House Sitting in Smithville

Tamara watched my two dogs over the weekend for a second time. We returned home to happy playful pups. She managed to get the nervous dog to warm up to her and eat his meals, which is always a toss up when we leave. She send us pictures and videos. Tamara’s pup Smokey brought out our old man dog’s playful side, which was really nice to see. We will definitely book her again!

We love Garrett. He takes amazing care of our dogs and our home. I can’t recommend Garrett too highly. He is a gem.

She was so communicative and the girls seemed to have adopted her immediately.

Amy is amazing! She took great care of our dogs and cat in our home and sent lots of photos. She truly made our vacation more relaxing knowing that our animals were happy, in good hands, and being cared for!

She was wonderful. Took time to send plenty of photos of happy dogs which is something we always like when we are away. She even worked with the youngest one to improve his big boy jumps to greet people. We are so happy to have found someone we can trust with our special dogs.

My four animals loved Michelle and she left the house in great shape. Loved the pictures she sent.

Norman was great! We had planned for another sitter to take care of our pets while on vacation for a week. From the first meet-and-greet with that sitter, which we unfortunately scheduled 48 hours before departure, it was clear that it wouldn't work out as our dog kept barking at the poor nice lady (who ended up in tears). Bye bye Hawaii! That's when we contacted Norman who agreed to spend 5hrs/day for 9 days on a 36hr notice! Our dog liked him right away (he is not lying: "Dogs love him!"). We had warned him about the meet-and-greet failure of the day beforehand and he was super careful to approach our dog in a non-threatening way. And it clicked! Over the course of the week, the two of them ended taking naps together and lots of cuddling. During our absence, Norman followed our feeding and medication instructions, took care of our two cats, cleaned their litter box regularly, watered our plants and left our house in a clean state. He even brought a roll of paper towels from his home when ours ran out. Norman sent us daily updates, often with pictures and even a couple videos. We are very pleased of our first experience with Norman and we'll be contacting him again for sure. We totally recommend Norman's services (but please don't keep him too busy as we will need him again).

Michelle gave me great daily updates on Stella & Ember!

Thank you Paloma for taking care of everything while we were away!