About Shira

I grew up surrounded by pets. I had 2 cats, a dog, many fish, rabbits, hamsters, and birds. We even rescued and raised an abandoned baby squirrel AND raccoon! On top of that, I have experience staying overnight and caring for Marley, a beagle on the UWS, Rina, a Black Lab in Dumbo, and more recently, Marius, a mini Chihuahua, who has abandonment issues and anxiety. It was the first time Marius was left alone for that long. At first, he wasn't eating or going to the bathroom. By the end of it, he was chowing down. We became best friends, and leaving him was harder than I thought!