Wissahickon Pet Minder

My daughter hired this company to care for a dog that we adopted from ACCT Philly. A month earlier my daughter had found the in spayed pit bull mix wandering the streets of Mount Airy at midnight without any collar or identification. She took the dog to ACCT Philly, hoping that the owner would claim her. After 72 hours the dog could have been euthanized because it had no identification, no license etc. We felt so badly that the dog would be put down that I went to ACCTs and adopted the dog — even though my daughter and I both already have a dog and were not looking for another. ACCTS spayed the dog and my daughter spent over $ 300 at her vet because the dog had a severe ear infection and fleas. Last week my daughter had to travel for work and hired Pet Minders at a cost of $ 64 per day to care for the dog. On the 3^rd day I received a voicemail from the company’s owner that a woman claiming to be the dog’s owner approached his employee who had just returned to my daughter’s apartment after walking the dog and his employee GAVE HER THE DOG!!! I should have been called BEFORE that was done. My name is on an emergency contact list on the PetMinders contract that was on the refrigerator right inside! Instead I found out through a voicemail from the owner — who insists his employee did the right thing. Granted I would always return a dog to someone who lost it if they showed me proof and I confirmed it would be taken care of. However I was the legal owner of the dog and Pet Minders gave it to someone else! I would not recommend this company. I do not believe their employee used good judgement at all. The owner of the company insists his employee did nothing wrong. I would not trust them with my other pets. It was a very unusual situation but either the police or I should have been called to resolve it. A pet sitter is not supposed to give your dog to someone else regardless of the situation. To make matters worse, I asked the company owner to let me tell my daughter what happened since she was away for work for another week. He proceeded to disregard my request and sent her an email — totally upsetting her while she was thousands of miles from home on business travel.