Fur Coat And Pants

FCAP has been taking care of my 8 month old Boston Terrier pup since I got him at 8 weeks old and they are truly the best! Leo and Dorothy are not only super sweet and always responsive, they always go out of their way to accommodate my puppy’s scheduling needs. Even with last minute requests, they find a way to come through every time. My little guy’s walkers are always caring and I look forward to their daily reports! I truly am so grateful to have found FCAAP and to have gotten such an amazing level of service and care for my little pup. If you’re looking for a dog walking service you can really trust, FCAP is it!

FCAP has been walking my dog, Eleanor Rigby, in both Manhattan and Brooklyn for the past 6 months. Eleanor Rigby has loved her walks and enjoys meeting the other friendly dogs that she socially walks with. I highly recommend FCAP to dog lovers!

I cannot express how much Dorothy and Leo have meant to me. When we both moved to the city together we met all the popular dog walkers with fancy websites and 100s of Unilocal reviews. Leo was the first one to answer an email personally and come to meet us both. I feel safe knowing that they look out for Cooper. Since we started with Fur Coat and Pants over 2 years ago, I have moved 3 times, each time they have been great introducing me to my new walkers and coordinating key pick ups. Couldn’t live without them. Thank you Dorothy and Leo!

I really don’t know what we’d do without FCAP, Dorothy, and Leo. The good folks at FCAP are so accommodating dealing with my fiancée’s and my shifting schedules and my complete inability to remember to email them with the days Whisky needs to be walked. Dorothy and Leo are incredibly quick and responsive to emails and the walkers are all professional, trustworthy, and kind. The email updates are great – it’s helpful to know what Whisky did on his walks and sometimes just really fun to know he «had good leash manners» or that a passing skateboarder called him a «chocolate luck dragon.» The bottom line is that FCAP is reliable, flexible, and kindly tolerant of how neurotic being a dog’s human can make us all.

My husband and I did tons of research and interviewed several dog walking services before we decided on FCAP for our Mini Schnauzer, Frank. Leo and Dorothy are very professional and always accommodating to our pup’s needs. Dorothy is absolutely amazing with day to day (she responds to emails /​calls within minutes) and extremely pleasant to work with.
The automated logs with progress (emails are sent with time of arrival, status, and duration of walk) and GPS tracking system puts our mind at ease when we are working and wondering if our Frankie ate or had his afternoon walk. The reports are always very detailed.
The walkers are extremely professional and «real» dog lovers. Frank waits by the door for Doug (his current walker), who he absolutely loves and gets super excited to see (I see it first hand when I work from home).
We have used FCAP for over 2 years and couldn’t imagine using anyone else!

Fur Coat and pants is the BEST. Leo and Dorothy are always there to help me with dog walking/​dog sitting needs. The FCAP team have been walking my dog for nearly 2 years, from the puppy program initially (highly recommend, i know have a perfectly trained dog) and daily walks. They are extremely reliable and the walkers genuinely love dogs! The dog sitting service is great and super affordable. They also walk in various areas, i’ve had them walk Chewy all over Manhattan and now in Brooklyn. Highly recommend FCAP for your furry friends!

Fur Coat and Pants is the best! We brought home our puppy and after researching a few dog walkers in the area, we met with Leo and went with them without hesitation. That was three years ago! Leo, Dorothy, and the team of walkers are the nicest, most responsible, responsive, attentive, trustworthy, and caring people. They took care of our puppy from puppy-​training through a move to a new neighborhood, and now with an adjustment to a newborn. They are so accommodating and really love their dogs that they care for. They understand that «life happens» and they work with you to make sure your pup is properly taken care of. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a trustworthy, hard-​working, and dog-​loving team of people. They are real people with a real love for dogs AND their owners.

FCAP has been taking amazing care of our cockapoo Nola for over two years now. She was just a puppy and learning basic leash skills when we first met with Leo and he made sure she was matched with the perfect walker. Since then, we have entrusted FCAP with ensuring Nola’s safety and care, and reinforcing her behavior on every walk.
Working with Dorothy (one of Nola’s first walkers!) is an absolute pleasure on the scheduling and administrative end of things. She is always accessible and keeps us posted if there is ever a change in personnel or times, etc. and she genuinely cares for her furry clients.
Thanks so much for making Nola part of the family — She loves you guys!

I contacted FC&P after someone in my building recommended them, and have been so happy to have a reliable company take care of my dog. I love that you can log on to see where your dog was walked, the time that the walk started and ended and that a note is left each time explaining what happened on the walk. I don’t have to wonder whether Lola pooped or peed and/​or what time it happened. ALSO, Dorothy is extremely responsive to any e-​mail I’ve sent her. What really makes me love them is that one day my keys were not at the front desk, so the dog walker couldn’t get in — he obviously had to move on to the other dogs, but Dorothy herself hopped in a cab, came 1hr later when a duplicate set of keys were found and took Lola on a walk — and best of all — they didn’t charge me extra or make a fuss about it. I was always worried about dog walkers as I’ve heard horror stories, but FC&P and Dorothy and Noah have made me much calmer knowing that I can count on them!

Thank you, Fur Coats and Pants, from the bottom of our hearts. I’ve been using FCAP for alittle over a year on and off for dog sitting and walking. My boys love them and I am happy knowing that they are always in good hands. Dorothy, Leo, and the team rock!

These folks are the best! Leo and Dorothy go above and beyond to take care of my «special needs», 10 year old beagle/​french bulldog mix. For 3 years, FCAP has been walking Bella. She can be a bit high maintenance (she likes to show her teeth in defiance when lazy/​sleepy or scared) and these walkers are pros at turning her grimaces into happy smiles. These folks will always take the best care of your pets, treating them as their own. Truly, they are so kind and good to Bella. And Bella loves them back!
When I have last minute work that takes me out of town, they always find someone to spend the night and will come for extra walks when needed. I could not have been a pet owner in NYC without them.

I would 100% recommend FCAP to anyone looking for a trustworthy & dependable dog walker — Leo, Dorothy & the Team are awesome! I’ve been using their dog walking services since they opened about 3 years ago and since an amazing new puppy came into my life. I’m a very protective owner of an Alaskan Klee Kai and if you know anything about the breed you’ll understand, they are very shy/​timid with unique personalities and crazy escape artists with tons of energy to run. I was very cautious and picky about who I trusted to walk her and who I trusted with a set of keys to my apartment, and Leo made my dog & I feel completely at ease. FCAP has a cool Tracking system where they scan in at the beginning of a walk & scan out at the end, you receive an email at both scans and an explanation of how the walk went, if your pup went potty and other fun facts to note. I absolutely look forward to these emails each day and love reading the cute comments to co-​workers & friends, knowing my dog had an enjoyable walk makes me feel at ease being away from her all day working. Dorothy is absolutely great and truly enjoys taking Jamison out for walks, its such a relief to be able to find people you can trust with your fur baby and she is very responsive with any special requests or questions. The billing system is a breeze — its online and you can pay automatically by credit card.
I honestly can’t say enough amazing things about FCAP, they’re super professional and really care about my dog and her well being, they even helped to improve her leash/​walking skills and she’s become much more social with other dogs as well.

I first gave FCAP a call after reading the exceptional Unilocal reviews when I first got Grace Kelly, my cavalier, and I have been using them ever since — nearly two years now! They have not only lived up to, but exceeded any expectation I could have had and I am so happy to now be writing a review of my own!!!
Grace Kelly is extremely shy and timid, yet has been excited and comfortable with every walker that she’s had so far. In fact, she actually ran from me one time when she saw one of her walkers coming up the street to go see him — she doesn’t like anyone that much!!! I know they are giving her personal attention and not just putting on headphones zoning out while she is on her walk.
I feel completely secure leaving her in their hands while I am at work, especially with the pet tracking system that they have. They scan in when they arrive and I can watch where they go throughout my neighborhood, then they scan out when they leave. They also always give notes about how her walk was (i.e. good walk, went potty, etc.) and more than a few times, she hasn’t used the bathroom on the walk so they’ve looked around my apartment to see if there was a mess — so nice of them!
I have a pretty hectic schedule, and am constantly adding/​removing walk days to Grace’s schedule, but they are SO accommodating! There’s been a few times when I’ve had to add her on a Sunday night for Monday or ask for a walk the same day in the afternoon, and they have ALWAYS been so nice about it and added her right away.
I plan on continuing to use FCAP to walk her as long as we are still in their range of walkers. I know she loves all of her walkers and it’s so important to me how great they are with her!!! I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a dog walking service! They really are the best and I’m SO glad they are the ones walking Grace Kelly every day!!!

Being back in Manhattan is bittersweet: I miss living in brooklyn, but it actually got more expensive and became less convenient for work so I’m mostly happy to be back in Manhattan (not a bad place to live for someone who loves restaurants, culture and all the conveniences of big-​city-​living.
One of the perks for us is that we can use fur coat and pants again! Yay! Now they have an even better system that makes it SO easy to pay and schedule which is good for me because if it’s not EASY for ME, I probably won’t do it. The same care and trust is there as before and that’s really comforting, especially as my dog is getting older and so am I :-/​
I like to travel often and on a whim and they are always so accommodating and helpful with my flakiness.
We had a dog walker in brooklyn who was good, but much less «modern» with the system and I just never felt quite as comfortable with the service as I do with fur coat.

This business is a gem. I’ve been using FCAP for over 3 years now, ever since my Frenchie, Hadley, was 10 weeks old. No matter what request I throw at them — from «Please add a later walk today» to «Don’t walk Hadley down Bleecker Street as she’s getting too fat from all the stores’ treats» — Leo, Dorothy, & Team handle it swiftly and professionally.
On days I’ve worked from home, I’ve seen firsthand that the walkers love and treat Hadley like their own and are genuinely concerned about her well-​being. That is a huge comfort for someone like me who generally spends 10+ hours in the office each day. They’ve also done personal favors, like calling me when my bathroom ceiling had a leak, just because they’re nice people.
Although I trust FCAP completely, their newish tracking system is an added comfort. The walker uses a QR reader to «scan» Hadley out, and upon her return I receive another email complete with the walk report. I can even go online and see the specific route they took! The billing process is also online and completely seamless.
Sadly we’ll soon be moving out of FCAP’s service range, but I would take FCAP with us if we could!

Wow, just realized they posted a comment to explain their «technical» problem.
First of all, they asked me to delete my Unilocal review, which I refused. I still stand by all the things I wrote.
Secondly, the claim of the wrong email address was only half true — my first email was sent to the wrong address, which the lovely gmail immediately gave me an undelivered notification, which led to my writing it again to the right email address. Of course, no response still. God knows, maybe it just disappeared in thin air?
The bottom line — I wrote to three email addresses and got no response after 4 days. Whatever they now say, it’s just a lot of excuses in my opinion.

While living in Chelsea, my fiancé and I went were loyal clients to Fur Coat & Pants for 2 years and if we were still living in the city, we’d still be with them.
We agree with all the other reviews and cannot say enough great things about them. For those who are busy and never have cash on them, they’ve got an extremely convenient online payment system (and you can even set up an auto pay).
Scheduling appointments are also extremely convenient. I’m a freelancer, so there are days when I’m home with my dog Harvey and they’re always flexible with our schedule.
Besides the business aspect being wonderful, we need to talk about the people who work at Fur Coat and Pants. Most dog walkers put on headphones, walk your dog while they’re on their phone and with Fur Coat and Pants– this is really not the case. You can tell they’re paying attention and they genuinely love the dogs they’re with.
They’ve got an extremely great and competent team working together. They’re always considerate and will even email you to ask if they can pair your dog with another dog because their personalities match up (if your comfortable with it– of course, and sometimes pairing the dogs up helps them on their walk since dogs are by nature pack animals). Our dog got paired up on a few walks with another dog named Roger and the chemistry was just wonderful. Our doorman would tell us stories about how excited Roger and Harvey were to walk together.
They were even there through an incident where a dog in our building attacked our dog — every dog owners biggest fear when they’re not with their dogs. I have to say I was so proud of Fur Coat & Pants during this time because they did all the right things, whereas the other dog walker (not from Fur Coat and Pants) pretty much went about his/​her day even though the dog he walked attacked our dog — and even went as far as to trying to point out who to blame — thank god for surveillance cameras. Fur Coat and Pants took Harvey to his vet and waited there with him until I got there and gave me a run down of what happened, talked to our doorman, and were extremely professional and understanding and caring. Never was there a mention of who’s fault it was, but they were more concerned with Harvey’s well being, which from an owners perspective is priceless.
I could keep going and going and write a short novel but for prospective clients looking for a dog walking service in the city — I wholly recommend them without any reservations.

I would over and over and over recommend Leo and his amazing team of walkers. They are personable, prompt and obvious dog lovers. They accept online forms of payment, as well as use Petcheck to schedule appointments and all you to see when and where your dogs are being walked.
Over the past year, I met several of the walkers and everyone was extremely nice to both me and my dog.
If you need a walker, look no further!

Cannot recommend Leo and his group highly enough. They bend over backwards to accommodate our schedule and are always great with our dog. They’re friendly, prompt for walks, and always send us email updates when we’re at work.
Awesome work guys!

Just wanted to recommend Fur Coat and Pants dog walkers. They walk my french bulldog daily for 15 minute relief walks for $ 9 per day.
The owner Leo is super friendly and came to my apartment to meet my dog before the first walk. He immediately sat on the floor and played with my dog. He also understood my concerns as an overprotective dog mother (I never hired a dog walker or even boarded her before). I completely trust this company.
The best part is I receive daily walk reports via email with comments about each walk. I love this part so I’m never wondering if she was successfully walked or not. They even teach doggie manners like «she walked nicely on the left side and sat when prompted».
I live in a doorman building and they pick up a key at the front desk daily to access my apartment.
I get billed on a monthly basis and pay my bill online.
I highly recommend this company!