About Us
Paw Academy Pet Care
Service Area:
Celebration, Championsgate, Golden Oak, Reunion
Disney Resorts, Margaritaville Resort, Kissimmee KOA Campground
Locally owned and operated by Celebration, FL residents since 2009, we’re one of the longest running, highest rated, and largest volume pet care companies in Central Florida. Our team members are all highly trained pet care professionals with the unique skill set needed to deliver personalized loving care to pets of all shapes, sizes, demeanor, and unique needs. We’ve cared for thousands of pets in homes and at the resorts across our service area. We have a seamless process that includes a free meet & greet, access to our client portal, and detailed personalized updates after every care visit.
Contact us today to set up a free meet & greet to get started!
Why In-Home (or On-Resort) Pet Care?
Whether you’re away from home for extended hours during the week for work, heading out for the day for fun, or traveling for an extended period of time; your fur family needs cared for. We offer a safe and affordable alternative to pet day care / boarding facilities.
- Most boarding facilities are great, but many pets are just more comfortable in their own homes & spaces
- Keep your pets on the same routine they’re used to when you’re at home
- We develop personal relationships with the pets and care for each one individually
- Mitigate risk of potential illness, stress or injury associated with being around many other dogs in confined spaces
Our Story
Paw Academy Pet Care was started in Celebration, FL over 15 years ago by Celebration residents who saw a need to serve the community’s fur families. What started as a small passion project has blossomed into one of the largest and most trusted pet care services in Central Florida. The team has grown to include 18 pet-loving professionals and we now serve nearly 1,500 fur families across our growing service area. Paw Academy’s mission is to ensure that every pet has a happy and loving home, and our hope is that our service can remove potential barriers to pet ownership. We truly love what we do and can’t wait to see what the future holds. See owners Scott & Sarah’s full bios below!
Scott Hyland
Sarah Costello
Scott Hyland: Not a Florida native but very happy to now call Celebration, FL home. Born & raised in Pittsburgh, PA and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Communications & Advertising from West Virginia University (which makes Scott a diehard fan of the Steelers, Penguins, Pirates and Mountaineers). Scott's passion is pets. He walked neighbors’ dogs for extra cash as a kid, helped a friend launch an independent doggy daycare business and spent weekends as a dog handling & adoption volunteer at the local shelter back in Pittsburgh. More recently, an active dog handling & adoption volunteer at Orange County Animal Services and started part time dog walking/running and day boarding for friends when available. Proud dog dad of hound mix Patch and our Staffordshire Terrier /Bulldog / Boxer / Lhasa Apso mix Addy (yes, we’re the crazy fur-parents that did the doggy DNA). Owning Paw Academy Pet Care has been an amazing blessing as it allowed Scott to pursue his passion full-time. Scott can't wait to continue building Paw Academy Pet Care and provide the highest possible level of care and compassion to Celebration and Disney's fur families!
Sarah Costello: A native of Belfast, Ireland, growing up in a large Catholic family enriched in Irish music, language, theatre, dance and many animals from a very young age. Lucky enough to have grown up with many dogs as a child, including three Irish Wolfhounds, three Great Danes, three German Shepherds, an African Grey Parrot and lots of pigeons. My father is an animal enthusiast and a ‘pigeon man’ as we called him, entering pigeon races and dog shows every weekend. Graduated from Queens University, Belfast in 2007 with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre and Irish and then went on to tour the world as a professional Irish dancer visiting 31 countries over the span of 13 years. Professional career took Sarah to the USA in 2011, where she performed at Walt Disney World and became a Celebration resident in 2013. Decided in 2013 to start a small Irish dance school called Central Florida Irish dance with my base in Celebration and worked with Parks and Recreation and CROA at the Town Hall and Lakeside Park to offer Irish Dance classes for children and adults! Seven years later Central Florida Irish Dance has firmly cemented our feet in Celebration and we proudly teach over 120 dancers in 10 locations. Living in Celebration enables Sarah to connect with the community in so many different ways as well as enrich young students lives with the Irish Culture. You will have seen us at the parades, festivals and food truck Friday events in town over the years. Having a business already in Celebration makes partnering with Scott for Paw Academy Pet Care very special. Sarah can't wait to make new connections and provide another wonderful service to our Celebration families. A Dog Mom to a very special ( and grumpy) hound-mix named Patch and the most loving sweet Pittie-mix named Addy who was adopted at the onset of the pandemic. Sarah loves the amazing fur baby community of Celebration and can't wait to get them out walking and maybe teach them a jig or two!
As the area’s leading in-home pet sitting business, we’re also fully licensed, bonded & insured! If you’d like to learn more about our coverage, please contact us and we can discuss.
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