est. 2015
Professional Pet - House Sitting
Serving Salcha - North Pole - Fairbanks*
with FWW & EAFB Access
Licensed Insured Bonded
Background Checked Pet First Aid & CPR Trained
Get to Know Us
Alaska Pet Nanny LOVES pets! We absolutely LOVE taking care of pets!
So much so, we thought there's no better way of running a business than by doing what we're passionate about.
In July 2015 we turned our passion into a full-time professional pet sitting business.
We were the very first PROFESSIONAL pet sitting business in The Interior of Alaska in 2015!
State of AK Business License #1060689
City of Fairbanks
Business License
#104607
APN has been a proud PSI member since 2015.
Check out our PSI profile.
APN is fully
Insured & Bonded
through
Business Insurers of the Carolinas
APN is background
checked through
Acutraq
APN is trained in Pet First Aid & CPR through Pet Safety Crusader
Meet the Owner Lynnae Schooler
I'm originally from Arizona and have never lived without a pet family member in my life. Even though I'm allergic to dogs and cats (crazy right!!!), I truly enjoy taking care of them and all kinds of other pets.
Making sure my doxie boys, my African Grey parrot, and all the pets in my care are thriving is what I'm all about!
I started this business because I remembered what it was like for my family and I back in 2008 during a halibut fishing trip to Seward that summer. We had a co-worker's daughter take care of our pets and home. Besides being sea sick from halibut fishing, we were so worried about what was going on at home as we rarely got any update from our "pet sitter". We came back to stressed out pets and our house not the way we left it. We vowed to never have some stranger with no experience and who wasn't a professional pet sitter take care of our pets again!
In 2015, I started to seriously think about making a career out of pet sitting. I wanted to do more than just put some business cards or a simple flyer up at Cold Spot and Alaska Feeds and wait for people to contact me.
Learning how to build an actual business and become a professional pet sitting business owner was my goal.
I wanted to learn how to give pet parents that peace of mind that I didn’t get back in 2008 down in Seward. I also wanted to learn how to properly care for all types of pets and how to run a successful small business.
Even though I grew up with pets all my life, that really didn't prepare me to be professional pet sitting business owner. So after I did some serious research, I learned all about Pet Sitters International (PSI) and became a member in the summer of 2015.
I also became a Certified Professional Pet Sitter through PSI shortly after becoming a member and have enjoyed keeping up my continuing education credentials ever since.
I absolutely love being a member of PSI as I not only continue to learn the proper care for all kinds of pets, I continue to learn how to run a professional pet sitting business as well.
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PSI was founded in 1994 and is the world’s largest educational association for professional pet sitters; with member pet-sitting businesses in the United States, Canada, and more than 15 other countries.
As a PSI member, I have access to the widest array of business services and educational resources available in the professional pet-sitting industry.
Since 1995, PSI has selected one pet-care business owner
annually to be named Pet Sitter of the Year.
I was thrilled to be selected as one of the top five finalists for
PSI's 2023 Pet Sitter of the Year Award.
Check out PSI's page to learn more!
Meet "Granny Nanny"
Nevelyn Schooler
Granny Nanny is my pawsome mom, Nevelyn, who is the other half of our pet care team. One of our first clients nick-named her Granny Nanny and we have used that sweet nick-name ever since.
Granny Nanny is the only one I fully trust to take care of my pets and my pets get the best I can give them. So I know my client's pets and homes are in the best hands when she is taking care of them.
Nev is covered under my pet sitting insurance/bond, has been background checked and trained in pet first aid and CPR.
You will not find someone more trustworthy and compassionate than Granny Nanny. She is the best "activities director" as she finds the neatest enrichment activities for the pets in our care.
Continuing education in pet care is very important to the both of us. We attend Pet Sitter International's monthly webinars and regularly partake in their plethora of online courses.
In 2022, we attended our first PSI annual educational conference in Cleveland, Ohio. We look forward to attending 2024's conference in Niagara Falls, New York!
