Episode 9: The Funky Bunch In Episode 9, The Funky Bunch, Isabel interviews a pet sitting, podcasting couple of parents, Collin and Meghan Funkhouser. These busy entrepreneurs sip sweet tea as they tell Isabel what it's like to raise humans while pet sitting, boarding dogs, and podcasting, how they got their start in the pet care industry, and why Meghan wasn't impressed with the music Collin chose for their podcast, Pet Sitter Confessional. Between laughs, Isabel plays "The

Episode 8: Dog Minded In Episode 8, Isabel interviews her dear friend and former business partner, Beth Wherry Acker. Since they decided to close down their in-home pet care business, The Wag Pack, back in August 2020, Beth and Isabel have both been busy reinventing themselves in the pet care industry. Isabel launched Covered in Pet Hair and Beth launched Dog Minded Training, where she works with dogs and their families one-on-one, board dogs in her home, and even offers boar

Episode 7: Deanna's Dog House In Episode 7 of Covered in Pet Hair, Isabel chats with a person that loves dogs so much, she goes as far as to board them in her own home. Isabel and Deanna Schaar play "No Vacancy" to gauge just what a dog would have to do to never be invited back to the aptly named, Deanna's Dog House. They discuss prerequisites for boarding at Deanna's boutique in-home facility, and how she manages up to 10 dogs plus her own 4, ranging from 1 to 14.5 years of

Episode 6: Witches Brew In Episode 6, Wendy Van de Poll, international best selling author, intuitive, and pet lover shares her fulfilling and successful life as an author, despite a misguided and cruel teacher's assurance that she could not make it as a writer. Her talent and hard work have yielded 23 books and 12 best selling titles across multiple genres, including pet loss and grief, entrepreneurship, and cozy mysteries for budding witches and hopeless romantics. Wendy al

Episode 5 - Just a Chicago Girl In Episode 5, Jessica Abernathy, President of the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters, shares encouraging words about the pet sitting industry and its participants; each so resilient that NAPPS rewarded all of its members with the 2021 Business of the Year award. Jessica and Isabel are old pals. They have both been members of the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters for over a decade, served on the NAPPS Board of Direct