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  • About Us

  • Jeannie Varuso, Owner -  I have always been an animal lover and owner. As a child I would feed any stray dog or cat that I saw in my neighborhood.  I had my first dog walking job by the age of 11.  I can not tell you how proud I felt walking Milly, the basset hound, and She-She, the Beagle.  I still remember their names after all these years. 
     
    My husband Jack (see his info below) have owned many dogs and cats, even a rabbit and other small creatures.   My daughter Tiffany (also is listed below) have adopted an Australian shepherd dog from the Caddo Parish animal shelter, Betsy, and a German Shepherd, Dolly, whom we adored.  Our Rascal, who is our business namesake, passed away but lived a long life of 17 years.  We all believe that having pets enrich our lives so much!  
     
    I was really inspired by my animal loving daughter, who was a veterinary assistant, to start my professional pet sitting business in 2005.   Each day she would come home and tell me wonderful stories of all the doggies and kitties at the Vet office where she worked.  Many times though they would be extremely sad stories involving animals passing away.  She would cry so hard it would make me cry.   These sad stories really got me thinking that since my daughter and I both have such a passion for animals there was bound to be an animal related business that we could love doing and could do it together.  I did some research and found out how to make a career pet sitting. 
    I was already an experienced business owner as previously I had owned and operated a successful publishing business, The Kid's Directory of Shreveport/Bossier City for 3 years.  The only problem was that I could not sleep at night thinking about that huge printing bill!  Now here we are years later, very happy to be operating my thriving and successful pet sitting business in Shreveport! 
     
    My business has many excellent references, some of which are featured on the testimonial page, many more are available on request.  In October 2008, Lil’ Rascals Pet Care proudly received wonderful recognition with a feature article that appeared in The Shreveport Times Southeast, Southern Hills and Bossier City Voices which you can view on the media page.

  • Tiffany

    Dog Walker and Pet Sitter

    My animal loving daughter, pet sitting partner and INSPIRATION for starting my pet sitting business.  Check out her Facebook page and you will see just how much she loves animals!  Her timeline is full of posts about lost and found dog and cats.  It is her passion to help animals in need!

  • Jack

    Dog Walker and Pet Sitter

    Meet my wonderful husband Jack, who is my emergency backup when I am in need!  My dog loving guy has never been without a Labrador Retriever in his life until recently.  Now we that we are petless (for the first time in our lives) we have even more time for our client's furry family members!  

  • Joyce

    Dog Walker and Pet Sitter

    Longtime friend, pet sitting client and a Lil' Rascals Pet Sitter, Joyce HAPPILY helps us out when needed!  WE feel so blessed to have her on our pet sitting team!