*NOTE* Hello fellow Yelpers. This is my 20th review…read more As you know, my reviews have to be based on things. But for once, I won't mention them. Ok here's my review: I've hired Jenny, to watch my puppy Mia on multiple occasions but now I have the time to (finally) review Jenny on Yelp. She does a stellar job of watching Mia. The first time I used Furry Up, Let's Go, I wasn't sure about it. But when Jenny showed up, I was reassured! I came back to Mia on the couch sleeping, and on the coffee table, a note from Jenny. It read something like this: Dear Mr and Mrs O, I had a great time watching your dog, Mia! She is such a sweet dog! I hope I can see Mia again soon. Mia seemed to like me as I walked her around the block. Have a nice night! Love Jenny I loved that she actually took time to write me and my hubby a note! We are satisfied every time with a note, too!

We hired Jenny to care for our 4 cats while we were on vacation for 9 days. She did GREAT! We…read moreplan to hire her again next time. She left a great impression on on us. She came to the house a week prior to learn where everything was, and what we wanted. She even watered our houseplants for us. Trustworthy, and bonded! A++

My wife and I have an almost 1 year old Rottweiler, Bentley. We wanted to learn and incorporate…read moreformal training in addition to the basic stuff we started teaching him. Jenny was absolutely AMAZING!! We completed six 30-minute lessons along with continued work at home and we couldn't be more pleased with the results. She is so knowledgeable and patient...especially with her human clients that needed to learn as well!! We will definitely be back for more of what Unleashed K9 Academy has to offer!! You will not be disappointed!

Forget the Dog Whisperer...Jenny is every dog owners answer to having a dog that you drool over…read morewhile watching do-it-your self training videos at home. I'm so glad we hit pause and found K9 Unleashed. Our 6 month old German Shepard had all the typical puppy behaviors from running out of the door if she heard it open, jumping, counter surfing, and walking us instead of us walking her. One month with Jenny and our dog is following commands, and so manageable we can take her everywhere she is welcome. She told us with confidence what we should expect and she delivered far beyond our expectations. Hands down would recommend her!! She has truly found her calling in life and her skills shine through our dog. Sit, Heel, finish, place, come, and our favorite command FREE just to name a few will bring new meaning to your life and you will feel like Jenny taught you how to speak dog!! ;)

My dog and cat LOVE Crystal Lake Pet Sitters (I do too!)…read more They get to stay at home while I am away. Both are happy and content when I return, whether it's an overnight trip or a week away. Also, the last thing I want to do after time away is go to a kennel and worry about risk of illness. Give Crystal Lake Pet Sitters a try, you won't be sorry.

I love my family! And I know they love me because they call Crystal Lake Pet Sitters when they have…read moreto leave me for awhile. Joanni is like my second Mom! She plays with me, walks me, talks to me and even gives me cookies!! I don't mind when my family goes away, because I know that I am well taken care of until they return. Give Crystal Lake Pet Sitters a call today! I promise, you won't miss your family.... Well, maybe just a little.

I have been using Fetch Pet Care of McHenry for several years. I had used other sitters in the past…read morethat were not reliable and that is very disconcerting when you are away and need to have full trust in the sitter. My sitter, Jill is wonderful! I know my pets are well cared for and on top of that, LOVED, when in her care. I like that they are backed up with a solid company behind them that is accountable for EACH visit. I never have to wonder if they've been to my house ON TIME to care for my pets. The communication is FANTASTIC! I can choose to have daily updates texted to me from Jill so I know what's happening while I'm away. I love that she also sends me pictures of my babies while I'm gone. This is a top-notch outfit. I highly recommend them.

You know your fur family is content if when you get home they are chilling and relaxed,happy right?…read moreWe had an amazing sitter Patti, stay with our fur family of 4 + fish. With special instructions left for feeding times, pills, shots etc. she was awesome!!! Sent us daily texted kept us informed how they were doing. We will definitely be calling on her again and HIGHLY recommend her to anyone. Thank you Patti for everything!!!!!!

Great employees that are amazing with pets. The facilities are clean and well kept. I will be…read moreboarding my dog here in the future.

This review has been a long-time in happening but it's mostly my fault for not knocking it out…read moreweeks ago. I was late to the pandemic dog/puppy party, I started work with a new shop that didn't require me to do the regular run & gun previous shops had me doing, and I finally felt ready to get a new puppy after two years of grieving on the loss of my last girlie. As soon as my new girlie had all her shots, one of the things I wanted to start doing early is getting socialized with as many different dogs as I could with her. Woodstock Canine was the first I visited and the only one that would take her as young as she was at the time. As time went by, she also visited a few other doggie daycare locations, one I avoided will go nameless, but it was a huge deal on Nextdoor about how they treat their four-legged clients and I promptly scratched them off the list. Another doggie daycare was going along great until I had to bolt out of town for a business emergency and let her stay the night at this 'other' location, I had gotten an alert from their staff that she wasn't walking great and was wondering if I could take her to my vet. The vet discovered that whatever the daycare/boarding facility used to clean the place burned a couple of her pads and I was out $900 in vet bills because their staff was probably more interested in Facebook updates than client health. One other scare sealed it for me never taking her there again. Woodstock Canine Clubhouse is exclusively where she goes for daycare and an emergency boarding if I get stuck with something, or I forgot about a party happening and didn't add it to Google Calendar. My girlie starts bouncing around when I make the right turn onto the road where Woodstock Canine Clubhouse is on and as soon as we're parked, she can't wait to get inside and play with her friends with the staff and all her other four-legged friends on the inside. At the end of the day, and as soon as we're barely out of their lot, she's crying that I'm taking her away from her friends, but that doesn't last long as she's fast asleep on the drive home. After dinner at home, she's fast asleep until around midnight when she asks to do her business (and dinner has digested) where she makes her way to the couch, bed, sometimes the crate and is back into a night of sleep only I can dream about having. Don't take my word on this, give your dog a day off and give Woodstock Canine Clubhouse a try, and see if your results mirror mine, I'm certain you won't be disappointed.

I have never in my life been more thankful for Virginia and Ken and the staff at Dominoe! Beyond…read moreexcellent care for my dogs and love and leadership that we have been shown- they have been supportive in empowering me with knowledge and kindness as I venture back into the pure bred dog world. There experience and knowledge are beyond helpful in navigating the inner workings of being a dog owner but they are both always in the back of my mind when I am having a day where I feel like I don't deserve these perfect creatures. I honestly can't say enough good things about the whole operations .

The staff at Dominoe are awesome! The photo updates give me…read moresuch peace of mind while my pet and I are apart

There is no one like Carrie. She will take care of your pets better than you do! She loves them…read morelike her own. You will have total peace of mind when she is with them. And, her photographs are amazing!

Carrie is excellent. I have used her every time that I go on vacation. I have 2 dogs. One is a…read moreblind elderly shih tzu that has seizures. She went above and beyond to make sure the dog got his medicine every day and to ensure all of his needs were met. I also have a nervous terrier mix that is not trusting of many people. By the second day of Carrie coming around, she had such a strong rapport with him. He rarely goes around people that he doesn't know but he fell in love immediately. She constantly checks in with pictures and updates, this is very comforting when you are away from your babies for so long. She delivered excellent care, she's reliable, knowledgeable, accommodating and affordable! You will not be disappointed with her.

I must say I am very pleased at the level of service I got from Leslie…read more She was on time and took care of my baby like he was hers. She left a note for me when I got home telling me how he behaved, I called from my trip several times and she promptly returned my calls. I recommend Welcome Home Pet Sitting Service to anyone in Lake County. Definitely will use her again on any trip I take that my baby can't go with me. Thanks Leslie for being there for me when I needed someone special to take care of my big baby.

I want to start this off by saying that when we found Welcome Home we thought that we had hit the…read morejackpot - they seemed like very nice people and they seemed to really care about the pets they care for. We had hired Welcome Home due to the fact that our one yellow lab is now 14 years old and needs extra care when we are not home - more than our previous pet sitter could give him - plus overnight stays - something we have not done until now. Welcome Home knew our requirements and seemed to fit the bill. We met with the Welcome Home owner, Leslie, and the person who would be staying at our house while we were away two separate times before we agreed to sign them up. They met all of our pets, and took copious notes on what was needed and how things run in our household. We had two small trips (less than a week) and then a big trip for 3 weeks coming up at the end of August and Welcome Home agreed to the dates given. The first trip seemed to go well - we were only gone for a few days and when we got home we were very pleased with what we found. The pets seemed happy, there were nice detailed notes left on what happened while we were away, and things were nice and clean. We were scheduled to leave again a week later and felt confident that things went well since we were not told anything otherwise. In fact, in one of the notes, the pet sitter said "she couldn't wait to come back!" The second trip happened, and while we were away, the Chicago area was hit with a once in a lifetime storm and our house lost power for 2.5 of the six days the pet sitter was here. We talked to our pet sitter daily and being it was the middle of summer and the a/c was out we told her that she was welcome to go home at night and come back in the morning to check on the pets - all this while still paying full price for an overnight stay to our home. (We had no problem with this - it was some extraordinary circumstances that were of no one's fault.) When we arrived home, the pet sitter was finishing packing up and we talked with her briefly about how hard the week had been, but she at no time said anything about the pets, just how hot it had been and that having no water was difficult. We agreed and thanked her profusely for her help with our pets during the storm. She left us many pages of nice notes and even offered to help us - for a price - with a BBQ we were having a few weeks later - not going through Welcome Home, of course. A few days later my husband received an email with the final invoice, for the two trips, which he promptly paid. A few days after that we received another email informing us that we were now declined for the next scheduled trip - the large one at the end of summer - basically leaving us high and dry for a trip to Europe in 5 weeks because... our lab was "too hard to take care of" and that we should "call them back when he is no longer here as they enjoyed the rest of the pets! " (In other words, call back when he's dead?!) At no time during the two interviews or the two trips we took or the invoicing process was our elderly lab's care requirements brought to our attention as a problem. He is 14 years old and needs some help getting up sometimes off the hardwood floor and some help going down the one stair out the back door. These requirements were quite clear seeing that this is one of the main reasons we were switching to a new pet service and I think it is bad business practice to now abandon us with no one to take our pets for a trip that has been in the planning for over a year. I guess lifting him up was too hard - although I am half the size of the petsitter and do it daily with no problem - or was it something else? I guess we'll never know. (We offered to go over our dog's care again in case there was something being done wrong and making it harder than it could be, but we were told "Call us when he's gone.") Thanks a bunch, Welcome Home.

Our kids absolutely love Sally and so do we. Sally takes the worry out of leaving our kids for an…read moreevening or a weekend. She has done overnight stays for us, as well due to our diabetic cat needing insulin shots and our older dogs needing extra trips outside during the night. She texts us with pictures and updates and keeps us advised with what's happening while we are away, which keeps us at ease. We would highly recommend Mustang Sally Horse and Pet Sitting to anyone looking for a skilled animal sitter who truly cares about those she is caring for.

From the owner: Mustang Sally Horse & Pet Sitting has recently moved to Wonder Lake, IL…read more We are now accepting dog walking clients! Where we partner with you for your animals well - being!. We are experts in the horse care and pet care industry. We bring our knowledge to your home and barn so you can enjoy your get away time and smile. We are a full time professional pet & horse sitting service. Offering a variety of quality pet sitting and horse sitting services that bring you confidence while you enjoy the time away from your home and furry family members. We aim to do all that is needed but at a fair price while keeping in mind at all times what is best for your animals. Great alternative to kenneling. Equine & Canine Massage Serving Wonder Lake, Woodstock, McHenry, Crystal Lake, Cary, Fox River Grove, and surrounding communities

Michele is the best dog sitter we have found yet. We are currently on vacation in Mexico and have…read morenever felt more comfortable leaving our dogs at home. We get photo updates at every visit so we know our fur babies are having the best time at home. Highly recommended and will be using her in the future!

When I moved to Woodstock, I talked to at least 4 pet sitters. Michelle was the one I chose…read morebecause: 1) The dogs liked her, 2) She was professional and communicated well and, 3) Her references spoke very highly of her and her ability to work with many types of animals. After 4 years of having Michelle as my pet sitter, I highly recommend her. She is reliable and keeps in touch with texts and photos when she's caring for the dogs and bird. When one of the dogs had a health concern, she stayed very aware of his condition and monitored how much he was eating, drinking, etc. I have no doubt that she cares for my pets as if they were her own!