Strut The Pup

We’ve been using StP for over three years. They walk our dog 3x/​week and care for our cat when we are out of town. Their service has been excellent, leaving detailed notes regarding the visits with our pets, follow up with any concerns and being flexible with our schedule. Recently we noticed some issues with service and contacted Meaghan. She responded to our email within 30 minutes (with a phone call) and promised to resolve the matter. By that evening we had another email explaining her plan of action to correct the issues. Very happy with the response time and action.
Meaghan and the walkers really know our pets, have been there to help out through the birth of two babies (which has definitely changed our pets’ lives and needs) and continue to provide a much needed service to my busy family.

Love them! Professional and clearly dog lovers. I very much trust them with my «kid». Good, timely communication on my schedule changes, etc. The little touches; the daily notes, holiday cards, all personalized, are a wonderful something extra. I recommend 100%.

The entire Strut the Pup pack is amazing to me and my little Cavalier Spaniel. I fully recommend them to anyone!
Strut the Pup has been walking my little girl since ~November 2010 when she was just a few months old. She’s grown up with them. You start off your service by talking to the owner about what you want. Meaghan was great — she came to my house and met my little dog and talked to me about how she chooses walkers. I was pretty concerned about strangers in my house, so she assured me she’d always tell me of schedule changes for her employees vacations and give me the opportunity to meet new walkers. 3 years later, this has always been the case!
I signed up for weekday service with Strut the Pup. When my dog was a puppy, Strut the Pup was very good about making sure that I was in the schedule at a time that made sure to break my dog’s day in half for a potty break. Now I’m not so concerned, but they still work great into my schedule and I like my dog to have a midafternoon social hour. Every walker I’ve had over the past 3 years (3 of them) have been amazing and my dog squeaks (her gleeful sound) when they come in and they’ve all left great notes and had fun with her in different ways.
Lately I’ve been having a lot of schedule changes. Whether it be friends dogs staying with me or having really erratic travel schedules, Meaghan is always friendly and accomodating. I love that we communicate primarily over email so I always have a record of what days I’ve modified and she tells me when her calendar is updated.
My little pup gives Strut the Pup full kisses and tail wags, and I recommend them to anyone looking for a professional, friendly service!!!

Update! I adopted another pupster late 2012 and Meaghan and the team made the transition easy. I’ve since been on a few overnite trips and had help from the Sarge for my training with these furry hooligans.
Let me be clear… I’m a high-​maintenance client. My dog sneezes and I text Meaghan and STP to ensure they are aware and make sure the pupsters are fine. Someone wrote about response time, communication, and follow-​up. I’ve never had any issues. Period. Prompt responses via text, email, and phone.
As STP’s vmail says, «we are out with the pack.» As a high-​maintenance client, that’s where I want the focus, my dogs.

Great service and very responsive!
We are regulars at several off-​leash dog parks in the area, so we have seen what some of the dog walkers are like when owners aren’t around. It was horrifying. Yelling, swearing at the dogs, calling them stupid. I was resigned that I would never hire a dog walker.
Then, of course, our weekly work schedule changed and our poor pooch was left at home all day on Thursdays by himself. So we called Strut the Pup. Drew has been so caring and we trust him completely. These people really care.

To be totally transparent — I have not used Strut’s services. I was dying to because an acquaintance recommended them and we have a similar pups, so it sounded perfect.
However, I have been trying to contact them for the past 5 days, I left a voicemail (their message said someone would get back to me in 24 hours), I called about 6 times after that, I sent an email 2 days ago. Still nothing. Am I calling the wrong number???
So… unfortunately I’d like people a little more responsive than that if I need to get a hold of someone about my pups!

Loved Strut the Pup, could not recommend them more highly. They loved and cared for our dog Bubbles as one of their own. They left hand written reports of what activities Bubbles got up to, how much she ate etc .so we knew exactly what was going on. Fantastic organization!

Strut the Pup was the perfect service in every way! It was close to Thanksgiving when I realized I would need an in-​home pet care service for my shy, gentle dog Talah. I sent them an email and they responded quite quickly and had availability. The guy who came over was friendly and responsible, and was great with my dog but didn’t push her out of her comfort zone. He stayed overnight at my house for three days while I was gone and sent me text updates while I was away (which is always a great relief), as well as leaving a ‘Daily Report Card’ with comments.
I would highly recommend Strut the Pup for your pet-​care needs. Friendly, responsible, caring, thorough — a great service all-​around.

We have used Strut for about 2 years now and they have been nothing short of really fantastic. They went above and beyond expectations in taking care of our senior 12+ year old boxer, who passed away a few months ago. We used them primarily for overnight care in our home once our boxer was no longer able to go to a kennel (she was a rescue and didn’t get along with other dogs and so daycare options were out of the question).
They were so responsive to her needs, even until the very, very end. It was a hard time when we let her go — she had cancer, was progressively weak and it was also my parent’s 50^th wedding anniversary celebration. They were there for whatever we decided. The compassion and support at that time could not have been more appreciated. Thanks Strut!

Strut The Pup offers a great service that also goes beyond dog walking and/​or sitting. They can provide Canine Behavior services managed by Canine Behavior Practitioner, Diane Kunas and she is amaziiiing!
The amount of time, care and solid advice she has given to us has helped immensely with our rescue dog, Max whom we recently adopted and has had issues around certain men, environments, etc.
Also, a few days after our appt. Diane gave us a detailed bound notebook written specifically about Max regarding his various triggers, things to look for as he evolves in his new home and useful tools to create positive behavior. There are also specifics about his mixed breed personality traits, activity needs and overall tons of great information we can refer to that actually work.
We really appreciate the overall professionalism working with Diane as we know she really cares for Max’s successes and so does Strut The Pup, thank you!

I guess it really is true that you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. I used Strut the Pup until I recently moved to an area they do not service and had to hire another company. When I used STP I never had any doubt that my dog was well taken care of — I knew exactly who was walking her and even had daily report cards to come home to. The owner of the company met with me and introduced me to the walker who would be looking after my dog. If there was ever a conflict with scheduling, STP would immediately let me know who the replacement walker would be. I always knew that my dog was well taken care of and loved.
Now, comes the new dog walking service, who we will call DOTH. I guess the owner was too busy to meet with me personally but he sent an adorable girl who I was told would be my walker. She seemed like a good person and my dog really liked her so I hired the company. After a couple weeks, I asked if the walkers ever left notes, to which I was told that if I left a pad of paper out, they would be happy to leave daily notes (which pretty much consist of whether she pooped and/​or peed). The kicker was one day when, unbeknownst to DOTH, I was home when some random man showed up at my house to walk my dog. I sent him away and emailed the owner my concern that I thought the person I met with would be walking my dog. Even after expressing my displeasure, I come home to daily notes obviously written by different people.
I always knew I had a gem in STP but never knew the extent until experiencing what else is out there! I would never hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

We needed someone to stay with our 9 yr old Akita/​Border Collie who has some detachment issues while we were on vacation for 6 days. Strut The Pup was amazing and the sitter they provided was top notch. Both our dog and cat were very well looked after and she even brushed out the dog before we returned. We also received texts during our time away keeping us informed of events. We could not be happier with the results. Prices are good and every interaction has been professional. We will be using Strut The Pup again for our next getaway. Thank you!

These guys are as good as it gets! I hire them every time I go out of town to watch my 2 kitties, and they are great. They always send the same person (Erin!) so she knows where everything is and what my routine is. They stay for 30 minutes each visit so you know that your pets are getting love and not just fed, and they will email you updates if you want them to. When I return home my cats act as if I never left, and there is always a nice note on the counter about the sitter visits. I’ve had many good experiences with them and will continue to call on them when I need to go away.

We have 2 king charles cavaliers, one of which is super sociable and the other is very nervous around new people. When we met with the Strut the Pup staff, we were instantly assured that we were working with professional people who understood what we needed from a dog walker. They have since been helpful beyond expectation, very flexible and after only a few visits, the walker is now the best of friends with both dogs! I highly recommend their services!

Anyone who gives these guys one star because they didn’t return your phone call immediately isn’t doing a valid review. (Seriously, MQ? Seriously? This is why you rate them a one-​star?)
We learned the hard way what to ask when looking for a dogwalking service.
1. Find out how many people work for the service, and what the ratio of walkers to clients there are. If there’s just one of them, how do they handle emergencies and overflows?
2. What do they do when hiring new employees? Do they put them in the field and let them go? Do they walk the dogs? Run them? Stand outside and just let the dog go to the bathroom?
3. Do they listen to you and your needs? Do they pay attention? Do they trot out a resume of experience regarding your dog’s behavior patterns or do they listen to your input?
4. How do they take payment? Is it via check or do they have professional automatic billing services lined up? Do they have insurance?
I failed to ask these questions of our previous service.
With our previous service, a webcam in the house showed four different days when the walker spent five minutes «walking» the dog outside and twenty minutes «playing» — which mostly involved her writing a note and texting on her phone.
The breaking point was when we came home one day and found our poor puppy covered in his own poop — she had fed him cheese against our wishes and left him alone for six hours after being told we’d be coming home later. To say I was beyond furious isn’t putting it mildly.
It should go without saying that the service was terminated, and thus did we begin a search for a NEW dogwalking service.
We found Strut the Pup.
Strut the Pup has been everything our previous «dogwalkers» were not. Professional. Dependable. Insured. Actual walkers of dogs. They know dogs, and they know how to listen to the needs and wants of their two legged clients as well as their four-​legged ones.
Meaghan and her crew are professional, polite, and courteous to both the two-​legs and the four-​legs. Our current «walker» takes our massive puppy out for as fast a jaunt as he’ll go in the thirty minutes they have together. We come home and our mastiff is completely pooped out. The notes left are always detailed and friendly; we’ve NEVER had a late appointment, when we’re working from home they come in, towel off our dog, and cheerfully put him to bed. We took the webcam down — there’s no need for it anymore.
Since we’ve worked with Strut the Pup, our boy has never had a pee accident. He’s paying attention to our commands. They give him the treats he’s allowed to have. He shows active joy and waits by the front door on the weekends waiting for his walking buddy to show up (to his profound disappointment). He is passed out when we get home. He actively engages with people. He listens to commands.
They have dogpark excursions which our boy, still a stone doofus by all accounts, cannot attend due to the fact he loses all four braincells around other dogs and won’t come when his name’s called, and in one instance when an overzealous pet parent may have clipped one nail a little close, even made a run to the pet store to get the styptic powder to staunch a nail that cracked open again on the afternoon run. They go the extra mile — and if you don’t get a call back immediately, it’s probably because they’re actually OUT on that extra mile with a dog.
Aside from all of that, though, is the simple fact that Strut the Pup has their staff and their dogs sorted. They train new hires for WEEKS before sending them out solo. They understand dogs and canine mentality. Most of all they’re active and fit walkers who don’t view a dogwalk as a slow leisurely amble in the park, but the opportunity for a dog to be an active critter during the day.
In short, Strut the Pup does what a dogwalking service is SUPPOSED to do — they exercise the dogs in a timely manner, with professionalism. They are business professionals with standards, and they’re fantastic.
*And they’re certainly worth waiting to get back to you without getting your nose out of joint.

Strut the Pup is incredible. Not only do we think they are amazing, but our dog Lucy just adores them!
We have been using STP services for over a year now and could not be more impressed. We do walks, overnights and park trips and with all their services they go above and beyond. The staff is friendly, kind and incredibly accommodating. Meaghan is so responsive to email/​phone and their daily report system is superb.
The best thing is, we don’t worry! We have full confidence and trust in the team, from weekend overnights to daily park trips. It’s so nice to know our dog is in great hands. Thanks Strut the Pup, you do an outstanding job!

Our three greyhounds LOVE IT when Meaghan comes over for a visit!
We’ve used STP for many months now (both in-​home visits during the way and overnight stays when we are out of town) and honestly, we are absolutely comfortable with Meaghan’s top-​notch service and genuine love for our pack.
When we first realized we needed to find someone to come in during the day to let the pups out for a potty-​break, we were very skittish about hiring an «outsider» (basically anyone not a family member or friend). We interviewed several dog-​walking/​pet-​sitting services and after interviewing Meaghan and Tom, we knew we had found the right folks for our pups. This feeling was solidified after coming home that first week to several wonderful daily «report cards» in which the demeanor and behavior of the pups were noted, as well as their level of energy, etc. It was so nice to come home after a long day at work and know that the pack had been well taken care of while we were away. Absolute, blissful peace of mind — you can’t buy that.
We recommend Strut The Pup to all our pet-​centric friends — you need to try them, as once you do you’ll be singing their praises too!

It’s been over a year since I hired Strut the Pup for my babies Peanut and Willie.
Meaghan who schedules everything is so accommodating to last-​minute schedule changes. I still love the daily report cards and my dogs love their walks! I still recommend them without reservations.

Our dog is a shy rescue that can be nervous around strangers, so we were really worried about being able to find someone to help walk him when we couldn’t. But Meaghan was great with our dog. We had her coming for a mid day walk once a week for several months. The first few weeks our dog was still apprehensive but soon (once we started leaving her bits of hot dog to bribe him with) he was doing great. He would sit right below where we kept the hot dogs just waiting for «the hot dog lady» to come. It was always nice to read his little report card when we got home that evening. Unfortunately, we’re going to be moving out of state next week, so we’ll be looking for a new walker, but hopefully we can find someone we can trust as much as Meaghan.

Meaghan and her staff are AH-​MAH-​ZING!!! Seriously, the best at what they do. This isn’t some cobbed together, I walk dogs in my spare time kind of business. She is serious and passionate about what she does and it shows… from her branding to her demeanor to her passion for animals, Strut the Pup is the shit!
We were looking to be able to call upon someone when we were in a pinch… mostly day ski trips when Sadie’s daycare would open/​close at hours that wouldn’t be convenient for us… enter Strut the Pup. It wasn’t an issue that we wouldn’t be a «regular» weekly client, they were more than willing to accommodate our once in a while, we are going to Crystal on Saturday requests. I work from home and also use the Barking Lounge for daycare (which Strut the Pup is now also starting a walking/​dog park venture with I believe) so I don’t have a need for regular weekly dog walking services, but if I did, my money would be spent with Strut the Pup. Professional, passionate and pupalicious!!! A big paws up from us!
The report cards are super cute and Meaghan is a great communicator and very responsive and reliable (we even got a text message today while skiing/​snowboarding about Sadie). Meaghan and her husband came over to meet Sadie before her first walk and it was love at first sight (and it wasn’t even because of the organic treats that they brought). I cannot recommend Strut the Pup enough… my dog is almost 7 and she is our furbaby… I know she is in great hands with Strut the Pup.