats; “Rusty”, “Tennessee Tuxedo” and “Yodie,” and 3 dogs; “Woofie,” “Sniffy,” and “Lily.” All of her pets are rescues.
In her spare time, Chandra enjoys spending time with family and hanging out with friends. Chandra hopes to one day be living in the country and add a few more “furry” family members to her house.
Chandra services Gilbert and Chandler areas. |
| Chelsea services Scottsdale and Fountain Hills
 Chelsea Burkholder was born in Arizona in 1989. She was born and raised in the Scottsdale area and has lived in the same house her whole life. She graduated from Horizon High School in ‘08 and currently attends Arizona State University for psychology. She hopes to one day open her own practice as a clinical psychologist.
Ever since Chelsea was 11 she has been playing basketball. She enjoyed being a part of a team and the competition. She played up until high school where she decided to take a break, but plans on joining some sort of team in the future.
Growing up, Chelsea has always had some sort of animal. Anywhere from cats, gerbils, hamsters, and dogs. Her favorite was Shih Tzu, Pepper, who was over 18 years old! She has a big heart for animals and will make sure your animal is cared for greatly.
Currently, Chelsea, has a cat named Sidney (Sid for short) who loves to knock over the cage of her gerbil named Moe. Her cat is about a year and a half old and he definitely still has kitten tendencies but enjoys every moment with him! She found her cat under a cactus after someone dumped him out of the car and couldn’t help but make sure he had a loving home. She hopes to have more cats in the future!
In her spare time, Chelsea is doing school work, spending time with her Dad and friends, playing with her cat and finding new sushi restaurants to eat at with her friends.
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| Leslie services the South Phoenix and South Mountain area
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Leslie Stotler was born in Pennsylvania in 1973. Her family moved when she was just a teenager and Leslie has lived in the Phoenix area now for the last 20 years. She graduated from the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1996 as a recording engineer and has owned her own recording studio since 1997.
Growing up Leslie lived with dogs, cats, snakes, hamsters, and rode Arabian horses. She now lives on a couple of acres in South East Phoenix, and enjoys the country-like living. She shares her home with her son and three cats; "Wren," "Stimpy," and "Harmony," a dog named "Buddy," a fish named "Crystal," and a
hamster named "Hammie." Leslie is also Pet CPR/ First Aid Certified with the American Red Cross.
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In her spare time, Leslie enjoys going to Sedona with her son and spending time enjoying nature, playing in the snow up north, and listening to new and talented bands.
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| Cara services the Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert areas.
 Cara Gettings was born and raised in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. This March of 2010 she moved to the Mesa area. The snow and cold climate had taken it's last brutal winter toll on her when she decided enough was enough of the chilled weather for months.
Starting in her teen years Cara watched friends and family pets when they would be vacationing. She started mainly as a horse sitter as well as other family pets over the years. Cara began her horseback riding passion at the young age of 6 and still rides and competes regularly in three day eventing. She has always said she loves being with the animals more than anything enjoying the quietness of their mannerisms. Even on her bad days the sight of a happy animal immediately perks her up and reminds her how happy that animal is, and so should she.
Growing up Cara had cats from the age of 6 on and at 11 her parents purchased her first horse "Friday" for her. She had him until the winter of 2005 when he passed on. She currently has her horse "Grace" shown as "Southern Grace" at a private facility in the Chandler area. She is a work in progress towards 3 day eventing for Cara. She also has her Miniature Pinscher 10 month old puppy "Versace", the puppy who never stops playing.
Recently joining the team with Animals kingdom coming from 5 years of finance experience in the Auto Industry, now enjoys a stress free life of pet sitting in comparison to the Auto Business life style.
In her spare time she enjoys a good book or a quiet night hanging at the barn with her friends and the horses.
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