Nat’s Cat & Dog Care

06/13/2024

Please let your friends and family know that I have openings available for new clients!

I offer;
half-hour walks = $15
1-hour solo = $30
1-hour group = $25
2-hour adventure hike = $40
drop-in visits = $25 for one daily visit or $40 for two.

I'm based out of Colwood near Royal Bay. I work in a standard 7.5 km radius of my home, but still offer my services out of that radius for $2.50 per km driven outside of that radius. I'm insured and bonded through Profur insurance and I have my canine first aid certification. I also have previous experience working with pets when I worked at a local vet hospital.

I offer my standard working hours from 8am-5pm Monday through Friday, but will work outside of those hours for an additional $5 surcharge. I will work on weekends for an additional $5 surcharge, and Stat holidays for time and a half of the cost of the service (ex. adventure hike at $40 would be $60). Drop-in visits are excluded from the weekend surcharge and out of the standard working hours surcharge.

I have a 24 hour cancellation and no-show policy. If you cancel an appointment within 24 hours of the agreed upon start time, or you no-show (ex. you forget to leave me a key to the house or you leave on vacation with your pets without notifying me) the fee will be 100% of the service fee for that day.

For my clients, I have an app that tracks me during the walk which I will screen shot and send to the client once the walk is done. You can see the route we took, how long the walk was and how far we walked in that time. If you request photos to be taken during our walks, please notify me (I typically don't take photos unless requested as it depletes my phone battery which I need for the gps tracker).

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05/12/2024

Happy birthday to me! As my gift to you in celebration of another rotation around the sun, I am offering 29% off to new clients for their first 3 months (90 days from when they sign up). This offer covers services, but not surcharges (e.g. additional dog, out-of-radius, etc.). For people who are already my clients, when you refer a friend who signs up for weekly dog-walking, both you and your friend receive 29% off of service fees for your next 3 months (90 days from when your friend signs up). These promos do not stack. As a reminder, if you sign up for weekly dog-walking, you unlock the pet-sitting service!

01/31/2024

Over the course of running my business, changes have been made. To keep everyone in the loop, here is an updated chart of my prices and surcharges. You will notice that as of today I will only be accepting pet-sitting clients who have already committed to weekly dog-walking. This is to help bring in a more steady income as I hope to do this continuously as well as to help myself time manage myself better. Additionally, regarding the pet-sitting service, I will not be accepting contracts that are longer than 2 weeks in duration. The surcharge for "Outside 7.5 km working radius" is applied to every walk that you sign up for, however for pet-sitting it is only applied once rather than to every day that the contract is for. Take care and give your fur babies cuddles and kisses from me ❤️

06/13/2023

Like to be in the know on how your pup's walk went? I'll send you an end-of-day report with a screenshot of our walk and a brief description (such as bathroom breaks, and compliments your pup received on the walk).

05/17/2023

I've been humming and hawing over the house-sitting/overnight cost. This is the service of instead of boarding, I come to your house and care for your pet in the comfort of their own home. Additional duties are watering your house plants/garden, bringing in your mail, changing the cat litter, etc. What once was $75 per night has now been lowered to $60 per night.

05/17/2023

Another quick FAQ post.

This is my general working vicinity, operating out of my Colwood home. For those of you who may be wondering "Am I in the radius?" this is a quick glimpse of the map I use. As you can see, I provide services to Colwood, Metchosin, Langford, View Royal, and even bits of Esquimalt. If you are out of this radius, I will still provide my services to you, but for a $2.50 per km surcharge included in your quote.

If you have any questions about this, or anything you would like to see me post about, please feel free to send me a message!

05/17/2023

Since I do not currently have a website (maybe when I reach my one year anniversary), I'll be making the odd post here and there that can be considered my FAQ.

My typical working hours are from 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday. Any time after that, there is a $5 surcharge.

I work is a bit of a larger radius than most dog walkers as it is which is the reasoning for the out-of-radius surcharge. I will be explaining how it works in another post.

If you have two dogs you want me to take on a solo walk, or perhaps I'm pet sitting three cats, every pet after the first is 50% off. For example, two dogs for a solo/private walk would be a total of $45.

If you have any questions regarding the surcharges, or anything you would like to see me answer in another FAQ post, please feel free to message me!

05/06/2023

Reaching the end of my first work week with now accepting clients and I am so incredibly grateful to everyone who has been sharing my posts on their stories and on Facebook. It means the absolute world to me seeing you support my business. As of today, I now have two clients signed up for weekly walks with another client who has signed up for the house-sitting service!

05/02/2023

Last post of the day, I promise lol Meet...me! I'm Natalie, but I also go by Nat. I was born and raised in Victoria and grew up with many different pets. From dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, rabbits, and ferrets! I currently have two cats of my own that you may see me post about from time to time (Mazikeen and Eve). Besides taking care of pets for friends and family when they are away, I also have experience from my time working at a local vet emergency hospital. I also have my canine first aid certification from DogSafe and Nat's Cat & Dog Care is insured and bonded with ProFur Insurance. Though I will be doing this Monday through Friday, I also work on the weekends at my part-time job. If you need me to take care of your furry friend on the weekend, please get into contact with me and hopefully we can work something out.

05/02/2023

Are you wondering what you're getting with our services? Well here is the answer! Upon our meet & greet we will discuss what you're looking for and create a quote.

05/02/2023

If you're a night shift worker with a furry friend at home, don't you worry! If you require a time outside of the posted hours, we can create a quote for you that will include a after hours surcharge.

05/02/2023

Check out the services we provide and the prices. Please note that at this moment we are not collecting GST. Clients will be notified in advance once GST will be added onto their bills. We also only accept dogs that are up-to-date on their vaccinations or have had their titer tests for rabies or DHPP.

05/01/2023

We are now insured and bonded by ProFur! 🥰 This means we are now ready to launch! More posts to come (hours, services, rates, etc.). Please feel free to reach out to book a free meet & greet with Natalie (Nat) to see if she is compatible with you and your pet(s)!

Contact info:
Phone: (250) 589-4925
Email: [email protected]
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04/30/2023

Natalie of Nat’s Cat & Dog Care recieved her canine first aid certification as of February 17, 2023! 🥳🦮🐕‍🦺

As an update: we now have our business license ✅ however, we’re still waiting to get our insurance plan in order. Once that is complete we’ll be ready to go.

03/01/2023

Hello and thank you for checking out my page! As you can see, we are still undergoing the prep to launch the business. Our official opening date is TBD at the moment, but it should hopefully be within the next month or less. The week before launch, expect a post about pricing and also an about me post. You don’t want to hire some random person you know nothing about! Cheers, and have a lovely day ❤️