Matthew has watched our dogs (and house) periodically over the last 4 years when we go on vacation. We used to check our dogs into a “dog hotel”, but once we met Matthew we realized how poorly those “dog hotels” treated our animals. Spending almost the entire day in a cage… sheesh. Fortunately that was never the case with Matthew. From the first time we met him we were quite charmed by his attitude with our animals. Both dogs are a bit shy but Matthew surprised us with how quickly he earned their trust. When ever we’d come back from our trips, Matthew would do a great job cleaning the house and our pups always seemed so happy! So I suppose our final note is that: We can’t recommend him enough!