Ohana Pet Services

We have been going to Sara for three years now to take care of our cat, and we love her! I can’t say enough about why Sara’s service is the best in the area. Sara is kind, friendly, flexible and wonderful with our cat. She keeps us updated when we’re away on how everything is going, and even checks our mail for us while we’re away as part of her service. The longest we’ve been away when Sara has watched our cat was a little over two weeks, and it was wonderful knowing our cat was in such great hands while we were away. I highly recommend Sara!

I called Sara for the first time to take care of our 2 cats while we were gone overnight. I knew immediately that this was a match made in heaven because even our shy cat, Arwen, didn’t run away and hide. She came up to Sara and rubbed against her leg!
Sara texted updates while we were away. She played fuzz ball with Tucker and then, while he was watching the birds outside our kitchen window, Arwen jumped into her lap for snuggles and attention. Wow!
We came home to happy, calm cats, clean litter boxes, newspaper on the table — every instruction followed to a tee. Can you ask for anything more?
And this is what makes Sara special — when she came by so I could pay her, I mentioned that I had just lost my sister (the reason we were gone was her memorial service) and I started crying. She asked if I needed a hug and I nodded and she hugged me, then hugged me again. What a lovely, lovely young woman.

What a fantastic experience. Having never had a a stranger watch our cat, I was extremely nervous. Sara was incredible: warm, friendly, accommodating, and incredibly professional. After more than two weeks away we came home to a happy, healthy cat (normally a very nervous Nelly) and pages of daily documentation. These were just a bonus though as Sara provided me with texts, emails and pictures throughout my vacation to keep me at ease. I would HIGHLY recommend her and will definitely use her again and again.

I rated Sara and Ohana Pet Services 5-​stars because truly this is as good as it gets. We have two dogs that Sara either walks or lets out in the yard for some play time while we are at work. Our dogs adore her. Sara is reliable, is always on time and emails me at work every day to let me know how the walk or visit went. She has taken them to the vet for a last minute appointment and would, if needed, be able to administer prescriptions because of her experience. She is just a treasure.

Sara recently watched our cat for a week while we were on vacation.
I’ll admit that I’m a bit of a fussy/​nervous «pet parent,» so my expectations for the care of our cat and the communication between the sitter and us are very high.
Sara exceeded all my expectations, and completely allayed all my concerns.
Sara is professional, compassionate and very personable.
Ohana Pet Services offers email or text, voice or email updates after visits, and I found these to be very reassuring while we were more than 1000 miles away from our fuzzy boy.
The entire experience with Sara/​Ohana Pet Services was perfect, from initial contact through our return.
We can’t recommend Sara highly enough, and will definitely call on her again.

Sara McDowell did a great job caring for my Franny, a shy indoor tortoiseshell cat who’s getting on in years (aged 13).
We were gone approximately 5 days. Per our arrangement, Sara visited every day. She watered the plants, brought in the mail, cleaned the litter box, and tried to coax Franny out of the bedroom closet.
She gave Franny fresh food and water and sang to her and played classical music to bring her out (the latter was my idea). She even made her a catnip toy, which I believe must have been played with, because Sara said that it was in a different spot every day.
The best part of her service is that she kept a log of her visits. She even sent me a pic of Franny curled up in the closet, from her phone.
Sara’s rates are very reasonable. I will definitely use her services again. Next time I hope Franny comes out of the closet!

Great service! We were nervous about leaving the kitty we had adopted a few months before. It was the first time the whole family was leaving her alone for a few days; when I had a business trip she realy seemed to miss me when I was gone. When the three of us came back after Sara cat sat for us, our kitty was very calm and happy. She had obviously been well-​cared for.
Sara was willing to give us as much status updating as we wanted, even pictures if we wanted them from each visit. She left very detailed notes about each contact with our kitty. I also liked that she notified us that she started care, and made sure we were home when expected so she could stop care.
We love knowing we have a cat sitter we can call on. Her rates are reasonable and we like having a professional so our cat gets the best possible care.