Pet Sitting Service: In-Home Visits (Daily, Nightly, Weekly, Monthly)

This service is ideal for:

• Vacations
• Away from home (work, errands, date nights, etc.)
• Provide quality time & care while you're at home but are unable to care for your pet

Visits include but not limited to:

• Feed & water / Clean bowls
• Pick up after animals: Scoop cat litter / Dog waste in yard / Potty accidents in house, etc.
• Let dogs out & in / Daily walks
• Quality time / Brushing / Playing / Treats /  Reinforce training
• Rotate lights / Open & close curtains
• Collect mail / Water plants

In addition to tending to basic needs, Andra's Pet Sitting Service provides individualized care tailored especially for you and your animals. Some examples:

• Singing to your cat the way you do
• Turn on your dog's favorite music/TV shows
• Play the games you play with your animals
• Give meds/supplements in the same order you do, etc.
  
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Individualized Care
It is important to find an experienced, compassionate qualified pet sitter with references who is both a good fit for your animal and YOU! I look forward to caring for your animals in the personal way you would yourself, following all the rules you already have set in place for your animals.

Nurturing for Seniors
Having cared for my own animals throughout their old age, I have a deep appreciation, insight, and patience for providing specialized care. This may be:

• Luxurious brushing sessions
• Slow, fulfilling walks
• Special meals / Giving medication & fluids
• Cleaning up messes / Supporting special needs
• Simply being present

Adopted Animals
My volunteer Reiki Healing and socialization work at Pima Paws For Life and the Humane Society of Southern Arizona has provided extensive experience supporting animals before, during, and after adoption with a variety of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues.

Understanding the shelter environment and providing continuity of care after adoption further contributes to successful integration into new family and home.

Shelter animals have generally become accustomed to humans coming and going throughout the day. Newly adopted animals may not be as comfortable being left alone for long periods of time.

Calming Support
My calming demeanor de-stresses even the most fearful animals. For deeper support, relaxing Mini Reiki Sessions are available upon request. Contact 520-882-0292 or Andra@AndraEwton.com for fees.

Longer Pet Sitting Visits
The perfect choice for multiple animals, time-consuming care requirements, or when more quality time and/or reassurance is needed.

Quality Time / In-Home Support
Are your animals too much to take care of on your own? Visits may also be made while you are at home. Some examples:

• Retired and want help with basic animal care
• Recovering from a procedure
• Busy at home with kids or work

Visit Options:

Overnight: 1-2 Animals ($55) or 3+ Animals ($65)

Day & Evening: 1 Hour ($25) 2 Hours ($35) 3 Hours ($45) 4+ Hours ($55)

Andra's Pet Sitting Service Next Steps:
Contact 520-882-0292 or Andra@AndraEwton.com to schedule

• Brief, 15-minute complimentary phone consult to discuss your individual needs
• Complimentary new client "getting acquainted" visit to meet animals/plants, receive instructions, contract/key/payment

Complete Service Agreement

Reserve dates with Save Your Space ($25) non-refundable deposit to be applied to the balance due.

• Stress reduction (new addition to the family, moving, vacation, groomer, vet, etc.)
• Promote optimum health and vitality (aging with comfort and grace)
• Encourage positive behavior and outlook (becoming a team player)
• Recovery from injury and illness (at home or veterinary clinic)
• Support rebalanced appetite and digestion (going with the flow)
• Hospice and peaceful transition support (lovingly let go)
• Facilitate birth (entering the world with joy)

Reiki Training

Reiki Sessions for Humans:
While animals don’t have to think twice about receiving Reiki energy healing, their human counterparts are much more complex. For that reason, I’d like to share for your curiosity what your in-person Reiki experience looks like:

You’re going to receive your session in the comfort of The Center for Advanced Energy Therapeutics in a relaxing healing room with soft lighting and soft music playing. You will remain fully clothed, lying down on your back on a comfy massage table. Most recipients opt for the eye pillow placed on their eyes for a deeper inward experience. You may also choose to be covered by a light blanket. Once you have settled into the room, I will place my hands on your body following an established series of hand positions. Sensitive and private areas will not be touched. As Reiki is not talk therapy, to promote deeper healing there is no talking during the session. At the end of your session, five minutes is set aside for integration and grounding.

As with animals, distance sessions are often more powerful, providing deeper results. Setting aside ample time to relax after a session is suggested. Clients often schedule their distance sessions at bedtime so they may lie down and enjoy receiving Reiki right before going to sleep. Reiki sessions may be given as often as desired. The frequency depends upon need and circumstance. I give myself a Reiki session at least twice per day.

*My job is to serve as a channel for Reiki healing energy and your job is to receive it. Simple!

To learn more and to schedule sessions contact Andra@AndraEwton.com or 520-882-0292.

Reiki Lineage

REIKI: Safe anytime, anywhere, in any situation.

How does Reiki work in conjunction with conventional medicine and treatment?
Reiki supports veterinary procedures and may enhance the benefits of medication and supplementation. The relaxing effects of Reiki may also help with pain and stress reduction, at times resulting in a more receptive, easier to work with patient. Quicker recovery time and less pain are some benefits that may be seen as a result of giving Reiki before, during, and after surgery, dental work, and other veterinary care.

Why do you use the word “session” rather than “treatment?”
The use of the term “treatment” implies that a medical procedure is being performed or a symptom is being treated. Reiki sessions are given primarily for the purpose of stress reduction and relaxation. Therefore, it is important to distinguish the difference between medical/veterinary care and a Reiki healing session.

What are the recommendations for session frequency?

How may Reiki help if my animal is at the end of his or her life?
Reiki may increase overall comfort, facilitating a sense of calm acceptance and a more peaceful transition.

What are the benefits gained from distance vs. hands-on sessions?
Distance sessions are often more powerful than hands-on. While physical touch may feel good physically to some animals, it may be slightly disturbing to others. Hands-on sessions require a scheduled time and setting. Distance healings are performed at various times of the day and night without a strict schedule. Some clients find the cost-effectiveness of Distance healings to be of great benefit long-term.

When is distance more appropriate than hands-on?

Cats:

Mama Cat was a petite pastel calico who “came with the house.” Once I began sending her Reiki, she was able to be handled much sooner than most feral cats and even allowed me to pick her up to cuddle with her. One day she showed up on the porch with a barbed fish hook that had pierced through her cheek. She trusted me to bring her inside, remaining calm and still while I held her in my lap so two “strangers” could cut the metal and pull it out. In consultation with the vet and receiving Reiki every day, she quickly made a full recovery.

HC was a well-loved, long-haired orange kitty who received a Reiki session every day from his person. He lived to the ripe old age of 25½ years without having the usual degenerative organ issues cats are known to experience when they get older. His quality of life remained until it was time to set him free.

Amigo was a handsome black feral cat who had become terminally ill. He usually preferred not to be handled but tolerated receiving subQ fluids. Sending Reiki daily supported him to be calm and comfortable throughout his hospice care. He passed with ease on his own when he was ready.

A cat who was being fed through a feeding tube was reported to be calm and deeply relaxed when receiving distance Reiki scheduled for her feeding times. Her pre-Reiki behavior was to struggle and resist being handled.

Zeke was a nine-year-old West Highland White Terrier who was referred to me after his vet had deemed him inoperable. This lively, social boy had injured his knee and was moping, hiding, and uninterested in play. The vet was reluctant to add any more medications to his regimen and had given the ok to try Reiki, saying that it couldn’t hurt. By the end of his initial package of four daily Reiki sessions, Zeke was back to his playful self, running to get toys from his toybox and jumping up on the couch.

Other dogs who were injured or feeling under the weather have been reported to become more playful and energetic as well.

Dogs boarded at the kennel have often changed their behavior for the better when supported with Reiki. Common feedback received includes no longer barking due to stress and calmly minding their manners. Kennel staff remarked that the dogs were so calm and easygoing, unlike their pre-Reiki barking behavior.

Belle, an American Staffordshire Terrier who was separated from her puppies due to food aggression, responded very well to distance Reiki in combination with holding her attention with positive distraction and praise. Using this approach, her food aggressive behavior shifted during group feeding.

Sending Reiki while providing behavioral guidance has been known to support animals to be more at ease during training. Common feedback has included the animals being more focused and cooperative, with their behavior shifting more easily in a quicker timeframe.

Birds, fish, tortoises, snakes and other exotics have also responded well to receiving Reiki to support a variety of circumstances.

Feather-picking and other behavioral issues in birds have often been reported to shift when supported with Reiki. Quicker recovery times have frequently been observed after illness and injury as well.

Sending Reiki to a herd of horses reduced territorial behavior while supporting the horses to get along more cohesively as a unit. The horses would also take turns coming up to show where to put my hands to give them hands-on Reiki. Horses who were at the lower end of the hierarchy were more easily able to come forward to receive attention without being targeted by the dominant female.

Distance Reiki during training, boarding, travel, competitions, pregnancy, and labor may be supportive as well.

Animals being examined or undergoing procedures at the vet or groomer have generally been known to be calmer and more cooperative when receiving Reiki. Sending distance Reiki during this time is especially supportive.

Wildlife:

An Arizona Giant Centipede had been observed entering through a back door. After distance Reiki was sent, it willingly climbed onto a duster and then into a bucket, drank water when offered, and  gracefully returned to the desert.

A little bird landed on the cement sidewalk after becoming stunned from flying into a window. It then flew upward in an attempt to land on a sign approximately 15 feet above the entrance to a store, but missed. It was unable to fly at that point and fell straight down onto the sidewalk. Although normally it’s not suggested to pick up wildlife, I did in this case so the bird wouldn’t inadvertently get stepped on. I held it, gave Reiki, and then brought it out back where there was a patch of suitable desert habitat. While I was beginning to think about bringing the bird home until I could get it to a wildlife rehabilitator and wondering how I was going to get it situated away from my dogs and cats, the little bird suddenly took off. It flew about the length of half a football field and landed in a tree where it began to sing. Birds have often responded well in these types of situations after receiving Reiki.

A baby gecko who was accidentally stepped on and then fell several feet onto concrete made a full recovery after receiving the support of Reiki daily in combination with homeopathics, flower essences, color therapy, magnetic and far-infrared material.

Injured and orphaned wildlife being cared for by wildlife rehabilitators have also been known to respond well to Reiki’s stress-reducing and relaxing effects.  

“Nuisance wildlife” including mice that had infested a house ended up leaving on their own after Reiki was sent to the situation daily. Distance Reiki may be used for situations involving packrats, coyotes, and other wildlife as well.

A “chinchilla,” as folks were calling it, was discovered running frantically in circles in a parking lot. After sending Reiki to the animal and the situation, a store employee came outside carrying a humane trap and proceeded to set it up. She offered to take the “chinchilla” home and care for it, and other folks contributed food and water. Within minutes, the animal walked calmly into the trap and allowed the store worker to pick it up. The packrat seemed to really appreciate all of the caring devotion as a result of being labeled a “chinchilla.”

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