We are a non-smoking, retired couple who will be traveling to France March 24 and returning on April 6th. We live in a lovely one-story west hills home within walking distance to the Pittock Mansion and close to the Arboretum and Washington Park. We need a mature, female house sitter who will take good and careful care of our home and also take loving care of our mini- poodle. She loves people and is easy to care for. She is not comfortable around other animals, though. We live in a great neighborhood that is parklike, but is minutes to NW 23rd and downtown. We need someone who can be here most of the time to care for our dog, so someone with a full-time job won't work for us. Our dog can be left for about 5 hours at a time. We have WiFi, so you can bring your laptop. We also have family in town if you need some contact while we are out of town.