McKinney | September 2023

Business

BY KAREN CHANEY

All visits include play time with pets, Susan said.

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After every visit, clients receive a pet journal detailing the visit and two photos taken during the visit.

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Top Dog Pet Sitters aim to oer ‘exceptional’ pet care

Top Dog Pet Sitters oers pet care for a variety of animals including birds.

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opened Top Dog Pet Sitters in 2015. The approach During new client meetings, their love of pets is noticed. “A lot of times a client will say to us, ‘Our dog is going to totally ignore you’ or, ‘You won’t see our cat,’ and they are in our laps,” Susan said. Pet sitters are carefully selected to best match the client’s personality. Top Dog Pet Sitters cares for all domestic pets. In addition to dog and cat sitting, they also care for snakes, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens and rats. “People always want exceptional service,” Susan said of the business’s clients. “And they want us to love their pets as much as they do.”

While working part time for a pet-sitting company, Susan Gary found herself in a love- hate relationship. She loved her job, but she was appalled by how the business was run. The backstory “Their visits were 12 minutes each; that’s not enough time to get a dog out to potty,” Susan said. “I’d come home every day and say to Erick, ‘I can’t believe people are paying for this horrible service. Pet parents in McKinney deserve better.’” Her husband, Erick Gary, agreed with Susan, and they came up with a business plan for a pet sitting business that would oer “exceptional” pet care services in McKinney. The couple has lived in McKinney since 1997 and

Susan and Erick Gary opened Top Dog Pet Sitters in 2015.

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