Ava Martindale
Gretna, NE
Activity summary
Experienced Child & Pet Care Provider
Hi! I’m a caring and dependable babysitter and pet sitter who enjoys helping families and spending time with kids and pets. I’m responsible, easy to communicate with, and always make safety a priority while keeping things fun and stress-free.
Dog walking $15 / hour
- Small dogs (0—22lbs / 0—10kg)
- Medium dogs (22—44lbs / 10—20kg)
- Large dogs (44—88lbs / 20—40kg)
- Giant dogs (+88lbs / +40kg)
Other dog walking tasks I can do:
- Dog jogging (for energetic pooches!)
Pet sitting $20 / hour
Pets I'm comfortable caring for:
- Dogs
- Cats
- Birds
- Fish
- Reptiles
- Small animals (rabbits, ferrets, etc.)
Other pet duties I can do:
- Administering medications
- Feeding
- Pet playtime
- Daily exercise for your pet
- 24/7 supervision
- Cleaning litter boxes
- Cleaning cages / bedding
- Care for puppies
- Care for senior dogs
- Care for kittens
- Care for senior cats
Other pet services I can provide
- Pet checker (home visits to check on pets)
- Pet daycare (at my place during the day)
- Pet boarding (at my place overnight)
- Pet training
- Pet grooming
Household duties I can do:
- Housekeeping
- Laundry / washing
Babysitter, Parent helper, Nanny $20/hour
Child ages I'm comfortable caring for:
- Newborns (0 - 2 months)
- Babies (3 - 12 months)
- Toddlers (1 - 2 years)
- Preschoolers (3 - 4 years)
- Small school kids (5 - 8 years)
- Tweens (9 - 12 years)
- Teenagers (13+ years)
- Up to 3 children at once
Childcare duties I can do:
- Light meals
- Full meals
- Cooking with kids
- Bottle feeding
- Toilet training
- Changing diapers
- Bathing kids
- Supervising swimming / water play
- Preparing kids for bed / sleep routines
- Preparing school lunches
- After school care
- Help with homework
- Care for sick children
- Administering medications
- Care for twins/multiples
I can provide home daycare (at my place)
- Home daycare
- Full-time daycare
- Part-time daycare
- Drop-in / occasional daycare
- School holiday daycare
- Extended hours
- Meals provided
I can provide special needs care
- Care for special needs kids
- Food allergies
- Asthma
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) / Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Anxiety disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Down syndrome
- Dyslexia
- Epilepsy / tics
- Sleep disorders
I can do house sitting
- House sitting
- Collecting mail / packages
- Watering plants
- Taking trash bins in / out
Other services I can provide
- Cleaning
My availability
I'm looking for Casual/temporary, Part-time employment.
I can travel to surrounding suburbs/towns of Gretna for work.
Here's my weekly availability:
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- Last minute bookings
- School holidays
- Overnight jobs
- Full weekends
My credentials
I'm happy to provide written documentation of my qualifications and credentials:
- 3 years experience working with pets
- I'm comfortable with pets
- I have pets
- Pet owner references
- Have a pet carrier
- 2 years experience working with children
- Babysitting course complete
- CPR training
- Water safety training
- General credentials:
- Email verified
- 17 years old
- Police check
- Non-smoker / non-vaper
- Permanent resident
- Covid vaccinated
- Languages I can speak: English
I am a responsible and caring babysitter and pet sitter with experience providing safe, attentive, and reliable care. I have experience working with children of different ages, supporting routines such as meals, playtime, homework, and bedtime, while creating a positive and calm environment. I am patient, dependable, and good at communicating with both children and parents. In addition, I have experience caring for pets, including feeding, walking, playtime, and basic care, and I am comfortable working with different breeds and temperaments. I am currently a student and have developed strong time-management, responsibility, and problem-solving skills through school and caregiving. I take safety seriously and strive to provide families and pet owners with peace of mind and trustworthy care.
My skills and interests:
- Music
- Comedy
- Drawing / painting
- Arts / crafts
- Sports
- Fitness
- Nature
- Animals
- Gardening
- Cooking
- Design
