About The Pet Nanny Business
ThePetNanny, LLC (The Pet Nanny) is a licensed, insured and bonded pet sitting and dog walking business located in North Wilmington (Delaware). The company provides in-your-home pet sitting, pet and basic home care and dog walking in northern New Castle County and nearby Pennsylvania. Please click here to see our rates and complete line of services.

About The Pet Nanny Owner
Dale Swift is married and lives in North Wilmington with her husband. In her previous careers, she was first an English teacher (5 years); a substitute teacher while her children were at home; a documentation specialist for a computer software firm; and finally, a marketing communications professional for 12 years for a major corporation in Wilmington, Delaware.

There have always been pets in her home. Dale, her husband and her two children (now grown and on their own) have shared their home with dogs, cats, bunnies, parakeets, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs and fish. She volunteered at Tri-State Bird Rescue for two years and loved it. Dale often dreamed about starting another career after retirement that would allow her to work with animals in some fashion . . . when the time was right.

The last pet to make his way into the family’s life was a wonderful black and white mutt. Dale’s hopeful son brought him home one day after finding the pup wandering around their busy city streets. The pup was starving, flea-infested and anxious to be loved. Dale relented and bathed the dog--just to make him more comfortable. Three baths later, he was free of fleas and had snuggled his way into her heart. Her son named the pup Hercules and held his breath that no one would claim him from the newspaper ad Dale had run. No one did, and soon everyone in the family had pet names for him. Hercules endeared himself to each member of the family. There was no choice in the matter; he was pure love.

After a near-fatal pit-bull attack, the barely 30-pound Hercky had to have surgery. He was hurting and scared. And though surrounded by a doting family, he just couldn’t seem to relax. So Dale learned T-Touch Massage to help to soothe his jangled nerves and relax his tense muscles. It seemed to make a huge difference in Hercky’s ability to trust again, release the tension in his muscles, and sleep easier.

For pictures of Hercky and his family click here.

Six years after taking early retirement, the loss of her beloved Hercky (at age 14, due to hemangiosarcoma: cancer of the lining of the blood vessels) became the eventual impetus for Dale to take steps to make her long-held dream come true.

Three months after Hercky’s death, she began pet sitting and gained firsthand experience in all things related to the business. In mid-April, 2008, she earned her American Red Cross Pet First Aid Certificate, to provide basic lifesaving care to pets in an emergency situation. In May, she began taking the first customers as The Pet Nanny. Dale is pleased to offer services to pet owners in the area and welcomes your business, interest, comments and questions.

To contact The Pet Nanny, please click here. Please click here for customer testimonials and photos of some of the wonderful pets that are The Pet Nanny’s favorites.