Yanni's Pet Sitting and More

PJ has always given excellent care to my animals and home. I have hired her at least a dozen times with pure success.

I moved to South Tampa nearly 5 years ago with my two apricot toy poodles. We had the same groomer and pet sitter for over 15 years and I was concerned about finding the right fit for my family, including my daughters two dogs. After trying several groomers in So Tampa I discovered Charlie, the owner of Houndz of Hollywood Mobile Pet Grooming. Charlie is incredibly personable and professional. His mobile truck is immaculate in every way and most importantly all four dogs love him. Charlie recommended PJ the owner of Yannie's Pet Sitting and Walking when the time came for me to travel. PJ has been a dream come true. PJ has cared for my two poodles and my grand puppies multiple times in my home for a long week end a week and several weeks at a time. PJ is the only person my poodles will leave my lap and go to lay in hers... and she does not have dog treats in her pocket. When I am away PJ stays in touch with me even sending photos and action shots with the puppies. I always look forward to returning home after enjoying my time away knowing my precious puppies and my home have been well taken care of by PJ. I have also boarded my poodles along with my grand puppies in her home. Upon my return the dogs were very happy as usual. One of my poodles, Sugar is extremely shy and submissive and hides from everyone...except PJ. He scrambles to be in her lap first and adores her. Recently, Sugar required surgery for a ruptured disc and PJ visited him in the hospital and offered her sincere support to us all. Sugar was so comforted by PJ's gentle and caring presence. I am very cautious when recommending services to others unless I am 100% confident. I have recommended PJ based on my 4 years of experience with her to several of my neighbors who report the same experience and are also very pleased with her service and performance. Having the opportunity to observe PJ with my neighbors pets I am impressed with her reliability and professionalism beyond my own personal experience.

A horrible but preventable tragedy occurred through deceipt and lies that resulted in the death of a beloved pet.. Peggy picked up three dogs from my friends home on May 10, 2013 to take them back to her house to provide pet sitting services for 10 days. On the eve of 5/16/13 one of the dogs escaped the property. The owner was not notified until 13 hours later and by a woman other than Peggy. Amid many phone calls and messages it was discoved that Peggy was vacationing in Puerto Rico and not actually in her home pet sitting! In the initial messages PJ acted as if she were right there doing everything she could to find Julie. It was not until directly confronted with her lie did she admit that she was not in the direct vicinity. The dogs had been left alone with somenone coming in to let them out in the back yard occasionally, they were not being walked, nor were they receiving care from anyone who was actually staying at the home. All three dogs had harnesses on that were chewed almost completely through. Since the owners were vacationing across the country, I went to PJ's house to help look for and quot;Julieand quot; the Shiba Inu. Sadly, Julie was killed by a car.

Yanni's owner, PJ, has been walking my dog daily for the past 15 months. She is extremely flexible with adjusting dates/times as needed. Yanni's has also boarded my dog for several days on multiple occasions. I've been at home several times when PJ walks my dog; why my dog hears PJ pull into the driveway, she perks up and looks out the window and gets very excited. You can tell that PJ and my dog have really connected which is very important to me. I would, and have, highly recommended Yanni's to other pet owners. I moved from Chicago and went through many dog walkers and boarding places. I consider myself extremely lucky to have found Yanni's the first week I moved to Tampa!