Ahmet, the pet sitter, brought a girl to my apartment at night and had sex with her in my apartment while I was out of the country!!!
If I could give negative rating to Puppy Parade, I would. This is the worst pet sitting service I have seen and had had other pet sitters before moving to Rego Park, NY.
After reading the online reviews, looking at Puppy Parade website, discussing the service needed with Gary and Ahmet on the phone, requesting a certificate of bond and insurance info, and finally interviewing Ahmet in person, I hired Ahmet at Puppy Parade to take care of my cat for 2+ weeks while we are out of the country. We set up a security camera in the apartment just prior to leaving the country for security and I am so glad that we did.
The term of the service arrangement was for Ahmet to come to the apartment once a day to clean the litter box, feed the cat, occasionally water the plants and play with the cat for 30 minutes at 3pm everyday while we are away. 4th day into the trip (5/24/2016), we received e-mail notifications that he brought a girl into my apartment at 9:20pm even though he already came at 3pm that same afternoon and his business hours stated on the website is from 9am-9pm. From the photos attached to the e-mail alerts, he treated my apartment as a motel and had sex with that girl in various places in my apartment. I watched everything unfold in horror and called him and texted him numerous times requesting him to stop and leave my apartment. Finally, I had to call my friend to come to the apartment and kicked them out at 11:30pm.
After I returned home nearly two weeks later and checked the video of the night, I realized he knew we have camera monitoring and looked at it three times but still decided to have sex in my apartment. He even played with the lights in the apartment thinking we can't see his disgusting actions in the dark. Worst yet, when they made a mess and had their body fluid all over my sofa, he told the girl "it's okay", which left several huge stains on my sofa.
Since we were still out of the country when this happen, I could not possibly have Ahmet coming back to take care of my cat and needed someone else to take over. I contacted Gary, Ahmet's partner at Puppy Parade and requested him to take over the job. His response was that he can only take care pets in Sunnyside, and Rego Park is too far for him, which left us hanging with no other choices but asking my friends to step in for nearly 2 weeks.
Puppy Parade is a very unreliable pet sitting company. I trusted them to hand over my keys and asked them to take care of my pet. Yet, Ahmet destroyed my trust and Gary did not step in to make up for his partner's mistakes and left us figuring out where we can find another pet sitter while we are away. For anyone who is looking for a pet sitter, I would strongly advise you to find someone else. For those who are using Puppy Parade, I would recommend you to re-examine what they are doing in your apartment while you are away. Good luck to all of you! read more