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Where Compassion Meets Expertise in Pet Care & Bereavement. At Rusty’s Furry Companions, we treat your pets like family, combining genuine love with professional knowledge to ensure your companion thrives in a safe, caring environment.
Our Discovery Visit
Discovery Visit is required prior to beginning services with us. They are a great opportunity for us to meet you, get to know your pets, learn their routine and space, and of course, answer any questions you may have before your reservation.
The Discovery Visit is done at the
location of service, Charan will evaluate the behavior. Depending on how your pet reacts to the environment,
some suggestions before service date.
Click to see Interview Questions
for a Pet Care Provider.
Our Protocol for Behavior
Our Behavioral Agreement
Pet Bereavement Specialist
Navigating the end-of-life journey or the sudden absence of a companion requires both gentle emotional guidance and grounded, practical insight.
My support is rooted in a unique combination of clinical experience, professional certification, and lifelong dedication:
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20+ Years in Animal Care: Decades of working directly with pets and their families across every life stage, from puppyhood through senior care.
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Retired Veterinary Nurse: Clinical insight that helps demystify diagnoses, evaluate quality-of-life markers, explain the euthanasia process in gentle, straightforward terms, and relieve the agonizing doubt of "did I do the right thing?"
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Certified Pet Bereavement Specialist: Professional training in companion animal loss, disenfranchised grief, trauma, and legacy building to support your emotional well-being.
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Senior & Special Needs Focus: Extensive experience caring for aging, ailing, and hospice pets, offering practical empathy for caregivers feeling the weight of anticipatory grief.
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Licensed, Insured, and Bonded: Professional, reliable accountability you can trust whether we meet online or in your living room.
Pricing
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$105
50-minute session for pet owners navigating a terminal diagnosis, quality-of-life decisions, or preparing for euthanasia. This can be by phone, zoom or at the doctor office.
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$85
Single 50-minute virtual session focused on immediate grief support, processing guilt, and navigating the early days after loss. This normally applies to 5 days or less.
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$115
A dedicated 60-minute session to design a personalized memorial service, tribute piece
or keepsake strategy.
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$325
Four 50-minute sessions covering emotional processing, ritualizing legacy, home adjustments, and long-term coping strategies. This session can be virtual or in-home. This can be for the entire family or single.
**To schedule one of these services, please click on one and it will take you right to the calendar. **
Pricing & Details
These visits are scheduled on the type of pet, location and sitters' schedule. As we try to be at your home when you feed your pet, unfortunately we are not always able to accommodate.
Includes: GPS, Food, Water, Medication, Litter box clean, play time, updates per visit, mail brought in, lights changed, perimeter check, plants watered, trash taken out, enrichment.
Our Window for drop-ins/home visit is 8am-7:00pm. After Hours drop in service is available.
30-minute visit
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$38
45-minute visit
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$55
60 minute visit
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$65
After Hours
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+$15
**This can be applied to any visit**
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Pet Sitting
We maintain their routines, reduce stress, and we are Pet First Aid and Emergency Response certified, ensuring your pet's safety in any situation. The dedication and experience mean you can trust that your companion is receiving the highest level of care. With us, you’ll enjoy true peace of mind knowing your pet is happy, safe, and stress-free while you’re away—no guilt, no uncertainty, just a happy pet waiting to greet you at home.
*Reports are provided every visit
Overnight Care
For the Fur baby in your home.
As certified pet care providers, we stand apart by offering reliable, overnight care tailored to your pet's unique needs. We maintain their routines, reduce stress, and we are Pet First Aid and Emergency Response certified, ensuring your pet's safety in any situation. The dedication and experience mean you can trust that your companion is receiving the highest level of care. With us, you’ll enjoy updates daily—no guilt, no uncertainty, just a happy pet waiting to greet you at home.
Pricing & Details
*Vacation #1
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$199
*Includes up to 9 hours of care, starting at 8pm, medication, daily reports, pictures, videos, enrichment (mental, physical, emotional), trash taken out, mail brought in, plants watered and blind change. All pets IN the home.
Your sitter is not a contractor of the business, this sitter is an employee of RFC and needs to follow the policies and procedures of the business. This sitter is Certified in Pet Care, Dog Walking, Pet CPR and First Aid.
*Vacation #2
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$259
*Includes up to 12 hours of care, starting at 8pm, medication, daily reports, pictures, videos, enrichment (mental, physical, emotional), trash taken out, mail brought in, plants watered and blind change. All pets IN the home.
Your sitter is not a contractor of the business, this sitter is an employee of RFC and needs to follow the policies and procedures of the business. This sitter is Certified in Pet Care, Dog Walking, Pet CPR and First Aid.
* Vacation #3
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$289
*Includes 12 hours of care, starting at 8pm, 1 Visit (30 minutes), medication, daily reports, pictures, videos, enrichment (mental, physical, emotional), trash taken out, mail brought in, plants watered and blind change. All pets IN the home.
Your sitter is not a contractor of the business, this sitter is an employee of RFC and needs to follow the policies and procedures of the business. This sitter is Certified in Pet Care, Dog Walking, Pet CPR and First Aid.
Add on Veterinary Coordination
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$50
We handle the reports to your Veterinary Team.
*All dogs and cats must have Exam and Rabies.
*Due to insurance we can not come in contact with a highly aggressive pet.
A La Carte Add-On's
Transport (Local)
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$5/per mile
General Bath
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$30
Ear Cleaning
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$15
Anal Glands
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$15
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Service Area
We serve the following locations:
Land o Lakes
Cheval
Lutz
New Tampa
Wesley Chapel