Latchkey Pets

Specialties

Latchkey Pets specializes in providing great care for your pets. We are insured and bonded through Pet Sitters Associates. We provide daytime dog walking services as well as vacation pet sitting while you are out of town. We are staffed with passionate animal lovers and take care of our clients like they are our own.

History

Established in 1998.

Steve Waterman began Latchkey Pets in 1998 in his neighborhood, Lakewood in Lee’s Summit. He continued providing Lakewood residents pet care until he handed it down to his daughter, Jeanna Ruehter in 2010. Jeanna had been assisting her father in the Lakewood area for about a year when she took over and expanded to cover all of Lee’s Summit. In 2012, Latchkey Pets expanded again to cover the Independence, Grain Valley, Blue Springs, Overland Park and Olathe areas.

Meet the Business Owner

Jeanna R.

Business Owner

Hi, I am Jeanna. I am 33, mom of two boys (3 and 5 years old) and two dogs. I love taking care of my babies (two-​legged and four-​legged) as well as other peoples babies. I have a bachelors degree in Family and Child Studies from Northwest Missouri State University (Go Bearcats!) and was a social worker for the Missouri Children’s Division (DFS) for five years. Then I became a mom and decided to stay at home with my little one, so I started an in-​home daycare. After baby #2 came along, I closed my home daycare and have been enjoying my family as much as possible.

In my free time I enjoy watching sports. I especially love KC Chiefs, Sporting KC and Red Wings hockey. I also play soccer on a recreational league and love every minute of it. I have a love/​hate relationship with running and even though I struggle with it, I completed my first 10K and look forward to my next one.