Allison is absolutely lovely and our little Max just loved her! Allison brought our pup on fun walks and sent us adorable video and photos. Max doesn’t usually eat for about 24 hours once he’s at the sitters but Allison did everything’s she could and even cooked him some chicken. We can’t say enough positive things about Allison and will absolutely use her services again. Thanks Allison ❤️

Allison was my first dog sitter. I probably interviewed 4 or 5 sitters in 2 weeks before I met her. I have a Labrador retriever with separation anxiety and he was 3 years old when I had to be away for 2 months. When Allison first entered my house she didn’t spend much time on greeting my dog, just lowered herself simply pet him and same with leaving. She only gave my dog little more attention when she sat down. The others include myself would spend more time with an unfamiliar dog at first meet. Especially when you apply to be a dog sitter you wanna impress the owners that you get along with their dogs. I was curious, she said :”your dog has a little bit separation anxiety so you don’t wanna make him more anxious by giving him the feeling of you are leaving. You just leave and come back like it’s routine. Once your dog gets used to it he won’t be afraid you are never coming back again. Fear is usually where their anxiety coming from. ” What she said was completely new to me. I’ve tried some ways for his anxiety, giving toys or clothes with my scent on, I believe you all heard of this one for separation anxiety: leaving home for 5 mins then come back reward your dog, then extend time for 10 mins or longer. I thought it would help my dog to calm down if I let him know where I go and how long I’d be gone so I always say a lot with soft tone to my dog which made it worse. We just forgot dogs are animals, we treat them like our children our friends and family, but they don’t understand too many words, they sense what’s gonna happen and that triggers their anxiety. I was so happy that I met Allison and learnt a big thing from her! Without doubt, she took good care of my dog while I was away. My dog is 6 now, doesn’t give a damn look when I get up and get ready for work, still gets very excited when I get home, short conversation then he goes back to where he was. To be honest, Allison didn’t have much experience at that time because she had another full time job. She came for an interview but taught me how to deal with separation anxiety for free( usually you pay for consultation). I don’t know if she is the perfect one for you, I’m just sharing my story because I don’t want any of you to miss out this thoughtful and smart dog sitter!!