Chicago Pet Care Services
Dog Walks
Our regular-priced dog walks occur Monday through Friday from 10 am to 6 pm. This visit type includes a good walk or just an elimination break, playtime, meal service, water change, continual engagement, head-to-tail check, arrival/ departure alerts, session reports, and photos/videos. Mental enrichment techniques/games are offered on extended visits only (45 or 60 minutes). Our special Walk & Manners Training session is a service for the pup who needs a good vigorous walk and combined with a refresher course on their manners training (loose leash walking, heel, come, sit, stay, down). This service session time is 30 minutes minimum duration when it is the only service provided; otherwise, it is best at 45 or 60 minutes when combined with meal service/play.
Pricing*
5 or more days/week (consistent)
30 min 45 min 60 min
$29 $40 $50
4 or fewer days/week
30 min 45 min 60 min
$34 $45 $55
Walk & Manners Training**
* + $5 per each additional dog per walk, after the first dog
* + $5 additional per walk for Saturday/Sunday, early morning 7 am-9 am & evening 6 pm -10 pm
* Major Holiday surcharge add $20 to rate per walk session during major holidays (click here).
* Same-day walk requests will have an additional $10 fee
**Walk & Manners Training may be added to a regular dog walk with prior discussion – please inquire.
Cat Care
Our cat care visits have an arrival window from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. Each visit may include meal service, water change, litter care (scooping, liter replacement, & surrounding area cleaning), playtime, administering medications, head-to-tail check, arrival/departure alerts, session notes, and photos/videos. Mental enrichment techniques/games are offered on extended visits only.
Pricing*
- 30 mins: $35
- 45 mins: $45
- 60 mins: $55
* Base pricing is for 2 cats. Each additional cat incurs a $5 extra charge per visit.
* Major Holiday surcharge add $20 to rate per visit, or a $50 daily max, during major holidays (click here).
* Same-day care visit requests will have an additional $10 fee.
Ferret Care (your home)
In-Your-Home Care
All ferret care visits have an arrival window in your home from 8:00am to 8:00pm. Each visit includes meal service, water change, litter care (scooping, liter replacement, & surrounding area cleaning), playtime/out-of-cage time, head-to-tail check, administering oral medications, arrival/departure alerts, session notes, and photos/videos. Mental enrichment techniques/games are offered on extended visits only.
Pricing*
- 30 mins: $35
- 45 mins: $45
- 60 mins: $55
* Major Holiday surcharge add $20 to rate per visit, or a $50 daily max, during major holidays (click here).
* Same-day care visit requests will have an additional $10 fee
Ferret Care (sitter’s home)
In the Sitter’s Home Stay Care
Your wiggly ones are kept in a large ferret cage, full of all the hotel comfort amenities, but also are allowed outside the cage to play and roam periodically in a secured, safe, ferret-proof confined area where they will receive much attention and love. Provided are meal services, water change, liter scooping, oral medication administration, head-to-tail checks, out-of-cage playtime, mental enrichment techniques/games, cuddling, and notes provided. Because they stay in the sitter’s home and not in a medical veterinary boarding office, there is no requirement for recent blood work, only proof of vaccinations (rabies/distemper) or titer testing within the previous year.
Pricing*
- Daily/Nightly Rate:
$55 for up to 2 ferrets - Add-on per day/night base rate:
$10 per additional ferret above 2
* Major Holiday surcharge add $20 per day/night major holiday fee applies (click here).
* Same-day care visit requests will have an additional $10 fee
Pet Sitting
When Overnight Stays are not necessary
Our in-your-home pet-sitting session stays and drop-ins strive to maintain your pet’s daily routine of exercise and diet, prevent exposure to illness, keep them in a familiar home environment to reduce stress while you are away and reinforce stimulation and enrichment of their mental needs. Our visit stays may include good walks/elimination breaks, playtime, massages, meal service, water change, continual engagement, head-to-tail check, arrival/departure alerts, session reports, and photos/videos. Mental enrichment techniques/games/toys are utilized to strengthen your pet’s vital needs, equally important to their physical needs. We offer a variety of durations and packages of vacation stays, business travel stays, or simply a needed night out stay.
Pricing*
- 30 minutes: $35
- 45 minutes: $45
- 60 minutes: $55
- Twilight Tuck-In: $75
- Tuck & Rise Package: $105
*Pricing stated is for up to 2 pets, same household, additional $5 per pet per visit beyond 2
*Major Holiday surcharge add $20 per visit, or a $50 daily max, during major holidays (click here).
*Same-day care visit requests require a $10 added fee.
Twilight Tuck-in Service
A pet sitter will come to your home for a 1.5-hour visit between the hours of 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm to tuck in your furry ones for the night. Your pet will receive extra attention, focused efforts, late meal service, medication administration, mental stimulation and enrichment games/techniques, head-to-tail check, massage, love/cuddling, just prior to bedtime. Visit arrival/departure, notes, photos/videos are provided. A great option for those pets who need to be tucked in but don’t need a sleepover. See the pricing above for this pet-sitting service.
Tuck & Rise Service
Overnight Stays
Plus Daytime Care
Our overnight stays are for discerning pets who need a little TLC during the night. Helping parents alleviate issues such as anxiety or stress from being left alone, medical needs, senior care, or puppy care, among others. Stays are built around a 10-hour overnight stay from approx. 9 pm – 7 am, which includes a later evening walk/potty break, treat time and an early morning walk/potty break and meal service. It also includes an additional 30-minute early/mid-afternoon walk/potty break visit. Stays will also include all meal services, medication administration, mental stimulation and enrichment techniques/games/toys, head/body massages, belly rubs, playtime, daily notes, photos/videos. All prices are calculated by the day.
Pricing*
- 1 Pet: $135
- 2 Pets: $155
- 3 Pets: $185
*Add additional walks/potty breaks during the day for an extra $20
*Major Holiday surcharge add $50 to base rate during major holidays (click here).
* Same-day care visit requests will have an additional $10 fee
Special Needs
Senior/Special Needs/Puppy/Post Surgical Care
Senior and geriatric pets, post-surgical, special health/medical needs, and puppies all have different needs and require special handling with customized tailored care, built around what you or your special pet need and not what you do not. Our expertise with special needs spans over 10 years. Please contact us for a custom service/pricing plan and how we may best serve you.
Nutrition
Our consulting services are experienced U.S.-wide virtually or in the city of Chicago locally. Our holistic nutritional and wellness consulting services are for the informed pet parent who realizes the science-based, evidentiary health benefit and longevity values of a fresh, whole-food, minimally processed, raw, frozen, lightly cooked, commercially purchased, and/or homemade diet. Presently, we are certified in working with healthy canines and their needs with diet formulations and education in making dietary changes to a more holistic, species-appropriate manner of feeding. In the future upon CPN certification, we will be working with canines and felines of all types, healthy and with medical needs. At present, we are certified in Canine Nutrition through the Academy of Natural Health Science and are working towards Feline Certification and then achieving the optimal certification of CPN, Clinical Pet Nutritionist. Please check our special page of Nutrition & Wellness for further information.
Pricing
- 30-minute consultation: $65
- 60-minute consultation: $110
Initial Visit
An initial complimentary consult and assessment meeting applies to all service types. All prospective clients requesting a meeting and any new clients requiring a pre-service consultation and assessment meeting will incur a $35 fee. However, a $35 credit will be added to your first invoice when signing up for new services, hence a complimentary meeting.