Mobile
Mutts Dog Walking and Cat Sitting
is located in Brooklyn, NY. We have been providing
dog walking and cat sitting for over five years. We currently serve Brooklyn Heights,
Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia
Street Waterfront District, DUMBO, Prospect Heights,
Ft Greene and Park Slope.
Our mission is to give your pet top-quality care
while providing you with peace of mind. We achieve
this with reliable, honest service that you can depend on.
We are fully insured,
bonded and a member
in good standing of Pet Sitters International. |
owner
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Jennifer
Gladysz is the
owner/operator of Mobile Mutts Dog Walking.
She is a trained dog handler and a long time dog
owner and lover.
After
serving in the Army for three years as a Watercraft
Engineer, Jennifer decided to return to New York
to earn her degree in Museum Studies at NYU. After
graduating she went to work in a small museum
in NYC but quickly realized that a desk job just
wasn't for her. Jennifer then set out to discover
her true calling. She had no idea that taking
a part time position at Monster Mutt Doggie Daycare
was going to turn into a career as a dog walker
but shortly after working with the dogs at Monster
Mutt, she knew that was what she wanted to do. Now she happily spends her days running Mobile Mutts and providing jobs for many creative and talented dog and cat lovers (see below).
Jennifer has also recently co-authored a book called Be A Dog's Best Friend: A Safety Guide for Kids with Renee Paynee of Walk This Way Canine Behavior Therapy.
She lives with her husband, Keith; their 14-year-old daughter
Ema; three dogs Bowie, Cash and June; and their three
cats Irma, Pickles and Squirrel.
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Keith
Gladysz is
Jen's husband and co-owner of Mobile Mutts. He’s a long-time dog lover
and had his first dog (an Old English Sheep-dog
named Hathaway) at age twelve.
Keith
received his undergraduate and graduate degrees
from NYU, and organized an Art Collective at
the Walt Whitman Birthplace with Jen.
When he’s not out spending time with other
people’s pets, Keith is hanging out with
his own dogs Bowie, Cash and June. He’s
also a musician, artist and designer.
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co-owner
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Manager
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Mariah
Elliott is from Seattle where
she was a bored and uninspired secretary with
a languishing degree in fashion design. Now residing
in Williamsburg, she plans to start her own mini
clothing line and hopes to perfect her patternmaking
and tailoring skills while pursuing a bachelor’s
degree at FIT. As part of an overall lifestyle
change, she has happily abandoned her once full-time
relationship with a computer screen to wander
the streets of Brooklyn with the superior companionship
of happy pups.
Mariah’s favorite
pastimes include knitting while listening to news
podcasts, obsessively reading political magazines,
frivolously collecting books to add to her collection
of books she’s yet to read, reading with
the hope of becoming more well-read, coming up
with new justifications to convince herself that
fashion is not a meaningless pursuit, people-watching
for design inspiration, and indulging in international
fashion blogs.
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From sunny San Diego David Negrete earned his Bachelor's Degree from the Berklee College of Music. After spending the last 3 years in Boston studying music he finally settled in Bushwick at the beginning of 2008. He loves composing, playing the piano, performing on the saxophone, and all things music.
Since his favorite animals are dogs, it was only natural for David to start working with them as their walker and caretaker. He is delighted in roaming the streets with his canine cohorts.
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Laura Melillo is an artist/filmmaker with a penchant for puppy dawgs and quats. If she's not walking her dog or your dog, she's on her bike, in a movie theater, on a film shoot, or spending time with scraps of paper, glue, and paint.
She has a one-eyed pek/pom mix named Wyatt, a blind tabby named Chas, and a yellow single-speed bike named Chuck. She graduated from Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College in Spring 2007 with a BA in Film.
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Born in NYC and raised in Washington, DC, Glenn Friedel received his BA in Radio/Television from George Washington University. He took his Master of Fine Arts in Film and Electronic Media from the American University. He has made a feature film, underdogs, which won several awards playing in multiple film festivals worldwide. He is also an accomplished artist working in the medium of photograms (cameraless photography). His art has been show in galleries and museums across the country.
In the fall of 2006 Friedel moved back to NYC to pursue his artistic endeavors. When he is not making art or walking dogs he is hanging out with his two rescued cats Indy and Ike.
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Cindy Bors was raised in upstate NY alongside a family dog, cat and a parrot named Pickles. Cindy graduated from William Smith College with a double major in International Relations and Political Science. She moved to Brooklyn in 2008 to work on Wall Street but has since decided to spend her time working with the more friendly/fuzzy mammal species and preparing to go back to school.
Cindy currently lives in Park Slope and when she isn't walking dogs she is either watching the Food Network, trying to recreate what she saw on the Food Network, reading or exploring. She currently isn't allowed any pets in her apartment, but she is happy to get her doggy fix everyday from walking the pups as if they were her own!!
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Justin Stivers was born and raised in the Seattle area. When he was 12 his parents got a wild hair and decided to move from the city to a very small town in eastern Washington (the nearest McDonalds is 2 hrs away if that gives any indication). Justin's mom is a vet, so this new rural environment led to creatures great and small that began to fill the house and outlying property. Animals came in droves, everything from lizards and snakes, to goats, chickens and horses. Of course the pack of animals wouldn't be complete without having at least 3 dogs and a good half dozen cats at one time! This is where Justin's love and appreciation for animals grew.
Justin has traveled through most of the country and has lived in most of the cities and states of the pacific northwest (Portland, Olympia, Seattle and Alaska to name a few). During this time Justin received his Associates Degree in Audio Production from Shoreline Community College located in Seattle. Shortly thereafter he found his way to his way to Brooklyn. Over the last 3 years he has thoroughly enjoyed being a dog walker which gets him out of the recording studio. With one album under his belt that made it to the top of NPR's album of the year list Justin hopes to rekindle that magic again in the very near future with his band.
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Steve Conrad was raised in Merrimack, New Hampshire, 50 miles north of Boston. His first dog was a cocker spaniel named Luke, who was adopted from the Humane Society. Growing up, Steve would use his family camcorder to make short movies with his older brother. This eventually fueled his decision to pursue film school. He attended an accelerated program in Orlando, Florida where after two long years of hard work, he graduated with a bachelor's of science degree in film and video production in October of 2006.
When Steve is not walking dogs he is doing freelance cinematography and camera work for anyone that needs it. He is also a musician, specializing in drumming, and has been in a number of bands over the past decade.
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Kenny Phommaly is a proud dog walker and musical expeditionary from Wichita, KS. Via roads and rails he has now made himself at home in Brooklyn, NY. Prior to which he was a dog walker in Chicago.
He loves to sing loudly and play guitar on rooftops and under trees. He realizes that there is nothing like a good sunrise and that some of his friends have the most terrific laughs anyone has ever heard, ever.
New York is a wondrous place and he is ever discovering its degrees. He is now stationed in Williamsburg and taking his coffee black. He is just learning to play soccer and is not yet very good, but just wait!"
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Kate Gray was raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C. She has also spent time in the deserts of Tucson, AZ and the mountains of western Mass. She's not sure yet where her degree in Russian literature will take her, but is happy to be living in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and getting to know New York.
Growing up there was always a dog in the house, and sometimes as many as three - usually terriers with endearing underbites. Unable to have a dog in her current apartment, she loves pretending her Mobile Mutts charges are really hers. She also enjoys used bookstores, celebrity gossip, music and analog photography. |
Graham Jones, born and raised in Alabama, now happily lives in
Bushwick. He finds nothing to be more satisfying than spending his time
with dogs and cats. While he spends the majority of his free time with
his beloved boxer, he is also enthused by records, ethnic cuisine, and
well-executed documentaries. Additionally, he spends a great deal of
his time reading and writing.
Graham considers himself very fortunate to be able to spend his days on
the streets of Brooklyn, walking dogs. He means that sincerely.
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Born in Charlotte, NC and raised in the Shenandoah Valley in rural VA, Daniel Stover grew up wandering the woods and swimming in local creeks and rivers, tending gardens, building forts deep in the forests, and illustrating/writing comic strips published by the local paper. He was always surrounded by animals and has raised/taken care of cats, dogs, pigs, goats, chickens, and horses.
Daniel always had a natural tendency to create and therefore ended up going to Savannah College of Art and Design where he studied web design and hung out with Mexican muralists, eventually co-founding a non profit art organization which runs to this day.
Afterwards Daniel headed to NYC and settled in Bushwick Brooklyn; a neighborhood he adores greatly, where he now runs a Bushwick art/cultural website, hosts events on his rooftop, and strives to be an artist working within a wide range of media/techniques and occasionally showing in local galleries. Mainly Daniel create street art, large scale drawings, sculptures, and animations.
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Ali Moore comes to Brooklyn from Atlanta, GA, where she was raised and where she worked as a dog walker and pet sitter. Before her recent stint in Atlanta, she lived in Savannah, GA, where she received a B.F.A from the Savannah College of Art and Design and where she met her beloved cat Lawrence, and dogs Amos and Emma.
She has always been an animal lover and has never hesitated to pull over and grab a turtle that is having trouble crossing the road. She has never let a full year of her life pass without the company of a pet.
Ali is also a versatile painter; she paints murals, does decorative and faux painting, fine art painting and any other type of painting you can think of; she wants to eventually find work as scenic artist. She is an avid collector of tiny objects, which she sometimes glues together to make new objects. She likes to cook, sew, and make plants grow. She also plays the musical saw.
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Brendan Tronconi is a native New Yorker who hails from the great northern plains of the Bronx. He has finally acclimated to Brooklyn after two years and is almost use to the idea of a borough without it's own baseball team. Brendan received his B.A. from Hunter college.
Brendan has a deep affection for animals having grown up with two dogs and a near continuous stream of gerbils, hamsters and rabbits. He is now without a pet of his own since his last roommate moved out and took along the cat. However he is happy to have found a job where he can spend some time with animals and shower them with affection.
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Joe Cocozzello grew up right here in New York before relocating as a teen to the arctic landscape of the Midwest. There he began his career as a writer and comedian. Performing has taken Joe from coast to coast, eventually landing him back in New York City. Outside of comedy, his hobbies include reading everything he can get his hands on, cooking & bowling.
Joe has always loved animals, and he is happy that he gets to spend his day walking dogs in the most beautiful neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
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Ben Richmond was born in Winchester, Va, and spent his formative years in Asheville, NC; Rochester, NY; and Philadelphia, Pa. He moved to New York in 2005 to study music and writing.
Ben loves animals and was raised among several dogs, two cats and two parrots. The dog closest to his heart was his childhood golden retriever, Amos. He tries to visit Philadelphia as often as possible to see his family dogs, Hank, Mo, and Abby. In the meantime, he's very happy to be able to spend time caring for dogs and cats here in Brooklyn.
When not walking dogs and making music Ben can generally be found cooking, reading or napping under shady trees.
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Beth Hinners grew up in the suburbs of Northern Virginia with Spot, the best dog that ever lived. Spot, a black and white springer-spaniel/retriever mix, was renowned far and wide for his fence jumping abilities. He starred with Beth and her brother in the critically acclaimed film “Spot The Wonder Dog”, and is the inspiration for Beth’s love of all animals.
After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University, Beth explored various career paths in floral design or landscape architecture, while providing excellent pet care for friends and neighbors. It wasn’t until she moved to NYC a year ago, that she realized she could be a fulltime dog walker! Now she is ecstatic that her days will be spent outside with the greatest dogs in Brooklyn!
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Sellers Terrell is a recent graduate of the University of Kansas. She earned her Bachelors in Social Work and plans to pursue her Masters in Social Work in a few years here in NYC.
Sellers was born in Alabama and has lived in eight states. She lived on a farm as a child in North Carolina for three and a half years, which is where her love for animals really grew. She has always had pets and has loved both dogs and cats for as long as she can remember. Her dog (Henri) was her best pal, until he passed away about three years ago.
When she's not dogwalking, Sellers enjoys hanging out on her roof deck with her family and reading in her windowsill. She is the middle child of five children.
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Ashley Roberts is a writer from Chapel Hill, NC. As far as anyone can remember she has enjoyed a storybook relationship with animals. From her adventures in journalism challenging local dog fighting titans to the animal refuge her mother helped operate, Ashley is no stranger to the wonderful world of dogs and cats (and horses and cows).
After receiving her bachelor's from NC State in English and History she moved to Brooklyn and worked as an editorial assistant at an independent book publisher. Now she is focusing solely on her own projects, which is awesome since it includes walking with her canine buddies around her favorite city.
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MacKenzie Pause spent her formative years in the Sunshine State, but recently relocated to Park Slope. Collegiate years produced a degree in Creative Writing and Magazine Journalism, where she contributed to countless music magazines and even edited a pet magazine. Eventually she was led to yoga where she became certified to teach and continued her training in thai yoga bodywork. In between deadlines and downdog, she played bass for rock band History and developed All You Need Is Love, a yoga class set entirely to the music of The Beatles, allyouneedisloveyoga.com.
Animals have always surrounded her from numerous family dogs to an iguana and even a pot bellied pig! She's counting the days until her chihuahua Yoda will join her in Brooklyn.
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Stephen Lacour recently moved back to Brooklyn after living in Seattle, San Francisco, and Boston. He's travelled to Europe and all over North America but loves coming back to
BK. Growing up, he's always been around tons of dogs, cats, and assorted pets, but considers dogs his favorite. He misses his pit bull, Roman, and visits him whenever he can.
When he's not braving the elements to walk his friends, Stephen enjoys reading, coffee, movies, and playing music.
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Amanda Cowing is a recent college graduate from Parsons School of Design where she got her degree in fine art. While in school she discovered she was more of an illustrator and aspires to be a childrens book illustrator sometime in the near future.
She currently resides in Bushwisk with her pup Arto and when she's not busy dog walking she enjoys reading, painting, people watching, and going out with friends.
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Ames Gerould was born in Portland, Oregon and has been an artist from a very early age. Ames began printing photos and processing film in 8th grade and studied fine art and photography from high school through college. He went to the Parsons School of Design.
Ames grew up with Border Collies and is very good at coming up with nicknames for his families dogs. He currently has one dog named Katie back in Portland, Oregon. And her nicknames are Kitson, Baddakon, Biddikin, Kitty Cat Katie and Baby Bear.
He loves nitty gritty NYC and being a dog walker because dogs can be so much nicer to be around than people sometimes and he find the jobs to be very therapuetic.
When not walking dogs Ames likes day outtings and adventures on bikes.
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Bryan Green was born and raised in Bethlehem, PA and moved to NYC to attended SVA. He is a graduate of the Illustration & Cartooning program (where he was lucky enough to study with his favorite MAD magazine cartoonist).
He is an award winning illustrator/animator/designer who is currently trying to get his freelance career off the ground after working as a full-time in-house illustrator. He enjoys creative peaks in the evenings which are inspired by dog walking during the day.
As a teen Bryan worked in a petting zoo and he has always had a big love for animals... especially dogs and cats.
When not dog walking or illustrating you can find him reading MAD magazine. He enjoys camping and regularly camps where they filmed the movie, Friday the 13th!
You can also check out his website for promotional papercraft toys: www.paperfoldables.com
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Zachary Vaupen is a cartoonist and dog enthusiast living in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He recently received a BFA in Printmaking from The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, and moved back to his home state of New York to pursue his interest in self-publishing his comic books and printing posters.
He grew up with a pug named Bow Wow who he raised from a small pup and inspired his love of dogs. In college, he once made a comic about two dogs who went into business together running a pet store.
When he isn't walking dogs, Zach can be found either drawing, watching German films from the 70's, or riding his bike. He also loves to sew, make collages, and climb trees.
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Charlie Robbins grew up in and around New York City. After graduating
from Hampshire College with a degree in journalism, he moved to Greenpoint with his girlfriend. He now contributes music reviews to several online pop culture publications. He has recently realized he is happier being barked at by excited pets than by grumpy office bosses.
His family's affinity for wire-haired fox terrier has rubbed off on him. His own Abigail gives quizzical looks when he's recording his solo 80's-style hardcore.
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