If I could give 6 stars, I would. Ruth Ellen has been a life saver for my husband and me. He…read moreworks long hours and I am temporarily spending half of my time in another state for work. She has been able to take great care of our Vizsla (Moose) with extremely flexible hours and short notice. Moose is beyond excited to spend the day her and he gets plenty of exercise and interaction with other dogs. I am never worried when he is under her care and I would recommend her to anyone looking for daycare or boarding.

Ruth Ellen is wonderful with my dog, who has some social anxiety issues and is not always the best…read morewith strangers. Her rates are reasonable, and she is very accommodating to my schedule - often able to work in last-minute schedule changes. She goes above and beyond just walking my dog around my neighborhood; often coming to pick him up and take him to the local trails.

Cahleigh was awesome with my animals. She is very experienced with medical care and was well…read morequalified for my special needs pets. She was great with communication and I received frequent updates with photos. I had no hesitation with leaving her the keys to my house and was very pleased when I returned and she left a cute fridge magnet that says I'm in the furry feet club! Best of all, my pets loved her and the way she handled them.

My wife and I have two special needs Great Danes. Both are deaf, geriatric, and both require…read moremedications. In fact, our oldest Dane, is 12 and a half years old. My wife is a vet tech with almost 20 years experience. I, can't have kids, so basically? We have four legged kids. Cahleigh, for the first time ever, was able to make our time out of town, completely relaxing. She came over to meet the kids about a week before we were going to leave, she spent about an hour getting the routines written down, she had an actual clipboard with a set of questions, that enabled her to make sure all needs were met. Her rates for overnight stays were completely reasonable, and honestly, with the amount of care given to our animals, she could justifiably charge much more. She sent updates, with pictures, several times a day, made sure we knew everything that had been going on from the moment we left town, to the moment she arrived at our place to take care of our family. She's nothing but professional, and even put our bed sheets in the washer, and washed out the dogs food and water bowls before leaving. She's absolutely magnificent with animals, and I know for a fact, we'll be asking her to come back again the next time we leave town.

Have used this service since I moved to Charlottesville. Excellent and highly recommend.read more

Use them for out cat sitting needs. They send us pictures every day we are gone. No problems with…read morethem.

Nicky at Dog Romps Daily has been our dog walker for a year or so now. I came here looking her up…read moreand saw she didn't have a review and felt inclined to make one. She is great. She is very professional and has great command over dogs, nice and very caring for all the animals she works with. She does agility training with her own dogs as well. We were always making plans and breaking them or calling her out of the blue for a quick walk and she always worked with us to the best of her abilities. We've now since moved out of Charlottesville and hope this message reaches a few to pass some business on to her.

Very prompt & reliable - convenient scheduling and billing Responsive to customer needs and pet…read moremanagement/ wellbeing

Do NOT use Sara Lutz Pet Services for your dog walking/pet sitting needs. I never even got to the…read morepoint of having Sara or one of her walkers complete a service for my dog, Luna, because from my initial interaction with Sara, she exhibited nothing but unprofessionalism, disrespect, and dishonesty. I had heard from other people in my neighborhood that Sara herself was not a very reliable person (especially when it comes to communication) and that several of the walkers with her company were also unreliable, dishonest, and disrespectful in clients' homes, but she did have a couple 5-star reviews so I decided to give her a shot. I have since discovered that one of those 5-star reviews on Google is actually from her boyfriend (Zander L.), so is probably not a true or honest review of her services or company. My experience with Sara started with me asking her to explain some of the negative things I had heard about her and her company after she had confirmed all my requested services for the next 2 months. The issues brought to my attention were: (1) Sara is a poor communicator and you can never get ahold of her in a timely manner; (2) her walker Alex (or Alexandra as she is listed on your service confirmation emails) has actually been caught not only lying about the times she is at clients' homes completing services but has also been caught going through their drawers/cabinets/personal belongings and taking/using things in clients' homes for herself without asking first; and (3) some of her walkers treat clients' homes as their own and have caused significant damage to personal belongings, furniture, and walls with Sara refusing to message clients back after the damage has occurred. I never got any explanation for any of these encounters and in fact never even got an answer back from Sara to my initial email asking about these issues. I started cancelling my services about 5-6 days after initially sending the email and let Sara know that I would continue cancelling services until she had responded and I knew I could feel comfortable moving forward with her company. She sent me an email to my cancellation request saying that she was out of town starting that day and would return two days later, but then would respond to my initial email then. First of all, she had to send an email to tell me she couldn't respond to my initial email? That's laughable. However, her supposed return date and date of response came and went, and I still never received an email response from her. This is evidence that not only is Sara a poor communicator, but also blatantly dishonest since she told me I could expect a response from her upon her return and that response was never received. I cancelled a few more services and sent 2 more follow-up emails asking her to please email me back so I could decide if her company was a good fit for my pup and our needs. She still has never responded, so I have cancelled all remaining services and will be looking elsewhere for my dog walking needs. Everything that everyone has said about Sara being unreliable, unprofessional, and an extremely poor communicator has remained true for me. If you can't even get ahold of her when you're scheduled to have close to $5,000 worth of pet services completed with her company, imagine trying to get ahold of her in an emergency. Save yourself a headache and a lot of frustration and do not support Sara Lutz Pet Services. So far Sammy's Dog Walking in the Charlottesville area seems to be far more reliable and professional and much easier to get ahold of.

Sadly returning to work and 45 minute (round-trip) commute meant that my dog was getting locked for…read morelonger during the day than I would long. Since he likes to chew things (like dry wall...) I have no choice but to put him in a pen. The combination led me to find a dog-walker to let him out around lunch time on my longer work days. I would definitely recommend Rover's Recess to anyone. They are really nice, they will work with your schedule, can come with as little as 24 hours advance notice and they will treat your dogs great. They are probably not as cheap as someone you find on Craig's List or something, but you can be sure it is a good person who is coming in your house and walking your dog.

Been using them for 2 years now to care for our two dogs. They treat them as their own. One of our…read moredogs got sick all around his cage one day, they cleaned it up and him for us! Never asked for an extra fee for this. Would highly recommend and already have referred two friends to them who still use the service. Not sure about the one star review, suspect their is more to that story.

Rod is the best. It is easy to see his love of animals. Great service and communication!read more

From the owner: Charlottesville Pet Care provides stress free environments for your extended family. Our clients…read moreand animals become apart of our family and we treat them as such.

Mary and Canine Concierge have been our dogs "go-to" place when we're out of town. There's a…read moresizable area for them to run and play, and they have a great time playing with one another and Mary's other canine guests. Always a great experience & nice to be comfortable that our pets are in skilled, caring hands.

Our terrier, Bonbon, loved her first day at Canine Concierge. Mary is wonderful. Bonbon is super…read moresocial and thrives in this environment. I highly recommend Caine Concierge to anyone who has a social dog. Thank you very much Mary!!!!