Lynda is the BEST! We have a cabin in Arnold and use her Calaveras branch for day sitting and overnights. My dog Lido is the light of my life, and that's putting it mildly - meaning I can be a little over bearing and generally don't let him stay just anywhere. I can honestly say Lynda is one of the only people that's not a family member that I trust wholeheartedly with his care. It also helps that he has become best friends with one of her recent foster fails I love that they only take small (or very calm larger dogs), allow them to cuddle in bed and most importantly only use positive reinforcement. I always trust that he is being treated as if he was one of their own. Could not recommend Lynda or her services enough. We feel so lucky to have found her! read more

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I attempted to schedule dog walking for my dog months ago in advance for entire summer. Not anyone was available to walk my little pip squeak dog. BAPP needs to hire at least 20 more walkers is my recommendation. Can't find the words to relay to you the disappointment of my dog stuck at home when he would rather go out for a lunch date with a cute dog walker to scratch his nose, tease him by tugging his tail, stopping into the backyard to play a quick game of fetch before being let back into residence. sniff sniff, sniff sniff and woof woof read more

Great dog walkers, super responsive, and flexible on last minute changes or requests. Overall fantastic service!

Happy to give BAPP a positive review! Responsive, thorough, reliable pet care. I am very grateful for Lynda and her team as the peace of mind they bring allows me to travel knowing my cat is well taken care of. Highly recommended! read more

Lynda and her team are so responsive and trustworthy. If I ever have any questions, they get back to me right away, and I always know that our "fur baby" is in good hands. It is great going to work and knowing he will get a good walk in along with lots of loving. I highly recommend this company. read more

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I have used BAPP a couple of times for cat sitting while away, and I will keep coming back to BAPP for their services. Lynda and the team are enthusiastic, warm and friendly, responsive and trustworthy. They get the job done and with love for my little ones. Would definitely recommend read more

After a knee injury I needed help walking my dog for about a month. Lynda was able to match me up with Don quickly and arrange a meet and greet quickly so that Don was able to start the next day. Don was very professional and reliable and my dog looked forward to walking with him every afternoon. I highly recommend them. read more

Lynda and her team at Bay Area Pet Pals are simply the best pet care service I've ever used!! Our two cats Muffin and George are in good hands every time our family relies on them. We get daily updates (and photos!) - and never have to worry about all of their needs. Thank you Bay Area Pet Pals! read more

Bay Area Pet Pals has earned my trust and business!! The owner (Lynda) of Bay Area Pet Pals was responsive to all my emails while I was inquiring and searching for a pet sitter. Lynda was extremely helpful in ensuring me that her team was experienced and accountable for services. I am so grateful and happy that I found Bay Area Pet Pals. Brandy was excellent, and took great care of Rue (my cat) while I was away! I received a text update from Brandy on Rue which I was very happy about as it put me at ease. She even sent pictures of Rue :) I definitely am excited to have a trusted team that I can continue to use for pet sitting in the near future! Bay Area Pet Pals is awesome! I definitely feel that they are a team of loving, trained caregivers for people's fur-babies! read more

I have been using BAPP for over a year now: weekly walks for my dog and pet sitting for my cat. i love the great communication and flexibility Lynda and her team offer and since she has a team, that I never have to worry about cancellations leaving me in a tight spot. Having said that, Lynda sets you up with a "regular" member of her staff so they can get to know your pets. My guys love Vlad, who is fantastic with animals and is a volunteer/supporter of the local Humane Society. I love his and Lynda's proven love of and commitment to animals. I trust that they truly care about the work they do and I never worry about my guys in their care. Highly recommend. read more

Michael has been working with our anxious pittie Maggie for almost. A year now? We could not be happier. Michael is friendly, consistent, and wonderful with Maggers. He and Lynda are joys to work with, and Maggie ADORES Michael! They are terrific! read more

Bay Area Pet Pals - This is Maggie...taken by Michael. Thanks Mike! - Pet Sitting Near Me

We have been using Bay Area Pet pals for over 6 years now for mainly cat visits and the communication, service, and reliability have been top notch. Lynda's care and attention to detail is appreciated and Adriana, who does our visits, has been nothing short of amazing. It's hard to find trustworthy pet sitters and having Lynda and Adriana allows us to travel worry free. I highly recommend their services. read more

Update based on owner's response: This review was not based on your policy. After you explained, I totally understand. It was based on the communication, as I said. I requested a quote on their website and they replied "We don't do visits every other day". I asked how much for one visit, they replied "We don't do one time visit". Emm, I was confused. If they could say a little bit more like "2 continuous days minimum" or something that would be much more effective communication. read more

I love my cats with every fiber of my being. They are the most important things in the world to me and I would do anything for them... but that doesn't mean I don't know that they are little dickheads who can be very hard for anyone who is not me to love. My main fear having moved away from all my family who know the deal with my little buggers and their bad boy behavior was that if I needed to go away for work or anything that I wouldn't be able to find someone who could find it in their heart to love and care for my little butthole boys while I'm away. I mean, they're mostly sweet to me, but to other people they can definitely be a bunch of jags. They mean well, though, and when I have to be away from them it's still very important to me that they get the love, attention, and care that they've grown accustomed to and I'm super grateful to Bay Area Pet Pals for existing and taking good care of my Baes when I've been out of town. Lynda is the HBIC (and I mean that in the best way possible). You'll fill out a mega ton of paperwork on each of your pets and your home before your booking. The forms are very, VERY detailed but for good reason, I'm sure. No detail should go un-noted because you just never know what kind of trouble your pet could (but hopefully won't) get into. Before you go out of town, you'll make arrangements to have the sitter come over, see your place, meet your pets and get comfortable in what would otherwise be a very strange situation for all involved. I've used BAPP for two extended weekends now and have had 3 different sitters throughout all the visits. I have to say that Kate is far and away my favorite. She's the sweetest woman and you can tell she just lives and breathes animals, specifically cats. She's super dutiful with sending an email every time she visits (I sign up for her to come twice a day am/pm) and to send me pics of each of my boyz on all her visits. It's nice to see that they're doing ok and hear little anecdotes while I'm out of town and missing my bad boy baby loves. On my last trip away, Kate even went so far as to hand knit little cat toys for each of my boys and they love them more than any of their millions of other toys. Probably because I know Kate made them with love. It was so cute and they now drive me nuts all night long chasing and throwing around their little mice toys. And as much as it kills me to say it, I think my guys probably missed Kate going away more than they missed me. Prices vary based on type of pet, if your pet needs any medications and how many visits per day your pet needs. I schedule the petsitter to come twice a day for my guys and the cost is $33 a visit, I believe, and that includes giving my one boy his meds everyday, taking care of the litter box and feeding them a zillion cans of food a day because these b*tches are hella spoiled and that's just the life they know now. It's not cheap, but it's worth it and my boys have always been in as good of shape as I left them when I've returned, without any acting out or anything. 100% will continue to use BAPP. read more

Bay Area Pet Pals - Hand knit gifts for my boyz from Kate. (The best!) - Pet Sitting Near Me

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I love Bay Area Pet Pals and Lynda! My dog and I are so happy and pleased with everything. When I tell Kai that we are going to Lynda's for doggy day care, he gets really excited. He cannot wait to get out of the car when we pull up to her home. He runs straight to the door and doesn't bother saying bye to me when I drop him off. There are many reasons why I love Lynda's day care and overnight: 1 - she has two of her own dogs and Kai LOVES them 2 - she loves dogs and genuinely loves being with them and takes them to the park and beach (how awesome is that!) 3 - she sends updates during the day (for day care) and multiple updates (text, pics, video) for overnights. 4 - her home is spacious and clean. She lets the dogs in the house and in the back yard and porch (Kai loves to tan in the sun and he can't do this at home!) 5 - she has other dogs that are also very well mannered and you feel confident that all the dogs will play nicely together. I never have to worry that there will be a dog fight. 6 - she is very flexible with time (pick-up/drop off) 7 - she is very responsive when you message her 8 - she lets Kai snuggle in her bed during overnight stays (no crate) I think I can go on and on but bottom line is - if you need doggy day care or overnight or dog walking, Lynda is the very best person in the area! Kai will be attending doggy day care as much as possible. He has become less anxious and has become much more social with other dogs. read more

Bay Area Pet Pals - One of the many picture updates that Lynda sends to me when Kai is at doggy day care. - Pet Sitting Near Me

I realize that I haven't yet reviewed BAPP since we had pet sitting services done back in May. We haven't done pet sitting in our home for our rabbits before so we were nervous, but BAPP was wonderful throughout the whole process. Our sitter Nina was absolutely wonderful and she made sure that our rabbit was relaxed and happy while we were away! We received daily updates and videos from her each visit, which kept us at ease knowing that our rabbit was well cared for. We will definitely continue to use their services! read more

How have I not reviewed Bay Area Pet Pals yet?! I found Lynda when I was in something of a pickle (and ice cream?) at nine months pregnant, new to the area and no one to watch my pets while we were in the hospital in September of 2009 to have our first baby. Lynda came to the rescue, only having the opportunity to meet my two (large, shaggy) dogs and cats two weeks before my due date. Then, when emergency surgery wound up happening, that turned into a one week lead time for a full week of full-time care for my critters. Text messages with every visit, important details everyday on the well being of my pets and a Christmas card in December were all awesome. My dogs got to stay home while I was out instead of being shuffled off to a kennel like they were for vacations in the past. This made coming home much calmer for all involved. I don't think I'll do it any other way again! read more

We lost 17.5 year old Italian Greyhound 4 months ago. My little one got sick for almost 2 months losing 4 Lbs out of 12 Lbs via this shocking event. He could survive with 2 month of my intensive natural care, but still he continued to be mourning. In the 3rd month after his brother passed, Lynda took care of my little one for 2 weeks based on the results from a couple of day-care trials. I am extremely happy not only because she took a very good care of him while I am gone, but also my little precious one completely regained confidence while I was gone. Lynda seems to be able to read human mind and pets' minds, and knows exactly what we/they need. It was a big challenge for me to leave him alone for such a long time so soon, but I could also regained confidence in him living his new life without his brother of 12 years who always took care of him when I need to be away from him for business. Lynda, I can not do it without your profound love. Thank you!! read more

Bay Area Pet Pals - Receiving warm care by Lynda, my boy regained confidence after being sick for 2 mo losing his brother. Thank you!!! - Pet Sitting Near Me

The walkers from Bay Area Pet Pals are amazing! My dog Pippa loves going on walks with Michael and Brandy. I get updates (with photos) after each walk. During COVID, Michael and Brandy practice safe pick-up and return of Pippa. Having them continue, even when I had to work from home has been a godsend! read more

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Let me start by saying that like many animal lovers, my cats are my babies. Before finding BAPP I trusted two people to take care of them - my Mom, and my neighbor (who is also a huge animal lover). Unfortunately, my neighbor moved out of the area, and I wanted to take Mom on a short vacation to Tahoe. After a lot of research I decided to go with BAPP. Maya came to meet the kitties for a consultation. I have two cats - Casey, who is very friendly and loves everyone, and her brother Leo-who is 15lbs of 100% pure, unfiltered, scaredy-cat. I was fully expecting him to run for the hills as soon as the door opened (as per usual). But Maya came in very quietly and immediately crouched down to greet him with soft words. Not only did he NOT run for the hills, but he bumped her hand with his head! If you knew my cat, you would know how epic this is. He has done this to exactly three people (besides me) before Maya - my Mom, my old neighbor and my landlord (even then it took him 4 years to warm up to her). I knew then that she was the right person. I was 100% at ease with leaving them in her care. Maya was very conscientious with keeping me updated twice a day on how they were doing (with photos!). She made sure Casey got her medication (which she can be fussy about) and gave them plenty of love. Lynda (the owner) is very thorough and professional (having all the paperwork online made life SO much easier!!) - not to mention very kind and understanding. I found the price was reasonable (it depends on what services you need) - for my two cats it ended up being $31 per visit (total, not per cat). $60+ a day was WELL WORTH the piece of mind of knowing my kids were in good hands. I can't recommend them enough, they deserve every single 5 star review on here. read more

Bay Area Pet Pals - Leo the (scaredy) Lion. Notice how relaxed he is with Maya! - Pet Sitting Near Me

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Bay Area Pet Pals and their caregivers have been amazing to work with over the last three years. It's never easy to find someone you trust to care for your pets and to also be in your home when you're away. Brandy and Vlad have gained our trust immediately. They are very reliable, send photos and updates, and alert us if anything seems off around the house or with our pets. They care a lot about animals and do a great job. We're thrilled we have found this service ! read more

We love Bay Area Pet Pals! Cassie has worked with our cat Sashi while we were away for a couple of weekends. We were able to meet her and have her meet Sashi before we confirmed our booking. She is so kind and sweet with our cat who loves her! She always sends us pictures of Sashi during her time with her which makes us assured that Sashi is in good hands! I would highly recommend Bay Area Pet Pals for anyone looking for pet sitting services! read more

Lynda of Bay Area Pet Pals is wonderful! I recently adopted a sweet 3 year old dog from the Humane Society and wanted to find a sitter who would love her as much as I do. I immediately felt comfortable with Lynda and so did my sweet pup. Thank you Lynda for taking such good care of Butterscotch. I truly appreciate it. I have recommended Lynda to all friends. She will treat your baby extremely well, giving you a lot of peace of mind. PS The photo is my pup with some of hers ... having a ball. read more

Bay Area Pet Pals - My dog with Lynda's. She has so much fun there! - Pet Sitting Near Me

We have boarded our 2 small dogs with Lynda (the owner) several times over the last couple of years. She always gives them top notch care, and I never have to worry. She is detail oriented, organized and personable. You can tell she is not only extremely experienced, but truly loves all animals. She also frequently sends photos so we can connect with them while away. I highly recommend Bay Area Pet Pals!!! read more

We recently moved from the East Bay to San Mateo and had a hard time finding the right pet caretaker/walker for our senior dog, since we really wanted the same walker each day - harder to find that we thought! Fortunately we found Lynda at BAPP. Our new walker Kim is great! She sends us photos everyday after each walk and our dog is always smiling from ear to ear. You can tell his is so happy when he's with Kim. Lynda is very responsive and thorough, and her team of walkers are all employees with many years experience. We highly recommend!! read more

We just started using Bay Area Pet Pals and we are completely beyond happy we did! Ivette is the most careful and playful sitter my little pup has ever had! She sends us tons of puppy pic updates and is so careful and detailed in everything she does for my little pup. I love that she communicates really well and most of all I love the smile and bright eyes my puppy has when Ivette comes over to play with her. My husband was apprehensive allowing someone new into our home while we are not home but after having Ivette come over a few times we don't know how we could go on without her! Thanks Ivette for taking such good care of our fur baby! Leaving our little 10 month old puppy is no easy task but feels better knowing she gets a friendly visit and lots of love! read more

I found Bay Area Pets on Yelp and after reading the excellent reviews, contacted Lynda. She did not disappoint. Based on our needs and the size of our dog, Lynda recommended Vlad. It's the perfect fit. Vlad is super professional, trustworthy, reliable and nice! I know he takes good care of our dog on the walks and always is always attentive. We cannot be happier with his pet walking services. Lynda will find the best caregiver for your pet. We highly recommend her. read more

Ivette has been so wonderful as a dog-walker for our little cavalier. She is so sweet and conscientious, and he is always so excited to hear her call his name on walk days read more

We have been using Lynda's services for more than a year now and they are fantastic. Cassie has been our dog walker and she was always perfect, on time and best of all, our 2 monsters (English Cocker spaniels) love her. We also had them sitting Canoowie and Lola for a week when we had an emergency trip!!!! Heidi stayed in our place giving them all the attention and always keeping us informed on how they were. We truly recommend Bay Area Pet Pals! read more

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We have been using Bay Area Pet Pals for a few years for cat sitting and have always had a great experience. Lynda is very responsive and helpful and always tries to have the same sitter come for our shy cat. No matter what sitter we have, they are always great and send fun updates after they visit our cat. Highly recommend Bay Area Pet pals! read more

We can't be more thankful to Bay Area pet pals! We have a couple of bunnies, and Natalia took a great care of them. We were super nervous as this was their first time, but Natalia calmed us and gave us the confidence. She took a great great care of them. I strongly recommend Bay Area pet pals for your fur babies. read more

We've had both Ian and Sherri sit for us and they both took awesome care of our 3 cats! We got daily updates with pictures and videos so we knew our kitties were in great hands and we never had to worry. That was so reassuring for us because we recently moved to this area, have no family as backup and we were traveling out of the country. Lynda is also really responsive and easy to work with for scheduling. Highly recommend! read more

We love Lynda and our dog walker Adriana! We had another dog walker for years who moved and we were so nervous about finding another dog walker---but then we found Bay Area Pet Pals and we could not be happier! Lynda makes the process go so smoothly and our dog walker Adriana is AMAZING! Allan and Jesse--redwood City read more

We have been using Bay Area Pet Pals for about a year now to come to our home and walk our pup that is a 4 yr old Lahsa Apso. We use this service every time we leave for a vacation. Service: We have had the pleasure of 2 walkers from Lynda's company. Both have been amazing. We get e-mail updates from our walker each visit and they give a great description of how the visit went. Keeps our minds at ease when we aren't there. Convience: Easy to schedule, we always e-mail Lynda and pay her using Chase quick pay. You make a profile the first time with info about your pup and home to make sure the walker knows what they need. We also usually leave a note near the food so if there is anything important that visit they are aware. Price: The service is expensive compared to using a single person but you are getting the guarantee of someone coming to check on your pup even if the agreed on walker can't make it. However this has never happened to us, but that was a consideration while we were looking for a good puppy walker. read more

I travel quite frequently for business. My dog and my cats ARE my kids. Over the years I have taken them to kennels, daycare type places, and tried a few other pet sitting services that I was not too happy with for various reasons, IE...kennel cough, upper respiratory infections, lack of attention, dirty facilities, seemingly uncaring staff, etc... I found Bay Area Pet Pals online and gave them a call, they had a really professional, "good feeling" website with lots of great information. To start off Lynda was very professional and immediately made me feel at ease. I had tons of questions and she answered them all for me and was very patient with this very picky pet owner! ;-) We set a time for her and her son to come and meet me and my "kids". They all actually took to her and her son right away and that is no small feat for one of my cats OR my dog. They got right down on the floor, did a few belly rubs and head scratches and won over the crowd quickly!! She knew her son would be filling in a few days for her while I was gone and she wanted to be sure I met him and was comfortable with him as well as being sure that the pets being OK with him. She took the time to ask me lots of questions about my pets, their routine, feeding times, toys they like, how my dog behaves out on walks and many others I cannot think of at the moment. She even asked me if I wanted to get daily text messages or emails about how my pets were doing.....WOW- that was so cool, I had never even thought of that! Bottom line was, I went on my trip, got my daily text message and when I got home I could tell the pets were happy and content. The treats I had left were almost gone, there was tons of hair in the dogs brush and the cats brush, the food and water bowls were very clean and since my pets drink bottled spring water, I could tell she refreshed it daily as the bottle was really low when I got back. My neighbors had even mentioned they had seen her come by a few times and it was at the exact time of day she had promised me she would be there and they said she spent quite a bit of time there. Since I was not going to be around it was a bit hard to trust someone with your pets AND your home, after all they could not even show up, or just throw some food down and leave...I frankly live in a duplex and asked my neighbors to listen and keep a look out...Yes I am a bit nuts..lol. I am SO glad I found Bay Area Pet Pals...I also like they are a family run service, they have insurance and take great pride in customer service to their furry and human customers! And as a "mom" I feel better that my pets can stay home in their own surroundings, less stress, & less chance of catching anything like at boarding places! GREAT SERVICE! read more

I cannot rave enough about Lynda at Bay Area Pet Pals. I first found her two months back using Yelp to find someone to walk my boss's dog. After just a week I ended up calling her up to walk my dog over a 3-day weekend for me. Let me tell you...never have I been so impressed with ANYONE in ANY service before. My poor dog was going absolutely stir-crazy in my small apartment (I'd recently moved into a studio and my dog of 13 years had lived all his life in a house with other animals). When Lynda goes to walk him, she sent me a text asking if I'd mind if she took him home with her. HOME WITH HER! She then sent me periodic pictures of my spoiled dog taking over her bed and in other various states of pure happiness. read more

Disclaimer: I am a very critical, hard-to-please person. It's only the first day with Bay Area Pet Pals, but I'm pleased as punch already. As other posters have mentioned, Lynda is friendly, professional and exudes trustworthiness and warmth. This must be incredibly difficult to do, as so few business owners seem to be able to do so. We were looking for someone to walk our Akita puppy Monday-Friday, as our regular walker was going back to college. (How dare he further his education at the expense of our puppy! The nerve.) After some failed attempts to connect with a walker on Craigslist, we decided to check Yelp. We called BAPP yesterday, and within five minutes Lynda had called back and offered to swing by our apartment for a walkthrough. We were sold, and so was our puppy. Lynda sent a text message today with a photo of our little guy and an update on his walk (and who was walking him). Totally impressed by this seemingly small gesture -- but again, if it were easy, wouldn't/shouldn't everyone be doing it? I'll try to update my review after a few weeks, but I have a feeling it will be just to add some more praise. read more

Edited from 1 star to 2, on further reflection they responded very quickly and did seem apologetic. If you enjoy spending 30 minutes filling out forms only to be told your dog will not be boarded by them with zero explanation, are willing to prepare your inbox for multiple confused emails about what you are trying to do when it clearly states on the endless form that you are requesting to board your dog, and "Not only will I not board your dog but I will also be on vacation," go ahead and click that little URL redirect. If there is an issue with the description I provided of my pet, wouldn't I benefit from being told? Should there maybe be an indication on the website that you need to do steps 1-3 in such order before they will accept your pet? Glad so many folks have had a good experience with these people, I will not be recommending them. read more

I trust this business. Sherri is very loving and caring with my cats. She always texts pictures of my cats during visits. I think my cats like her too! Quality care and trustworthy sitters are provided every time I used this service. Shoutout to Lynda for being very responsive. read more

This is seriously the best pet sitting/dog walking service around! I've tried several others and nothing compares to Bay Area Pet Pals. I have 2 cats who definitely need a visit every day when I'm on vacation for food and litter cleaning. I feel so much less anxious about leaving them now that I have BAPP. Up until recently I also used them for daily dogs walks. Our elderly dog passed a few weeks ago. ;-( They come to your house and take notes about where food, water, treats, toys, etc are. They also have VERY detailed online forms to fill out. You get to meet your sitter/walker....you will have the same person every visit unless you are notified otherwise. WHICH I LOVE. I have used several of the BAPP sitters and walkers and I can honestly say they have all been wonderful. Lynda seems to do a great job screening all of her employees. I feel so much better about taking trips now and I don't feel guilty about leaving my pets! One of the best parts of their service is that every day you get an updated email or text message! They also send pictures and a description of what happened and/or cute videos. No more worrying if the petsitter made it there, if your animals are starving or if they've gone to the bathroom everywhere! Even though I never specified this they also vacuum the litter area and take out all the trash every time so I come home to a nice clean house. They even left the porch light on for me knowing I wasn't getting into town until evening on the day I came home. I highly recommend BAPP FOR SURE! read more