Fantastic! Will not use another service! They go above & beyond basic care. I also love how they…read morepost update including pictures after every visit. It's obvious that their staff love animals.

I cannot say enough good things about 5 Paws. My two walkers, Melinda and Mattie, go above and…read morebeyond. My dog Franklin is happy to see them and I know when I get home that he's been well cared for. They leave detailed reports and plenty of pictures. This is my 3rd yr using them and I'm so grateful that I can enjoy my vaca worry free. Thank you !

I live very close to Swarthmore. I called their number about caring for our two cats, left a…read morevoicemail, and they never returned my call. If I have to call them more than once to get their attention, what does that say? Can you imagine trusting someone like that to care for your pets? They were recommended by my vet, but that won't happen again.

Love'm & Leave'm has cared for our pets for at least 10 years ! They have always been very…read moreaccommodating and reliable. In general, we take our pets with us when we go away, but there are those times that we just can't, and Tina and Bernadette have always been responsive and helpful. We have even contacted them when we have had emergencies and were unable to be home to walk our pets, and they have always come through for us. We can't imagine entrusting our pets (and our home) to anyone else!

Chenoa is the best. I know my dog Nori is being loved on when I leave her there. Nori had to have…read moresome extensive surgery recently & Chenoa went above & beyond to take care of her.Chenoa is reliable, responsible & warm. When I say I feel so lucky to have found her & how much I appreciate her care of my dog, it's no exaggeration. I'm not always sure my dog wants to leave with me!!

Chenoa is a fantastic dog walker and sitter. We have a geriatric dog who really is best in her own…read morehome when we travel. Chenoa dog sat for us and updated us regularly. When we saw the pictures, we could see that our dog was happy and at peace, which we did not see when we would bring her to another dog sitter's home. Chenoa is very attentive to her clients' needs and goes out of her way to make her clients, and their parents, feel comfortable. I would recommend Ballantine Paws to anyone!

We've used Paws and Purrs sitters several times and have been very pleased with the services they…read moreoffer. They took care of our older kitty who would get very anxious when she would stay at the vet. Staying at home gave us peace of mind that she was in her favorite place and was being cared for. They've also kept an eye on the little feral cat we've "adopted", giving her fresh food and water. They also bring in our newspapers and mail. Very responsive, and they've worked out for us.

I'm giving P&P two stars, not one, because we never had the chance to utilize their services…read more Here's why: We had a consultation set up a week in advance for 6:30pm on a Thursday evening. The owner called to push it back to 7pm on the same day. Fine, we're flexible and we know things come up. 7pm comes and we get a call from the owner saying she just got to Center City to do one of her cat sits and wouldn't be back to Delaware County until past 8pm and would have to reschedule...okay, again, we know things happen so we wanted to give her one more chance. We reschedule for the upcoming Tuesday at 6:30pm. At 6:45pm I called her, my patience running thin, to see where she was. She frantically answered her phone saying she was just about to call us, and that she had (wait for it .....) completely forgotten about all of her pet visits and client meetings for the day...............and can we reschedule for tomorrow. NO. Absolutely not. I'm not condoning lying, but at least make something up and don't tell me that you forgot about all of your appointments for the day!! I feel bad for the dogs and other pets that didn't get their visits that day. We will NOT be moving forward with P&P Sitters. Very unprofessional. It seems that the owner is spreading herself too thin with her service area (bad business decision) and doesn't have enough staff to run the company smoothly. Narrow down your service area so that you're not covering 3 counties over SW PA and focus on the quality of your service. This was very unprofessional and really disappointing. Not to mention a waste of two of my evenings in one week.

You know you're in the right place when your dog goes crazy as soon as you pull into the driveway…read more Plenty of space to work off his energy. friendly hard working staff. Great place!!!!

I would give zero stars! Please do yourself a favor and stay far away from this poor excuse of a…read moredoggy daycare! The service is absolutely deplorable, not to mention the manner in which they didn't mind sending my dogs home. Purely filthy as if they have been in a horse stable for several days! Accountability is not their strong suit and neither is taking care of dogs while they're under their care. Where do I even begin!?!? Let me Istart with the main issue which was they sent one of my dogs home with fecal matter embedded on his behind. They claim he had diarrhea on Saturday, but never told us about it or mentioned any issues with the dog upon pick up. Let it be noted that I have never seen diarrhea, thick and chunky like this ever in my life. It simply slipped their mind to tell my husband that the dogs were under distress and had diarrhea, but please bear in mind that they surely didn't forget to collect the payment from us. What's most disappointing is when this was pointed out to them after calling on four different occasions, and sending one email through their portal in a matter of a day. They were unapologetic and simply didn't care about any of my concerns and tried to say that the dogs were not friendly towards people which I know to be false when we have had them under the care of other doggy daycare's on numerous occasions. Unfortunately, the one the one we go to was booked for the time frame we needed, so which forced us to give this place a try. Once I mentioned this fecal matter, I was told they were also not friendly to the people there and they were scared to clean them. The next thing I was told is that they tried to clean them, but they didn't want to get bit. You would think I brought full grown aggressive dogs there. Please bear in mind that they are 8 and 35 pound cavapoos and we have never heard this from anyone a day in our life. They are sweet dogs that are friendly, and if they don't feel like being bothered, they stay to themselves, but never are aggressive in any manner. The next thing they went on to say was that they did not like the dogs and we're not friendly to them either. Once I mentioned how disgustingly filthy our dogs were, then I was met with oh they played with the dogs all day and that's why they were so filthy, when just moments ago, you advised that they didn't like any of the dogs and were not friendly to them. If you're going to lie, please remember your lies before you tell another one that totally contradicts the last one. Yes, the manager could care less, but these are the owners that I'm speaking about which is even more deplorable! It likely was difficult to remember since the entire time the owner was discussing and asking for insight with someone else while we were on the phone, as if she cannot speak on her own. Needless to say, my dogs will never be back to this facility and I hope to educate other people on this place and that is in their best interest to find somewhere else to take their pets while they're on vacation! I spent an hour and a half cleaning both dogs thoroughly and trying to get the fecal matter off of the one dog and used an entire bottle of shampoo. To sum this up, The Customer Service is poor, care and attention that they put on the animals is poor, the accountability aspect is poor and rather than saying, our dogs are not people friendly dogs, they should look at themselves because they are definitely not in the right business to provide customer service to paying customers and try to assist customers when they have an issue that their establishment caused. Just to give you a visual of what we experienced when we picked up our dogs, I have attached pictures. I'm sure anyone would agree that that it doesn't have to be a baby to be entitled to a clean environment and a clean body. This is an extremely upsetting state to send a pet home in. They deserve to be treated kindly and taken care of while their owners are away. This was truly a disgrace and they are super unprofessional.

I've posted twice about this service but for some reason yelp keeps taking the posts down. I have…read moreused the services of this dog walker and he was terrible. He would just rearrange the leashes and not take my dogs out for a walk. He would yell at them and a few times did not even show up.

WARNING to all Delco Pet Care clients... We've been using Charlie Sherman for many years. We…read morerecently installed home security cameras, and what was recorded is sickening. We've been paying for Charlie to walk into our home to rearrange the leashes, obviously to make us aware that he was there. Not only were our dogs not walked, but he didn't even acknowledge them or have the decency to let them out to do their business. We deeply apologize to anyone who we may have recommended him.

I recently adopted a 9-month old dog and wanted to jump into training right away. I retained…read moresomeone who lived very close to me and had great reviews, but after a few sessions I realized our schedules were not compatible; I was not getting consistency and reliability from her. It's important for me to make progress with my dog, so I Googled alternate options and stumbled upon Alex's page. I called him on a Friday and he picked up the phone right away. We spoke for a while about my needs and he came out the following Tuesday for what was supposed to be a 2-hour visit. I fell in love with him immediately, he is not only so personable and likable on his own, but he really takes the time to LISTEN to what you need and work on those things right away. I had mentioned my priorities to my previous trainer, but I found that she was teaching my dog commands that didn't actually accomplish what I was after. In our first meeting, Alex worked on SO MANY of my priorities. He got my dog to go into her crate on command, taught her to "stay," showed me how to "walk with" my dog better on her leash, and (using a 30' leash outdoors) started working on recall with her. We were so immersed in what was going on that Alex started to go a little bit over our time, but he didn't want to stop because we were making such great progress. I told him if he wanted to give me a third hour right then and there that I was prepared to pay for it, and he did!! I learned a lot of things from Alex myself during our first meeting, like how to employ the use of "deltas" (which my old trainer never once mentioned) and how non-verbal cues are arguably more important than verbal ones. Again, my old trainer actually discouraged me from using hand motions, but once incorporating them into my routine I noticed that my dog was much more compliant than she had been. Another positive difference between my old trainer and Alex is he really takes the time to teach you why he's doing what he's doing, and encourages you to participate. My old trainer just taught my dog a command and had me replicate/practice when she left. Alex really makes you feel like you are a part of the teaching process. After our private session Alex recommended some "Small Group Therapy" for my pup. He came at noon on a Thursday to pick up my dog and she proceeded to go on a several-hour outing with his two chihuahuas and a dog he was fostering. The entire time he was out with her he was recording and sharing videos on an iCloud album. It was INCREDIBLE to not only see everything that was happening, but to hear him narrate why he was doing the things he was doing. I could not get enough of his videos and felt like I was there during the session. On top of Alex's excellent communication, punctuality, reliability, friendliness, competency, and effectiveness, his rates are OUTRAGEOUS in the BEST way! I truly believe he is under-charging for his services. I can get three hours with Alex for less than I paid for one hour with my prior trainer, and I feel much better about the work that is done during that timeframe. I adore Alex, and most importantly, what he is doing works. He really gets into the mind of your dog, and has such a wonderful way of connecting with them and their needs. I am elated to keep our work going - my pup has lots more Small Group Therapy outings in her future and it's wonderful that I have the option to use him one-on-one to teach her even more commands in the house. One day I hope to move on from essential commands to more fun ones, like "roll over" or "go get X toy."

Alex is wonderful. We are quite grateful to have come across his page on Yelp. He cares for our…read moreDoberman with great compassion. He's knowledgeable, skilled at what he does, & overall, you can tell his calling is to keep dogs in loving homes with owners who just need the tools plus support to train & love on their pet babies. If our Ketsia (Sisi) didn't love us so much, I think she'd hop on over to Alex's place :) She's strong-willed & protective but sooo loving & sweet. We're making great progress! Thank you, Alex.