Hearts of Gold Pet Services

We offer services for:

• Cats
• Dogs
• Fish
• Birds
• Reptiles and Amphibians
• Caged Pets
• Special Needs Pets

About My Business

Who lets your dogs out? Who chitty chats with your kitty cats? Who drives your pets to the vet or groomer? Who loves your pets like their own, when you just can't be there? Hearts of Gold Pet Services does!

We are certified professional pet sitters. The services we provide are: pet sitting in your home, dog walking, pet taxi service, pet errands, medication administration, and we are pet-first aid trained. We are licensed, bonded, insured and are members of the Oro Valley and Marana Chambers of Commerce. The business was established in 2008.

A bit about Hearts of Gold Pet Services and owners Ken Markert and Lauren Bishop.

Hearts of Gold Pet Services was launched in Portland, Oregon in 2008. The owners, Ken Markert and Lauren Bishop are a husband and wife team. In Portland, it was a full-time, thriving business but they wanted to live closer to family. Lauren's entire family resides in Tucson and she wanted to return to her home town. So, in June, 2016 they relaunched their pet sitting and dog walking business in Oro Valley, Arizona.

Ken and Lauren are passionate about all animals, but especially dogs and cats. They are Certified Professional Pet Sitters through Pet Sitters International. They have volunteered for the Oregon Humane Society, the American Cancer Society's Bark for Life events, Best Friends Animal Society's Strut Your Mutt events and Ken served on the Board of Directors for Clackamas Dog Foundation in Portland. They give financial donations to many animal-oriented organizations each year.

Hearts of Gold Pet Services sponsored and organized a very successful annual holiday pet food drive for SnowCap Charities in Portland and with the community's involvement, they delivered 27,132 pounds of pet food over 7 years.

Ken and Lauren are passionate about all animals and animal causes, especially eliminating animal cruelty, spaying and neutering, microchipping pets, adopting versus shopping.