Holidays are HERE!

Wow, I can't believe it's Thanksgiving week and Christmas is less than 6 weeks away now and it will be 2010 before you know it. Time just flies by.

Here are some great Holiday Tips for Pets - I hope you have a wonderful Holiday season, we are very busy pet sitting and taking care of all of your furry friends, this is a busy time of year for us, but we love it!!!!

Make your Christmas and New Year's Reservations today if you know your out of town plans, we are booking up fast!!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Cindy Golden of

Cindy's Pet Sitting Services

Servicing Raleigh since 2004

919-605-5133

Keeping Pets Happy at Home

www.CindytheSitter.com

It's Friday!!

The weekend is here and thunderstorms are rolling in. Everytime I hear thunder I think of the many dogs that do not like or understand these loud noises. Here is a great article to read about the Fear of Thunderstorms and other Noises.

I want to welcome Angel Wasserman to the triangle, she is a dog trainer that owns Paws in Training. She has a great site with many helpful articles - I really like this one - The Joys of Pet Sitters.

I am off to FL next Friday for a week vacation, Erin will be handling the business and doing any introductions if my clients call and need service. We are always available and with 3 full-time and 2 part-time employess, we always welcome new clients as well.

I also want to metion the AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day at the Fairgrounds on 9/26. We will be out there with a table set-up educating Raleigh about the benedits of using a pet sitter, so please come say HI!!

If you need service on Labor Day weekend please drop me an email to schedule service as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas, we are always taking reservations and don't want your sitter to get full and have no openings which is what happened on July 4th weekend, that was crazy.... We broke all sorts of records this month thanks to our great clients we are growing and becoming known as the Downtown Raleigh & North Hills Pet Sitters, keep spreading the word, we love you and appreciate you all and your furry kids!!

Cindy Golden of

Cindy's Pet Sitting Services

919-605-5133

Summer is flying by....

And we are taking care of MANY pets!!!

I have 2 new hires - Abbe and Adrienne, who both want to work Full-Time Pet Sitting so we are looking for LOTS of new clients! So tell your friends, family, neighbors and even people you don't know the benefits of using a pet sitter and keeping your pets HAPPY at Home!!

Abbe is going to be helping Erin in the Oakwood Area as she has way too many clients to handle at once especially over the Holidays, July 4th weekend she was up to 28 stops a day, she broke my record of 26. Abbe also has openings for mid-day dog walks and will cover the Five Points area as well.

Adrienne is looking for mid-day dog walks, pet sitting clients near Crabtree, Six Forks/Millbrook Area and Five Points. So keep your ears open anyone that has pets send them our way, we do give referral credits for telling your friends about us!!

Cindy Golden of

Cindy's Pet Sitting Services

919-605-5133

Hot Temperatures Are HERE in Raleigh, NC

Whew, Busy Week, Busy Weekend & Hot Temperatures.    

Summer is here early as usual is seems we missed Spring :-( 

Here is a tip to keep your dogs water cool put in a few ice cubes, they will love you for it.   

It's shedding season so brush your pets often to cut down on the hair in your home.  

Tis the Season for Vacations which means Busy Pet Sitting Times for us, I love it!!!

I did 9 new client consults with week, it's a record, wow!!

Not much news here, just posting to keep this page updated.

If you have any trips planned please contact me to get on your pet sitters schedule.

To all the Mom's out there have a great Mother's Day tomorrow!!!

Thank You and Stay Cool!!

Cindy Golden of 

Cindy's Pet Sitting Services

919-605-5133

Keeping Your Pets HAPPY at Home!

Flea & Tick Season is here, take care of your Pets

It's Tick Season, I have already found one on a pet, here is some good advice if you don't know how to remove them - http://www.ehow.com/how_2257_remove-ticks-pets.html.

Please make sure your pets are on a flea/tick preventive - I recommend and use Frontline personally but there is also Advantage and 2 oral ones named Capstart and a new one -Comfortis to use if you pets do become immune to the liquid applications.  The oral ones only treats for fleas, not ticks.  DO Not use Promeris it's not a good one.    Here is a link on how to Apply liquid Flea Treatments, do not use what you buy in the store, it won't last or do a good job at all and some pets have bad reactions to it.  

BTW, the SPCA raised over $164,000 for the new spay neuter clinic at the Dog Walk!!   Again I thank everyone who supported Cindy's Pet Services team and donated, we raised $2,770 ourselves, what a great success the event was.

Pet Sitting News 

I have a new full-time employee Holly, I have given her my 3 mid-day walks and she wants to get 3 more to have 6 daily, so if you live in the North Hills or Five Points Area and need your pups exercised while you are at work or have a new puppy, please contact me to get on her schedule.    I am doing more promotion and managing of the business and less dog walks and dog sitting, I am officially the cat sitter now.     Plus my tendinitis has been giving me lots of trouble in my arms so it's probably good I am not walking dogs much anymore my doc has been after me for a while to take it easy, he wants to do surgery but I don't want to....we will see!

**Memorial Day is fast approaching, we are taking reservations for pet sitting so please contact me today to get on your pet sitters schedule.

Have a great weekend everyone, looks like rain is coming at us again.......

Cindy Golden, owner of 

Cindy's Pet Sitting Services

Keeping Pets HAPPY at Home!

919-605-5133

Busy week with Spring Break and Easter Weekend!

Spring Break has been busy, last week I hired 2 new pet sitters to work for me Spring is here, Summer is coming and Erin & I need more help. So I welcome Whitney & Maggie who joined my pet sitting team!! Both are students, with light class loads as they are entering their senior years, both are HUGE animals lovers and great girls, I look forward to you meeting them.

The SPCA Dog Walk is Downtown Raleigh in Moore Square next Saturday from 10-2pm, walk starts at 11AM. I look forward to seeing you there, we will have a vendor table set up with lots of FREE Stuff, please come see us and the many other vendors out there.

Have a Great Easter Weekend and if you haven't see these Bunny Identity Theft Photos do take a look, they are too cute!!

Cindy Golden of
Cindy's Pet Sitting Services
919-605-5133

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race = 3 Dogs Die in Alaska

I am upset about this, I am sure you have read or heard the story on the new, if not read it here
Fox News

It is so sad there were racing in -50 F, how can this be prevented? It just seems cruel to me, I can't imagine holding my dog watching it die from hypothermia, how horrible! I'm really not sure I understand the purpose of this race in the first place.

I know the Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes are working dogs and love cold weather and racing but for dogs to be dying along the way, something is wrong here. I think vets should be on call and be at the check points where the dogs will be evaluated out to be sure they can continue the race.

What do you think???

Today is the 1st Day of Spring and signs of warm weather are flowers are blooming, trees are filling up with beautiful leaves, birds are happily chirping and business is picking up for vacationing pet sitting clients here in Raleigh, NC - YAY!!!

I plan to hire again next month, as we are getting busy and I need to add another person to my pet sitting team.

Enjoy the weekend everyone and remember a walked dog is a HAPPY dog, take time to give your dog and yourself exercise, you will love the quality time spent with your pet and they will love you for it!!

Cindy Golden of
Cindy's Pet Sitting Services

Reasons to Use a Pet Sitter

It was an unfortunate event that killed Martha Stewart's dog and 15 others at the kennel it was being boarded at, if you haven't read the story read it on MSNBC.

There are MANY reasons to use a local pet sitter, who would have thought that would be another one. Use a Raleigh, NC Pet Sitter and Keep Them Happy at Home!!

Erin & I service a large part of Downtown Raleigh, Five Points, Hayes Barton, Bloomsbury, Fallon Park, Historic Oakwood, Mordecai, Village at Pilot Mill, Boylan Heights, Cameron Village Area, North Hills Area, Drewry Hills, Anderson Dr, St Mary's, etc......

It is cheaper to use a pet sitter than a kennel when you have more than 1 animal anyway, if more people would use a pet sitter there would be happier pets and people in the world, that's just my opinion though :-)

On to brighter news, Mike & I and "the girls" had a great time at Chimney Rock this past weekend, it was wonderful weather and just a beautiful day to explore the area. Lake Lure, NC is just gorgeous, we really enjoyed our trip, it was a much needed get-away!

On the rocks at the River

Lake Lure is GORGEOUS!

At the Top of Chimney Rock

An Overlook of Lake Lure at Chimney Rock

The girls were exhausted after all the walking, they did great though and had a good time, they love taking road trips with us and we enjoy having with us, it's great quality time for us and them, we need more of that!!!

Have a great rest of the week and weekend, it's going to be rainy, YAY!

Cindy of

Cindy's Pet Services