Fetch! Pet Care

Still the best! I wouldn’t use anyone else. If I consider moving I will take into consideration if I will still be able to use Fetch!
Our sitter Karen is fantastic. Having her taking care of our kittens makes a real difference knowing they are well cared for while we are away.

I am so pleased with Maria from fetch. She is so thorough and friendly to my fur children. I highly recommend using Fetch.

I have been using Fetch for over a year now and they are simply terrific. We have had two great dog walkers in that time who really like dogs and their work. Luisa loves our old lady dog and sends pictures of their walks every day; she spends a full half hour playing and petting Molly so she has some good people time even if the dog wasn’t in the mood for a walk. When Molly appeared to be having health problems, Luisa helped to document what she was seeing. From the business side, the Fetch team is quick to help with changes in our schedule and they are super flexible and understanding. It is a wonderful company!

Fetch! Has been fantastic, especially my dog-​walker Dave!
My schedule can be quite ‘fluid’ so the ease of modifying walks (times, days, etc) is essential and Fetch makes it so easy and is amazingly quick to respond — not only that, but Dave always comes through. Dave sends an email every time he walks my dog, giving me an update on what they were up to, and, since Dave has been my walker for over two years, he knows if my dog is acting a bit ‘off’ and lets me know. Dave definitely goes above and beyond to ensure my social (and somewhat headstrong) pup is happy when I get home!

Could not be happier. Ease of requesting and paying for services is excellent. Customer service (what little I’ve needed) has been great. And our walker, Brenda, is fantastic and we are very happy with her and the incredible amount of care and attention she pays to our dog. She leaves a detailed note and texts me a picture of our dog each day. I’ve already recommended Fetch and Brenda to numerous individuals.

Fetch is very accommodating and reasonably priced. They matched me up with a terrific sitter who is responsive, reliable and gives me email updates after each visit while I’m traveling. Would definitely recommend.

After reading so many five star reviews of Fetch!, I was positive that I would use their dog-​sitting services. I quickly enrolled online and submitted an online request. I even went ahead and purchased the $ 50 for $ 75 Unilocal deal because I thought it would all work out. An hour later, I got a call from them saying they did not have any sitters available (for a weekend in October), but that they were in the process of hiring new people and that they would be in touch if someone became available. Okay, no problem.
The next day, they called back, saying they did find someone available. Her name was Jasmine and she would be in touch shortly to set up a meet & greet consultation. Jasmine indeed called a few minutes afterward and suggested meeting the following day, a weekday, at 2pm. I happily agreed, setting aside all work obligations because my pup is basically my child, and it was important to me to find the right sitter.
The day that Jasmine was supposed to come, I got an email confirmation from Fetch! saying she’d be there at 2. Great!
2:00 no one there.
2:15 nada
2:30 no sign, no text or call or email.
I called Fetch! to see what was going on. They had no idea what happened to Jasmine. Hmm. Jasmine, you mysterious thing, you.
Needless to say, I don’t trust Fetch! right now. They hire people whose main duty is to show up, and I may have gotten the 1 gal who decided to drop her job responsibilities that day. Bad luck for me, for her, for Fetch!.. Fetch! apologized and said they would tell her not to come, and would I be interested in booking someone else?
Would you trust a company who already let you down once to care for your loved one? Gosh, I hope not.

Love the service! Fetch will continue to have my business and I’ll use it for as long as I am in NOVA. The best in the area!

We have been using Fetch’s services since October of last year and we are so glad that our neighbor recommended them to us. Our dog walker, Dana, came highly recommended and while Chloe was super anxious around other dog walkers, she warmed up to Dana immediately!
The one thing we love about Fetch is how reliable and efficient they are. I cannot tell you how many times I have made a last minute change to Chloe’s dog walking schedule and Fetch has been extremely cooperative. They also send me an updated invoice right after any change in service is made. I have even recommended Fetch to one of my coworkers and he uses their services to walk his puppy daily.
Dana is also an amazing dog walker and we trust her 100% with Chloe. Sometimes when I am home and walking Chloe, if she sees Dana, it is as though I don’t even exist! That is how much my dog loves her and how much we trust her. I receive daily texts from Dana about Chloe after her walks. I love that Dana sometimes walks Chloe with other dogs in our building. This has been really nice for Chloe too, since she has made some good friends.
When we do eventually move from our building, I wonder what we will do if Dana is not there to walk our dog. I can’t even think about it!

On Sun Jul 12, 2015 at 02:30 AM Lee Arslan wrote:

Dear Fetch friends: Fetch has been exceptionally responsive — This took a couple of visits to get ironed out, as I had some initial concerns with the first Fetch care takers as they were unsuccessful in administering cat meds. But… Fetch (Jay and team) worked very HARD and found the PERFECT (or PURR-​fect) care-​takers to make sure my cats were properly cared for/​med administered! I was recently gone for 10 days and I have no issues — all went very well! Jay is exceptionally responsive and that is MUCH appreciated! The caretakers I had were awesome!!! Thanks to awesome Jay and staff! Just an FYI — If you want to get a 10% discount, make sure you give the ‘code’ when ORDERING a service! You will get a code when responding to a feedback request once service is rendered! Once another service is provided, discount code doesn’t work! Just a tip!

Being without a friend to sit for our remaining cat for the first time since we got them a decade ago, we blindly looked to the internet for a sitter able to visit multiple times a day for food and medications where we would not have to board our pet. Fetch showed up and listed as having a presence in our neighborhood and based on many good reviews we decided to use them, which turned out to be a great choice.
The staff was quick to put us in touch with the person who would be visiting our home and taking care of our pet, this person quickly set up a time to pick up a key and get to know «Ziggy». With contracts signed and direct contact info given (as well as an offer to text photos or such while we were away), we were able to travel with a sense of ease. The price was more than reasonable, the person taking care of our pet was walking distance away and Ziggy seemed to handle him perfectly… even if it took a few hours for him to forgive us for leaving for the better part of a week. Would happily recommend Fetch to anyone needing their extensive list of services.
RNM

Maria is a warm, gentle, woman who made us feel like we had known her for years. She cared for our kitties for 2 weeks which was the longest we had ever needed to be away from them so I was a bit nervous. She was great at keeping in touch while we were gone. Not only did she send almost daily email updates with a photo, but she also kept notes for us on paper. I’m pretty sure we forgot to leave batteries out for a new toy and she must have gotten some on her own to make it run. Stray litter spillage had been swept up which we really appreciated. With past sitters at other companies that was overlooked. The only problem was that I requested the litter be completely emptied, wiped, and filled with brand new litter halfway through the 2 week time period and it didn’t seem like this was done. There was too much litter in the box– it was about 6+ inches deep and i think she just kept adding more clean litter on top after scooping. The ammonia was really noxious because of this. I’m sure long-​term cat care like this isn’t as common for Maria and next time we have her I’ll be sure to make sure I’m clear about this step! Really appreciated being able to trust Fetch pet care. We actually had theft problems with a different company! We will definitely hire again and ask for Maria.

I love Fetch!
I recently moved from Texas to Virginia last August with two small dogs. My parents were always their babysitter when I’d have to go out of town; therefore, I was very nervous about finding someone to look after them when I wasn’t home… until I found Brenda! Brenda is AMAZING! She loves each of my dogs as much as I do. She’ll text me during the day, send pictures, and leave notes at home to inform me about their days. She spoils them to death, which I appreciate because my dogs get excited when I have to leave and Brenda gets to come. The best part is her availability on short notice. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate having her around to look after my dogs. She has the biggest, warmest heart, and I feel very, very lucky to have her around.

Fetch did an excellent job working with my super tight schedule around an un-​expected weekend trip. The walker, Maria, was lovely and took care of my energetic DJ like he was her own, she was wonderful!

Brenda did a wonderful job. She went above and beyond for our pets. My husband said she was like the Mary Poppins of pet sitters. Not only were our 2 dogs and 1 cat taken care of, but also our apartment was taken care of too. We came home to find our apartment straightened up and our pets with a whole bundle of goodies. Fetch also was very organized with the whole process of booking a sitter. The whole process was very stress free. Also just FYI Fetch seems to be one of the very few pet sitting businesses that services the Pentagon City area.

I can FINALLY take a vacation!
So, I tried to get out of going away with my husband for the holidays, because I wanted to stay home with our pets. Ridiculous? Sure, but for a good reason.
We were scheduled to go out of town for a few days over Halloween and we used another local pet service, and there was a very unfortunate incident. During a walk on her first night away, our highly anxious rescue Chiweenie (Chihuahua-​Dachshund) maneuvered out of her harness and darted into traffic. She was struck by a car. Two-​and-​a-​half hours after I left her with the sitter, I was rushing to an emergency vet, not knowing the fate of my beloved dog.
I don’t blame the sitter and I can only imagine what a harrowing experience it was for her, but as you can imagine, it was hard for me to trust anyone after that. Luckily, our girl is so small, she suffered only road rash on her chin and paws and she was otherwise just fine. I truly believe if she hadn’t been hit, we may have never seen her again. She runs like a bolt of lightning!
As the holidays rolled around, I was still suffering from separation anxiety and I was determined not to abandon my babies. However, knowing that I couldn’t let my husband or his family down, I had to find a solution. I found Fetch! on Unilocal!,and gave them a call. It was a fantastic decision. They offer so many options — from in-​home boarding at a petsitters residence, to regular visits to your home, so your pets can stay in their own natural habitat.
We ultimately went with Fetch’s in-​home visits service. Our sitter Brenda came to our house for one hour each morning and three hours each evening to spend time with our pups. It made me feel good that my Chiweenie could stay in our own home, so she would feel more safe and secure than being in a new, scary environment. I was able to leave special instructions that it was okay to walk our other dog, but that our Chiweenie would rather just use our own backyard, or stick to her potty pads.
We got:
–A visit with our sitter Brenda as a «meet and greet» before we left town, and she volunteered a second visit
–While we were away, we received daily texts with photos and updates
–She laundered blankets that our pups had accidents on
–She even watered one of our plants that needed a drink
–She took out the trash when I remembered I left something stinky in it
–She took care of our cats too — even though I left out lots of litter and food and water
–When we came home, there was a hand written log of the events of each day, with her arrival and departure times
–She left homemade treats for the whole family — both for the pups and for us humans!
Most importantly, I could tell Brenda loved my pets as much as I do. I felt truly at ease while we were gone, and that was a huge accomplishment in itself. I’m no longer afraid of going away. Now it’s time to plan another trip! :D

Unbelievably easy and friendly to schedule. Our pet sitter Nathan is top notch, our kitty is always well taken care of with no worries on our part during vacation and pictures and updates every single day. Customer service is a breeze; one time we even lost our credit card on vacation making it issue to charge our service when we returned. Fetch! Pet Care was very kind and understanding about it and it was cleared up in time.
Dependable every single time!

I’ve been tremendously happy with Fetch. They really go above and beyond to care for my dog and she’s always tremendously happy when we leave her for a weekend in the care of Fetch. They only reason for the 4 star review over 5 is that there have been several instances where I’ve been told that no one is available. I understand times get busy around the holidays, but I’ve had this issue on random week days.

This summer we had the best family addition ever, a little 9 week old Boston Terrier named Theo. Shortly after getting him, we knew that we would need some kind of dog walking service, as we are two full time working parents. After researching our options in the Arlington area, we decided to give Fetch a go based on Unilocal reviews.
We were assigned Autumn and she came over to meet with us and our new pup. She asked if we were considering training and asked to be kept in the loop, so she could work with him on new commands that he might be learning. As Theo got older, Autumn has introduced him to other pups that live close by. And has even done trips to the local dog park with him.
Every time Autumn comes by we get a text/​photo/​video clip of the visit. It’s wonderful to know that someone so loving is coming by to spend time with our little guy.
Fetch is extremely reliable and very flexible with adjusting visits. They’re very good about sending updated invoices when services are changed. They are even available during the holiday season. Two big thumbs up to the Fetch team!

Fetch has been a life saver! They keep my dogs happy and healthy. They are customer service driven and are quick to respond when you contact them. I trust them implicitly with my children/​dogs.