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Add your pet care details and dates, then invite as many sitters as you’d like.
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It was a pleasure having Emma to stay in our house and look after our dog and two cats. She took some lovely pictures and videos of Dixie and clearly gave her the attention that she craves! It was wonderful to arrive home to a clean house and happy animals. Thanks Emma x
Very reliable house sitters. Good communication.
Is it better to board cats or leave at home?
Veterinarians advising to leave cats at home with a pet sitter who will stay overnight in your home, boarding is not recommended for cats as they are stressed in a new environment, you can find a sitter who will care for your cats and home overnight at Sittsy.
How much should you pay someone to watch your cat?
At least 29.99 per visit, $28/week per overnight watching in your home, otherwise you can find a free sitter at Sittsy.
What do people do with their cats when they go on vacation?
Inviting a cat sitter to your home, boarding the cat with a local business, asking a friend, family or neighbour to feed and check the well-being. The most efficient way to leave your cat during your vacation is with Sittsy cat sitters overnight, in this way, you will save cat sitting costs and make vacation not only for you but also for your cat sitter!
When looking for a cat sitter, we wanted someone highly reliable and experienced. Leliani is that and so much more. One of Leliani's most endearing qualities is she genuinely cares for our cat. She doesn't just rush in and feed our cat. She takes her time to stay with our cat for a while. She is highly professional and attentive and takes her job very seriously. Weeks before her first cat-sitting job with us, she took the time to come to our house to meet our cat and get familiar with our home. She follows up before each cat-sitting job to ask about updates or changes to our cat's routine and well-being. Another nice touch is that she will text about how our cat is doing. We feel so fortunate to have found Leilani and highly recommend her.
Lani is amazing and I am so happy to have found her! She takes excellent care of our dog and cat and we always return home to find them well cared for and content. The house is always tidy, too - a definite a bonus. I can tell Lani cares for our beloved pets as she would own own. Lani is responsible and trustworthy, which makes leaving town that much easier. I highly recommend Lani!
Leilani took great care of our two cats and our home, while we were traveling. She is reliable, trustworthy and stayed in touch with us every day, giving us brief reports of our kitties. We found her to be very knowledgeable of animals and pleasant to work with. We strongly recommend her and plan to use her services again.
Leilani was great to deal with from the first phone call. She is very thorough and professional. She has a ton of experience and asked very good questions about the house and the cats. She took very good care of our home, 2 cats and one fish. I would recommend her to anyone and will do just that. Thanks Leilani!
Lani is our new pet sitter and my cats seemed to be comfortable with her right away. She always spends a good amount of time with them and is patient with my feisty former feral cat. I feel comfortable leaving them in her care which is key.
Lani took care of our precocious, mindful and energeric Westhighland Terrier for the past ten years from the prime of his life till his last days. She provided and adapted her care meet his and our individualized needs as the years progressed. I can't recommend her highly enough.
Lani is very trustworthy, very accommodating with our cats. She is very thorough, and the cats are very happy with her. We think Lani is great!
Lani has been helping me with Havanese now for over a year. She has been professional and trustworthy! Thank god for her. I would recommend her highly.
We're so happy to have found Leilani! Leilani is our go-to for watching our critters while we are away from home. She is thorough and reliable.
Leilani is wonderful and very professional!! Mimi is very happy to have such a great sitter. I definitely recommend her services.
I was visiting from out of town and staying with a friend who had cats. We boarded our dog Rosie here overnight. Natalie was kind and gentle with our sweet doggie and obviously has lots of experience caring for animals. I would bring Rosie here again. 🙂 …
I have tried Country Inn 2 times and have been very impressed by the care and concern of the staff. They are very dependable. They offer their own food and keep the dogs apart, which was very important for me as my dog doesn't do well with other dogs. They let them out in the sun frequently, when the weather permits and dogs also have a little outside area they can walk to from their kennel that gives them access to the sun.
The staff was exceptional during the devastating wine country fires! They boarded and fed our Coonhound and would not accept any payment. Thank you for helping us!
Excellent care, always we leave our dog with them, is the best place I widely recommend it. Always we are really satisfied with the friendly environment and staff ,our dog maroto is properly care.
Natalie and her staff are on it and caring. Used them for our dogs for 20 years… trust and confidence as well caring.
Love love love. Besides loving the staff they are the only ones who can get my husky cleaned.
Great experience very profesional
So good with my dog teddy
So grateful for Park-a-Pup! We adopted our sweet, yet anxious, hound mix about nine months ago. They were so helpful in the rehabilitation of our girl. They were also amazing at helping ME feel comfortable letting her go. We worked really hard with helping our pup gain confidence and feel secure, and Park-a-Pup helped so much with this. Within no time, she was able to walk into the play area on her own. We have also had to board her overnight, and I felt extremely confident in her wellbeing. I love how they check in with updates and photos, and will always answer the phone to answer any questions. Super grateful for Park-a-Pup and all of their amazing dog loving employees. You have made adopting a pup so much better not only for Lily, but for us, her family, as well. Thank you! (Photo from her first visit taken and sent to me by P-a-P, and then another because I just love her so much.)
I left my dog, Rainbow, who has anxiety and very shy, from 8 AM to 5 PM for a trial day and I couldn't be happier with the experience! From the moment we walked in, the staff made us feel at ease. They took such great care of her, ensuring she felt comfortable and secure throughout the day. They massaged me throughout the day with updates and cute photos. When I picked her up, she was relaxed and happy, which is a result of the wonderful care and attention she received from the staff. The facility is clean, safe, and filled with enriching activities that kept her engaged. I highly recommend Park-A- Pup in Novato to anyone looking for a trustworthy and compassionate place for their furry friends. Thank you so much for taking such excellent care of my girl! We will be bringing her back soon! ---
This doggy place is very well managed. My 19 month old Jack Russell has not had a lot of socialization with other dogs. Park a Pup makes sure their furry guests will play well together. Unfortunately my dog was overwhelmed by being with many other dogs and hung out in the corners of the play yard. The handlers wisely put her back in a nice large crate and called me to take her home. We will get her more play time with other dogs and take her back to Park a Pup when she is ready. C. Peck
My dog LOVES it there! The staff is do great w/ him and they also provide great service. I highly recommend taking your pet there for boarding or daycare. Same for grooming.
Our dog loves Park-a-pup in Novato. It is clean, well organized, and very safe. We use both the daycare and boarding services for our 60 lb German shepherd lab mix and he is always so excited to go there. The communication is great and baths and nail trims are free for every 10 days of care. Highly recommended!
Such a great facility - clean , reasonably priced, efficient . Finally found a great boarding place ! Staff is friendly and very capable. I don’t trust just anyone with my fur baby so glad to have a good safe place to board my pup. Appreciated you all T Park - a -Pup . Poppy say Thanks too !!
The Park a Pup system is pretty easy! If you want Day Care no reservation is needed. Overnight is call for a reservation!
All the staff are AMAZING and go out of their way to help. We have 2 large dogs and both my dad and I have health issues the staff comes out to the car and gets the dogs out for us. The dogs both love going there and its great socialization skills. They run a top notch business and I don’t hesitate to refer people….
Unfortunately, we received a call from Park-a-Pup that our sweet boy wasn't doing well. They rushed him to the emergency vet the moment they saw something was off. We were across the country but received prompt notifications and updates. Following our phone call with the vet, it was determined we would be losing our angel in a very close undetermined time. As we rushed home that day, I requested to pick up our dog kiwi from the facility after hours so that she could be with her brother, should he not make it through the night. Maxx, the general manager, offered to open the doors for us to grab her at almost 11 pm that night after traveling all day with numerous delays. We offered to pay for his time, but he refused. He was so kind. Park-a-pups' kindness and swift actions allowed our baby to receive quick care and be put in a stable status to spend his final moments with his family. I cried so much, and I can't thank them enough for their kindness and the final moments their care gave us with him. They wouldn't let us make a payment that night and urged us to simply focus on luigi. Following his service, we stopped by to make our final payment, and they removed the charges for luigis' stay (we didn't even ask). I don't think I've even been so lucky to have my dogs at a boarding facility that truly cares this much.
Pippin runs into the building to greet staff every time we return for boarding. For me, that's the ultimate positive review and what -- along with lovely service and great rates -- keeps me coming back, despite living pretty far away (SF)! Tip: Ask for a "report card" to receive a batch of photos of your pup occasionally during a long stay. It's such a sweet and reassuring service. FWIW: Pippin is a 3.5yo 25lb female corgi. She's stayed here maybe 15-20 times in the past few years.
I am VERY protective of my little boy - 15mo old while lab, named Atlas. He’s high energy & needs lots of exercise, not a crate. After much review I settled on Bridewell Day Care & Boarding in Novato. The staff @ Bridewell is professional, genuinely love our 4 legged friends & take great pride in keeping to their “guests” (their words) dietary or special needs. The property has a large yard for Atlas to run & play. Most importantly, our pups go out in small groups & are carefully supervised by a staff member. Thank you Bridewell! Julie Daly (Atlas’ mom)
Great kennel with very reasonable prices. Our dogs have stayed there tons of times and they always get so excited when we turn onto the road that leads to Bridewell. They clearly love it there. Staff is great, really friendly and knowledgeable.
I've taken our dog here for over a year now. Always very friendly and adaptable. Our dog has gotten to be rather unfriendly and difficult in his old age but it hasn't been an issue for Bridewell, as they are able to cater to his "No Contact" needs. They are actually the only place we've found who are willing and able to bored him. I'm very grateful. Good spot.
They can handle cats and dogs. Very nice staff who are members of the community and remember you, your animals, and your general routine. Such as asking if I brought my specific green container with food this time. My dog 🐕🦺 was scared at first (as with most things) but now enjoys going there. My cat is meh about it. 😺 Highly recommend. Note, they are on a single lane private access road with deer and other animals roaming the area so drive slow. Not my favorite thing but luckily no curb your enthusiasm situations yet. Highly recommended
I checked out this facility and you can hear the dogs barking and crying from down the hill. The staff were friendly enough but the conditions looked sub par and the dogs seemed intensely unhappy, more than normal separation anxiety from being boarded. Yelp was overall favorable but there were a few horror stories I should have taken more seriously before coming to check out the facilities. 3 of their previous 4, now 5 including this one, reviews on Google+ are from people in India, and within the past month. Not a lot of vacationing in this part of Marin, and I bet people wouldn't bring their pets from India to board them while on vacation. Disingenuous, and a little alarming at how those reviews came into existence, I would imagine you could buy reviews fairly cheaply from people overseas.
I read about this place and thought it had good reviews. I brought my Guinea pigs there and left the people with veggies, food, hay and strict instructions for each day. When I picked them up I found them without hay (terrible for a grazing animal) and there water bottle had a different drink lid than the one I brought. Which means they switched with another guinea pigs. Fatal mistake as this could cause my guinea pigs to get ill and potentially die. I will NEVER ever leave any pets here again. From my point of view my pigs were not fed correctly and could have been killed due to contamination of water bottle lids. STAY AWAY! I am not sure how these people are diamond certified but if you care about your beloved furry friends (dog, Cat, guinea pig, etc) don’t bring them to this dungeon. I have another trip coming up and have chosen to take my piggies elsewhere and pay twice the price as this place does not understand animal care.
I really, really wanted to like this place as the staff seemed really nice. My dog was stressed being in a small kennel and unless you pay extra for them to walk your dog, that's where your pet will stay. At least that was my understanding. I paid for the extra walk a day.
Love the kennel at Bridewell - they take great care of our dogs!
We use Bridewell for our cats. Happy with the service. Used them for over 10 years.
The best kennel !! They love my Nelly and she loves them 🐾🐾💜🤘🤘🤘 …
Patrick is above and beyond the best pet sitter I've ever known. He followed my finicky cats' schedules exactly, even leaving out toys and treats as requested. …
Patrick took care of our three cats while we were away for 2 weeks. This was a big trip and we were nervous about leaving our furr babies. I interviewed around for cat sitters, and made the easy decision to hire Patrick. The system that he …
I cannot recommend Patrick enough. My dog is sensitive and shy. I am also very sensitive and have a lot of anxiety about her care. Enter Patrick. Kind, calm, professional and PATIENT. He gets it. I thought I was thorough - but he still had …
