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Stefania is the best. We think she is great but more importantly, our 2 dogs and cat think she is too :) We had Stefania walk our 2 big, high-​energy dogs for about a year and in that time she always turned up when she said she would and never once even took a day off! She was there no matter what — in the rain, in the cold, in the hot, for holidays and any other days we needed her — and she always cared for our dogs (and cat when she came by) as if they were her own. She communicated with us every day and always provided feedback and thoughts on the dogs and gave us advice for any issues they may have been having. And on top of that she is just a nice, caring, genuine person.
We recently moved out of the area and no longer needed the dog walking help but we still use Stefania’s wonderful pet-​sitting services and have her come and stay with our 3 pets when we go out of town. They go totally nuts whenever she comes by after they haven’t seen her for a while and we couldn’t imagine leaving them with anyone else.
If you need a dog walker, pet sitter or trainer, then call Stefania. You’d be crazy to go with anyone else! :)

Stefania is an excellent dog walker and my dog and I love her! She is very caring, professional, friendly, and I trust her completely with my beloved dog who also has had spinal injuries in the last– and she takes excellent care of my dog — as a dog walker, pet/​house sitter to my dog and cat, and also has helped me train my dog to overcome his fear of nail clipping.
You will be extremely grateful and happy to hire Stefania because she is a treasure!
She is known in our neighborhood of Duboce Triangle in SF and has long term clients in the area as well as in Hayes Valley.

Patient, caring, in love with dogs. Sometimes I think Stefania takes better care of our dog when we are away than we do when we’re home.

Stefania is a very loving and caring dog walker/​sitter. We have used her services a few times and we left her in charge of our three animals: a kitten, a puppy and an yellow amazon parrot. She was always on time, and she provided me with feedback in how the animals were doing, etc, on a regular basis. We left the key to our house with her when we went to an international trip and she did fabulous by keeping our animals well taken care of and she also kept our house clean. If you are looking for a reliable, loving and trustworthy dog walker/​pet sitter I would highly encourage you to call Stefania and her rates are also very reasonable. Thanks for all your hard work and for keeping my animals happy and healthy, we will be calling you when we go in our next trip :)

Stefania is the best! I really value her reliability and hard work when it comes to our dog’s happiness and development.
The dog walks are in small groups or individual, which is great to see… I know he gets the attention he needs and his behavior on walks is so much better since working with her.
I would recommend Stefania to anyone.

Going above and beyond! That is what Stefania does for her clients. I could not be happier with her work and my dog is always in good hands with Stefania.
Stefania has been working with me and my Boston Terrier for several years. She is consistently on time, a pleasure to work with, extremely caring and my dog is always happy with her and her group. When I leave town, I will only let Stefania stay at my home with my dog. You can really tell that her passion and love of life comes from working with dogs and it brings her (and us) much joy.
I guarantee that if you are thinking of working with Stefania she will go above and beyond to make sure you and your dog are happy.

Stefania is the best kept secret of dog owners who want someone who will treat their cherished fluffies as if they were hers. I know there are a lot of nice dog walkers out there and I have had a few. Every kind from one that retaliated when I ended up cancelling his services and locked one of my girls up in the bathroom although I paid him and was kind to him except I did not allow him to manipulate me into getting more money. There was another that never returned my phone calls because maybe she had enough dogs and felt perhaps I didn’t use her services consistently enough to merit a call back as a professional would and say, «these are my terms and this is not going to work out». Which I’m totally cool with. But like dating, sometimes you have to kiss a couple of frogs before finding your prince. Or, in this case, your princess!
Needless to say I was skeptical when I ran into Stefania while I was walking my dogs. My entreprenurial/​real estate business sometimes means I may have fluctuations in my schedule and I really love walking my dogs myself as I have a home office and walking them helps me take a breather. Without them I think I would keep working to exhaustion. I decided to finally give Stefania the opportunity (so happy I did!) because I had a seminar to attend and one of my kind neighbors moved out and I found that out the day before the seminar. Yes, I had to turn to my neighbors for potty breaks because I did not trust any dog walker. I had little to no expectations because of previous disturbing experiences but Stefania saved the day!
Stefania has such an attention to detail and best of all integrity. I love it when people communicate! It keeps everyone on the same page. I am not a fussy person at all, I do though, appreciate it when someone has tons of common sense because believe it or not, any one can call themselves a dog walker, but not every one has the compassion to pull it off. She has been volunteering for the past 2 years at the SPCA honing in on proper training techniques and first aid. She has a passion for animals and treating them with respect and yet maintains control. She is very flexible and updates you on your pet each visit (s). She even sent me pics! How refreshing it was to find an all around honest, good-​to-​the-​core human being.
I’ve only ever given one other recommendation and I give this high recommendation to someone I feel is an asset as a new friend as well as a true professional deserving of many future happy clients. I want her all to myself because she is just that fantastic but it would be selfish of me not to share how wonderful she is. There are not enough great things I can say about her. She is humble and genuine and I feel fortunate to finally feel that peace of mind that my 2 kitties and 2 doggies (1 being 16 yrs old) now have a quality human who will love them like I do when I’m working offsite. Thank you, Stefania!!!