Dog Sitters in Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Jonathan
-61% off
9.4 miles away
Limited time deal
4.85
• 13 reviews
/night 77.00
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Jonathan's communication before and during the stay was great. found We received pictures of the dogs on a regular basis. Upon my return though I was dismayed with the condition of the house. He had left a message that he cleaned "some what," but it was very evident that meant no cleaning. The kitchen was a mess with dried food stains on counter surfaces, on the floor and the table. I washed the face of all of the cabinets the day before he arrived and returned to a purple substance splashed up one cabinet, on the counter, the lower cabinet, dishwasher and the floor. Maybe a smoothie explosion? Dried egg on the counter and stove, coffee stains on both the Keurig and the counter. Stainless fridge had full messy hand prints all the way up on the freezer and top section. Floors were gritty with sand from the yard. The toilets after two weeks of use were in disgusting condition! He didn't strip the bed claiming he slept on top, but that still means the cover and pillowcases would need washing. He told me his car leaked oil and he would put a piece of cardboard under it, but the driveway now has an oil puddle on it. After explaining how strict our city is with food waste recycling and which can it needs to go into, there is a lot of food waste in the wrong can. While cleaning I discovered a still damp dog pee spot on the oriental rug in the master bedroom that tells me dogs were not let out first thing on a morning. Because it sat several days there is now a yellow stain on the rug. This is only my second time using a sitter and this was a real disappointment.

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John
Claire and Mark are super sitters.  We were so grateful that Claire came to sit for Lulu, even though she had hurt her back and couldn’t enjoy long walks or to see the sights.  They are very experienced sitters, well-organised, patient and calm and managed Lulu very well.  Lulu is still young and can be boisterous and excitable but they handled her with confidence derived from experience.  They were very flexible, arriving the evening before to allow us to get away early the following day, and stayed to give us face to face feedback on their sit.  Their feedback on our Welcome Guide was very helpful.

We would happily recommend Claire and Mark to take good care of both your house and your pet and would welcome them back in Tisbury any day.
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Alexandra
For context, my husband and I have two dogs and two cats. Originally Rachel and Paul were only supposed to take care of one dog and the two cats, but a change of plan meant that we had to leave our other dog with them also. We fully acknowledge that it’s a lot of animals that need a lot of attention, but that’s how house-sitting works—if you can’t handle the responsibility, you shouldn’t book the sit. We were very upfront from the beginning about the level of care needed. 

We are always pretty hands off with sitters but like to receive occasional check-ins and hear how the pets are doing. During our trip we barely heard from them and had to ask for updates on the pets. We were worried and didn’t know what was going on at home. The only update we ever received was “everything is fine.”

When we got home, we found the couch covered in dried urine. It looks like they completely neglected to clean the cats’ litter boxes for the whole week. Our cat is very picky about the litter box, which we explained to them. We hadn’t been told about any accidents and nobody had attempted to clean up the pee on the couch. Our cat is also on a vet prescribed diet, and based on the cans open in the fridge it looks they were feeding her the wrong food. 

Our other cat is quite skittish and needs privacy to eat. How to feed her is detailed in the Welcome Guide. I also had a call with Rachel and explained how to do it. They seemingly ignored all instructions and I didn’t hear that our skittish cat wasn’t eating until several days in. I had to follow up again for an update to hear how she was doing. 

We have never had this kind of thing happen before with a sitter. As mentioned, we have a welcome guide with clear instructions on pet care and it appears they just ignored it. I also had a call with Rachel to discuss details and we met with them for 20 minutes before leaving to walk them through everything prior to leaving. It seems any instructions we provided were disregarded.
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Tracy
Esther was a great house sitter! She cared for my elderly beagle, Molly, who needed meds twice a day and took great care of her. Molly was happy and content when I came home. I think Esther may have even left my house cleaner than she found it! I would so happy to have her house sit for me again.

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