Category: Critter Caretakers News

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Winner of Best of Mesa Best Pet Services 2014

Winner of Best of Mesa Best Pet Services 2014  as voted for by the people of Mesa, we are proud to have won this award for the first. No other Mesa pet sitters have this level of recognition from their own community members. “When Only The Best Is Good Enough!”

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Would you want your pet sitter lying down on the job?

As a Gilbert pet sitter we get to do all kinds of pet care visits – dog walking, daily visits and overnights. Overnights? As in sleep at the person’s house with their pets? Absolutely! Why would someone want an overnight pet sitter? All they are doing is sleeping, right?  Hardly! Our overnight pet sitting runs […]

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How Do I Know if My Tempe Pet Sitter is at Their Visits?

Occasionally we have clients that like to double check that their sitter is completing their visits as requested and scheduled.  Fortunately, your accountable and reliable  pet sitter in Tempe is background checked, bonded, insured, and work with integrity.  We also have systems in place to ensure visits are being made properly and accurately. For example, we use […]

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Gilbert Pet Sitters Now Offer Online Scheduling

As our company has grown, we found ourselves needing a way to keep our clients organized. So after searching for a pet sitting software system, we settled on LeashTime for pet sitters.  What is so great about an online software system? Oh my gosh…lots of things! It offers many advantages to our Gilbert dog sitting […]

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What is the true cost of pet sitting in Gilbert?

There are many factors that go into a pet sitting company determining their prices.  Many of the pricing factors some people may not even think of or realize. While a pet sitting business is largely working with, caring for and being with pets, a lot goes on behind the scenes before we get to the […]

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We’re Now Pet Sitting in Tempe!

Critter Caretakers has exciting news….Yes it’s true! We’re now expanding our service area to pet sit in Tempe, and Chandler. Our new service area will cover more area west from Mesa Drive to Kyrene Road. And running north to south, we will cover from Loop 202  as far south as Chandler Boulevard. What does this […]

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Ridiculous Things Pet Sitters Do!

OK I admit it. We abso-stinking-lutely LOVE our jobs. I mean LOVE IT!!! Some days we can’t believe how lucky we are to be a Mesa pet sitter!!! But what you don’t know are all the silly things we do when we pet sit for you. Sometimes we don’t put them in our notes, because […]

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Mesa Dog Sitter Shares Sad Story

I usually try to keep things upbeat and positive, but after an experience I had the other night, I felt very strongly about sharing the importance of the lesson learned. It’s one I try to reinforce with my Mesa pet sitting clients when I can. I was driving home from my last pet sitting visit […]

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Gilbert Pet Sitter Saves the Day!

While on my way to visit one of our  pet sitting clients in Gilbert one morning, I happened to notice two West Highland Terriers high tailing it (um, pun intended) down a neighborhood street at about Mach 5. The only problem? These 2 pups were zooming down the street with no owners attached to them, […]

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Critter Caretakers Pet Sitting Seen in the AZ Republic

Well this is exciting!!! Our pet sitting company was interviewed as part of an article for the AZ Republic on what to do with your pets when you travel. The article showed several different options for pet owners and their pets. Our company was shown as the stay-at-home option, which of course we feel is […]