Sit Stay-N-Play Pet Care Services

We love Melanie & Cathy!!! Melanie has been watching my dog Sam for the last 6 plus years. I can’t say enough nice things about Mel & Cathy. We refer to them as Mamma Melanie & Mamma Cathy in our house. Some days I think Sam loves them more than he loves me. They are truly amazing at what they do. I wouldn’t trust any one else with my baby.

I cannot say enough great things about Melanie, Cathy and Sit Stay-​N-​Play. Based on their previous Unilocal reviews I gave them a shot and feel so blessed that I did. My dogs absolutely love them and almost look sad when it’s me returning home rather than Melanie or Cathy stopping by. I have used their overnight services several times over the past year and a half and always come home to a clean apartment and very content, stress-​free dogs. One of my dogs is pretty dog aggressive but Melanie and Cathy are very good with handling such issues. They are also quick to notice any discomfort a pet may have and take appropriate action. Just recently my basset hound had a bladder infection while I was gone for the weekend and they spent a few hours at the vet with her and administered her medication. It was so nice that even though I was miles away, my dogs were receiving the best possible care (perhaps even better!) as if I were home with them. We are a military family and will be moving soon, and I really wish I could pack up Melanie and Cathy and take them with me! They are a true find.

Melanie took care of Rufus for us during our wedding week. I am always nervous about leaving him alone and usually, even on trips, we bring him with if we can’t have a friend he knows really well stay at our place with him. Melanie is great because she was really interested in Rufus and seemed to understand his temperament (he is very shy and skittish). She seems to genuinely enjoy what she does and we liked her immediately (Rufus did too)! She remembered us when we called, and it’s just great to have someone who we can trust in our home with our little guy. Sit Stay and Play is professional, reliable, and really flexible with scheduling which is so helpful. We would definitely recommend Melanie!

Melanie is amazing! She is always flexible and willing to do what she can to help out, even with our crazy busy schedules. My dog absolutely loves her. I really appreciated her approach of a first meet and greet with owner and dog, to get a feel for both the owner and the pet to better understand the relationship of owner/​pet. She has been very helpful to us and we recommend her to everyone we know looking for a walker/​sitter. So glad to have had her recommended to us!

Melanie is the best. I have two dogs, one is 12ish and has mobility issues and is very slow moving. I also have a 10ish month old terrier who is totally the opposite, high energy and needs socialization and exercise. She is sensitive to meeting both their needs on their daily walks and takes an active interest in their well-​being; it’s obvious that she cares. I would recommend her to anyone; she is easily the best care taker I’ve had for my dogs.

Melanie and her partners do a great job. Our dogs are older, so they sometimes have accidents, they take lots of different medications, and they don’t really get along, but none of this phases her. We use Melanie for both walks and pet sitting (our cat loves her) and are very happy to have found her. Her rates are lower than other dogwalkers and petsitters we’ve contacted. She’s also been really flexible if we’re late getting back from a trip, or need her to walk our dogs the same or next day.