We have just sold our home in Virginia, put our things in storage and now want to travel, mainly in the US. My husband is a retired dentist, and we have raised wonderful children. We grew up with many pets - dogs, cats, fish, reptiles - and had dogs (and several cats) in our married life. Chester was a yellow lab who lived until age fifteen and Josie was a golden who also lived until fifteen . After we lost Josie, we knew we wanted to travel and so we did not get another dog. Now we miss having pets around, so we thought we could combine our love of travel with our love of animals by house sitting. We are very honest and dependable. We are non-smokers and are elders in the church. We are gentle and quiet, but are fun and athletic. Roger is very handy and can handle any emergency that might arise. We kept our house in such great shape, that when we sold it, the home inspector said it was the best house he had seen for that age. We will treat your home and animals like our own.