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Marianne & Gary

NYC Grandparents & animal lovers, available to care for your home and fur babies

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Our experience

Gary and I are the proud "parents" of Potato, a 13 yr old Lab Mix, Maya a 15 yr old cat, and Fred, our eternally youthful parakeet, for the past 12 years. As a child, I was raised with a beautiful Welsh Corgi, Classie, whose birthing of her

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Reviews (4)

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Megan

Evie was instantly comfortable with Marianne and Gary which is always the most important thing. They came and met us a day before the sit and had read the

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Seattle, WA, US · 24 Dec 2024 - 01 Jan 2025
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Katherine

Marieanne was an incredibly kind house sitter. Communication was great and the animals were happy when we came home. It was nice to be able to share our

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Seattle, WA, US · 17 Aug - 24 Aug 2024
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Alison

Marianne sent photos and kept in touch about Ginko. She and Gary watered the plants and generally followed protocols we’d requested.

    Seattle, WA, US · 17 Apr - 24 Apr 2024
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    Carl

    Marianne and Gary took very good care of my cats, my plants, and my house. Normally, my cats eat less when I'm away, even when taken care of by people they

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    Seattle, WA, US · 19 Oct - 24 Oct 2022

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    Susan Caplan

    We have known Marianne for many years. She was our housemate for while. She is kind, reliable and dependable. She cared for our cat in our home when we were away. She has had pets herself, a dog, a cat and a bird and takes great care of them. She is a trustworthy and caring person.

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    23 April 2022

    About Marianne & Gary

    My husband and I are great animal lovers. We adopted a 13-year-old Lab mix, Potato, in February 2020, one month before Covid struck NYC, adding to our menagerie of a 15-year-old cat, Maya, and our parakeet, Fred. We recently became

    Marianne

    Age63OccupationCreative art psychotherapist, ATR-BC, LCATLives inBorough of Queens, United States
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    Gary

    Age62OccupationDisaster Response Manager for the American Red Cross, New York City Chapter

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