Cortana (aka Tuna) is a very sweet, very smart, and very shy dog. She's not a snuggler and her love language is food, so the best way to bond with her is to run through her extensive arsenal of tricks and treat her generously for each one. She'll often lead you to the kitchen, push a toy into your lap, or offer up a trick at random-- all in hopes of scoring a snack!

Cortana is reserved with strangers and needs some time and space to get comfortable, so we ask for at least an hour of overlap at the beginning of the stay to welcome you inside and let her adjust. She is also dog-reactive within about 10ft, exact distance depending on how rambunctious the other dog is. Due to this, we unfortunately cannot welcome other pets or young children into her home.

Cortana's daily schedule:
* 7am: Breakfast, followed by a short bathroom walk on our private trails.
* Nap/lounge in the sunshine/guard the house/putter for most of the day. Some some days we take a few short walks around the property; some days she gets a dog popsicle outside; some days we do trick training; some days we play Sniff-N-Seek; some days she finds the ball and will play a few rounds of fetch or tug before getting distracted. Most of the time she just sleeps and will only get up to follow us to the kitchen!
* 4pm or 5pm (3pm-ish in the winter months): Cortana time! Rain or shine, she gets a long hike on the local trails or around the neighborhood; however in very bad weather it's a shorter bathroom walk immediately followed by dedicated indoor trick training and/or games.
* 6:30pm: Dinner. Cortana eats raw food, which we will have prepped. She'll help clean up (i.e. lick the tupperware clean and hand it to you for a small treat)
* 7:30pm: Evening chew in the living room (and she will intensely stare at you if you forget!)
* Bedtime (with a snack, of course). Cortana likes to sleep with us but can be directed to her own bed if you prefer.

Cortana is a chill and very good girl, so there are no issues leaving her home alone as long as her food schedule is kept and she gets her long walk. About 6 hours per day will be fine, and we strongly prefer longer absences do not happen often during a sit. She is very much a companion dog who likes having humans around!

Please note that this is active sit that requires daily walking on dirt/gravel trails that are carved into a hillside, which is steep in some areas. Going back to the house is an uphill hike. Alternatively, there are several less-strenuous trails within a short drive of our home.

Please also note that Cortana is dog-reactive. She cannot go to dog parks or public off-leash hiking areas where other dogs may run up to her, but she is great to take to on-leash parks or trails where there is room for her to avoid close encounters. She is excellent at calmly sitting to the side and taking treats as dogs pass; she's so good at it that people sometimes approach her on purpose, so you will need to be her advocate in public places.