Lana Pet Care

We love Lana! Five stars is not enough; I’d give her six if I could, and that probably wouldn’t be enough either. Lana has been our pet sitter whenever we travel, for all of our pets — cat, dog, guinea pigs, fish, even triops (look it up) — for over five years. She has been through a lot with us. Not only is she very knowledgeable, reliable, and reasonably priced, but she is extremely observant for, and attentive to, any pet health issues that might arise, and has, when necessary, taken our pets to the vet in our absence (after consulting with us for approval) rather than letting issues wait until we return from our trip. Our pets love «Auntie Lana» and are always happy to see her and go anywhere with her. I’m not surprised to see so many five-​star reviews for Lana on Unilocal.She has earned every one of them.

My family and I have been searching high and low for a trusted house/​pet sitter ever since ours moved away.
Our dogs absolutely love Lana! She is kind, dependable, organized, trust-​worthy, caring, devoted, and experienced (a former veterinary technician, she is very knowledgeable about cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, etc.). Also, she will not rip you off with superfluous fees and charges like some other sitters do.
On top of sending daily text messages and/​or videos of your pets, Lana also provides the following house/​pet sitting services:
Pet Care:
*Provide fresh food and water
*Walk dogs and play with cats
*Medical needs (medication, sub Q fluids, shots, etc.)
*Overnight care available upon request
Home Care:
*Mail & Packages
*Newspaper
*Water Plants
*Check all doors and windows
*Take garbage to the curb for pick-​up on garbage day
Transportation Needs:
*Transport pets to groomer, vets, etc.
*Airport transport for owner
I don’t feel comfortable leaving our furchildren with anyone else. We are so fortunate to have found Lana and her staff.

My husband goes to SD to work every now and then, and he’s taken our dog Minny with him in the past because I work very long days and can’t give her the care she needs while he’s out of town. One of our neighbors referred Lana to us — she had so many great things to say about Lana we knew that we’d be calling her immediately. She stopped by for an initial visit to learn Minny’s routine, see where everything was, and to talk to my husband about the details of her visits. He said Minny loved her after that first visit. I received detailed updates after each visit and I felt like I didn’t have to worry about a thing — I knew my dog was in good hands! Lana also let me know that there were some very large holes in the field where we walk by and called to report it. When I got home, the holes had been covered. She went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure our neighborhood was safe. She is dependable, trustworthy, caring, and sincere — I highly recommend her.

Lana saved our ass the night before Comic-​Con and for that we are very, very grateful. One of our cats decided to stop eating four days before we were due to leave for five days, and after mumble dollars worth of tests the vets found nothing medically wrong with her. The night before we were due to leave, she started eating a very little bit of food, but we were still nervous about leaving her. Our options were to medical board her for five days (not a good idea for our extremely nervous cat who does not eat at all when away from home) or have a qualified petsitter check in on her and possibly transport her to the vet if she did not continue eating.
So: Where the hell do you find a qualified petsitter who is comfortable with medical issues when you have a flight out at 10 AM the next morning? Cue panic. Cue Unilocal search. I called Lana at around 6 PM, got a call back an hour later, and she dropped by our house that same night around 10 PM to meet our cats and get the details.
While we were away she was able to come to the house every morning and verify that kitty was eating and using the litterbox.
She charged us $ 20 per visit. We tipped. :)
I’m not gonna promise same-​day service on her behalf to everyone on Unilocal but I think that says a lot about her flexibility and level of service. Thumbs up.

Lana is awesome!
We met her as the front-​desk person at our old vet’s office (he’s now unfortunately retired), so she knows her stuff. She was actually probably the nicest vet front-​desk person I’ve ever met, and had her card on desk — glad I took it!
We went on vacation for two weeks and Lana did an amazing job taking care of our two cats. She knows how to triage at a vet, so she was very thorough in asking about what to do with the cats (asked questions that I realized now she needed to know, but I never would have thought to tell her). I also felt very safe knowing that she’d probably recognize a potential medical problem before I would!
She sent us pictures while we were away, and even gave us a heads up when a couple of our friends stopped by to check on the cats and gave them too much food :)
Lana is super friendly, and extremely competent. I highly recommend her!

Lana is great! We’ve used her twice now. Both times she scheduled an appointment and came over to the house before we left. She arrived with a notebook and recorded our instructions. Tiger needs lots of attention for a solid twenty minutes and Lana was happy to accommodate.
She has very reasonable rates, a great personality and takes excellent care of our boy.

My pets are my kids so I am very very particular about having the right person look after them when I go out of town. I am also particular about having someone who would properly look after the house as I’ve had good pet sitters who were lousy house sitters.
I trust Lana 1000%. She is extremely knowledgeable about animal’s well being (worked at vet’s office for over 20 years), extremely reliable, and extremely loving… She truly loves animals and I always come home to house that’s in order.
She’s even driven to the airport and picked me up on several occasion. I paid her the same amount I would’ve paid for semi-​private shuttle service… and she is more reliable… always on time.
I can’t say enough about Lana… I highly recommend her to anyone who is as particular as I am.