Creature Comforts Pet Services

I haven’t actually had Cathy’s services, but that was because she had managed not to notify me that she was going out of town– after she had set up the standard meet and greet appointment with me. A week goes by and I find myself waiting for our first visit, only for her to call me back a few hours after with the news. After such an experience I’m not sure I want to use her in the future.

This is my first Unilocal review — but I feel compelled to warn people about Cathy and reinforce Michelle E.‘s bad experience. I used Cathy for several years with no apparent incident — she was friendly, responsive and always said the right thing. Come to find out, she will say whatever she needs to and cannot be trusted.
The last time I used her (summer 2012 — we’ve since moved), we had an express agreement that she come first thing in the morning and again in the evenings. The morning visit was especially important to me because one of my cats needs special food and was being fed separately from the others and is always ravenous in the mornings.
I came home at 3pm on the last day of our trip to find her in our home. She was supposed to have come before 10am. The fact that she was so late was bad enough. When I asked her, «did you already come this morning?» she said yes, and then mumbled something about being confused about whether I wanted her to come in the afternoons too. It made no sense. In all the years I used her, I never once asked her to come in the afternoons. It was just a lie, which she later admitted.
She confessed later that she lied because she was caught off guard. Ok. The «truth» was her son had been doing some of the visits for her because she needed to deal with her aging father and she was just there cleaning up since it was the last day. Maybe that’s true, but even so, it is unacceptable. We’ve never met her son, she gave us no notice of the situation, and we don’t want a stranger in our home. My other cat needs nightly medication, which I entrusted Cathy with — not her son. This is exactly what happened with Michelle E.‘s review so beware that her’s was not a unique experience!
If you’re like me, pets are family and trust is paramount with a petsitter because you really have no way of knowing what goes on in your absence. My advice — look elsewhere.

I have had the pleasure of using Cathy for close to two years. She is amazing with my two terriers. She has helped me with daily pet potty breaks and also short and long term in home pet sitting. Once was for 9 days and her rates are still similar to boarding but without the stress on my dogs. I have boarded my pups too but one tends not to eat when away from home. She is great for last minute things and has wonderful assistants to help out when it is the busy season or if she is out of town. My pups are so excited when they see her and she even helped me with some minor pet training. I love her and am only stopping her service due to moving out of the state. The pups and I both wish we could pack her up and take her with us. Can’t sing her praises enough and my pups are my children.