Paw Pals Pet Sitting

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Cat Sitting Services

cat laying on bed while cat sittingWhether you’ll be going on vacation for a few weeks or will be gone just for the day, Paw Pals Pet Sitting provides a variety of high quality and personal in-your-home cat sitting services to keep your cats happy and healthy while you’re away.

We care deeply about the standard of living of each and every pet, and understand your reluctance to leave your cat home alone or board it for longer trips. Our cat sitters have cared for cats of all sizes and personalities, and many are cat parents themselves. We are committed to giving your cat the interaction, affection, and exercise they crave, while keeping them safe and cared until you get back. With Paw Pals Cat Sitting, you can rest assured that we will love your cats as if they were our own, and will care for them just as you would.

Paw Pals is licensed, bonded, and fully insured, and our cat sitters are 100% PetTech certified in Pet CPR and First Aid. For your convenience, we offer both regular vacation visits and overnight cat & house sitting. Each of our cat sitting services can be paired with our House Sitting and Garden Watering service where our cat sitters look after your home while you’re away as well.

Contents

  • 1 Vacation Visits
    • 1.1 Vacation Visits Pricing
  • 2 Overnight House & Cat Sitting
    • 2.1 Overnight Cat & House Sitting Pricing
  • 3 Additional Cat Sitting Services
    • 3.1 Cat Supply Pick-up
    • 3.2 Pet Transportation / Pet Taxi Service
    • 3.3 Cat Sitting Medication Administration
    • 3.4 House Sitting / Garden Watering
  • 4 Cat Sitting Policies
    • 4.1 Safety First!
    • 4.2 New Client Setup / Meet & Greet
    • 4.3 Late Bookings
    • 4.4 Inclement Weather

Vacation Visits

With our regular vacation visits service, Paw Pals cat sitters come to your home to give your cats the attention, exercise, food, and supplies they need. Our cat sitting service includes playtime attention, brushing, treats, fresh food and water, litter box cleaning, and medication administration. We offer a variety of options for visits, both in frequency and length.

Vacation Visits Pricing

Kitty VisitsExpress VisitStandard VisitExtended VisitDeluxe Visit
Visit Duration15 Minutes30 Minutes45 Minutes60 Minutes
Ideal ForWhen your 1-2 cats just need a quick check and a pat for reassurance while you’re away. (Usually 1-3 visits daily)When your mature, less active cats need some love and attention. (Usually 1-3 visits daily)When your younger, more active cats need some extra playtime, and love and attention. (Usually 1-3 visits daily)When you have multiple cats in your home. We give extra playtime for the younger cats and tender love and attention to the older ones. (Usually 1-3 visits daily)
1-2 Cats$18.00$23.00$28.00$36.00
Additional Cat (Each)$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00

Includes:

  • Playtime, brushing, treats
  • Fresh food and water at scheduled visit
  • Clean litter box
  • Medications, if required (see medication administration)
  • Attention and love as if they were our own!

Overnight House & Cat Sitting

If you don’t want to leave your cats all alone at night while you’re gone, one of our certified and trusted Paw Pals cat sitters can stay at your house with your cats overnight to care for them and keep them company. Overnight stays in a home are for 12 hour periods and begin when our cat sitter arrives, typically between 7 and 10 PM. Playtime, brushing, treats, fresh food and water, litter box cleaning, and medication administration are all included for an overnight stay. We request that you get in touch with us at least two weeks beforehand because this service is subject to the availability of our sitters.

Note: Subject to sitter availability.

Overnight Cat & House Sitting Pricing

A Paw Pals cat sitter will stay with your cats overnight. Overnight stays are for 12 hours with arrival
times between 7-10 PM. Additional mid-day visits may be scheduled as needed.

Cost Per 12 Hour Period
$75.00

Cat Sitting Includes

  • Playtime, brushing, treats
  • Fresh food and water at scheduled visit
  • Clean litter box
  • Medications, if required (see medication
    administration)
  • Attention and love as if they were our
    own!

House Sitting Includes

  • Bringing in papers, mail, and packages
  • Watering house plants
  • Opening/Closing blinds
  • Alternating lights
  • Taking out/Bringing in trash and
    recycling

Additional Cat Sitting Services

Cat Supply Pick-up

We can shop at your preferred specialty store or the nearest pet supply store to pick-up any of the food, supplies, or litter, etc, a cat owner needs and is unable or unavailable to do. Whether someone is just too busy or is out of town, Paw Pals cat sitters and cat sitters can get all of the supplies your cat(s) need to stay cute.

Note: We will shop at a nearby pet supply store. If a particular specialty store is requested, depending on the distance, additional costs may be incurred.

Cost: $20 plus amount of receipt

Pet Transportation / Pet Taxi Service

Paw Pals Pet Taxi service helps our clients to better manage their time and everything else life is throwing at them. Our Pet Taxi services allow our clients to perform their personal or professional obligations without having to worry about taking off work or not being able to take a pet to places such as the groomer or the vet. We can safely transport your pets to any location they need to get to in our service area. Our experienced pet sitters can remain with your pet throughout their vet visit to give them positive reassurance and loving attention. For these kinds of visits, Paw Pals requires our clients to make payment arrangements with their vet or groomer prior to our arrival, and we also must require that our clients are reachable for any decision-making that needs to occur during the vet visit.

Calculate Your Cost Estimate:

  • Go to Google maps: Driving directions to get the route distance
  • Multiply the distance by $3.00
  • Add $20.00 for Drop-off and/or Pick-up charge for the first pet; $5 extra for each additional pet
  • Add $15 per half hour waiting time (You do not pay both a Drop-off and Pick-up charge if we wait.)

Cat Sitting Medication Administration

Your Paw Pals Pet Sitter has training to administer cat medications. In most cases, cats will take the medication with a little coaxing, or willingly, and administering medication in food or treats would not require an additional charge when feeding your cat(s). However, medications including subcutaneous fluids and injections such as insulin require additional expertise, and an add-on fee.

Cost:

  • Topical – $5
  • Oral in food – $0
  • Oral without food – $5
  • Injections – $10
  • Subcutaneous Fluids – $25

House Sitting / Garden Watering

No cats, but you still need your house taken care of while you are away? We can visit your home once
or twice a day to take care of the minor household tasks that you would usually do. Your home is made
more secure by crime-deterring measures taken by your cat sitter, including:

  • Bringing in papers, mail, and packages
  • Watering house plants
  • Feeding fish and refilling bird feeders
  • Opening/Closing blinds
  • Alternating lights
  • Taking out/Bringing in trash and recycling

Cost: $20 per day/per visit

Garden Watering
Garden watering can be added onto either House Sitting or Cat Sitting visits.

Cost: $8.00 for each 15 minutes

Cat Sitting Policies

Paw Pals has policies and procedures in place for certain situations which include:

Safety First!

First and foremost, our professional cat sitters put safety first. We do our absolute best to make sure there is nothing that could go wrong during any of our visits. Each of our cat sitters and pet sitters is certified in PetTech PetSaver First Aid and CPR and must recertify every two years in order to keep up with the best safety practices which could save the life of a pet in an emergency. Each of Paw Pals cat sitters and pet sitters is truly an animal lover, and that is how we can always provide the care and attention your cat(s) crave during the day.

New Client Setup / Meet & Greet

Before someone becomes one of our cat sitting or pet sitting clients, we require an initial “Meet & Greet” at your home to make introductions with you and each of your pets. We’ll take this time to discuss the needs of you and your pets and to determine a pet’s temperament and behavior and analyze whether a cat is an acceptable candidate for our cat sitting or pet sitting services. Once this has occurred, we can talk about a pet’s normal routine as we fill out all of our required paperwork and inform new clients on our policies and procedures.

We also use this as an opportunity for you to show us your pet’s routine, and for us to complete all the paperwork and go over our policies and procedures. However, you are under no obligation to obtain services as a result of this visit, and we reserve the right to refuse service if a pet is not a good candidate for our services.

Cost: $25.00 (This fee will be waived if Paw Pals determines that your pet(s) will not be a good
candidate for our services.)

Note: For existing clients, who add a new pet to their family and wish for their pet sitter to meet them and the pet before services begin, there will be a $15.00 visit fee.

Late Bookings

We understand that not everything happens as planned and will do our best to accommodate last minute requests. These requests are not guaranteed and are subject to sitter availability. Please note that requests made after business hours will be considered as having been received the next business day.

    • Existing clients: Requests made with less than 2 business days’ notice will incur a $10.00/visit surcharge. Same day requests will incur an additional $25/visit last minute booking charge. (If the request is for a series of visits, the surcharges will apply only to the visits within the late booking period, not all the visits in the series.)
  • New clients: All new clients must have an initial Meet & Greet completed before any visits or services can be confirmed. Please see New Client Setup/Meet & Greet section above.

Inclement Weather

For days when there is severe inclement weather, a $20.00 fee may apply. This policy is most often associated with a federal government shutdown or if Fairfax County Schools are closed.

2021 Holiday Schedule

Holiday2021Extra Fee Per Visit
New Year’s DayJan 1st$10.00
Martin Luther King Jr. DayJan 18th$5.00
President’s DayFeb 15th$5.00
Easter WeekendApril 2nd – April 4th $10.00
Memorial Day WeekendMay 29th – May 31st$10.00
4th of July WeekendJuly 3rd – July 5th$10.00
Labor Day WeekendSept 4th – Sept 6th$10.00
Columbus DayOct 11th$5.00
Veteran’s DayNov 11th$5.00
Thanksgiving WeekendNov 25th – Nov 28th$10.00
Christmas WeekDec 21st – Dec 26th$10.00
New Year’s EveDec 31st$10.00

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Office Location

Paw Pals Pet Sitting, LLC
14001-C Saint Germain Drive #213
Centreville, VA 20121
(703) 345-1695

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Office Hours

Monday
9am - 5pm
Tuesday
9am - 5pm
Wednesday
9am - 5pm
Thursday
9am - 5pm
Friday
9am - 5pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed

Areas Served

Centreville – 20120, 20121
Chantilly – 22151
Clifton – 20124
Fairfax – 22030, 22033
Fairfax Station – 22039
Manassas – 20109, 20110, 20111
Reston – 20191, 20190

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Andrea Hall
Andrea Hall
22:45 03 Oct 20
I wasn't sure about hiring a new doggie walker service... after all they are our kiddos... my babies were in great hands and I felt relaxed having them in their care. Thank you for everything!
Phillip Evans
Phillip Evans
14:38 11 Jul 20
When we adopted our new dog in January, Paw Pals agreed to walk her and give her some outside time so she wasn't in the crate all day. She loved her dog walker and you could see her excitement every time the walker showed up. We moved out of the area but would recommend Paw Pals to anyone needing someone to care for their pets.
Katie Russell
Katie Russell
15:01 17 May 20
Paw Pals is fantastic! I have had a great experience with Mary! Compassionate, professional, responsive, and prompt! Thank you!
Kristin Conrad
Kristin Conrad
16:00 16 Nov 19
We are so grateful we found Mary and her team at Paw Pals. They are exceptionally responsive, amazingly organized and detail-oriented.We have such peace of mind when we travel knowing our home and pets are so well cared for. Paw Pals is the best pet sitting service we’ve used, and we’re so happy we found them.
Dr Tammy Cashion
Dr Tammy Cashion
21:11 12 Mar 19
We have used Paw pals pet sitting on multiple occasions for our bunnies while we are away. Many pet sitters are not interested in small pets however; Mary and her team, are amazing and we trust her implicitly! We are very happy with the outstanding service we have received from her team including texts and photos of our pets when we are out of town. They always go the extra mile and we highly recommend them!
Cindy Welgoss
Cindy Welgoss
13:12 27 Nov 20
We have been using Paw Pals for several years, and through a variety of pets that we have loved. Mary and her team have always been *exceptional* in every way. They are professional, courteous, and truly love our fur family! Mary herself is an organized and stellar administrator of her pet care business, keeping detailed records of our pet’s needs, scheduled pet visits, payments, and balance due easy to keep track of as the pet owner. The pet caretaking team is reliable and trustworthy. When our dogs see any of their Paw Pal friends, they get SO excited to see them! Follow up comments are left via text to keep the pet owner informed of the visit and how the pets are faring. Paw Pals has allowed our family the peace of mind to leave our pets at home, for work, weekend getaways and longer times away when necessary, where they are the most comfortable and familiar. We are grateful to Mary and her team for giving us the ability to enjoy pet ownership without feeling tied down. The responsibility of having pets comes with the need to keep them safe and comfortable at all times, and Mary and her team affords us this when our family has to be away.
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