We loved working with Alison. She walked our dog Jo a few times a week for the last 5 months.
She's really responsive and friendly for scheduling, but we really appreciated how good she was with Jo. He was a Labradoodle, about 7 years old and 80ish pounds, that we had adopted in 2017 from a rescue. He had a lot of anxiety, and she was really patient and kind as it took a few visits before he'd go on a walk with her at all (he kept pulling her back home when he realized we weren't coming). We were really excited to get him regular exercise during the word day, as well as help him get used to new people, and Alison was so responsive to our concerns. We warned her about not letting people pet him, or him get aggressive with other dogs, and she was really considerate, and reported back regularly on how he was doing. She also really helped with leash training (although he was better for her than for us, of course). He was a pretty big dog, and we were still working on helping to socialize him better, and we had been really worried about finding a dogwalker who would be a good fit, but Alison was absolutely wonderful with him. And her rates are very reasonable!
Jo passed recently after being ill for the last several weeks, and we continued the walks as long as we could, because it was so helpful to have a third party reporting back on how he was doing (including elimination and energy levels), plus he loved his hour-long walks. When he became too sick to continue (he just decided he wouldn't go anywhere without us), she was really kind and so flexible about scheduling/last minute cancellations/etc. This has been an immensely difficult time, and we were so glad to have Alison as a part of Jo's life. read more
