I Love Mt. Pleasant

Hi, this is Rebecca, owner of No Place Like Home Pet Sitting. It has been nearly three years since localmtp wrote a negative review about me and my business. I am happy to say, that even with the current recession, my business is still doing well. However, the review from localmtp has always been a concern of mine. So after nearly three years of having this negative review pop up on the internet and bother me. . . I would like to write another post-script reply. I have been in business for over 10 years. I have NEVER intentionally neglected a pet visit. Over the past 10 years -- just to be honest and ""disclose"" everything-- two visits have been missed---one clearly being the client's scheduling error, the other being mine. No pets were ""hurt"" in either situation. Neither of these situations involved localmtp's pets. I remember details of localmtp's job, as I have thought about it many times because localmtp's review upset me. Some of the specific things I would like to dispute are: Localmtp states that the pets were left without water. I SPECIFICALLY remember emptying and refilling a 5 gallon self-feed water dispenser during my last visit (the kind that acts like a ""water bubbler"" and feeds water into a bowl). Why did I necessarily remember this? Because those dispensers are very heavy,- - - and I remember doing it. Localmtp also states that her dogs ""drank the toilets dry"". My toilets at home fill back up with water automatically if you bale out the water, so I find the dry toilet statement questionable. Localmtp stated that there were 3 rugs that were so soiled that they could not be cleaned. Admittedly, dogs under my care do sometimes potty in the house- - - it happens. When it does happen, I clean it up. Over the past ten years, no other client has complained of being upset over the condition of their house (or rugs), yet her 3 rugs ""could not be cleaned"". Localmtp complained to me that ""her neighbors did not see me at her house"". I make visits early in the AM, sometimes mid-day, and in the evening. . . sometimes after dark. Personally, if my next door neighbor had someone visit their house at these times, . . . or any time for that matter, . . .I probably would not notice it or remember it. People have other things to do. I have many clients. . . two of them live in localmtp's neighborhood. They keep calling, so I assume that they are happy with my service. . . as are 50 or so other clients. When I see a turtle crossing the road, I stop traffic to pick him up and move him to safety. When I find a spider in the bathroom, I catch it and put it outside. I love animals. . . . all of them. . . I do not neglect them. Pros: see review Cons: see review more

Hi, This is Rebecca at No Place Like Home Pet Sitting. Please give me a call at 843-276-3953. I will tell you all about my business and about the other review on this site. Please remember, there are ALWAYS two sides to a story. more

Explicit instructions were left on the day of our trip and discussed with Rebecca two weeks before via an informal meeting. She was shown where the food was located and given explicit, written (2 paged) instruction on their eating, walking and pooping schedule. Upon our arrival, we found 5 large poo's throughout the house. In addition, our next door neighbor came over every day at lunch to visit with them only and he notified us that he scooped up 7 large poo's throughout the house over 3 days. Our dogs are trained!\r We also found there to be no water in their bowls. The toilet bowls were empty, showing me that the dogs must have had to resort to drinking toilet water. When we arrived home, our dogs cowardly came down the stairs, whereas, usually they would run down happily to see us. I have confronted 5 neighbors and only 1 reported seeing her car in the driveway. The one reported seeing her one day. We live in an active neighborhood, where kids are always playing in our driveway, neighbors playing outside with their dogs and exercising outside is the norm for our residents. Believe me, if a dog sitter had been walking our three labs on leashes twice a day as agreed upon, she w ould have been seen or heard!\r I have spoken to her, but she denies not taking appropriate care of the dogs. When questioned about the smell of poo, she claims she was born without a sense of smell, thus would not have been able to smell dog poo. She admits not paying much attention to who pooed when on their walks and admits that she did not check the house for poo. Poo was visibly on the main rugs in our house and on the stairwell, where she was suppose to travel on to fill the upstairs bowl of water. If she had stepped beyond the front hall, she must have been blind to not see the poo! Or decided that ws not her job and left it to dry on our orental and seagrass rugs! Our house still smells of poo and the three rugs can not be cleaned. Pros: Zero Cons: For a supposed animal lover I was shocked by the lack of care my dogs suffered at her hands more