4.7

I had such a great experience with Ed! He was wonderful with Sam—patient, attentive, and so kind with him. Sam has some mobility limitations and needs a little extra care on walks, and I felt completely comfortable knowing he was in such good hands. He was reliable and communicative. It gave me peace of mind, and I would absolutely recommend him and book with him again!

Ed really does a great job with my pack. My doggies adore him. He also was very responsive to a last minute request. I’d definitely recommend him

Ed has been a huge help this summer with Bear. He keeps me posted on timing, send lots of great pupdates while with Bear, and has a very flexible schedule which is great for me. I would definitely recommend his services to anyone in the area!

Answers quick and reliably!

Ed stressed me out. I tried to book him for 5 visits of 30 minutes to take care of my cat over the Christmas holiday. He changed the booking to 60-minute visits, guilting me that my cat would be stressed without me and I had booked an insufficient amount of time. He never actually spent 60 minutes with my cat. On the first visit, he was 8.5 hours later, visiting at 6 pm instead of 8:30 am. When I reached out around noon that day to see what the delay was, he started the check-in and said he had just arrived at my apartment by coincidence. He didn't end the check-in until after 6 pm and the photos of my cat were timestamped at around 6 pm. The next day, he didn't show up at all. He said he did, but recycled the photos from day 1, including photos of my cat with date stamps of the previous day. On day 3, he at least arrived in the morning and stayed for an hour, but he did not interact with my cat for that hour - maybe 5 minutes maximum. His photo of the litter box showed 2 poops, further proof that he had skipped the previous day. He lied about building rapport with my cat, because on day 4 he was unable to find him in the apartment, and he looked for about 2 hours. My cat has never hid from a cat sitter before. So on 2 of the 5 days that Ed cat sat, I received no proof of life. Day 5 was fine, but again, he did not stay for an hour and did not interact with my cat for an hour. The next day, he was supposed to drop off the key in the afternoon. He no-showed or canceled/rescheduled for the next 3 days until I told him that was not acceptable and he had to return the key. He sent me a message that he had returned the key through my mail slot, but it was not there and I panicked that he had put my key through the mail slot of a different building. I opened the mail slot to see if it had gotten stuck and Ed was standing there. He asked me to open the door. I refused and told him to just put the key through the slot as we had discussed. He finally did so and had no explanation for me as to why he said he had returned the key when he hadn't yet done so. During the caretaking period, he mixed in his food garbage with my paper bag of recycling and put the recycling bag into my garbage can. I was so stressed out, I thought I might have to change my return flight to come home sooner to ensure my cat was receiving proper care. I ended up making specific photo requests so that Ed could not repeat photos and pretend to show up when he had not. Very stressful and extra expensive for no good reason. I will never trust Ed with my cat or my space again.

Ed is communicative, detail oriented, and so loving & caring towards our dog. He is a wonderful dog walker!