Dog Sitters in Garwood, NJ

Jennifer & Shawn
-58% off
0.8 miles away
Limited time deal
5.00
• 17 reviews
/night 72.00
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Shawn and Jennifer were the perfect pet sitters! We could not have wished for better people to look after Salt and Pepa! Not only were they meticulous in keeping up the cat`s routines, nurturing S&P`s idiosyncracies, and keeping them clean, fed, and happy in general, but they went above and beyond finding out what else they could want or need in a truly empathetic way. Shawn and Jen taught them new tricks, played with them often, stayed in with them most of the time and observed them and their characters so well, that it seemed after only a few days like they have known - and loved! - the cats for some time. Before we knew these sympathetic brilliant sitters with heart, brains, and instinct we were nervous about leaving our not even 2 year old cats with strangers for more than a month, especially since Salt can be a fragile soul who is very shy and needs a lot of time to bond with people if she does it at all. Not with these two people. They know how to handle cats professionally. Instead of overwhelming them, Shawn is present and offers them attention and playtime. We were able to fully enjoy our time away from home since they were communicating extremely well and in the frequency we agreed on. So we got pictures or videos of S&P every day and reports. The reports as well as the pics showed us that S&P had an extremely good time, and that after only a few days they behaved completely "normal", i.e. we recognized "our" cats from the way that Jen described them and photographed them. Shawn and Jen are both extremely reliable, down-to-earth and self-sufficient. IF there would have been an emergency, we could not have asked for better guardians. The welfare of the cats was always their first concern. What more can we say but that they are also very friendly, humorous, calm and intelligent human beings. When we came home S&P were like: "Oh.. you..? Ok.. But were are the other two?" In our living room was a carefully arranged series of printed out photographs by Jen the excellent photographer. We are so very thankful to Shawn and Jen that they agreed to look after our kitties - and our home, which they also did without fail - and we are truly happy to have made their acquaintance. Hopefully, we will meet again!

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Susannah
Another Zeewoi successful sit.
Karina and Pawel could not have been more perfect, we felt very comfortable and happy that they were looking after our two cats and our house. They were efficient and organised.
During their stay our neighbourhood experienced a destructive once in a decade storm and we lost 8 huge trees which caused a lot of damage to our neighbours property. They immediately contacted me and documented the damage with pictures, videos and a timeline explanation which was incredibly helpful as we had to coordinate damage control from overseas for our property and our neighbours. The power and Internet were also out for three days. Throughout it all they were calm and just went with the flow. We are very grateful and would highly recommend them.
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Erin
Amazing sitter. Our cat loved Monica. Welcome back anytime.
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Sherlyn
Robert was excellent. He was on time for handoff and was ready for us when we returned home. He took very good care of our dog and kept us updated on how she was doing in our absence.  Our house was just as we had left it, clean linens, dishes, etc. I would highly recommend him.
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holly
Loved sitting for Holly in Bristol! Sky her lovely cat was a joy, always coming for a cuddle on my lap. The house is really nice and has everything you could want. Big comfy bed, office area if you’re remote working, bathtub and even a log burner in the lounge for a cosy evening. Holly was very communicative and left me everything I needed for a pleasant stay. I  can definitely recommend! Thank you Holly.

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