Boarding your pet at a kennel can cause your pet anxiety and stress. From the comforts of your own home (if you live within a 15 mile radius of Willmar, MN), Paw Prints Pet Service can conveniently visit and care for your pet(s) in your own home while you are away. Services offered include feeding and watering your pets, giving your pets loving attention, dog walking, administering medicine if needed, changing cat litter boxes, and cleaning up pet "accidents," should they occur.

Paw Prints Pet Service is a service offered by Jo Witt, who has been around animals her entire life, having been raised on a farm, and who is an avid cat and dog lover and dog breeder. Her own current pet family consists of two inside cats, four outside dogs (who frequently visit indoors), and sundry puppies that come and go as they are born, raised, and leave for their new homes. Jo is a breeder of AKC-registered Shetland Sheepdogs and designer breed "Sheltchows" (purebred Chow Chow with purebred Shetland Sheepdog). Jo has experience caring for an insulin-dependent diabetic dog for five and a half years, two of her dogs who've been blind, a dog with arthritis, and experience caring for a dog and a puppy who have skin allergies. Jo has cared for two cats with cancer and also two who have had bladder stones. Whatever your pet's stage of life or health circumstances, Jo is willing to work with your pet's needs to ensure the best of care while you're away.

COST: $15 per visit. Mileage may also be charged, depending on distance.

Personal references as to Jo's character are available upon request.

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Our Special Family Pets Who Have Passed Away . . .

"Fluffy" (Mr. Fluff) Born 08/01/91, Joined our family 11/28/02,
Went to Heaven 06/16/07
Adopted from an elderly lady going into a nursing home.
Fluffy had lost a back leg as a kitten,
but hardly let it handicap him much at all.
Early June '07 we took Fluffy to the vet for what seemed to be his annual respiratory infection, and instead learned that he had a tumor on his tongue. Fluffy quit eating soon thereafter, began hiding, and passed away peacefully at home about one week after we learned of his diagnosis of a cancerous tumor. It was a blessing to have been able to share the time that we did with Fluffy, and I'm thankful that I had the opportunity to care for him for nearly five years after his original owner was no longer able to. Fluffy was a wonderful companion with so much personality, and he is sorely missed.

"Wally" Born 12/28/92 , Went to Heaven 01/02/06
Wally, a chow mix, lived with diabetes for five and a half years,
requiring two shots of insulin a day.
Due to the diabetes, he gradually became blind.
He also had arthritis for three and half years.
On 12/30/05 Wally suffered a stroke and was relieved of his suffering
upon the return of my children from a trip
so they could have the opportunity to say goodbye.
Wally was a treasured member of our family for 13 years.

"Alex" Born 03/25/87, Went to Heaven 11/12/98
In August of 1998 Alex was diagnosed with bone cancer in his lower jaw.
Disfigured and in pain, mid-November '98
the decision was made to relieve him of his suffering.
Alex had been Jo's "baby," before marriage and before kids.
He was incredibly playful and funny and made
a wonderful companion for 11 1/2 years.
As a tribute to her beloved cat, she authored a book series,
fictionally written from Alex's perspective.
Visit Alex's web site at:
alexcatbooks.com