Just THE best experience. This is the first time that Ashley dog sat for us. She came for a meet…read moreand greet to our home. We discussed needs for our two dogs. She got to know the dogs and we went on our weekend feeling completely at ease that she would really take care of our "kids", and she did! She would send a text and sometimes photos of the dogs and give a quick report during a visit. She even handled some things not on her to-do list...ie: bringing in a package and watering some wilting plants in the garden. So glad my husband found her! we've already booked for some of our future needs. Ashley is the best!

From the owner: For over 20 years I have been working with pets as a veterinary assistant, pet sitter and dog…read morewalker. I provide compassionate pet care to all of Sarasota. I love caring and connecting with animals and creating everlasting relationships. I provide the utmost quality care and assure that you and your fur babies will be well taken care of. I have cared for numerous kinds of pets during the years and continue to expanded my knowledge in pet care.

Pam West and her team at Siesta Key Dog are absolutely fantastic. They are professional, caring,…read morecommunicative, trustworthy and affordable; everything I want in a team taking care of my pets when we're out of town. I've been using her service for about 5 years now and we're always extremely happy with how great she is--and her team--when we get home from vacation. Our pets--cat & dog--love them. And we love receiving the written & photo updates every time the pet sitters go to our house. We also really appreciate that they go the extra mile to bring in packages left outside, mail, etc. Thank you Pam & your Siesta Key Dog team! We really appreciate your loving care of our fur babies (& house)!

Our Standard Poodle Phizz is an insecure nutball with separation anxiety. But when we left town, he…read morebarely noticed. Siesta Key Dog walked and fed him, cleaned the yard, played with him, and even took in the mail. On every visit, Pam IM'd photos with notes on how our nut boy was doing. My husband and I are delighted with Siesta Key Dog and highly recommend their services.

Not a safe place for dogs when you are not around…read more Pros - Karen is amazing and one of the nicest people. She was the reason I started boarding my dog here. However, she is only there during weekdays. On the weekends, the place turns into a nightmare. Cons - the owner, Jason, should not be allowed to interact with animals. He constantly complains that my dog and other dogs would bark and that would psychologically irritate him. He even admits to spraying my dog with water to punish him. Ive had several other acquaintances try out this place and get bad feelings from him. Why would someone who hates dogs barking run a dog boarding resort? My dog rarely barks and only does if there is an intruder or there is something wrong. He never barks with Karen. I finally had enough when Jason told me that he would only allow my dog to come back if I SEDATE AND DRUG MY DOG during the whole boarding time. After hearing that, I decided this is not the proper safe place to board my dog or any other animal. Best beware of this place. You may not like what Jason does to your dogs when you are away.

My labradoodle stayed for 5 nights. She seemed to have a great time. I got pictures of her playing…read morewith the daycare dogs and she was in great health and spirits when I picked her up. I got to tour the place upon drop off, she was placed in a large private room, everything was very clean, and there was a nice closed outside area for everyone to run and play. It's not the most fancy boarding facility in town but I know my dog got attention and was well taken care of. Already signed her up to go back!

I live in Sarasota but the Country Canine is my go-to for dog boarding. So good that it's worth the…read moretwo-hour round trip, twice, to get them there and back when traveling. I have two rescues that I affectionately refer to as being special needs. I know that Chloe will personalize care for them. She is in regular communication, including sending photos and videos, while I'm away. She has excellent judgement about their socialization needs, given their backgrounds and dispositions, and they come home a bit more ease around other dogs than before they left. I also like that I am supporting a business that provides direct care to homeless dogs through Farm Dog Fosters Sanctuary. And her prices are very reasonable.

Chloe is amazing! If there was a better adjective, I would use it. She took excellent care of Luke…read moreand Leia, and they had so much fun! Luke was able to socialize with new friends while Leia stayed in the background in her comfort zone. Chloe made sure their needs were met, and she went above and beyond when our trip was unexpectedly extended due to a medical emergency. Our fur babies were in capable hands, and I HIGHLY recommend all of their services beyond 5 stars

worst experience of my dogs life. She was never so happy to leave a place - she ran for the door…read moreas soon as I was given her leash. I provided 2 extra days of Farmers Dog food which disappeared. I provided Oinkies Bacon Wrapped Treats for her which she has been enjoying for the past 5+ years - someone took the bacon strips off the treats. But they forgot to take the crumbles out of the bottom of the packaging. Terrible experience - I wouldn't recommend them even as a last resort (so to speak)

Second time boarding my 16-year old boy. Asked for grooming, asked for shaved versus cut, to cut…read moredown on grooming time for my senior guy. Stunned when I picked him up. He was shaking and crying, I was crying. They said they had to stop halfway through, because he could not tolerate continuing. I would have to stop if someone was scalping me, too. I had to request to see a manager, Jackie, who acted like no big deal, if I want, I could come back sometime when a more experienced groomer was working. Then, she said she would not charge for his 3 day stay. I appreciate that, but, this should never have happened in the first place. So, I am sure there are devoted employees at Bayside, but, never again for me

Glad we found Caroline! We used her for the first time this weekend and she took such good care of…read moreour two dogs. Our bulldog is still like a puppy and our frenchie is a senior cranky old man who requires medication and a cautious hand. We appreciated the report card she sent and the photos and videos. We have a senior frenchie who can be a little difficult, but she took great care of them both. We will definitely use her again for sure!

Unprofessional Bait-and-Switch - Beware - Everything you DON'T WANT in a pet sitter…read more I contacted Caroline at Ohh My Dog for in-home overnight care for my two senior, anxious dogs for a 12-day trip. She provided a full detailed quote for 12 nights of in-home pet sitting ($1,760) and encouraged me to pay a $20 fee for a meet-and-greet to "ensure the dates are set". As soon as I PAID the fee, the service she "offered" completely changed. Despite being explicitly told my dogs cannot board elsewhere due to anxiety issues, she pivoted and repeatedly pressured me to have them stay in her home. She then claimed she "only accepts one pet sitting client (in your home) a month" and eventually stated she doesn't do in-home sits longer than 7 days (despite quoting me for a 12-day in-home stay just days earlier)--crucial information she conveniently left out until after she had taken my money. Trying to schedule the paid "meet-and-greet" was a series of unprofessional excuses: * First Cancellation (Substitution): Caroline deferred the first meeting to her walker, Grace. I paid the fee to meet the person who would be staying in our home. Meeting a walker who Caroline herself admitted "can't help with walks or anything during the week" does not fulfill the professional requirement for a 12 night in-home sitter meet-and-greet. * Second Cancellation (The Yogurt): Caroline canceled our second in-person meeting the morning of, claiming food poisoning from yogurt that had been expired for two months. Yep--Yogurt. * The Reality: Then she asked me to bring the dogs to HER house for the meet-and-greet and AGAIN suggesting for the 12 night stay with my dogs be moved to her house, continuing to ignoring the need for my dogs to remain in their own environment. * The Virtual Dog Meet and Greet Inconsistency: She then tried to force a "virtual" meet-and-greet because she didn't want to make the 50-minute drive. I explained this is useless for in-home care, as a sitter cannot assess a home's layout, security, or a dog's specific behavioral needs through a screen. When I pointed out that I paid the fee with the understanding that she sitter would be visiting our home to evaluate the environment for the 12-night stay. Now it was also obvious that she could not fulfill the service I originally requested and paid to discuss, she refused to refund the fee and "terminated" our service, claiming the meeting with her walker counted as a finished job. This business will quote you for the service you want just to take your deposit, then provide only what is convenient for them. Extremely unprofessional, misleading and quite honestly LAZY (I won't get into "The Yogurt")...

There aren't enough words for how AMAZING this facility is and has been for us!!! We welcomed a new…read morebaby in December. To prepare for this we brought our 3 dogs to be trained in November. When we got them back they went from completely untrained to trained in every way! Door manners, in the car, on the leash, and other basic commands, you name it! They were crazy about food and now they will sit in front of food and wait to eat it when they are told. It's amazing! We then brought them back for a tune up when our son was born. It was awesome knowing they were with people who knew them and loved them. Our dog Charlie ran and jumped in the lake immediately! Happy as can be. A huge shoutout to Derrick! When our son was born 4 weeks early he went out of his way to pick our dogs up when we were stuck at the hospital. He truly loves the dogs and cares about the families. You can tell this is his passion and it shows through his work! Lastly, Anthony has been fantastic to work with throughout too! Due to him and Derrick we will continue bringing our dogs back here when we need boarding knowing they are in the BEST hands. If you're looking for a great training facility with the best people, look no further. You found them!

The trainers were excellent with our dog & treated him very well! I needed training for myself &…read morethey came out to our home. Our dog was so excited to see them that he covered them with kisses! Cedrik & Anthony are kind & caring trainers & very professional. Highly awarded trainers & can even train dogs to be service dogs. I would highly recommend them! We are so glad we chose them!

We were searching for a new cat sitter after our second experience with a Rover pet sitter suddenly…read morenot showing up to check on our cats. We are SO fortunate to have found Richard from Catify My Home. It's not that often you hit the jackpot from a Google search, but we did with this one! Our cats Canvas and Ophelia love their uncle Richie! There isn't enough time to write how vastly different, and better, Richard is from your typical app cat sitter. Any previous cat sitter would stop in, scoop the litter box, refill the food, add water, hang out for 10 minutes and then leave. With Richard our cats get so much play hunting time and lots of affection. His drop ins are 90 minutes and this includes ensuring the dry food is full, cleaning the litter box, refilling the water bowls (which he also cleans), and vacuuming around the cat area. It doesn't just end there, he also brings our trash to the curb if he's cat sitting on a trash day, brings in our mail or any packages, vacuums the areas where he's playing with the cats, and I'm sure there's more I'm missing! We used to come back from time away and dread getting home because of the cat duties...cleaning up the scattered litter/food on the floor, washing water bowls, emptying the litter genie, etc. with Richard, all of that is done for us! We simply come back home to the happiest cats. He will send A TON of photos and videos to show updates. He truly loves cats and understands their behavior. He was even able to get our younger cat (who is skittish and typically hides from strangers) to start coming out and playing with him. Also...he is extremely reliable and doesn't treat cat sitting like a side hobby. Previous sitters wouldn't always send updates and a lot of time we would have to check in with them to see if they were still stopping by to check in. With Richard we know our cats will be well cared for. Every time we are away we tell each other how lucky we are to have found him. Catify My Home is simply the best!!

Richard has taken care of our two cats on several occasions, and each time, he's gone above and…read morebeyond. Our cats are usually pretty shy around new people, but they warmed up to Richard instantly. He has such a natural way with animals--it's clear he genuinely loves and understands them. Every time we've left our cats in Richard's care, we've come home to two happy, well-fed, and relaxed kitties. He's incredibly reliable, keeps us updated with photos and messages, and even takes the time to tidy up around the feeding area. If you're looking for someone trustworthy and caring to look after your fur babies, Richard at Catify My Home is the best choice. We wouldn't trust anyone else with our cats!