Walk the Dog

I used WTD for a little over a year while living near Patterson Park. They have a lot of walkers and can usually help with last minute plans. They always left a note summarizing their visit with pup and were just as concerned with the dog’s safety and comfort as we were. I would recommend their services to anyone in need of a walker!

Would recommend this service over and over again. I have a 6 month old EXTREMELY fearful puppy and I have a busy work schedule that sometimes requires me to stay late at short notice. My baby has built up so much confidence over the last month and a lot of it has to do with the consistency that Walk the Dog has provided. She doesn’t take well to males, and I’ve had a really good experience with Jaime, who is the primary walker for Yuki. She is really responsive with my concerns, even off duty, and that’s been so helpful as a new puppy parent. Occasionally Yuki walks with a new walker who is male and gets a little skittish afterwards but as long as I schedule my appointments in advance, I have the same walker. I’m sure all the walkers are great, but I’ve had the most interaction with Jaime. Thank you guys so much for giving me the peace of mind when I can’t be with Yuki!!!

If I could give Walk the Dog zero stars I would. When I recieved my consultation I was confident that my dog would be in good hands, boy was I wrong. My dog is skiddish and I warned them of it. I told them he is confortable with women, but sometimes they would send a guy. Walk the dog also sends a different walker every visit. They don’t give your dog any time to build a relationship with the walker. This company also takes your dog for a drive every now and then to walk them somewhere different; however this is NOT a good idea if your dog is cramped in the backseat with other dogs who don’t know each other. I’m glad they couldn’t walk my dog any longer I love my new walker.

Molly conducts her business like a true professional. Her crew is knowledgeable, trustworthy, reliable and exceptional beyond expectation. I trusted her this past weekend with my beloved special canine companion while I was out of town. In my opinion, he received celebrity treatment, and enjoyed his weekend as much as I enjoyed mine. I trust this angel of a woman, her legitimate business and expert staff wholeheartedly. After utilizing her services, I promise you will trust no other when it comes to the love, compassion and care she provides to you and your pet (s). In 10 years this is only the second time I’ve posted a Unilocal review. Please trust my word… Molly is a true gem, and Walk the Dog is exemplary in their services provided. She deserves at least a six star rating!

Kelly and her team in North Baltimore have been watching our kitty while we’re out of town for the past two years or so. They always leave a note for each visit and comment on our pet’s well-​being, let us know what they did while there, etc. They have always been reliable and have never missed a visit. They recently started emailing invoices for scheduled visits, which makes it a lot easier to track how much you owe and to reference your payments by invoice number. They don’t send the same person — we often have two or three different sitters for one trip — but that’s ok by us as long as the service is consistent. We recently moved to a new area just out of the city and I was happy to find out we were still within their service area (barely, by less than half a mile!). We are definitely paranoid and over-​protective pet parents, and we feel we can trust WTD and Kelly’s team to watch over our fur-​baby while we’re away.

They seem like very nice folks. We had a nice in-​house consult with one of the walkers before scheduling our walk where we introduced them to our pup and discussed his temperment. For instance, we told them that we wanted a female walker, at least for the first few walks, as our dog can be skittish around men when he meets them for the first time. They seemed very responsive to this info. However, I can’t recommend this company for two reasons: 1) without informing us ahead of time, and after promising that at least for the first walk they would send a female walker, they sent a male walker. Not surprisingly, our dog freaked out and the walker was not able to walk him. 2) More concerning is that they left our door unlocked and even though we got home early (because our dog still needed to be walked), our door was unlocked for several hours…
To their credit, once I told them what had happened, they did apologize, but then they told me that it had happened because the walker thought my door had an automatic lock like «every door they deal with in big apartment buildings.» I’m sorry, but the least I expect from someone I’m entrusting with the keys to my home to is to take the time to double check the latch.

We live in Northern Baltimore City and we’ve been using WTD for almost five years and I love, love, LOVE them! I wouldn’t trust our furry baby with anyone else. They have always been prompt, reliable and accommodating, even with last-​minute and weekend walk requests, if we end up being gone longer than anticipated, get stuck at work late, or just generally forget to set up walk times for an upcoming work week (my husband’s schedule can be a little wacky, so this happens more often than I’d like). Our usual walker, Sarah, treats our dog Bindi like she’s one of her own furry kids. Bindi is always thrilled to see her (Sarah helped with walks when I was at home with a newborn, so I saw this first-​hand), and Sarah always leaves great notes about the walks, the weather, 1s and 2s, interactions with other dogs (WTD is great about socialization, if that’s what you request) and any treats she gave Bindi. I never have to worry that Bindi’s walks are being missed, cut short, or that she’s not being given the time and attention she deserves. When we had to put our older dog down in February, Sarah is one of the people who didn’t just empathize with us, she cried with us — I think she loved Fig almost as much as we did. He was pretty reactive toward the end of his life, and Bindi and Fig had to be walked without other dogs. Even by themselves, they were still quite a handful, and Sarah was great about managing them both safely. Even while Kelly (one of the owners) was out on maternity leave, she was still incredibly responsive to my texts and emails. I would highly recommend WTD to anyone looking or a dogwalker.

WTD has cared for my pets for five years (3 walks per week, two dogs, Fells Point). Molly and her team communicate effectively, show dedication to my pets, have been consistent and never missed a walk in all these years. My dogs love the team, and I depend on them. Highly recommended.
Also: my dogs are better behaved since using this service, which is an excellent bonus.

Nothing but great things to say about this service. My Hampden Dane LOVES Sarah and Anna! I have found everyone to be friendly and helpful even with last minute requests. My neighbors have often commented on how happy the dogs seem on their walks and have asked for referrals to this service. All are still happy using WTD!

Walk the Dog is A-​mazing! I’ve been a client for many many years and am so grateful for the exceptional and reliable service that I have received from their dog walkers. My dog and my cats are so precious to me and I feel very confident knowing that they are in capable hands everyday while I am at work.
If Sarah (walks Mon-​Thurs) ever notices anything wrong with my sweet girl, she makes note of it in her notes to me or contacts me right away. b/​c Roxy is a senior dog and I am always concerned about any changes in her health. This is invaluable. Sarah could pick up on something that I may have overlooked! Anna walks Roxy on Fridays and has been immediately receptive to changing Roxy walking routine due health concerns of mine. Both Sarah and Anna will walk Roxy separately if she needs to be walked more slowly b/​c of an old injury and/​or arthritis.
I know that my cats and my dog are beyond well cared for AND my house is secure. They care about their clients. I feel really lucky to have them as my dog walkers! I know Roxy looks forward to seeing them at the same time every day. in particular all of her special playmates. I have no idea how they do it, but I have seen them walk multiple dogs at one time and I know in talking to Sarah she tests them first to make sure they all get along well. this socialization is awesome and I also know that Sarah takes the crew to the park and for backyard play dates which is simply fantastic. This makes Roxy’s day. she LOVES it!

Walk the Dog rocks!
We’ve been using them for about 9 months (3 – 4 walks /​week), since our neighbor gave us a glowing review. They have been nothing but amazing — consistent, reliable, and totally awesome with our dog Red!
We’ve been able to both cancel walks and add walks as late as the morning-​of, we get a note each day with the time of the walk that lets us know how it went, and they even walk her with other neighborhood dogs (they asked us if we wanted this). Red has become the hot girl on the block, and knows more dogs than we do people! She is always exhausted when we come home from work.
I would immediately recommend them to friends! Red would too, if she wasn’t busy licking her butt right now…

Walk the Dog is great. Our dog, Stella, has been getting walks with them since we moved to Baltimore in 2006. We live in Hampden and Stella gets a walk with Sarah just about every day. When Sarah’s not working it’s with another friendly and capable walker, like Anna.
They’re reliable and flexible. When I had my first baby last fall Sarah was there for us when we needed some last minute schedule changes and additional walks when we were overwhelmed with the new baby and worried that Stella wasn’t getting enough love and attention. After 7 years of doing business with them, I’m very satisfied and I highly recommend them.

Molly and the rest of the team are WONDERFUL — my two dogs love them and I know that they are always well taken care of. Molly is very responsive to emails and tries to accomodate any special requests. I have used another local petsitter in the past and WTD is definitely much more professional and responsible. The walkers always leave a note and I love reading their updates when I get home. My two dogs are my babies and I would not use WTD services if I did not trust them 100%!

I have used Kelly Zimmerman and her crew of Charles Village walkers for the last two years and have had great service from them. We have two, very hard to walk dogs (as someone else here wrote about her dogs, ours walk at extremely different paces and are completely ridiculous). Our 75 lb German Shorthair jumps, pulls, darts after rodents, and also suffers from extreme anxiety, especially during thunderstorms. When we were out of town recently a storm hit, and Kelly personally added an additional visit at no extra cost to make sure our dog was doing okay. She communicated with us throughout, and all the walkers left very helpful, thorough notes about what happened with the dogs throughout the weekend. If you are looking for one person only to take care of your animals, this is not the service for you, but if you want thorough, capable, loving and responsive care, it is.

TERRIBLE! I hired Walk The Dog to watch my cats while I was out of town for 9 days over Christmas. I interviewed and thought I was hiring Molly, one of the owners, but I’ve just returned to find that NINE different people came through my house and cared for my cats! Does this mean they copied my key and gave it to eight other people?!
I was puzzled when I walked in the door because my cats didn’t come down right away. They were hiding all over the house and seemed distressed. Now I know it’s because so many different people came through. As well, my cats require medication and some of the daily notes left (by various people) say that they were not given their medications or that it was «difficult» to administer. Walk The Dog was recommended to me by my former pet sitter (who was wonderful, but had to close his business) and I never bothered to check out any online reviews. Boy, I wish I had. It looks like Molly misled some other people as well.
One of my cats has a very serious, potentially fatal health condition, which Molly was made well aware of. The fact that different people were caring for this cat, and that not all of her medications were given as directed makes me furious. I would have never hired Walk The Dog if I had known the care would be like this. They also left litter all over my floor and something that smelled disgusting in my trash (which was completely empty when I left).
I am extremely angry that Walk The Dog would mislead me in this way and violate my trust. I’m having my locks changed and will never, ever hire Walk The Dog again and will dissuade everyone I know from doing so.

Service depends on where you live as each dog walker only works in certain areas. Not only did my dog walker not show up to the initial consult, but she didn’t call to cancel, return my call, call the next day, or even return my email. Very unreliable and unprofessional. I would look for other dog walking businesses in the area that you can rely on.

They have made it possible for me to take great care of my dog in spite of my unpredictable work schedule.

I recently ended up having to take care of a family member’s dog for a few months. Not having the schedule or home size to really have a dog in the first place, I had to enlist some help to walk the big guy while I was work. A neighbor had recommended another service in Canton so I called them first. After 2 tries and no response in a week, I called Walk the Dog (the owner of the other company did call and apologize a couple of weeks later).
Molly responded immediately and came over to my place that evening to meet the dog and fill out forms. My experience was completely different than Dawn’s. I thought everything was pretty well explained and also covered in the forms we went over. There are a couple of different WTD operations and Molly runs the one in my area (Canton). There are a few walkers who are scheduled for each area… most of their profiles are also on the website. I had daily walks so it ended up being a rotation of the same couple of people. Any time we had a schedule change, I received a response from her on Blackberry or iPhone.
They left a note each time they visit with a ‘report’ about the dog, down to the type of ‘business’ they did. I also had some pictures emailed of him on some of his walks so felt well up to date. When it rained, they would stay inside and play with him to give him some activity.
Probably the best endorsement from the pooch himself was when I was walking him on a Saturday. He got super excited and ran up to a guy I didn’t know in the parking lot. He introduced himself and it was Colby, one of our frequent walkers, so it was pretty reassuring to see how happy he was with him.
They really went above and beyond and the dog’s behavior became noticeably better. An easy 5-​star recommendation.

My first impression of Molly and Walk the Dog proved to be completly wrong. We did not wind up having a good experience with them once their services actually started.
Molly was very disingenous, leading us to believe that she would be our dogs’ walker and the only one coming in to our house. This was not the case. The note left after the first walk was from some walker that Molly never mentioned and that we never met or talked to. I do not like the idea that someone I never even heard of was in my house. Also, the walker had to be asked twice to please leave the time she visited so I would know when my dogs were supposedly walked. The final straw came when the walker on a Wednesday (our walks were scheduled for Tuesday-​Thursday) wrote that she would be off for the rest of the week and would be back the following week. I got nervous that she forgot she would be walking the dogs on Thursday so I contacted Molly to see if she could shed some light on this. I received an extremely rude reply from her. I then left a message with her letting her know that we would no longer need her services. Her reply? Fine. She never asked why and never offered to return our keys. We have gone on to another, reliable service.
Dawn C.

I loved these pet sitters. I used this service for petsitting while I was away many times for a dog and for cats and was so happy with them every time! Really thoughtful, smart pet care I thoroughly relied on. Considerate all the way around. Able to respond when I had a last minute request, real dog walks, kept everybody happy, everything felt taken care of when I arrived back home, knew what they were doing, no surprises. The best!