Cat Sitting
What kind of cat sitting do you provide?
We provide cat care from 6-10am to 6-10pm 365 days per year! Clients have their own account to schedule whatever they may need, keep in touch, and pay your bill. You will receive a notification when your cat sitter arrives, and a personalized report card once the visit is complete, including best of all photos of your kitty!
We are also happy to water plants, rotate lights and bring in mail at no extra cost.
Who are your Cat Sitters?
While all of our Pet Care Professionals work with dogs, only some work with cats. All of our Cat Sitters have or have had cats themselves so you know you will get a Pet Care Professional that both truly knows and truly loves cats. Either people "get" cats, or they don't. If you are reading this, you are likely a cat person and k now exactly what I mean. Our cat sitters "get" cats!
Before starting, each employee first completes multiple online training courses in which they must score 100% on each test to pass. Next, they do between 20-40 hours of on-the-job training. We continue to mentor, supervise and support employees throughout their tenure with us ensuring their performance always meets our high standards.
Our employees enjoy benefits such as health insurance, paid time off, mileage reimbursement, and we are proud to pay a living wage. All of these things help us to attract top applicants with career-focused minds. Many of our employees have been with us for years! We tend to attract a lot of grad students and teachers thus they tend to stay on for at least a few years. We love consistency.
We are an all-inclusive employer, and are proud to have a diverse team. We take hiring very seriously and only choose the very best and most qualified applicants. To learn more about our hiring and training process, please review our Jobs tab.
How do I schedule services?
First and foremost, we want to do a meet & greet at your home, with one of Hyde Bark's owners. Please fill out the form below to get started on that. Then, we add you to our system and can start scheduling services! This process normally takes 2-3 days.
Since most of our employees are full time and/or on regular recurring schedules, in order to ensure you have a consistent team, we do require an advance schedule. Visits for M-T-W should be scheduled by 6pm on Sunday night; and visits for TH-F-SA-SU should be scheduled by 6pm Wednesday night. Short-notice or "on demand" visits are not our specialty, and may cost and additional $10-$20 per visit and are subject to availability!
Still have questions?
Want to talk to someone about our dog walking services? Call us at: 773-359-8158 ext 1 (please leave us a message if we do not answer - we are often out, taking care of animals!) or for a quicker response email us at contact@hydbarkchicago.com.
Our service area is East to South Shore Drive, West to King Drive, North to 41st and South to 63rd. Services at an additional cost +$1 per block outside of these areas may be available.
Some fine print:
Per our insurance policy, we must see cat(s) daily when you are away. We cannot skip days, or see them every other day.
We cannot "job share". Having other people who are not a part of our company in the home also caring for pets voids our insurance, bonding and liability policies.
Please do not share your lockbox info with anyone else or allow other people to access the lockbox and keys.
We can administer medications, as long as your cat is compliant and will not require force or restraint.
We can come at more specific times, in a one-hour window, for $10 more per visit
If you have over 5 cats in your household we require a minimum of 45 minutes per visit, but the extra pet fee will be capped at x 5 pets.
Sign up HERE if you have a feral or outdoor cat colony you need help caring for.
Sign up HERE if you have any other sort of small mammal, reptile, fish etc that needs care
Learn more about our services and company at our FAQS and Policies pages.
15 Minutes - $18
20 Minutes - $21
30 Minutes - $25
Each additional 15 Minutes + $10
Each Additional Cat +$4 for the first 5 cats, $0 after (must book at least 45mins for 5+ cats)
1 Hour Priority Window +$10
Medications + $0*
*Please note there is a one-time $16 account setup & lockbox fee