Barks in Parks

Michelle has walked our Pug and Dachshund in Noe Valley for about 4 years. She also boards the two of them 10 – 20 times a year for us, as sadly my wife and I have to travel a lot.
Michelle is reliable, and has acted like an extended member of the family, ensuring the pups get proper love and care. She also supports in other ways, like running errands occasionally, and helping to keep our backyard poop free :)

Michelle is amazing!!!
She’s been taking care of our pups for the past 4 years and it’s been such a breeze working with her! You’ll rarely meet another caretaker who can connect so well with your pups!
*Dependable: from boarding to daily walks, she communicates vacations ahead of time and will help find a replacement while she’s out.
*Communicative: she’s extremely responsive via email or text, you never have to worry about her not replying. Great for same-​day questions or requests.
*Trustworthy: she’s extremely professional and we can fully trust her at home, as well as with our dogs whether they are in a park, or at the beach!
*Caring: a true dog lover! She genuinely cares about each and every one of the pups that she works with, develops relationships with them, and knows all their personalities.
*Patient: it takes someone special to work with some difficult dogs, but Michelle seems to be the dog whisperer with them! One of our dogs is very reserved and can be quite timid, but he runs right up to her to kiss her for hours.
You can pay anyone to just walk your dog, but you can’t pay someone to care about them as much as she does. She will alert me if the food isn’t fully eaten, or even if one of the pups sneezes, picking up on the little signs that can easily be overlooked. Our dogs are in great health and probably happier than ever, all thanks to Michelle!

Michelle is great! She walked my pug, Chloe, for about six months when I needed a dogwalker. Michelle has a very calming presence that is great for dogs. She clearly loves dogs and knows how to take care of them. She was very accommodating to my schedule changes and needs. She is very trustworthy, reliable and dependable. There was an incident in which my dog suffered a minor bite from another dog in the group. (Dogs will be dogs!) Michelle handled it very professionally. She took my dog to the vet immediately as a precaution, and covered all vet expenses. Her rates are very reasonable compared to other dogwalkers in the city. I highly recommend her!

We love Michelle!
I hate to give out her name because I fear once her name gets out more she will be less available.
She has been watching our sweet LB for the last year and a half since we rescued him at 6 months.
She has been very very accommodating of our ever changing schedule.
When she comes to the door to pick him up he runs to the door and does not look back.
We have also boarded him with her on two occasions and he loved being with her and her dog.
I can’t say enough about her reliability and K-​9 caring.

Michelle is phenomenal with the k9 kind… she is very patient with the dogs and is truly committed to her service shes been walking pierre for a couple of months and he is always super ciked to see her and always pooped after a day of barks in the park

I’m slightly offended that Michelle hasn’t featured my dogs on her website or asked me for a review. I’m giving her one anyway.
She’s awesome.
My boys love her, and she’s always very attentive to their special needs (one is a tad aggressive with dogs bigger than him and the other is a fat, lazy pug). She’s even gone so far as to help tame my little one’s aggressive tendencies and make him a more easy going park companion.
I can’t recommend her highly enough. Unless hiring her will take her away from the incredible attention she gives to my guys, I’d recommend her to anyone.

I have a dog-​aggressive dog with an unknown past. She doesn’t like some people, either. I had the dog walker for my perfectly normal other dog quit on me because she didn’t want to deal with Nancy – that’s how bad it is. Enter Michelle. She had the patience to stick out sitting for my dogs, and she really cares about them. She always leaves me notes about how it went, and the dogs are exhausted when I come back. She is also very reliable. Go Michelle!