Windy City Paws

We are super grateful for Windy City Paws’ help with our Wrigs and his cousins over our wedding weekend! And on short notice too! WCP came to our home to walk and feed all three dogs twice in one day. And one of the cousins visiting had special instructions with acid reflux meds before dinner time which WCP perfectly administered for us. I totally trust WCP to take care of our babies — they are experts. It was such a sigh of relief knowing we had WCP to be taking care of the babes while we were busy on our wedding day. :-)

In the past I have had some bad luck and ill feelings with walkers and services. I decided to give these guys a try and could not have been happier. I cannot say enough great things about this company, owner, managers and people. They treated me and my dog like their own. Top notch professionalism and genuine care. Up until my beloved VJ passed away, they were there. I mean that literally. Yanitzia, his walker, made a special trip to say her goodbyes on his last day. Julia followed up with calls and emails of concern and sympathy. I cannot recommend them enough and I look forward to using them again n the future.

Windy City Paws took care of my rescue beagle, Willy, from the first day I was in Chicago. Julia came to my empty apartment and reassured me that the team would take good care of Willy. I had to take a business trip when I was barely moved in and they did a wonderful job with an in-​home pet sit.
Over the last 8 months Kris has been here nearly every day for Willy. She has walked him, cleaned up after him without complaint, and taken wonderful care of Willy and my apartment while I’ve been gone for numerous business trips. (She even brings up my packages!)
Great team and great service. Always friendly and positive. I’d highly recommend them.

I was so nervous to find a new dog walker. For years I had a friend’s older sister walk and train my dogs. I loathed the idea of trying to find someone who I trusted in my home and with my babies. My older dog is a rescue who is an undercover lover, just slow to warm up and I worry about her especially.
I just started using Windy City Paws a few weeks ago and I am already in love! They were quick to respond and set up a meet and greet with a walker. The online access is an amazing way to communicate especially for someone who has a hectic schedule like myself. And I also love my walker Michelle! My dogs are sweet but they do have some bad habits. She is the perfect amount of gentle and caring and firm. I am very confident in her as my new dog walker!
Windy City Paws is the BEST!

I have used Windy City Paws numerous times for the past year. I completely trust them to take care of my cat. They are reliable and friendly.

Windy City Paws has done a fantastic job taking care of my goldendoodle puppy. The onboarding process was thorough and you can tell they care about the quality of service provided. My pup had a recent medical emergency, and Katie and the team at WCP has been great at being responsive and accommodating the needs of my sick puppy. Thanks WCP for giving me peace of mind and taking such great care of my pooch!

Fantastic walkers AND customer service!
They’ve always been great but a recent medical situation with our dog really emphasized that they are the BEST and we can’t imagine using anyone else. So, we have an older dog born without a front leg. One Sunday night, he hurt his one good front leg and couldn’t walk! While we scrambled to find out what was wrong and how to help him, Katie the owner and Yanitzia our walker were so super understanding, patient, supportive and accommodating. We agonized waiting to hear results from X-​rays and then watching how he responded to pain meds and slowly started hopping again. Such a scary time.
I was such a mess and so worried to leave my recovering pup to go to work the first time but they kept me informed about how he did on the walk, for my own piece of mind, and so I could keep the vet informed about his status. The information in the notes is so crucial for us and Yanitzia does a fantastic job with her detailed observations.
We are admittedly crazy dog people and our pup is our furry child. As hard as it is to leave him at home, I am so comforted to know he is in such good, competent and gentle hands when we are at work. We don’t know how much time our buddy has left on his stressed leg but it helps tremendously to know that he’s being lovingly monitored when we are not there.
We have used other dog walking companies in the past and have not been pleased — so we know the other side too. I’m pretty sure the walker from the last company did not even pet or talk to our dog. And we had several billing snafus. It was just a hassle all around and we never had piece of mind that our guy was being cared for like we would care for him.
Do yourself a favor — if you love your dog, use Windy City Paws.
Thank you, thank you, thank you Katie and Yanitzia!!!

Excellent services! My dog has some special needs and so communication is very important to me. Working with a company and walker that can pay attention to details also matters greatly. Katie the owner and Kendrae my walker were excellent! I highly recommend them!

I was in desperate need for a dog walker because the company I had before was unreliable! Windy City Paws came to the rescue! Not only did they respond promptly to my email request, but the organization skill of the company was outstanding! I could log the walks I needed via the website… cancel, add, etc! And if I ever had an issue with the calendar, the management staff responded right away via email.
As for my walker, Lisa! She is amazing! She treated my dog Steve like he was her own, and as an owner, that meant the world to me! I knew he was in good hands while I was at work! This might seem strange, but once she started walking Steve… he even seemed happier! I have had nothing but positive experiences with this company and their walkers!
If you are looking for people to make sure you don’t have to worry about anything and have the organization skills to keep clients happy, then this is the dog walking company for you!

They do a great job and always accommodating. When I forget to book, they still come thru with us! My dog loves all the walkers as well.

Tracy with Windy City Paws has been amazing to work with. She has taken care of my 12 year old dog Bentley for the last year and a half. Tracy is very caring with him and has been his sole dog walker the entire time. I even hired her for a few dog sits too. In addition to being trustworthy and caring, Tracy is an excellent communicator. I can text her if needed and expect a response right away. I was not sure how I was going to feel about someone coming in my home 4 days a week to take Bentley out but my fears were eased right away. You can tell Tracy enjoys her job and that makes it a pleasure to work with her. Bentley is deaf and has a hard time going down the stairs sometimes, but I know that he is in good hands with Tracy and Windy City Paws.

We are huge fans of our walker, Tracy, from Windy City Paws. We have an 11 year old yellow lab who is a lovable, goofy old guy. Tracy has been so great with him! She really goes above and beyond to make sure that he is happy and safe. Per our request, she walks him for only 20 of the 30 minutes that they spend together — she spends the rest of the time petting him and letting him rest. He loves the undivided attention and even offers to share his favorite toys. We are so grateful to Tracy and Windy City Paws for helping to keep him healthy well into his golden years!

I highly recommend Katie, Julia and the whole team. They are SO accommodating and overall really nice people with a good service at a fair price in Chicago.
A recent example of them accommodating my situation is the responsiveness to a completely last minute request by me for a visit… on the Day Of! That is unheard of but sometimes things do come up and they have always been able to squeeze a visit in for Lucy.
My common sitter, Marianne, is awesome. She always texts me updates and let’s me know how things are back at home. It gives me peace of mind to know that they are accountable and attentive in my apartment when I’m away.

WCP is great! They are very professional and dependable. We get notes daily by our walker who loves our dog even though she can be a trouble maker at times! Scheduling is very easy and they can be extremely flexible (even working with us on a complex situation). Easy 5 stars and a no-​brainer for dog walkers in Chicago.

WCP has been taking care of our two cats for over a year now as my husband and I take periodic trips out of town. Each time, they have done a wonderful job. We feel comfortable knowing our cats at being looked after. They have an online site where you can log in and check up on the status of your pets while away. The sitter will write notes for each visit. We just got back from a week long trip and thought that Tracy did an excellent job. We felt that our cats were being well cared for by her, not just fed and boxes scooped, but that she spent time playing with them and letting them have human contact. We would highly recommend WCP!

When it comes to my dog, I am 110% THAT dog mom. The one who knows we probably can’t be friends if you use the phrase, «it’s just a dog.» Nope, Marvin is my best bud and family member.
We adopted Marvin a little over a year ago and the first year was rough with separation anxiety. We tried doggy daycare and boarding, but it was too much anxiety for him and made him sick. When we had weddings or personal travel we had to drive Marvin out to my parent’s house 1.5 hours away. That was a three hour round trip on both ends of our vacation. Even though my parents are amazing, I stressed out the entire trip knowing he was out of his element.
Enter Katie, Julia, and Joe from Windy City Paws. Life savers! We knew we had a ton of weddings and events this year and reached out to them around February or March to set up a meet and greet and get overnight sitters on the calendar. Julia came out to do our intake and meeting n’ greet and Joe came to meet us later in the month. Marvin knew the minute both of them stepped in the door that they were here for him and immediately drug out all of his toys for them.
Julia and Joe have both stayed with Marvin since the meet and greet and we LOVE having them here! Julia sent us picture messages and Joe emails us with updates. They both keep Marvin on his normal schedule and give him plenty of play time and cuddles. When we come home he acts excited to see us, but not as if he was overly concerned about our absence. Our neighbors haven’t reported any bad Marvin behavior while we’re gone (usually barking from separation anxiety). Also, our neighbors who’ve seen Marvin coming and going with Joe or Julia reported that they were happy as clams walking together.
An added bonus of having Julia and Joe stay: they respect our home so much! When I walked in the door from our first trip I was just hoping for a happy dog, but I was amazed at the extra mile they’d gone to make our home ready for our return. THANK YOU!
Joe is staying with Marvin at least a couple more times this year and we couldn’t be happy and more confident in that arrangement. After how successful this has been we’re even starting to think about an international trip next year!

Windy City Paws has been great! They have a fantastic online system for switching, canceling, and adding walks/​appointments. I was impressed that the owner Katie came to meet us when we wanted to sign up. Very nice to meet who runs the show. Our walker Kai was great (he moved to LA) and I hope our puppies next walker is just as good. So far no problems.
Price is on par for the area!

When we adopted our dog last March (almost a year ago!), the first thing I did was to search Unilocal for a dog walking service, and am so thankful that we chose Windy City Paws. Katie has been wonderful from our very first meeting with our dog, and the dog walkers have always been friendly and accommodating. During the first dog walk, our dog was so scared about the dog-​walker coming into our apartment that he growled and cried and they didn’t get to go on a walk at all. I felt so bad for the little guy (and for the dog-​walker!) However, Katie handled the situation wonderfully and arranged for the dog-​walker to meet our dog while we were at home that very night, and after that everything was great!
Katie is always responsive to emails and last minute walk requests. If there is ever an issue, she calls me right away. We loving being able to manage our dog-​walking schedule online, and we’re really satisfied with both the walkers that our dog has had. I cannot recommend Windy City Paws enough.

Picking a dog walker was one of the most stressful decisions of my life. Not only was I turning over the keys to my apartment, I was giving someone else control of my dogs without my supervision!
I read every Unilocal review I could find about the companies and only found 3 that met my expectations. I emailed all three but Katie’s response sealed the deal for me. She answered all of my questions with the responses I was hoping to hear. She was great with my dogs and got things set up right away.
I was nervous at first because one of my dogs is very large and can pull anyone over if he gets excited. Luckily the dog walker she selected has been great with my dogs and even my neighbors have given me positive feedback after they’ve seen Adam out walking my dogs.
I recommend this company to all of my fellow dog lovers! They are great!

5 stars to Windy City Paws! We are chronic movers and each time we are always concerned about losing our dog walker, Adam. He walks Sheffield on a regular basis which is no easy feat. Our dog is a stubborn, hyperactive American Bulldog/​Boxer that loves to cause trouble; it takes a certain kind of person to love our ball of energy.
Well two moves ago we actually moved into Roscoe Village (which was outside WCP’s area) and Katie/​Adam made it happen. When we moved again this year Adam stepped up and moved right along with us. We couldn’t be happier at this customer service. Every day we receive a detailed note from Adam and whenever we have a question Katie seems to respond almost immediately. They are extremely accommodating and whenever Adam leaves town we do get nervous, but every sub-​walker we have had seems professional (Sheff hasn’t scared any of them away yet!)
Thanks for everything WCP we really appreciate it!