Our Services
PET SITTING
Why Hire a Professional Pet Sitter?
Benefits to your pet include:
- Staying at home in his/her safe, secure environment
- Being surrounded by familiar sights, smells and sounds
- Following his/her regular diet and exercise routine
- Having play time
- Receiving love and personal attention
- Maintaining medical treatment, when required
- Having someone responsible in case of an emergency
- Eliminating the trauma of travel or an unfamiliar environment
- Ensuring good health (no exposure to other animals' illness or parasites)
Benefits to you include:
- Knowing that your pet is in caring, loving hands
- Having the confidence that the pet sitter can deal with other issues - such as vet visits or administering medications
- Eliminating the trauma of having to transport and leave your pet
- Not having to impose on family, friends or neighbors
- Feeling your home is more secure (with someone going in and out several times a day)
OVERNIGHT PET CARE
We offer overnight pet care for those pets who prefer to have a human with them at night. Our clients can feel secure knowing that their home has an added measure of security that overnight pet care provides.
Overnight Pet Care provides:
- A person to stay in your home with your animals while you are away
- Companionship for your pets during their loneliest (and scariest) time
- Your pets a greater opportunity for personal attention, affection, and play
- Added security for your home, and added peace of mind for yourself
- All of the services listed under general pet sitting
DOG WALKS
Benefits of Using a Dog Walker - For your Dog:
- Regular exercise to ensure good physical and mental health
- Exercise improves a dog's muscle tone
- Running and playing can tire a dog so he is less likely to misbehave
- Important socialization for raising well-adjusted dogs
- Daily mid-day visits for puppies help maintain a consistent housebreaking schedule
- Elderly and adult dogs need bathroom breaks too
- Crate trained puppies need to get out every 3 - 4 hours for proper training and socialization. Over-crating and under exercising can result in a hyperactive, under-socialized dog
- Walking provides routine practice for using basic commands such as "heel", "sit", "stay", and "come". (Dog walking is NOT a replacement for proper basic obedience training. We only support the dog's established training through repetition.)
Benefits of Using a Dog Walker - For You:
- A helping hand when you have a busy schedule
- No guilt at having a busy schedule
- Adequate exercise can improve a dog's behavior in the home
- Your dog may actually want to relax WITH you when you come home
- Relieves your concerns about leaving your dog crated
“We have used Essential Pet Sitting since we brought home our husky, Cyrus, as a pup. Cyrus is now five years old and looks forward to Lindsay’s arrival each day for his walks. Lindsay is consistently compassionate and diligent.”