A Friend in the Woods Pet Sitting is a professional pet sitting service that provides quality pet care in your own home.  We are bonded, insured and licensed to conduct business in the State of Florida.  We serve the needs of Jacksonville's pet owners, specializing in the Southside, Intracoastal West and Beaches areas. 

We have been proudly serving particular pet owners in Jacksonville since 2003, but we all have been raising and caring for pets our entire lives.  We also are members in good standing of Pet Sitters International, an industry support and reference society for the in home pet care industry.

In 2008, we were voted Best in Jax in the Pet Sitting category, thanks to our many satisified clients. You can read the comments of the voters by clicking on the Cityvoter logo at the bottom of this page.

We decided to enter the in home pet care industry as a business because of our deep love and concern for animals of all kinds.  Our main belief is that pets are truly members of the family and should be treated as such.  Our aim is to provide amazing care for our clients' pets and to totally satisfy our customer's needs.

Barbara is the owner and founder of the company.  She grew up in New Jersey where she raised 6 dogs of various breeds.  Her family instilled in her the unique place in a family that pets have and she has continued this belief until today.  Barbara worked for years as a Business Systems Analyst in the financial industry of New York City but she decided to open this business in order to put her love of animals to work.   

Barbara has been active as a volunteer with local non-profit pet adoption groups here in Jacksonville as well as acting as a foster parent, along with her husband for 8 homeless dogs over the years. She also has been instrumental in finding homes for many unwanted or lost pets by utilizing her substantial pet industry contacts.

Barbara is the corporate web mistress and site designer as well as actively providing amazing care to a wide variety of client pets.

Matt is Barbara's husband and the co-owner of the company.  He also was born and raised in New Jersey where the family home always had at least 2 dogs residing within. Pets were always viewed as members of the family and Matt was regularly called upon to care for the "furry kids" when the rest of the family was away.  Matt worked as a Call Center and Business Processes Manager for years but gladly jumped on board with Barbara in this venture due to his undying love of animals.

Matt has also had an active involvement in several local non-profit pet adoption groups here in Jacksonville.

Matt is the member of the team that conducts the Initial Client Visits along with providing superior care for our customers' babies.

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