We have a 14 year old Labrador Retriever, 8 year old Miniature Yorkie and 7 year old Pomeranian. After years of dealing with ""doggie daycare, veterinary boarding services and pet resorts"" in the Raleigh area we had grown accustom to adding $90 + a day to any trip we took.
You would think for the price we paid for a veterinary boarding service that there was a fulltime ?sitter? hanging out with our dogs, allowing them to run free in a fenced in yard during the day, and personal attention given to each one of them for at least 45 minutes a day.... BUT NO ... that would be extra. For the $90+ a day the dogs could share a large crate and would have up to 20 minutes of outside time and 3 bathroom breaks a day. REALLY???
No wonder anytime we pull out a suitcase and began to pack:
? our Yorkie starts to climb in and hide, praying he would ?go unnoticed?
? our Labrador began to pace and pace and pace and pace and pace ...
? and our Pomeranian would start to either hide with the Yorkie or pace with the Labrador
I know that it is not free to board three dogs but the veterinary boarding services were getting TOO expensive for the service. Next we tried a pet resort. At $120.00 a day we could barely afford to go on our week long family vacation and the services offered were nothing to brag about. Again we were being charged additional vet fees along with outdoor ?play time? fees for each dog. OUTRAGEOUS!
Next we decided to try a ?doggie daycare? service we found on a message board at a local restaurant. Things seemed ok upfront, but the additional charges for multiple dogs started to add up. Even though we had a fenced in back yard for daily outside visits and didn?t request, require or receive any ?long walks? we were charged an additional $10.00 per visit. Plus an additional $8.00 per feeding since one dog required medicine that we prepared in a cracker to be given as a twice a day.
With vacations becoming too expensive to take we started relying on unreliable friends to come by and sit our dogs....
This past July we had a week long family beach trip and once again found ourselves in need of a reliable sitter. This time we researched EVERY dog walking service, interviewed a few, and came across Cindy?s Pet Sitting Services. When we talked to the owner, Cindy Golden, we knew Cindy?s Pet Sitting Services was the one for us.
They have been so friendly, accommodating, and we trust them completely with our dogs. The dogs took an immediate liking to their sitter, Gretchen, who came to our house along with Cindy for a face to face hello visit before we committed to using their services.
The same person, Gretchen, would be the one to come by three times a day ? spending 30 minutes with our dogs at each visit. There were no crazy up charges for having more than one dog (only $2.00 for the third dog!) and she leaves a note every time about how the day went.
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