Until recently, pet owners had limited pet care options when they had to be away from home. One choice was boarding a pet at a kennel or with a veterinarian.  Another option was turning to family, friends, neighbors or a professional boarder.  But these solutions were seldom ideal.

Professional pet sitting has changed all that, as today there are pet sitters - professional pet caregivers - to look after an animal or animals, at home, while their owner is away. Pet sitters offer the best of all worlds for pets and their owners. For your pet, trauma is minimized as pets get to stay in their familiar environment, maintain their diet and exercise routine and are attended to by caring professionals.  Pet owners need not go through the ordeal of transporting unhappy pets and worrying that they might be exposed to other animals' illnesses.  Pet sitters have taken the anxiety out of leaving a pet behind and allow owners to confidently leave their pets home, knowing that they'll receive the love and care they so rightly deserve. Once you experience professional pet care in your home, you'll never worry about being away from your pet again.

Using a professional pet sitter reaps benefits for both pets and their owners.  For your pet, the benefits include: staying at home in his/her secure and safe environment and being surrounded by familiar sights, smells and sounds, following his/her regular diet and exercise routine, having play time, receiving love and personal attention from a pet care professional, maintaining medical treatment when required, having someone responsible in case of an emergency, eliminating the trauma of travel or an unfamiliar environment and ensuring good health (no exposure to other animals' illness or parasites). For pet owners, the benefits of professional pet sitters include: the knowledge that your pet is in caring, loving hands, having the confidence that the pet sitter can deal with other issues - such as grooming or visits to the veterinarian, eliminating the trauma of having to transport and leave your pet, not having to impose on family, friends or neighbors and feeling your home is more secure (with someone going in and out several times a day).

Not all pet sitters are created equal, nor are they all professional.  In hiring a pet sitter, it is important to make sure you have chosen the right person to care for your beloved animal. See our Guide to Selecting a Pet Sitter.

If you provide pet sitting services and would like to be listed in this directory just click “Go To The Submission Form For Pet Sitters.”