About Care4Paws

Heather has provided dependable Mankato pet sitting and care services for the area.  

Heather is a native of Mankato, with experience as a pet sitter, dedicated to ensuring clients’ peace of mind by keeping pets healthy, safe, and happy while their owners are away from home.

Heather has had experience with dogs, cats, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats, mice, gerbils, rabbits, and birds within her own house, her friends, and her family pets.

While growing up, Heather’s mother raised cockatiels and was involved in hand feeding and raising these birds. Her mom has had cockatiels and parakeets her whole life.

She served as the Treasurer/Secretary/Board Member of For Pets, a non-profit organization that provides low-cost pet food and spaying or neutering services to those in need in the Mankato area.

Heather served as a certified volunteer dog walker for Blue Earth Nicollet Humane Society.

She helped & volunteered for Martin County & Watonwan County as a cat condo caretaker (when PetCo was in Mankato).

She has worked previously as the General Manager of the Paw Pet Resort in Mankato.

Heather currently serves as a foster home volunteer for Mending Spirits Animal Rescue, in Mankato, where she has been fostering small animals, like Guinea Pigs.

She has been through many dog training classes, with her own dogs, over the years, with one dog even going on to get his Good Canine Citizen certificate and pass his test as a Certified Therapy Dog with Therapy Dogs International (https://tdi-dog.org/Introduction.aspx). As a therapy team, they would visit hospital patients, nursing homes, schools, etc. and bring smile therapy to all they visited.  

Heather is extremely passionate about making sure other peoples’ pets are cared for in the same way her pets are cared for – loved, spoiled, safe, and happy in her C.A.R.E. [Careful & Compassionate, Available, Reliable, and Energetic]!

Heather has an Associate’s Degree of Applied Science (AAS) in accounting, and over 10 years of experience as an accountant. Over her working life, she has held many different positions. Currently she has the dual role of being a Credit Analyst Support Specialist and an Administrative Assistant, at United Prairie Bank, in Mankato. In her free time, besides doing so many things with all her animals, she loves to read, walk, volunteer, listen to music, and garden.

Eric worked for Blue Earth Nicollet Humane Society, specifically as the Cat Specialist. He had to administer fluids, give medications and supplements, bath animals, clean condos, brush and trim claws for the cats.

He served as a board member of For Pets, a local non-profit, who specializes in Spaying & Neutering financial assistance, for low to middle income individuals, for cats.

Even after his employment with BENCHS was done, he continued on as a volunteer. He has also worked with the Watonwan and Martin County Humane societies, helping Heather with cat condo caretaking, specifically by trimming nails and brushing the cats, to help them have a better chance of getting adopted. He has worked with both dogs and cats.

Eric has a Bachelor’s Degree in mass communication and advertising, and educational background in drug rehabilitation. He has worked at many restaurants over the years. He is currently employed at NolaBelle. In his free time, he likes to cook, watch sports, and work on art.