When we first bought our house in 2004, we decided to get a cat and dog ,which then turned into two cats and two dogs , and is now two dogs and five cats. Throughout this growing of our household, we have been very lucky to have the service of Chris to walk our dogs, feed the dogs and cats, house sit for us when we are away , and basically show up at a moments notice when we are in need of help, Chris first came to us when he worked for Metro Dog in Richmond, when we retained his services to house sit our Rottie, Palo and our cat, Julie. We were really anxious leaving them but Chris seemed very capable and we came home and they were alive and well. Each subsequent trip our anxiety became less and less when we realized that Chris was going to take just as good care of our animals as we would ourselves. We were really depressed when he called to tell us that he was moving to southern California with his wife and daughters , but he had committed to housesitting for us later in the year when we flew to London which he assured us he would honor, which he did. We tried other dog walkers but we really missed Chris Most of the other people we used seemed either great with our animals or great with us, but never the combination that we found in Chris. Luckily, he came back to the bay area and I kept telling him i was going to write a review because it is SO HARD to find a great dogsitter, especially when you would just like an occasional walker, which Chris will do. The only reason I have been putting off writing this review for 10 years is because I'm afraid Chris will get so popular that I will never be able to use his services anymore. But, he deserves to be very successful. He loves dogs. And he loves dog walking.You won't find anyone better.