Attentive, responsive and through! Took excellent care of my fur babies. Highly recommend!read more

We are new to town and had to go back to our previous location out of state unfortunately for a…read moreloss in our family and needed care for our senior cat (Boo). We found Kristal online, reached out to her late on a Friday and she replied the following morning with options to do a meet and greet before we needed her services in the next following days. We met and instantly felt comfortable with her - she has such great energy. :) We've had Boo his whole life - 19 years - and he's never been left alone overnight before so we were nervous and anxious about leaving him. We had to be gone for four days and Kristal came in twice a day to check on him and texted us timely updates with videos and photos and I'm pleased to say the whole process was a complete success! Although our cat was very happy to see us when we returned, he did not seem overly stressed or anxious so we were really happy. We would not hesitate to recommend Kristal - she is excellent!

A great option and service. We so appreciated the photos sent along with updates. When our plans…read morechanged last minute, they were able to accommodate. Highly recommend for all kitties

Kristin was great! She was responsive and great with Gatsby. He doesn't eat when I am not home and…read moreshe made sure to sit with him so he would eat.

Strangest experience. Dee Dee took a disliking to my partner. After the interview was over, she…read morecame back and said her employees found fleas after interacting with our animals. This was a great surprise, so we took all of our pets to the vet, and he confirmed that our pets didn't have any fleas. The problem is that she made a REALLY big deal about the fleas and said that her employees wouldn't sit for us because of the fleas. She lectured us about hard it was to get rid of fleas and that we had to bomb and do follow-up treatment. She was really weird. She first said that one of her employees found 3 fleas on him during the interview. After that, when she came back, she said she was picking fleas off of the other employee and that he told her that he wouldn't pet sit for us. She was awful and oh so strange and the message was that we were lucky to have her team as pet sitters, as though we were the lucky ones to have her, not that we were valued as a customer. Keep in mind that I worked many years as a pet sitter and never would have treated a potential customer the way this very strange team treated us. There are so many pet sitters that are great. Keep looking, please. Thank goodness, our pets don't have fleas, confirmed by our vet. That said, how annoying because she didn't like my partner she made up ugly stories, I guess assuming that we wouldn't check. Very, very weird people, and we're very glad we didn't allow them in our home with our pets when we weren't home.

Deborah Fouts, fondly known as Aunt DeeDee to our two cats has made it possible for my husband and…read moreI to travel and have pets. I always hated the boarding option for my cats. The last thing two totally indoor cats need is a week or two in a kennel with barking dogs, cages and strange people. Enter Aunt DeeDee. My two cats love her and I have come to rely on her service. Going out of the state or country? Nothing like a text from home with pictures of your pets having fun! The Pet Nanny offers all this and more. She gathers our mail, takes out the trash, feeds and plays with the cats. Yes really, she plays with the cats. They now think the natural order of life is food followed by play time, followed by cuddles. Thank you for helping me spoil my cats completely, and feel less guilty about leaving them behind. You are an important part of our family! Oh... and humans, don't be offended the first time you meet DeeDee. She will greet you, but she is there to meet your furry friends!

We LOVE Meowinn! I…read morerelocated to NC from across the country, and was surprised and relived when I found Meowinn! They have been a huge blessing and major help to me and my daughter when we need to find a safe, clean and caring place for our sweet orange tabby, Bleach. They are 30 mins away; however they have been the best place we've ever experienced and encountered. For more than a year now this has been the only place we take our sweet boy. Thank you Meowinn! We love your services and brag about you all the time! As we meet more cat owners in our new home state - we highly recommend you! Bleach may miss us when we're away, but he knows he's in good hands, and we couldn't ask for better care for him! Thank you for caring for our boy as if he's your own, and for sending daily pics/updates of how he is managing while we are away. We appreciate you!! You rock!!

We loved everything about our cat Harley's stay at MeowInn!…read moreThe space is clean, the kitty-condos are a very good size, and the owners obviously care about providing a top-notch stay for their feline patrons. Daily updates with pictures from the condo and/or playroom were a welcome way see that our cat was having a good time and warming up to the space. We strongly recommend giving your kitty a day at the spa, and we are honestly considering taking Harley back even between trips. The bath and blowout did wonders for her coat, and it never hurts to have pros clip those nails. Plus, she smelled great for a few days.

Our Misu girl received so much love while she was here over the holidays! From the beginning when…read morewe first met Crystal and Ms. Doreen, we could tell they were real cat ladies. We just moved into Durham a few months ago and didn't realize most owners had their cats reserved 3-4 months in advance before the holidays for the usual tall rooms. My husband and I were desperate due to flight plans (& we wanted a cat only kennel) and they squeezed our 9 month kitten into their lobby 1 month before. They made her (and us) feel such a VIC (very important cat)/VIP, we were so grateful she ended up as being their last minute office cat for the 7 days we were gone. They were very meticulous to make sure the doors were locked if she was outside of her kennel. Misu girl was so spoiled, received so many head pets (with bonus daily pics and/or videos), and we absolutely would not hesitate to bring her back to the Laid Back Cat next time we need to go out of town. They really treat your cat as if it was their own family member. Oh yeah, she loves the fuzzy white ball they gifted her for Christmas! THANK YOU!! /// FYI Crystal & Ms. Doreen do live on a separate building on the same property (which is awesome) & calling is the best mode of communication if you need to reach them.

Absolutely incredible retreat for your feline. The Owners, Crystal and Doreen, truly love cats and…read moreyour cat(s) will be loved on and tended to while in their expert care. Each suite offers a safe, clean and view of the woods and wildlife to keep your kitty entertained. So much care and thought goes into this facility to make it the next best thing to home.

A Whole Lotta Love is FANTASTIC!!! We have full trust in…read moretheir staff, and Susan is amazingly helpful and responsive by email and phone. We look forward to the text updates and photos while we are away. During one trip, unfortunately our dog got sick. Our pet sitters went above and beyond to make sure he was safe and even cleaned up the areas in our house. We are very grateful to have this group part of our family!

While I haven't taken advantage of the petsitting or dogwalking services quite yet, I do want to…read moresay that the weekly treat deliveries have been a lifesaver during the pandemic. Susan and team are an absolute pleasure to work with and I know Gloria and Rose are thoroughly enjoying their weekly orders. Thanks so much!

What an amazing place! We brought "George and Cliff" our fur-babbies to Happy Cats Retreat for a…read morelittle over 3 weeks. What great care they recieved. We've never boarded our kitties before and usually have a pet sitter that comes to our house to check on them when were are away. Cliff had just had some stones removed and we knew he needed a watchful eye. We are so happy we found Happy Cats Retreat. Douglas and his son Logan were so attentive to their care and updatuing us on the "vacation". Sending pictures and videos of them. This retreat is wonderful! So caring. Thank you Douglas and Logan!

Douglas and others at Happy Cats Retreat took great care of our kitty! From the first time I…read morecalled and spoke to Douglas I knew this would be ideal because he boards only cats so there are no dogs around to disturb them! We had a "condo with a view" with a window to the outside and nearby birdfeeders to keep our kitty entertained. We truly appreciate the care and attention that our kitty received from Douglas and others at Happy Cats Retreat!

Been going here for years . Great staff and great place my husky loves them! Affordable and reliableread more

They called me right before pickup and said my dog was coughing up blood and has a knot on the top…read moreof his neck; that wasn't there before! My husband specifically gave him a bath and took him for a checkup before we left to go out of town. There is no way we wouldn't have seen this and especially coughing up blood! He seemed so scared when we picked him up it looked as though they choked him during the time they gave him a "bath" I guess. I do know that we took him home and tried to doctor on him because unfortunately we just came off vacation and paid them a ton of money for no one to admit to anything. Don't I repeat Don't take your pet here smh!!!! P.s. the knot is STILL there but has shrunk a lil, he hasn't coughed up blood since oh and his bark was very hoarse sounding after a week it got better.