Happy Tails Petsitting

I have used this service twice for my fur baby. I have been very happy with the sitters. I enjoy doing a meet and greet prior to the sitting. While I am away, the sitters send me photos and updates on how my pup is doing. Both sitters have a very in depth understanding of dogs, their behaviors, and they left me confident that I was leaving my pup in good hands.
The owner who arranges the services is very prompt in replying, you get several options on where you want to take your animal for sitting. She is easy to work with and flexible. We picked our pup up early and right away we got a credit for the day.

It has been 10 days and my keys have STILL not been returned to me. Since the keys were/​are in the possession of their employee who is dishonest and untrustworthy, I had to have all the locks in my house changed. I just sincerely hope this company sets up some measures so that this never happens to any else’s beloved pets … NO ANIMAL EVER DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH SUCH CARELESSNESS.

We used this service a few times for our 3 dogs and did not like it. We definitely got the feeling that the owner is in this business just to make money, and our pets were not treated like family in any way.

I called last minute hoping to find a place to keep my fur baby, he has never been with anyone but family and I was so scared to even think of leaving him. Tamara (the «Alpha Dog») at HappyTails spoke with me in great detail about my dog and his needs and was able to find someone with availability to take him. The best part is he will be in a loving home as that is what he is used to here… Not in a kennel 16 out of 24 hrs a day!!! Then To make a great situation better I received an email from Holly (who will be keeping him) introducing herself and her home, all within 5 hours of making the initial call!!! Please if you are overprotective and love your pet like me, these are the guys for you!!! Thank you so much! ;) Melissa S.

I did not want to leave my cat alone for a week and I’m so glad I found Happy Tails. They provided reasonably priced daily visits and excellent customer service. They even accommodated a last minute schedule change with no problem. I will definitely use Happy Tails again.

I am so pleased to have found Happy Tails! I was very nervous to have a «stranger» in our home, and taking care of our pets. Two of our three dogs are rescue dogs, and often take awhile to warm up to people. As soon as we met Cynthia, she felt like part of the family. The dogs are happy and secure with her, and are always calm and happy when we come home. She walks all three of them and handles difficult situations well. She gives us daily reports to let us know how things went. Tamara responds quickly to requests and communication is great. It took me years to find a business like this for our pets that I am so pleased with.
I highly recommend Happy Tails!

I used Happy Tails for my 1 year old Weimaraner. I think they deserve 5 stars for sure. They responded in a timely manner to my request for dog sitting.
Also I called them on December 30^th and they were able to find me a sitter for Dec. 31^st-​Jan. 1^st. Wow! That is a great turn around time.
Great service and excellent in response time.
Highly recommend these guys.

THANK YOU, Nate K. for starting this Unilocal listing! We were in a bind during Memorial Day weekend because the rafting company we booked with told us we couldn’t bring our puppy to the property. So there we were, scrambling to find a nearby PetSmart Doggy Day Camp or pet sitter in the area, calling 4 – 5 other places near our hotel (mostly animal hospitals listed), and all of them don’t open Sundays!
Finally I find Happy Tails on Unilocal,and as soon as I call, I could already tell this was a winner. I was greeted by a friendly, professional lady (assuming the owner) who answered my questions calmly (despite how last minute it was), and kept the booking process very simple so I didn’t have to worry about filling out tons of paperwork. She passed my contact info to one of her boarders, who then sent me a text message a few hours later, I was able to confirm the booking in just 2 – 3 exchanges, then I received a confirmation email with an invoice and link to pay via PayPal. So easy, what a relief!
And that was just the booking process. Aside from the small hiccup when my GPS wasn’t able to find the boarder’s home on our first try (rural area — lesson learned), the boarder helped direct us from where we were in time to drop off our pup and still get to our rafting reservation on time. The boarder was completely comfortable and at ease, even when my puppy started barking at her. When we picked our pup up at the end of the day, she was comfortable, relaxed, and slept soundly in the car ride home.
In summary, Happy Tails was exactly what we needed, when we needed it. Perfectly simple booking process. Boarders were friendly, dog-​loving, and extremely professional. Highly, highly recommend Happy Tails, and just wish they serviced my hometown area!

While planning a 3 day trip to California’s Gold Country for some camping, rafting and leisure I had the option of boarding my dog here in San Francisco ($ 100+ per day) or taking her with me. Naturally I wanted her to be on the trip with us, but my Standard Poodle surely wasn’t going to be allowed on the raft, so that’s where Tamara the owner of Happy Tails comes in.
I found Happy Tails through craigslist, and thought I would start this Unilocal listing to make it easier for other Urbanites, possibly planning similar adventures, to become aware of and use this terrific business. Tamara was at our campground at 6:30AM so we would have time to eat and meet our raft before 8AM and she looked after Roots until about 7PM that evening. I could hardly believe how inexpensive her service is, costing just $ 35 (w/​transport) before gratuity. Roots had the companionship of Tamara’s two Great Danes, which we’re very sweet to my relatively little 50lbs dog.
If anyone would like to contact me as a reference for Happy Tails it would be my pleasure to provide it: