I have a rather "special" rescue dog. He can be very growly and snappy. He's a handful to say the least, but I love my little special guy from the bottom of my heart and am very particular with his dog walker. It seems like every time I would get a good dog walker, something would happen and that dog walker would move or leave the company. I like my dog to wear shoes when he goes out, but being that he can be a little terror, not too many people like to put his shoes on him. You have to be very patient and persistent when he snaps and growls at you until he trusts you enough to put his shoes on. When my last dogwalking services kept on switching walkers on me, because they couldn't retain them, my little guy was getting very agitated with the revolving door of walkers, I decided to find another service. I called probably 5 places. They either didn't serve FiDi or didn't have a walker that could walk my guy. I finally found LibertyBark and figured out that it was the sister company of ProspectBark, which I know had really good reviews. I decided to give it try and called the number. Chun-Soon, the co-founder of LibertyBark, and I had a conversation about my dog. I told her that he could be a handful, especially with the barking and growling. Chun-Soon came and met Gambit, and she was very patient and good. She spent a long time with us. I was lucky enough to get her as Gambit's walker.
Gambit didn't fail his reputation of being a handful and very growly and barky at first. It was a little rough for Chun-Soon at first, but she persisted, and her patience worked! He now wears his shoes, is super excited to see her and her daughter, and hangs out with them every afternoon. I feel very fortunate to find someone (both C-S and her daughter) that cares about him that much and sees him for the special little guy he is. I feel very happy and comfortable knowing that Chun-Soon and her daughter are with Gambit every afternoon, and I don't feel as bad working long hours. So, if you see Chun-Soon's daughter with a smiling Shih-Tzu on ProspectBark's IG page, that would probably be Gambit. They like their afternoon dates a lot. read more