While You R Away Pet Sitting

Linda and her team do an amazing job with our dogs, we have used them for years. She is a pro and her team always leave things how they found it. The notes she leaves after each visit are great and I feel comfortable when she watches our pups.

We moved to Ladera Ranch in 2007 and found WhileYourAway at Taste of Ladera. Previously we had hired people recommended to us that did pet sitting as a hobby or on the side only to come home to a mess, a sick dog or to find out from our neighbors they weren’t there each night. We have a dog with major stress and gastro intestinal issues, on meds all the time. We hired Micheal and Linda and found a gold mine. An actual business that was licensed, bonded, insured and loved our pets. We have never had any issues and we used them regularly, every week for overnights since we both traveled 100% for work. When needed they even took our pets to our vet for care. My husband was a bit hesitant at first having someone in our house after the horrible experiences we had, but I told him they’re a business, licensed, have great references so let’s try it and so glad we did. Trust me I was a stressed out mess the first couple times being our past experiences left us coming home to a seriously ill dog. I am as picky as it gets when it comes to taking care of our furry kids but I was willing to give them a try. Our pets are our family, our dog requires special care and he never warmed up to anyone like Michael and Linda. He is always excited to see them. Our house appeared lived in, they always picked up the house, took awesome care of our dog, cats and fish, brought in our mail, took our trash bins out and put them back. They text me and send photos because I worry about the dog due to his health issues but I can honestly say he does great with them and after a while I didn’t worry any more. They are like his second owners taking awesome care of him. I look for habits or at the long term and for 6 years WhileYourAway has been providing us fantastic service and no matter what our pets are well taken care of and are issue free when we’re away. I literally do not trust my pets with anyone else, not even family.

We found While You R Away through an online search. We had never used an in home service because we were never comfortable considering «strangers» in our home but we have a new puppy and didn’t have many options. We were impressed by their responsiveness and once we interviewed them we were sold… loved the idea of a family owned business and their love of pets was undeniable. Their care of our pets and respect for our home is remarkable. We are so thankful we met them.