Rachel is excellent with our kitty. She’s been our sitter for 2 years now and we are so grateful for her care!

What a treasure Rachel is! I just recently moved to South Windsor and unfortunately my last sitter could not make the travel, so I had to start the process of finding a new one two weeks before my trip. My cats are post-Covid pets and I work from home full time, so that is to say they are ALWAYS around me! Bc of their constant human presence I have a lot of anxiety about leaving them IIt’s not them, it’s me), so I was not totally surprised that the first two novella-length anxiety purge sitting requests I sent declined instantly lol. Rachel was undeterred though, and accepted the daunt of my manifesto. She showed up right on time for meet and greet, despite a thunder and lightning downpour! She impressed me instantly with her positive attitude and polite demeanor, and as I was walking her around the house showing her things, she recalled details from my email that I had forgotten I wrote. Incredible!! I felt at ease right away. The sit went flawlessly. She has a gift, and my two single-human-bonded girls warmed up to her right away, coming out to see her upon arrival and staying during her sit for treats and play and PLAY SHE DID! Let me assure you - she uses the time to actually entertain them instead of just “sitting.” She also went above and beyond elsewhere; going down to the basement to clean up litter-robot tossings (totally on her own volition!), brought my trash bins up to the curb, and brought in my mail for me. I had also mentioned that I have cameras in the house to keep an eye on the cats if needed, and gave her permission to unlplug them during her stay if they made her uncomfortable but she did not; which says a heck of a lot about her character. I’m so thankful she yes’d me after the two immediate no’s. She put my mind at complete ease. I didn’t even feel compelled to check on the cameras at all - in every photo she sent the girls looked happy and engaged, and her updates were concise and useful. She gave me my vacation back and I’m submitting another request as soon as I click “post.”