Have a dog that continuously "explores the world with his teeth?" Here's the regimen I would suggest:"We met Rebecca when our dog, GaudÃ, was being particularly challenging. She took us on without hesitation, and since then has been the best thing that could have happened to us and our dog. She took to our dog right away and knew exactly how to handle him, using positive reinforcement and a lot of love and attention. He's come a long way since we started with her over four years ago, and a lot of that is to her credit.
We tried a number of different walking services before finding Rebecca, but they were either stubborn in their ways of dealing with our dog or made us feel like we were another client on their list covering all corners of Brooklyn. Rebecca is local to our neighborhood and provides a much more personalized relationship than we found anywhere else.
Rebecca not only is flexible with different doggy temperaments, but she also does a lot more than is required from an hour long walk, often taking him out for longer times when she can, helping out whenever he is sick, and leaving us detailed notes about their daily activities. She's also the only person we've trusted boarding him with. Most recently, she took him for two weeks. Although he's normally nervous whenever we leave, he was super happy with her the whole time and was completely calm when we got back. She followed our somewhat neurotic email instructions and sent us regular emails to let us know how he was.
Rebecca knows dogs and truly enjoys their company. She's great at reading doggy language and is an aware and intuitive caretaker. In case you're not getting it yet, we're pretty sure Rebecca's the best dogwalker around. We are grateful to have her in our lives and proud to call her a family friend."
-Mary Molina, Prospect Heights, since 2009
"Rebecca has been walking and sitting for our terriers for 4 or 5 years now. She is super reliable, very flexible and often our dogs end up getting more attention and even longer walks than planned. We also travel a good bit and always feel so great knowing that the dogs are in her hands, either staying with her or with us. Our dogs love her and she genuinely cares for and loves them. An animal lover, a very nice person and all the walkers who help her, Robert and others passed, seem to have been hand selected and share her considerate approach."
-Fitzhugh Karol, Park Slope, since 2009"I cannot begin to describe how wonderful Rebecca is as a dog walker. We have a high maintenance chihuahua mix who has a hard time making people friends. We tried a few dog walkers before finding Rebecca, all of which weren't patient/warm/awesome enough to gain our pups trust, but she assured me she was great with dogs of all temperaments, which was 100% accurate. Rebecca has been walking our dog consistently for over a year, she is reliable, flexible and most importantly of all, our dog loves her."
-Kelly Ruggles, Prospect Heights, since 2012
-Ian S., Crown Heights, since 2012
