We are so happy we found Magda! She's been walking our 5 year old English Bulldog Lulubelle since…read moreNov. 2016. She understands her and knows how to get her up and going. She gives her tons of belly rubs and we can tell she truly cares. She's even let us know when Lulu wasn't acting right. Magda is totally reliable and is communicative. We always appreciate her flexibility and know Lulu is in good hands! Thanks, Magda!

DO NOT hire this company if you care about your pets. This will be my 2nd review. The first was…read moreglowing as I have worked with Magda for 5 years. She was a great employee, reliable and honest. Due to that, she was the 1st I reached out to care for my 2 dogs. She also came to babysit my 2 children. Everything was great until the last time she did overnights. My family went away for 1 week in Nov for a 50th wedding anniversary and I hired her to care for my dogs. My elderly dog has had recently had a stroke and was on multiple medications due to her condition. I never worried for a second while I was gone. However, when I returned from my trip I noticed many things were "off" in my home. One of them being all the beer in the house gone as well as beer caps under my sofa cushions, 2 of my new pans were scratched so badly I threw them away, I couldn't get the TV to work bc it had been completely rewired, new items were opened etc. I contacted Magda and asked if we could talk. I asked if she was the only one staying here. I also called and left a msg. She has yet to return a call, text or refund my money, that was 3 months ago. I ended up looking through days of camera footage and she was living here with a man who had no authorization to be here. (never met him) She also left him here by himself during the day. She barely walked my dogs. I'm just grateful they are ok. Now, I was more than willing to talk things through with her. I am literally shocked that this is the way a business owner would handle themselves. As I teach my 7 year old, if you do something wrong you talk it through and make it right. After helping run a dog walking company myself for 7+ years I dealt with many issues. It is not pleasant, however, you have to be willing to deal with the good and the bad when you own a business. I am not sure what changed with Magda, I would perhaps have been willing to talk it through however I was never given that opportunity.

Tara helped train my dog Emma and myself (yes, much of the training is training the owner as well!)…read morethrough training classes at Wagville in Los Angeles. We completed the basic and advanced class series' with her. Her class focuses only on positive reinforced clicker training. Tara was always thorough and specific in her class, and provided a fun learning environment. Before and after each class, she emailed out a set of class notes, as well as a set of instructions specific to each dog in the class! Tara has always been responsive to post course emails, fulfilling her promise to be available as a "lifetime trainer" for my dog. She continues to provide helpful guidance for each issue that I have emailed her. I recently took Emma to an agility class and her basic training was easily above the other dogs in the class. We were complimented profusely by the class trainer. We owe it all to the foundation established in Tara's class. Of course, a lot of it had been up to us to continue our training with Emma, but Tara provided a great foundation and without her guidance and support, we would not have the amazing dog we have today. I can not recommend Tara enough as a dog trainer!!!

I got left in a big time lurch by a flaky petsitter for a July 4th week vacation, and I had just…read morehad to put one of my cats to sleep two days before. My remaining cat and dog were sad and out of sorts losing him, and I felt awful having to leave them myself! I really wanted someone to stay at the house, not just drop in for visits, not easy to find short notice on a holiday weekend. Tara to the rescue! The very first night, my depressed fraidy cat slept with Tara all night - I got a texted pic of him waking her up - and was following her all over the apartment. It took such a load off my mind knowing the pets were in great hands. And maybe best of all, I came home to a house as clean as I left it a week ago (I've had some slobs petsit before and that's a bummer to come home to). Tara had even changed the lightbulb that blew out right as I left for my flight! Tara is a can-do, jack-of-all-trades pet person. She has even trained dolphins (but she's not fancy pants at all). Whatever you need, she can probably accommodate you, and you won't be sorry. She really saved the day at my house!

We used Miriam's service for about 6 months before having to let her go…read more We set up a home monitoring system in our home after being alerted by neighbors that many different people were entering our home while we were away and our dogs were having accidents in the house, which is not like them. Also, we were not receiving texts as promised when Miriam visited our pets so we had no other way of knowing that they were being taken care of. Here are some of the things we learned about CA Dog walkers: 1) Miriam gave access to our apartment to at least 10 different people. Initially, she told us it would only be her and one other person. 2) One of the walkers drank out of our milk carton, and then placed the carton back into the refrigerator 3) One walker brought her boyfriend over to our apartment 4) Many times, the walkers only stayed half the time we paid for 5) Our animals were not shown affection by Miriam or most of the other walkers who were too preoccupied with their cell phones to give attention to our pets (heartbreaking to watch) 6) Our older dog was not always given his medicine as instructed 7) They were giving the cat's digestive enzymes to the dogs 8) One walker snooped through our apartment and entered our bedroom (door was closed). Walker later said she was "looking for aspirin" Despite all this, we continued to use Miriam's services because we wanted to support her and her new business. We discontinued using her services after she scheduled dog walks an hour and a half between each other (2:30PM mid-day walk and 4:00 end of day walk) on a day when our flight would not get in until 1AM. The end of day walk was supposed to be between 7-9PM. When we alerted her of her scheduling error, she said she could not accommodate the situation and refused to make it right. That evening, our dogs went 10+ hours without a bathroom break because Miriam failed to do her job. We have since switched to a new service provider who has been beyond wonderful and professional. Our pets are too precious to be ignored and I would never recommend CA Dog walkers to anyone.

Miriam has been helping me with my 2 Jack Russells for a few years! She began walking my dogs this…read moreyear and I could not be happier! Not only is she trustworthy, prompt, professional, but she is also VERY knowledgeable about behavior training and assistance with behavior modification. My dogs love her! Being that I work long hours she has been a lifesaver with my 2 crazy Jacks. If she can handle this breed I am confident in saying she can handle ANY breed! These two a very high maintenance, and I worry consistently about them. Miriam has helped ease the stress of my long work days and I can feel secure knowing that they will get a super energy draining walk mid-day! I highly recommend Miriam for your dog walking and dog sitting needs!!

Tal has been an amazing trainer for our dog and us as dog owners. When we adopted him, he had a lot…read moreof anxiety and really struggled with being in his crate. Through consistent training, our dog took to commands and now his crate is his safe space. His anxious behavior has been calmed through what Tal taught him and us: look to us (owner) when unsure and listen for commands and nonverbal cues. We as owners, learned how to use affirmative commands and be the leader/alpha for our dog. Our dog is a gem inside and out of the home: he can sit/lay down on command and for significant amounts of time, allowing him to come with us to restaurants, breweries, shopping, and on flights. The amount of compliments on his behavior and demeanor are endless. We could not be happier with the training from Tal!

Tal has been incredible training our puppy Layla. She has a very detailed structure for puppy…read moretraining that everyone should follow! It's amazing how tired your puppy/dog will be after Tal has a visit. She will give your dog "mental exercises" that not only tires the dog out but also builds to commands that every dog should follow. We often fly with Layla and everyone comments how well she does with traveling, and no drugging! Another plus with Tal is we can always text for advice/updates and she responds ASAP. Definitely recommend!

Angie is very attentive, responsive, responsible and caring. We have a senior dog who needs a lot…read moreof extra TLC and Angie is patient, loving and protective of her. We always feel comfortable leaving our dog with Angie.

Melinda is the best! We had the good fortunate to be introduced to her a year ago. I trust her with…read moreour dog and would recommend her without hesitation. We have a high energy dog, and she is so patient with him. He goes on hikes most days with her, and has stayed with her many times for overnights while we are gone for a weekend of on vacation. We feel at ease when he is in her care, knowing how much she loves animals and how caring she is.

We've been using Happy Dog Hiking for years! We've come back from vacation each time to find our…read morepups as happy and healthy as we left them. Melinda is very responsive and receptive when we check in.

Updated** in response to her response. Because contrary to the narrative she's presenting, I never…read moreinitiated any conversations with this nut. She kept writing me. Until I finally responded. I never asked her a question about anything. She started giving me unsolicited advice that proved to be of zero utility as I already tried it on my own and told her didn't work so I'm adding screen shots of our entire communication. I don't even do things like this but I genuinely believe this lady is troubled and her capacity for recounting a conversation accurately is nonexistent despite having a record of it herself. If I deleted anything from this thread, please Theresa post those screenshots, because I don't have a reason to lie about any of this. You are the one that needs professional help to deal with them demons you're fighting. Where do I start. The owner of this place, I believe her name is Terri is absolutely nuts. I made an account on bark.com a couple months ago after I was gifted a puppy I wasn't ready for due to long work hours. This lady reached out to me with her spiel, I didn't respond because she didn't have enough reviews on their site for me to determine if she was a good fit. Weeks go by and she kept reaching out aggressively until one day I did respond. During this time I was ready to rehome my pup due to my crazy schedule. She was aggressively trying to convince me to just hire her which I was hesitant about because again, my schedule was nuts and her price was great but she was aggressive so that was a red flag. The pup ended up going back to live with his doggy parents and is living happily. Fast forward to now, I got more time to spare and a new pup so I go back onto bark.com, reached out to two trainers that have credentials to back up their work unlike this lady, but I guess the site shares your info with all trainers because here comes crazy lady with the aggression basically upset that she paid to get my contact info only to find out she's reached out to me once before and I'll post here the entire conversation because this conversation was totally childish. On bark.com one of her reviews is literally someone who didn't even work with her complaining how aggressive their correspondence was with her. This lady is absolutely unhinged. I don't understand how she has good reviews on google but they are from years ago which makes me believe once upon a time, she was a decent person. Today, she is a maniac, desperate for someone to give her a few dollars and their dog. Side note: the photo I sent her is a photo of herself she sent me unsolicited. And for the record, I am not a republican lol.

I highly recommend Terri she is simply put VERY GOOD at what she does. She's a genuine, authentic…read moreperson who I would now count as a friend to our family. We came to Terri with a jumpy, anxious, nipping German Shepherd- Staffordshire Terrier 16 week old puppy, who we loved greatly, but were beginning to despair over. He didn't like to go for walks, was easily distracted and definitely couldn't heel. Sometimes he'd sit (for his dinner) but mostly, he terrorized us with cuteness and jumping. As he started to get bigger, it stopped being as cute, and after a dinner guest tore his jeans, we knew it was time to start dog-training. I did a lot of research, and DTCLA was the best choice for us for flexibility, convenience, reviews and price. It was a home-run. Terri came to our home, and trained with me and my daughter so we built obedience with our dog and family directly (some trainers, take your dog away and train them). She had a lovely, warm approach and was so kind and friendly. Every session, she came with new commands and after all our sessions were done (just this week) we have a confident, obedient, happy dog who can, heel, leave it, stay, come, weave, back up, turn, shake, touch and so much more. We are so thrilled with the process and results.

Hughes Walks is the only place I trust with my beloved doggies! Vanessa cares about your furry…read morefamily almost as much you do! She has kept my dogs on several occasions and when I pick them up - they don't wanna leave! Dependable, affordable and caring - this is the person you will have peace of mind with when your pups are in her care...

Vanessa is truly amazing!! We left our rowdy dogs in her capable hands while traveling back south…read morefor two weeks. From the text message updates she sent during each visit, to the photos, and the daily journal entries, we have absolutely no doubt that she cared for our girls as if they were her own. She immediately picked up on both of their unique personalities and catered to their needs in a way that best suited each of them. Our dogs have been bummed since we returned, missing their dear friend! We don't blame them! Both my husband and I cannot recommend Vanessa enough. We were able to truly enjoy visiting our families with the peace of mind that our girls were cared for, and also enjoying their time with Vanessa! We just cannot thank you enough!!