Sarah’s Pampered Pets

Excellent service and Sarah is a very pleasant young lady. Jerry, our dog, took an immediate liking to Sarah and the feeling was mutual. Sarah was very professional with her documents and the instant connection I was able to put my trust in her to not only watch over Jerry during her visits but also found our mail on the dinning table and the key in the house after her last visit.
No mess in house and Jerry kept his normal schedule and stayed in the house he has known with no cages!
Great job Sarah and I have your service bookmarked in Unilocal for our future needs!

I am disappointed to write this review but we had a very negative experience with Sarah caring for our cat, Felix. In person, Sarah was sweet and seemed responsible when we met her. We then hired her for two trips, one single night and one week-​long trip. When we returned from the shorter trip, we found that the door to our garage had been left open. We asked Sarah to make sure our house was locked up the next time we hired her and to check in with us to let us know how Felix was doing.
When we returned from our longer, 7 day trip over the holidays, Felix’s two food bowls were completely empty, his water bowl was nearly dry and it looked as though his litter box had not been cleaned in several days. In addition, our door was left unlocked again and Felix had gotten sick in our living room. We also had to text Sarah several times to see that she had been to the house, as she did not proactively contact us as we had asked.
I did confront Sarah over the phone and she said that she had been to our house on the agreed upon days and apologized, but then tried to blame the open door on someone else who may have had a key trying to get in (no one else has a key). We truly have no way of knowing whether she did skip one or more days, but the conditions we returned home to led us to believe that she neglected to come to the house the day before we returned, or at very least did not follow our feeding or litter box instructions (which we had left her printed copy of). My husband and I will often leave for a day or overnight and have never returned home to completely empty bowls or an overflowing litter box.
I unfortunately can not recommend Sarah as a trustworthy sitter, at least for a cat, based on this experience.

I have booked Sarah twice now and will again the next time I go out town. She took excellent care of our little Maltipoo Snowflake. We had never booked a dog sitter before and I was nervous about doing so. I was getting married and we wanted to go away for mini honeymoon and new I needed to figure something out. Sara was a true professional. I was so impressed after our initial meeting that I knew we would be in good hands. She sent me pictures of our little dog while we were gone and that was huge seeing how happy she was being able to stay in her own home with a new friend taking care of her. I have referred her many times to others in need of a pet sitter. Her rates are very reasonable and she will customize what the needs of the pet is and what needs to be done at the home such as mail or newspapers brought in. I used to cringe at the thought of going out of town without our dog. But not anymore, I can relax knowing someone kind and trustworthy is taking care of my sweet dog and home.

Well, it’s been nearly 2 years since I wrote up my review for Sarah’s Pampered Pets, and since Sarah’s been helping me take care of my pug for a good 5 years now, I thought a little update was in order.
Without Sarah’s help, I would not be able to have a dog. I’m simply away from my home too long each day. But for half a decade now, Sarah’s been infallibly providing incredible care for my four-​legged best friend this whole time, and she has never once let me down! Sarah is awesome with my dog, and an incredibly kind and friendly person to interact with. I stand by every bit of my review from two years ago: Sarah continues to earn my highest recommendation over and over again!
Thanks, Sarah… Roxy and I ***greatly*** appreciate all of your help!

Sarah is AWESOME!!! Had to board both my dogs (Rescued 6 year old Belgian Melanois sisters) before and it was a terrible experience. Found her via referral from another dog sitter and my girlfriend and I couldn’t be HAPPIER!!! I would easily refer her to any friend, family or stranger for that matter!!! Her PRICES are EXCELLENT and we are totally going to use her again!!! THANKS SARAH!!! =0)

What can I even say. My boyfriend and I adopted a dog from a local rescue who ended up having some… baggage. Before we found Sarah, we scared a few dog walkers away. We were near hopeless. «Dog walkers» advertising left and right, with backgrounds like «I had a cat once, but I really like dogs» or «I volunteer at the Humane Society» (yea, with the easy dogs out front!). Not Sarah. She is the real deal.
Sarah was recommended to us, but we lived slightly outside her normal range. Not only did she make an exception because we needed her oh so badly, she even came to meet our dog probably 4 or 5 times, and it was even the 4^th before we were ready to let our little girl out into the world without us.
Now they are best friends. And I trust Sarah completely! She even brought in another associate to help us when we really needed. We had to go through the same meet and greet process, and just as many times. Guess what? Now our doggie had yet ANOTHER friend.
I am totally devastated now, as we have moved north up the 15 and are out of Sarah’s reach. I will miss her caring for my girl. Forget that, I will just miss her! She is so friendly and adorable and inviting.
Sarah, thank you so much for everything! Kenya (and all of us) will miss you tons!

Just what everyone else says about her, Sarah is professional, responsive and our dogs love her :)
She is our vacation savior, since our sitters don’t always walk the dogs, now we know we can come home to calm dogs after being away. Sarah was very flexible in what time of day she could come over and everything went very smoothly from our brief meet and greet, to her filling us in on her walks with our dogs when we got back!
We will use her again for sure!

Enough about dogs. Don’ t get me wrong — I love dogs. It’s a long story, but I just happen to have bunnies and a bird. And I bless the day I found Sarah. I have used Sarah for many years (I think I may have been one of her first clients — I’m not sure she even had business cards at the time!) I honestly don’t know if I could live without her. I trust her implicitly with my home and house pets. I try to make her life as easy as possible so have most of my mail held at the post office and packages picked up by a neighbor so she can spend as much time with my furred and feathered family. She’s extremely competent, dependable, she’s worth every penny, and is every thing and more than I could ask for to take care of my family. THANK you Sarah. We all love you!

We had to go to the East Coast for a wedding, and needed care for our three cats and nine-​month old puppy. Sarah assessed our needs in an initial interview and quoted us a fair price.
We were especially worried about our puppy, since she had never been left alone before, so Sarah assigned one of her coworkers to stay at our house and make certain that everything went well. I emailed and texted occasionally while we were gone (anxious parent), and Sarah always responded quickly and informatively (she even sent pictures of our puppy enjoying herself).
When we arrived home, the house was in perfect condition, probably better than it would have been had we been there the whole time! We definitely would use Sarah’s Pampered Pets again.

Little bit about our animal family that Sarah cares for:
16 year old cat with a thyroid condition and failing health
14 year old cat with multiple issues, including FIV positive and a failing liver
1 year old cat who is afraid of his own shadow
I have been using Sarah’s services for a few years, usually at least twice per year. From the beginning, she was professional, prompt and trustworthy. Her customer service is impeccable. She is great with animals, even our dog who is very cautious around new people. She took to Sarah’s gentle and caring demeanor right away. She is great with special needs animals, too and will administer medication as needed. While away, Sarah is available by text, email, or phone to give you updates on how your pets are doing.
In March we needed to take an emergency trip for a funeral. Sarah fit us into her schedule last minute with no problems. We knew one of the kitties was ill, but found out while we were gone that she was FIV positive and suffering from liver failure. She was vomiting excessively before we left and started again during our trip. Sarah worked with me to set a vet appointment early the next morning so she could take Sniffer to get some anti-​nausea medication. She wasn’t worried about the extra cost or how she would get paid for the extra service, she just took care of it. I actually had to ask her how much I owed her for the trip to the vet!
I always feel comfortable going away knowing that Sarah is taking care of our house and cats and will continue to use her services as long as she is in business.
Thank you Sarah… you are awesome!!!

When I needed someone for a week to sleep overnight with my two elderly cats, Sarah was already booked but she enlisted her mother, Susan. Susan made instant friends with Snip and Zaboo. They loved
her gentle ways and slept on the bed with her every night. When I returned, a gracious note about her week was waiting for me, along with fresh sheets on the bed. Sarah’s Pampered Pets will always be my go-​to team for pet sitters. Judy Gibb, Mission Valley

I am a busy single lady with 2 awesome dogs and 2 cats. Sarah comes by my house every day around noon to take the dogs out for a walk. She also allows me to call her the day before and drop the pups off for an all day stay at her house with her amazing Dautshund (spelling). Sarah has given me tips to help me train my pups and they are never afraid when they know they are going to Auntie Sarah’s house. I have searched a long time for a caring person to watch my ‘children’ while I work late or am out of town and I found that in Sarah! She is awesome! She is highly recommended!

Sarah is awesome… you can definitely trust her to do whatever it takes to take care of your pet (s)! I went out of town last minute and she stepped right in and took care of them… plus she is professional, personal, and very gifted with animals.

I feel your ASPCA rebukes from afar. Maybe a single girl that works long hours doesn’t need a dog. Maybe I should have been happy with a low maintenance cat and a goldfish! I wasn’t. I got a puppy. A hyper, crazy, intensely cuddly puppy. She was so cute in that little cage!
So, being the responsible young professional that I am… I also got a pet sitter; Sarah, she’s great. She stops by during the day and makes sure that my little trouble maker isn’t getting to squirrley. She also checks my mailbox and brings in the paper. We’re on week four of her visits and I like her and have no complaints (and I like to complain!).

Many buisiness owners should have Sarah come and teach customer service. Sarah showed up to the first interview looking professional and had paperwork to fill out so she had any information needed while pet sitting.
Sarah stayed with my dogs for three nights and came during the day while I was away for a training excercise. Not only did she let me know each visit how my boys were doing but she left the house immaculate and all mail pick up and on the dining table along with a card letting me know how everything went.
During the week she walks the dogs in the afternoon and as well, calls to update me and even cleaned the carpet when one of the dogs got sick.
Truely a professional and as picky as I am I would recommend her without hesitation. In a world of failing customer service, Sarah goes above and beyond taking care of your pets and you as a customer.

Awesome! I will definitely use her again. Very trustworthy, professional, and my dog loved her!

She is amazing! I have a guinea pig who she took great care of! My guinea pig had plenty of hay, a full water bottle, and a clean cage! She also took care of an infection my guinea pig had. I felt safe leaving my guinea pig in her care because she had experience with exotic pets which is hard to find! I will definitely be using her again!

I don’t know where to begin…
I feel so fortunate to have found Sarah, she’s been a true blessing to me.
My husband and I knew the day would come that we would have to leave our three poodles with a professional and not friends. We really hesitate traveling anywhere because finding someone to leave the dogs with was always a problem.
I was referred to Sarah and was so nervous about the whole thing, I love these dogs as if they were my kids and didn’t know how I would feel leaving them with someone they didn’t know.
Upon meeting Sarah I felt immediately relaxed. She came over our place to meet the dogs and talk about what it is she would be doing on her overnight visits and walks with the dogs. Feeling comfortable right away we decided Sarah was a good fit.
We left for four days three nights. I honestly have to say that we had a really good trip because every time Sarah would check in with us we were feeling more and more reassured that the boys were okay (and I think not even missing us!)
We have two boys on meds, so Sarah administered their medicine without a problem, she handled all three of them on their walks, and really got to know our boys in a short amount of time.
I have to say I almost didn’t want to do this review and keep Sarah a secret but I couldn’t do that to other fellow dog owners. Sarah is wonderful and we feel so relieved and comfortable that we’ve (and the dogs) have established ourselves with a wonderful, trusting and caring person.
Traveling without the dogs will no longer be a problem!

Sarah has been a pet sitter for our pug and puggle several times this past year. She obviously loves pets and enjoys taking care of them. Our dogs demand a lot of attention and cuddle time and Sarah happily provides both. When we leave town, we need to know that our dogs are being spoiled with the love they are accustomed to. I highly recommend Sarah. She is trustworthy and truly cares about animals.

Just met Sarah, who will be taking our pets over the Thanksgiving holiday. We were originally looking for a new dog walker, since our previous walker could no longer come out to east county. Sarah to the rescue! She met the pups, asked great questions about how we want them cared for and had a very well organized business plan. We even got a discount for being close by! What a lifesaver! She was super-​freindly with the dogs and we can tell she will be a great fit for our family.