Professional Pet Sitting Services

Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, using a professional pet sitter has many advantages over alternative methods of caring for your pets. Your pets are creatures of habit just as humans are. If you remove them from their home environment they will be stressed in trying to cope with the changes to their surroundings. Sentinel Pet Care has provided in-home pet sitting services since 1994 to hundreds of clients who can attest that the only place your pet should be is at home.

Why Use A Professional Pet Sitter?

Benefits for your pet:

• Your pet follows their usual diet, medication schedule and daily routines.
• Your pet remains in their familiar, safe environment, eliminating stress.
• Your pet is not exposed to the illnesses and stress of other animals.
• Your pet receives personalized, individual attention by people who truly care.

Benefits for you:

• You can be away from home with the peace of mind that your pets are being cared for by a professional.
• You don't have to impose on friends, neighbors or relatives who may forget to care for your pet.
• Your home is made more secure because of our crime-deterrent efforts as well as our daily safety checks to ensure that all systems are functioning normally.
• You are not inconvenienced with taking your pet to another location.

How Does The Pet Sitting Service Work?

How many visits per day do you need?

• Healthy cats usually only require one visit per day unless you have a particular dietary routine which requires two visits per day. We can customize any visit schedule that suits your particular needs.
• Dogs require three visits per day. Morning, afternoon and late night 8 hours apart (roughly 8am, 3pm and 11pm).
• We cannot skip visits or provide a lesser degree of service. Please see our policies page for more information.

What do we do during each visit?

• We keep your pet on their familiar, consistent routine.
• We feed, water, exercise and spend quality one-on-one time with your pet.
• Scoop and clean litter boxes.
• We administer medications, supplements and special diets, if applicable.
• We look after your home and property and make efforts to make it appear someone is there full-time by operating alarms, alternating lights, drapes and blinds, and retrieving mail, newspapers and packages.
• We do a daily walk through of your home and property to make sure that the environment is safe for your pet, to make sure that all systems are functioning properly and to be sure that nothing unusual has occured between our visits.

Ultimately, we provide our clients with peace of mind because they know that professionals are caring for their pets and their property while they are free to enjoy their vacation or focus on their business trip.

How to Get Started

• Please familiarize yourself with our policies.
• Call us at 410.337.7387 or use our online form to submit a request for service. We will contact you to setup an initial meeting so we can meet you and your pets. The initial meeting lasts about 30 minutes and we document all the information we need about your pets and their environment to properly care for them. Please be sure to have the following prepared for our meeting:
  1. Travel itinerary, flight numbers (if applicable), contact and emergency telephone numbers.
  2. Behavioral information and medical history of your pet.
  3. If your pet requires medication please be sure to provide detailed instructions on the administration of the medication and be sure to have ample supplies on hand while you’re away.
  4. Alarm codes, electronic gate cards, and parking garage entry cards (if applicable).
  5. Two sets of house keys (we like to be prepared).
• A Service Agreement will be signed at the end of the interview and a credit card number is obtained at that time. After you return we will email you a PDF of the invoice and then charge the card no less than 24 hours later. Payment for future services are also billed at the end of the service period in the same manner.

That’s it! Contact us today with any questions or to schedule an appointment. Please plan ahead as peak travel schedules fill up quickly.