Denver Pet Sitters, Inc.
Pet Sitting & Dog Walking

An Old School Mom & Pop Shop
Helping the Highlands Since 1999
OUR SERVICES
Pet Sitting: We come to your home and give your pets care, love and attention. Our visits are not ruled by the clock.  Our goal is to perpetuate your routines as seamlessly and invisibly as possible while you are away, not to rush out the door.  This is a list of some of the services we can provide. If there is something else you need done that is not listed please ask; we will do almost anything reasonable to make you and your pets more comfortable.
  • Lots of attention, play time and companionship
  • No employees or screwy "subcontractors"
  • Walks, petting, playing, toys, cuddling, talking, treats, etc...
  • Receive necessary medications as required (no extra charge)
  • Text, email, photos and written reports
  • Contact with your Vet and emergency transport if needed
  • Litter boxes cleaned or pet walked and general pet clean-up
  • Watering plants, indoors or outdoors
  • Alternating lights & blinds to create a "lived-in" appearance
  • Trash to the curb, recycling bins in/out
  • Collecting your mail and newspapers
  • Filling outdoor bird feeders
  • Maintain regular eating, sleeping and exercising routines
  • Flexibility if your plans change
Midday Walks: We do a limited number of these each day and really enjoy them.  We like to develop long term relationships with the pets we see everyday, and cramming as many walks as possible into the midday hours takes all the joy out of it.  In our 20 years of business we've seen dogs from puppyhood through passing, some of our customers are using us for their second pets.  Your pets and home will never be subjected to random new people or lose a walker they've become attached to with us.  No need to commit to a fixed schedule, we are very flexible and can work with you. We also provide our own 100% biodegradable bags as part of the service, and never leave messes on our walks.  Our walks are not ruled by the clock, and we never overbook so we never have to hurry; our goal is for your dog to be "productive" and comfortable at his or her own pace, no rush. 

Dinner Walks: Need to go somewhere after work without stopping home? Call us! Last minute is no problem. We'll feed, water and walk your dog, bring in any mail or papers, turn on your lights and whatever else we can do to help. Enjoy your evening without coming home to a mess!

*All of our walks are your dog(s) only- we do not combine customers unless they both request it.
THESE ARE OUR PRICES
There are no hidden fees,
no additional anything. 
No extra charges for- weekends, holidays, medications, last minute booking, key exchanges, meetings or anything else.
 
Full Service visits average 15 to 20 minutes, Extra Service is double, but it's all flexible.  Our visits are not ruled by the clock; we try to care for your pets as we'd like our own cared for, not as time dictates. 

Midday & Dinner Walks:
$15.00 Full Service
walk and / or backyard play time, fresh water, feed if needed, bring in packages.   
$3.00 per additional pet

$25.00 Double Service
longer sessions focused on fun and adventure, fresh water, feed if needed, bring in packages.   
$5.00 per additional pet

Pet Sitting:
$15.00 Full Service
all the basics for your pets and home for one low price.   
$3.00 per additional pet

$25.00 Double Service
every service we offer plus lots of love and attention!
$5.00 per additional pet
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who will be caring for my pet(s)?
Jahna and/or Paul. You will meet both of us if you decide to use our service.

Do you use employees?
No! This is the #1 red flag when hiring a pet sitter!  We have a level of trust in each other that we could never have in a hired hand, and we like having a smaller, more personal service.  We know all of our customers, and more importantly they know us.  We've been here for 20 years, when you hire us you get us.  Turnover for pet care service employees is high, positions are part-time and the pay is low.  Most employees are students or between other positions, they move on as they can and the pets don't understand why a person they've become attached to suddenly stops coming to see them.  There's also petty theft, no-shows, unexpected sick days or vehicle breakdowns, mistakes and ommisions, all sorts of things that can go wrong.  It's not worth it.

How long do your walks and visits last?
As long as it takes.  We like to provide the type of service that we'd like to hire ourselves and we don't cut off visits just to get to the next one.  We don't have employees to keep track of and only take on a fixed number of visits each day so we don't need to worry about that.  The job is done when it's done, not when the bell rings.

What is your cancellation fee?
Call or text us before we show up and there is no charge. We understand that our customers are busy and may need to schedule or cancel a visit on short notice; we do our very best to accommodate all last minute requests.

Why are your prices better than so many of the other services?
Because we don't use employees.  When you hire a service with employees you pay two people for the work of one, and the prices and services are geared towards maximizing the number of dogs that can be processed per hour.  That's why we don't offer different "types" of dog walks, we are full service every time.  Your dog doesn't want to be potty break number 9; regardless of how many dogs you can cram into an hour, for each dog there is only one walk per day and they look forward to it.  We develop relationships with the dogs we walk.  We love them, and we walk them like we'd want our own dog walked, not like a number.  We have a cap on the number of dog walks we do per day so we never have to rush.  We also have a pet sitting cap, and it's the same everyday including holidays.  We focus on service, not money, and that approach has kept us in business for 18 years (so far!).

Do you give medications to pets and is there an additional charge?
Yes, you can arrange for us to administer pills or injections to your pets. There is no additional charge for this service- pet medications cost enough already, and we don't like to take advantage of illness for karma reasons.

How many times a day can you come?
That depends on you and your pet's needs. We will do our best to accommodate your schedule and we usually make between one and four visits per day to a customer. Typically people request one or two visits for cats, two or three for dogs, but it varies from situation to situation. It's up to you.

Is there a holiday or weekend surcharge?
No, we charge the same price per visit all year round.

Why don't you have more Yelp and other online reviews?
We don't spend money with Yelp or Google, and we don't buy reviews from the hundreds of marketing companies that sell them, like reputationstacker.com, customerlobby.com, getfivestars.com, reviewinc.com, signpost.com and many more.  In 20 years we just haven't had that many actual reviews, our customers have been more personal with calls, cards, gifts and such.  We're not a restaurant, most people don't review their pet sitters unless something goes really wrong.  Many of the reviews you read are bought, you can tell by how perfectly awesome they are.  We don't ask our friends and family to review us, we don't incentivize our customers to do so, we don't buy them and we don't fake them ourselves.  It's deceptive and ultimately worthless.

What about snowy or rainy days; do you still work in bad weather?
Our general rule is that if you can make it to work, so can we.  We've never had to cancel a visit due to weather (we have 4wheel drive vehicles, and a spare vehicle, which helps!).   We do adjust our walks for weather based on your dog's preference- Labs love snow, Greyhounds don't; Labs love rain, Pugs don't.  Labs love everything.

We have cameras in our home.  Is that a problem?
So do we, so does everyone.  We like ours, it's nice to be sure everything is OK.  People don't have them for creepy reasons, it's just modern tech for peace of mind.  You can't go shopping without being on one, every restaurant, club, movie theater, roads and most workplaces have them.  They're ubiquitous.  We are just there for the pets, we're not doing anything odd so we generally forget about them.   It's your home, you don't need anyone's approval to keep an eye on it.  You'll likely find us boring...

Do you service my area?
This map shows our general service area, contact us if you're not sure.
Denver Pet Sitters, Inc.
Pet Sitting & Dog Walking

An Old School Mom & Pop Shop
Helping the Highlands Since 1999

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Family Owned & Operated Since 1999
Hello! We're Jahna and Paul, the owners of Denver Pet Sitters Inc., a Denver couple who met in college and left our careers in the "real world" in 1999 for a happier life caring for pets. We own a home in the Highlands and were married locally in Breckenridge, Colorado. We live a very active lifestyle typical of many Colorado folks, and enjoy everything this great state has to offer. We're currently celebrating our 20 year anniversary- we incorporated Denver Pet Sitters on November 19, 1999- and we plan to be in this business for a long time to come, the rest of our lives if we can. We love it!

Our happy household includes three pets, and we miss them terribly when we leave town. During our years in this business our home has also lost three dogs and three cats; we understand what it means to share your life with your pets, and how difficult it can be to leave them when you travel, especially when they are sick or older. Trusting another person with the care of your beloved pet is not a small decision, you need to feel comfortable with your choice. We get it. We take our business very seriously, and work diligently to earn and preserve the trust of our customers. We've made over 100,000 pet sitting and daily walk visits during our 20 years in business and have never had a problem, never lost a pet, and have never used our insurance. If you'd like to try us, the first step to using our service is a no obligation meeting with you and your pets in your home, at no charge to you, where you can see our State License, Bonding Certificate, Insurance Policy, P.S.I. Membership, References, Forms and discuss your specific needs.

We feel we have the absolute finest pet sitting service available anywhere, and we're happy to prove it!
About Our Service
Customer's Comments
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DenverPetSitters@hotmail.com   720-331-7755
About Us
Who is that gorgeous website model?
  It's Java, our amazing dog from the Denver Dumb Friends League! 
She was 6.5 years old when we saw her on the morning news with the DDFL,
it was love at first sight. We went to the DDFL and got her right away!
Adopting an older dog is fantastic, she was well behaved and housebroken
from day one through her passing in late 2018 at almost 16 years old.

Adopt, Don't Shop!!
About Our Service
Customer's Comments
Pet Tips & Tricks
Guidelines For Hiring A Pet Sitter
DenverPetSitters@hotmail.com   720-331-7755