Our Walker Vaughan

I have never written a Unilocal review before, but Vaughan is so amazing that I feel compelled to! Vaughan eased our pup’s transition from puppy day care to dog walking seamlessly. As nervous new parents, Vaughan was very patient, and has continued to be a great source of guidance about training and care.
When my partner and I first met Vaughan, he told us all about his education, his experience working at a Zoo in the Bronx, his tricked out car, and his general philosophy about dog walking. After our initial conversation, i thought to myself, «is this guy for real?!?» And yes, yes he is. Vaughan is so genuinely enthusiastic about dogs that it really comes through in how thoughtful he is about selecting dogs, parks, changing up locations, leaving notes, creating comics, and being very communicative with my partner and I about our dog’s progress. He seems like he really loves his job, and our dog absolutely loves him and his clan. I can’t recommend him enough!

My family has been using «Teacher Vaughan» for a few months now and we just LOVE him! He’s considerate, caring, passionate and responsible. We cannot recommend him enough to other city folk looking for great care for their pups. Our dog absolutely loves Vaughan and every day we get home from work our boy is tired and happy. We’ve been home several times while Vaughan has come by and we can say that he’s consistent, spends lots of time with the dogs, that our dog is VERY excited for the pick up!

We had a great experience with Vaughan as our walker after our puppy graduated from SF Puppy Prep. He’s reliable and Brisket was always very excited to see him.
Vaughan changes up his routines for the dogs everyday, and would leave us fun, informative notes about how she did that day and where they went. We trust him completely and would recommend him for anyone who is within his service area.

Vaughan is great! My dog is shy, and he has gotten him to socialize more and enjoy being a dog. He is dependable and truly cares about animals. I would definitely recommend him with the highest marks. Chewie is excited about his upcoming outings!

Vaughan was referred to us by another well known and highly reputable dog walker — who said that if she was hiring someone to walk her dog, it would be Vaughan.
Our dog is about a year old — and is «all puppy» — but has some early hip issues, so we had very specific instructions from the specialist about what he could/couldn’t do. Not only did Vaughan patiently respond to all of the requests, he also provided additional and meaningful recommendations. He was instrumental in healing our dog back to good health and our appreciation for him can not be captured in words.
He is a loving care giver who clearly knows and understands dogs. He is reliable, thoughtful and most importantly our dog LOVES him.
Choosing Vaughan as your dog walker is one of the best decisions you could make for your dog.

Vaughan has been an awesome walker for us, and we cant say enough positive things about him.
Our pup (who happens to be in the photo Vaughan posted) has had some separation anxiety issues, and Vaughan has been amazing in working with him in conjunction with the rest of our training.
Vaughan is much more than a walker, as he tries very hard to work with your dog both to improve his/​her general training. When we first met him, he spent a significant amount of time getting to know us and how we interact with our dog. This means he keeps training consistent while he is spending time with our guy. He socializes our pup really well, introduces him to various types of people and dogs, and brings him to all sorts of different environments to keep things exciting. This may already be obvious, but Vaughan is not a walker who simply takes 10 dogs to a dog park and sits on his cell phone for 4 hours.
Pulver (our dog), is super happy spending time with Vaughan, and is still happy when we come home at the end of the day.

Vaughan has been taking our pup out daily since he was just old enough to be social. We’ve never taken the pup to puppy class, but he behaves like a little angel. I can’t take credit for this. I’m pretty sure Vaughan has taught him everything he knows.
I can tell our dog really likes Vaughan, he perks up when he hears the van outside in the driveway. During a holiday Monday, we left to run some errands and came back somewhere during Vaughan’s regular window. Our dog was happy to see us, but seemed disappointed that Vaughan wasn’t there to take him on his daily adventure! He paced around the hallway and even looked for him down the staircase. It was really quite cute, but also assuring that Vaughan is an awesome dog walker!
He also leaved daily report cards so we know if our dog did anything naughty (never) or if he’s acting funny.
Highly recommend Vaughan!

You’d be hard pressed to find a better dog walker. Courteous, energetic, thorough, punctual. Vaughan walks two dogs for me. They’re ready to burst by the time he comes to the door. They come back happy and exhausted. I’m grateful for his services.

we and more importantly barley are so lucky to have vaughan. he is the best dog walker! the way he interacts with barley when he picks him up and drops him off is spectacular. he doesn’t just put him on the leash and go… you can tell he truly loves dogs and builds a relationship with each of his buddies! my husband and i look forward to the notes he leaves everyday, not just notes… stories about their adventures! it’s so wonderful to know our boy gets several hours a day with such a wonderful person. thanks vaughan, you’re the best!

vaughn is great. he takes very good care of my 1 ½ year old golden retriever chloe. He lets me know how she is doing on the dogs walks with fun notes and poems– letting me know if something comes up with her while she is under his care. vaughn is very attentive and thorough in his communications to me. from what I can tell, he does a great job of exercising the dogs because my pup is always exhausted when I get home. i know chloe loves vaughn and the dog group.
i would highly recommend vaughn as a dog walker!

This guy rocks! We adopted Oscar (the love of our lives) from the SPCA in November, 2009 and in May, 2010 decided to trust his care to Who Let The Dogs Out. We knew immediately that this was a great service (Oscar and Lauren were in love at first site) and Oscar was assigned to Vaughan’s play group. Vaughan is truly amazing and this has been the best experience for Oscar. His behavior is better (no longer barks at joggers or people on bikes) and we attribute this to the special care and training given to him by Vaughan. We don’t know what we’d do without him. We look forward to his creative and comical notes that he leaves us re the daily experiences of his pack. We’d give him a million stars if we could! THANK YOU, VAUGHAN.
Linda and Kurt (Pacific Heights, SF)

VAUGHAN, RENAISSANCE DOG WALKER
my dog chechu has to be the luckiest dog in the world. besides having two great parents who let him snuggle up in their bed every night and a toasty fireplace where he loves to warm his bum, he’s got the best dog walker in the world… vaughan wilkins. vaughan hails from canada and has a ph. d in (oh boy, i am going to totally get this wrong) african dog pack behaviors (?). but ph. d or no ph. d, vaughan LOVES dogs. i can tell because chechu does the samba when he sees him. vaughan also does a fantastic job of pupsitting when we’re away. and he’s a poet! which might be irrelevant in the world of dog walking but it just goes to show you that vaughan is no ordinary dog walker… he’s a renaissance dog walker.