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When you contact All Creature Comforts, the pet sitter arranges
a FREE Initial Consultation to:
- Meet you and your pet(s)
- Get detailed information about caring for your pet(s) and your home
- Complete a Service Agreement
Please be ready to provide:
- A copy of your house
key
- Emergency telephone
numbers and/or the telephone number of your vacation/work/hotel destination.
- Your pet's Veterinarian info (It is also important that your Veterinarian is informed that you acquired
the services of a pet sitter, and should your pet(s) require emergency care, make the necessary billing arrangements beforehand.)
Daily Visits (based on 20-30 minute visit)
Pet Care:
- Lots of love and attention!
- Fresh food and water
- Dogs go for walk or play in a fenced-in yard
- Litter box cleaning for cats
- Playing with his/her favorite toy
- Light brushing - if they like to be brushed
- Administering medication, if necessary
Home Care:
- Collection
of mail and newspapers
- Alter
household lighting for security purposes
- Light watering of household plants
- Taking your garbage/recycling out to the curb on specified days
Daily Visit Rates:
- $17.00
- First Visit
- $15.00
- Second Visit, same day
- $15.00
- Third Visit, same day
(NOTE: Rates include up to 3 dogs or cats - $1.00 per additional pet, per visit)
Hours of Service
Dogs:
- "AM" visit - between 7:00am and 9:00am
- "MID-DAY" visit - between
11:00am
and 3:00pm
- "PM" visit - between 7:00pm and 9:00pm
Cats:
- Cats
will be visited at approximately the same time each day, sometime between 9AM and 7PM depending on schedule, location of other jobs and
weather conditions. Except in emergencies, no cat visits will be before 9AM or after 7PM.
(Note:
Dogs are not left more than 12 hours overnight, with the "PM" visit dictating what time the following "AM"
will be.)
Overnight Care
Some pets need extra
TLC at night - maybe they need supervision due to a medical condition, have poor bladder control, or have separation
anxiety issues. Whatever the reason, overnight pet sitting is available to clients that need a little extra care for their
pets.
Pet Care:
- Lots of love and attention
- Water and food maintenance, if needed
- Potty breaks for dogs
- Litter box cleaning for cats
- Administering medication, if necessary
Home Care:
- Collection of mail and newspapers
- Alter household lighting for security purposes
- Light watering of household plants
- Taking your garbage/recycling out to the curb on specified days
Overnight Care Hours:
- Between
9:30pm & 6:30am (8 hour minimum)
- Does
not include Daily Visits. If you require pet sitting services during the day, please schedule those visits as well.
$65.00
(Includes up to 3 dogs or cats - $1.00 per additional pet, per visit.)
Holiday Surcharge
A surcharge is applied to each visit made on Easter, Memorial Day, July 4th,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
- $5.00 – additional per visit.
Pocket Pets & Exotics
We are more than happy to care for your birds, rabbits,
lizards, hamsters, fish, ferrets, etc. Rates based on degree of services provided. Please call for pricing.
Pet Taxi Service
Sometimes you just can't get away during your workday to take your pet
to an appointment. Whether the appointment is with their groomer or a day at the doggy day care, we would be happy to
taxi your pet.
$20.00 * - (price based on 5 miles from pick-up point)
* Additional charges may apply.
General Information
- Initial
consultation – Free. Additional consultations - $15.00
- Keys: *Pick up/Return - $15.00* *Returned by Mail - $10.00* Clients have the option of supplying All Creature Comforts
with a temporary key to their home or having their key kept permanently on file. A duplicate will be made of any permanent
key, so that there is always a back-up key available at the office. Due to the off-chance that your return is delayed, keys will not be left in
the house at the last scheduled visit.
- All
scheduling, confirmations, cancellations, invoicing and client calls/emails are handled by the owner of All Creature Comforts,
Carrie Hammer. Individual pet sitters should only be contacted for updates on pets.
- Payment is due upon completion of pet sitting services via cash, check or money
order, with payments left in-home for sitter collection being preferred. A three day “grace period” is given for
mailed payments.
- Pet(s) must have a current
Rabies Vaccine and be free of external parasites.
- Your
pet sitter has the right to decline service to aggressive pets.
- Your pet sitter is not responsible for the loss, injury or death of any pet that lives or stays outdoors, or that
has access to a pet door or kennel.
- To ensure your pet(s) receive the best possible care, please make sure all food, treats, medications & clean-up
supplies are fully stocked at your departure. Your pet sitter will need to be reimbursed if any supplies are purchased in
your absence.
- If your pet needs
medical attention while you are away, your pet sitter will need to be reimbursed for time and travel. The fee is: $15.00 for
the first 30 minutes, and $5.00 for every 5 minutes thereafter.
- Please contact All Creature Comforts upon your arrival home. Visits to your home will continue – at
your expense – until otherwise notified.