Pam’s Southside Dog Walking, Pet Sitting & Doggie Daycare

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed my favorite dog walker, «Pam». She is amazing and is always reliable. On top of being a great dog walker she’s become a great friend. I locked myself out of my house and she went out of her way to come over and let me in. She is also one of the most HONEST people I have ever met. She’ll always be the first to tell me if she owes me a walk if ever I’ve overpaid by accident. She is so good to my babies and it’s a blessing to have her in our lives!

Used Pam several times – she is a gem. Extremely dependable. Makes us feel comfortable that our dogs are getting the best care. We can actually relax and enjoy our time away. Our dogs are quirky, but they love Pam! Highly Recommended! Professional! Affordable!

Pam’s doggy daycare service is awesome. I moved from Humboldt Park area where there doggy services all over and I was worried I would not find anything. When I found Pam’s service — it has been nothing but a lifesaver. My dog loves going there and my dog is at home. My dog is 10 yo scchnauzer-​terrier– an a bit of a barker, but Pam’s team welcomed my dog and he has a blast and exhausted when he comes home. That is a good thing. I highly recommend Pam’s service for anyone lookin for doggy daycare or pet sittng. #woof-​woof

I cannot say enough good things about Pam and how well she takes care of our very pampered pooches. My regular dog sitter had to leave town midway through watching our pups and Pam stepped right in and helped out. Both dogs — neither of them very friendly to strangers — took to her immediately because she knew how to approach them without scaring them. She also made sure to let me know how they were doing with her so I didn’t worry while on vacation. Besides walking the dogs, Pam brought in our mail and even watered our very dried-​out flowers out front! Every pet owner worries about leaving their dogs in someone else’s care, but you can really relax after you hire Pam and know that she has it under control.

*Update as of August 17 2015*
When we first started out using Pam things were really good. I have memory issues and because of other issues (style of speech that makes me come off Witchy with a B and ADHD) I was one of her harder clients. If I forgot a payment she was ok with me dropping it off later that day. That is the reason Im give her a three star review instead of a two star. Us not working out was half my fault half hers.
Somethings happened towards the end that made me uncomfortable using her. Again half my fault, it wasn’t all Pams fault. Both to blame.
Issue one: Einstein whose a crated dog started eating his harness in the cage. To see why he was doing this I set up a webcam that only faced his cage. For some reason (everyones allowed to have their reasons) this made the dog walker nervous. Im not sure why. But in the end I felt guilty and didn’t do it again. I didn’t do anything wrong and was trying to figure out why my dog was eating his harness.
Issue Two: Many different walkers. this was a big problem because of Einstein «Bite» Report. I met Pam and the other dog walker. But there were two others that I didn’t met, but I needed my pups walked while I was at work and we couldn’t find a time that worked for everyone to meet.
Issue Three: Customer Service. I’ve worked some form of customer service for ten years. I know I wasn’t the greatest customer (see the first paragraph) And while I don’t 100% believe my mom was rude to the dog walker to came to walk my dogs (One that I had never met) I was extremely apologetic to Pam. It doesn’t matter if I believe or not no one deserves to be treated that way. The thing that I will NEVER EVER believe is the claim that my mom gave the dog waker her Debit Card, told her the pin and asked her to get the money for Pam for my mom. I will NEVER EVER believe that.
Still I was very apologetic to Pam for my moms behavior. But after Pam called me at my work (After I kept apologizing via text) to yell at me. YELL at me about my moms behavior, I couldn’t use her service anymore.
Issue four: I asked for pictures from the walk just to see the boys while I was at work, and for a little bit I got that. But eventually stopped.
Bottom Line use your own judgement, do a meet and great. If it works for you great. Because in the end it wasn’t all Pams fault. It was fifty fifty. I’ve since found another dog walker who was so different and she worked better for my dogs. The new one was able to help me with Einsteins problems and he’s a different dogs.

Wonderful, dog-​loving people who are responsive to my pet’s needs — and mine! So easy to work with. Dependable. Kind. I couldn’t ask for more! I work downtown and my beagle can have very long days of boredom, so their services are a Godsend.