 We are really thankful for our wonderful pet sitter, Sara. She is fantastic with our two very large dogs - Baby and Bear. When we come home from work, we can see a difference in their behavior and we know they had their favorite sitter stop by and give them lots of love and fun!
Due to the loving care, above and beyond our expectations, Sara even found a lump on one of our dogs. Sara made sure we knew when it appeared and exactly where it was so we could take quick action. Because of Sara, things are getting taken care of sooner rather than later, and our beloved pet will likely have a quick and healthful recovery.
Sara is more than a pet sitter. We know she really cares for our dogs.
I cannot thank her and Villaridge enough for what they do.
Tony & Linda
Herndon
"This is the first time we used Villaridge Pet Sitters, LLC and we're so thankful we did. Our min pin, Hefner is usually scared of strangers and he warmed up to Sarah & Rosemary immediately with licks and lots of love. We're definitely going to use them in the future for our pet sitting needs. Thank you so much!"
Lindsay
Centreville, VA
My husband and I found ourselves in the situation of finding another pet service; we had worked with three companies so far with varying degrees of success and were fairly discouraged. Our current walker had suddenly decided to quit the business and gave her clients two weeks to find replacements. I went through Pet Sitters International and lined up three interviews hoping for the best. The first interview was with Sarah Parkinson of Villaridge and needless to say the remaining two interviews were cancelled then and there. Bill and I immediately knew that Villaridge was the company for our family; Pete and Annie, our Goldens, confirmed that impression with their joyful interactions with Sarah.
Both of our dogs were adopted from a rescue organization; Pete is an absolute gentleman while his companion Annie is another story. Annie came to us as a three-year old and we would be her fifth home, not a good start for any dog. Somewhere in her journey to us Annie had not been treated well and developed significant fear aggression as a result. The adoption organization had provided Annie with all the help possible including an
eight-month foster but Annie was running out of chances. Our adoption of Annie would be the last one; if this didn't work nothing further could be offered to Annie. My husband and I called in our trainer and started life with Annie.
I am happy to say that over the last four years Annie's behavior has mellowed with a great deal of work and the help of some wonderful people. Both Sarah and Rosemary are highly skilled professionals when it comes to working with and handling a dog with significant fear aggression; they have taken each incident in stride and worked through the problems as a team. Without their skills and patience, our dogs would miss out on so much socialization and fun; Annie and Pete are happy to be with Sarah and Rosemary and feel safe. Sarah and Rosemary are an integral part of our family now, we care about them and know that feeling is returned in their loving treatment of our dogs. We have
recommended Villaridge Pet Sitters to our friends, our Veterinary Clinic and the rescue organization we use for our Goldens; Sarah and Rosemary are the best!
Debbie, Bill, Pete and Annie Haegele
Centreville, Virginia
Villaridge Pet Sitters has been taking care of our growing Great Dane Puppy, Marma, since May 2006. Tim Roan has been there the whole time. Tim’s primary duties include taking our lovable 14month old now for a walk for 30 minutes while my wife and I are at work Monday – Fridays. If that was all he did it would be worth the money spent.  But it really isn’t. Tim has become part of our family. Literally!!! Marma looks forward to this time with Tim as much as she looks forward to seeing my wife and I come home. When we first started out my wife was taking Marma to obedience training because she had become 80lbs of terror. Daily we started leaving a log book of what we were working with Marma on in class. Tim became instrumental at helping focus on these tasks while giving her the daily walk and leaving us notes when he finished letting us know how she did. Over the months Marma has grown to 115lbs and stands over waist high. Yes she is very gentle and great on a leash thanks in no small part to Tim.
Tim is an incredible guy and friend to our family. Occasionally I have been home from work early or unexpected change in my schedule and have gotten to see how my dog reacts to Tim. He treats my dog like it was his own. He shows her affection, attention, and love. He is always amazed how excited she gets to see him. I see her stare out the window anticipating his arrival. He always makes sure when she is wet from a rainy walk that she gets dried off. He always makes sure she has water especially on a hot day, and makes the walks fun. He exercises her and goes beyond the call of duty to make it the highlight of Marma’s day. What is more special about Tim is he does this for numerous other dogs in my development and when we run into Tim Marma wants to go with him right then and there!! It is just his nature, I guess, and each dog feels they are the only one in his life. He is dependable and you can set your watch by him. Even if I am home I still let Tim take her for her walk because it is a “reward” for Marma that isn’t the same given by me. A 30 minute walk from Tim is what she gets as a reward for her being good while we are gone.
In this day and age it is hard to find someone so trustworthy you give them a key to your house and trust them with your prized possessions of which a family pet is like a child to anyone who has one. Villaridge Pet Sitters is a company that employs people of great character, like Tim. He is polite and fun to chat with when I get the chance and the care he takes while walking my dog leaves my mind at ease when we are not around. Others have substituted for Tim on occasion, like Paul, and they don’t miss a beat with my dog.
I will never think of moving to another area without first making sure that Tim can still take her on a walk daily. It isn’t about the money or the cost. It is about providing our youngest family member with reliable, trustworthy daycare. Ensuring she is safe and loved. And for a company to be able to provide that for a pet is amazing. Thanks Villaridge Pet Sitters for a great service, and Marma says “WOOOOOOF” – which I think means “when is Tim coming next?!!!”
Michael, Lydia and Marma
Reston, VA
 "I truly feel that we were blessed when we found Villaridge Pet Sitters. The walkers and sitters have really made a positive improvement in our lives -- we can now feel totally comfortable (and not guilty) in taking vacations or weekend trips because we know the dogs will be taken care of in their own home, on their same schedule, by people who adore them. And just three walks a week has really perked the dogs up. It’s given them an outlet for some of their energy, a chance to enjoy the outdoors and socialization with other people.
All the Villaridge folks we've met have been wonderful, and I feel confident in trusting them with my dogs, and my house key (which is very important to me). We have recommended them to all our friends with pets. Now I wish we could take them with us when we move. Our whole family will miss them very much."
VANDYL & DOZER
Herndon, VA
I just wanted to let you and Sarah know what a great experience we've had with Ysabel. She was incredibly responsive to our requests and kept us up to date with any necessary news about our 'kids'. We have two older dogs which have special needs and even though we do as much as we can to make the sitter's job a little easier with respect to giving medications, etc., we can never predict whether the transition to a new care giver will go well. Sometimes they don't want to eat, get sick when they do eat, or just have an accident or two. Fortunately, only the latter happened with us and Ysabel was great about cleaning up.
We were able to stay in touch via email and exchange information or just a word of encouragement or confirmation when needed. I would recommend Ysabel to anyone considering using Villaridge Pet Care and needing a reference. As a matter of fact, we have already shared our wonderful experience with another couple from Great Falls who is considering using your services in the future. It has been a great experience and you may consider me a ready reference if you ever need it!
Cheryl and Pat L.
Reston, VA
 "We are very pleased with the puppy babysitting you, Melissa and Sarah have been providing. It is comforting to know that Max is being looked after during the day and we know he enjoys seeing you! It has been wonderful and thank you for all the work you all are doing with Max.Sarah is just wonderful - we really, really like her a lot. She's great with Max too. Very patient, very dependable, responsible and intelligent - she called us right away when Max was sick all over inside his crate one day. Told us what we could do to help (rice and chicken); said she had been a vet tech before. Nothing ever goes wrong with her and I trust her completely. We happened to be home on Thursday when she came by. Max was so glad to see her and I could tell she was taking good care of Max. I noticed that she was very thoughtful about taking her boots off once she came in through the garage to walk across the kitchen floor just to have to put them back on again to go right back outside. She's very considerate. Please tell her we think she's wonderful!!"
Denise and Rich P.
Great Falls, VA
"I wanted to let you know that (our sitter) did a wonderful job. We came home and the dogs were well-rested and hadn't chewed a thing up, which definitely shows us that there needs were met. You all are very lucky to have such competent walkers. "
Danielle C.
Centreville, VA
"Rhoda was incredible watching Sophie! She was really great and Sophie was the calmest I have ever seen her."
Monica C.
Reston, VA
"We wanted to touch base with you to let you know how thrilled we are about Sarah's care of Sissy and Rico. We came home this morning and the dogs seemed to have enjoyed themselves and were so well adjusted. A great experience for us considering how upset Rico would get at the kennel."
Jessica and Ted S.
Reston, VA
 "We can highly recommend Nan's dog walking services! She's extremely reliable (even in snow, rain and freezing temperatures) and our dog, Einstein, just loves her!! They have become fast friends!! Thanks, Nan, for taking such good care of Einstein!"
Kim and Glenn F.
Reston, VA
"Are you kidding, she's (Kristin) AMAZING!"
Ryan and Brian S.
Reston, VA
"Thank you for taking such wonderful care of Sweetie. I truly appreciate it."
Linda H.
Reston, VA
 "Thank you so very much for taking such great care of Astro for us! You are a fantastic pet care specialist and we are so very lucky to have you looking out for Astro. He's a lucky dog and loves you too! Don't ever leave us! You're the best! We love you Nan! Astro SO looks forward to his walks with you."
Jason and Cherie O.
Reston, VA
 "Sarah was great, and took excellent care of my babies. They seemed really happy and well taken care of. I definitely would hire her again!"
Fabienne B.
Reston, VA
"The cats just seemed wonderful. I really appreciate the loving care you gave them. I'll definitely be giving you a call again in the future."
"How pleased we were with your care-giving of our dog (and of our home)! She seemed so happy and energetic when we arrived that we knew she had thrived under your care. We are also appreciative of your picking up our mail, and taking care of the trash bins. You are amazing. We'll definitely be giving you a call the next time we travel. Again, thanks so much."
Rosemary and Chris B.
Herndon, VA
 "I just got home and Maggie seems SO happy and SO well adjusted. Thank you so much for your note and for your messages. It really gave me a ton of peace of mind. She was so obviously so well cared for."
Cheryl Huff (formerly of Reston)
 "Thanks for taking such good care of Murphy! He seemed really happy and relaxed when I got home. I really appreciate all of your efforts to get him so much exercise. I'm sure he enjoyed that! I know Murphy can be a handful, but it sounds like you did well with him."
Carrie L.
Reston, VA
 "Thank you for your wonderful service. I couldn't be happier!... I was tickled pink when I read your note and the time you put into it, you're so kind. THANK YOU again, you did such a fantastic job and we didn't worry once; thanks for making us so feel so comfortable while we were away.
Susan and Robert J.
Ashburn, VA
"I didn't worry even once while I was away. "
Deb
 Reston, VA
"Thank you so much for taking such good care of Chip. We are so happy and fortunate to have you, Nan. You've been extremely responsive; you've really put us at ease. Plus, it sounds as though Chip has a great time with you during the day."
Stephanie & Mike
Vienna, VA
Kristin,
Thanks for the great job you did in taking care of Phoebe! I hope you two had great times together. She was a happy kitty and looked good. I'm sure she loved you and let you scratch her tummy. She is such a pushover. I'll let you know when I am going out of town next time if you are still working for Nan. Until then, feel free to come over and visit her when you want. Thanks for everything,
Marc & Phoebe K.
Reston, VA
"Nancy, Just a quick note to say thanks again for cat sitting for us while we were on vacation. We knew the "kids" were in good hands, which allowed us to relax and have fun."
Becky
Reston, VA
"You did a great, great job with our boys, Nan. We couldn't be happier."
Bill & Sheryl C.
Great Falls, VA
"The attention that you and your staff have given Dewey has lifted a huge weight. It is great to know that our pup is in such great care when we have events that keep us away longer than we would like."
Dan & Ginger G.
Chantilly, VA
"Sandee seems to be well adjusted to your walks and isn't as wired when we get home. Thanks so much for caring for her as we would!" ... "Thanks again for helping us with Sandee. The neighbors have commented that she seems to enjoy your walks together!"
Janice and Tom M.
Herndon, VA
"Thank you very much for all the little notes and taking care of the kitties. They were totally nonchalent about my arrival which is always a good thing. It means that they're happy."
Marie S.
Reston, VA
 "My neighbor dog sits and she is GREAT... My dogs love her!"
Rob A.
Reston, VA
"Webster is real happy. Thanks for taking such good care him while I was gone. I think (pet sitting) is definitely a better alternative over leaving him in the kennel."
"Thanks again for all of your loving care"
Theresa & Christine F.
Reston, VA
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