Best Dog Walkers in San Francisco, CA

Citizen Hound caters to pet owners in San Francisco. It offers private and semi-private leashed walks and unleashed group play, helping pet parents give their dogs a chance to socialize with other animals. Its dog walking services also allow the pets to physically and mentally exercise and improve their behavior through positive reinforcement-based training. The business provides photos and videos from the walk to update the owners. Citizen Hound has been operating for over a decade.

Providing one-on-one care with each dog, Shear Pets is a San Francisco boutique concierge company. Services provided include in-home claw clipping, kitty care club, mobile cat and dog grooming, and solo dog walking. Clients speak highly of their promptness, excellent advice, grooming services, claw trimming services, and professional manner.

Specializing in dog behavior and training, Top Dog SF is a boutique dog walking company that offers a variety of services in the city of San Francisco. All the company’s walkers are Certified Counselors and Trainers, Dog Training Internship Academy Graduates, Dog*TEC Dog Walking Graduates, or Trish King’s Canine Behavior College Graduates. Services include off-leash playgroups, neighborhood group walks, private training, overnight care, email alerts at pick up and drop off, GPS tracking of walks, and more.

Sniff San Francisco is a four-person dog walking, training, and boarding team. Services provided include potty and puppy visits, group excursions, behavioral modification, obedience training, daycare, and boarding. The company specializes in learning each dog’s temperament, customize excursions and play sessions, record video of each play session and make the videos available on a video channel, send daily notes tailored to client requests, travel by foot to and from play times, use positive reinforcement to modify behavior, and ecological sustainability. Customers speak highly of their reliable and dependable service, training services, and caring for each dog.

Serving San Francisco’s most prominent neighborhoods, Running With Rover is a premier dog walking company that focuses on teaching leash skills, good manners, proper socialization, and appropriate play philosophies. Services range in packages and include training, boarding, private services, and group services. The company is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. Clients speak highly of their flexible scheduling, professional manner, Twitter updates, last-minute services, training, and excellent advice.

Little Buddhas Dog Walking & Pet Sitting is an owner-operated licensed dog walking and pet sitting company serving the City of San Fransico. The company provides group and private walks, potty breaks, socialization, behavioral training, pet updates, GPS, pick-ups and drop-offs, flexible scheduling, no minimums, vet and grooming tips, and pet sitting and boarding. They are registered with the City and County of San Fransisco and is certified in Pet CPR and first aid. Clients speak highly of the flexible scheduling, responsible and friendly personality, updates, and general improvement on dogs’ happiness levels.

For over five years, Blue Dog has served San Francisco as a premier dog walking company. Packages range in service options and include group walks, solo dog walks, monthly packages, puppy in-home packages, or a la carte packages. The company is approved by PetSitting.com and uses PetCheck Dog Management Software. Clients speak highly of their email notifications/updates, trustworthy walkers, good energy, kindness, and genuine caring for dogs.

A premier provider for dog walking, mobile grooming, and dog sitting, Who Let The Dogs Out! was founded in 2003. Serving San Francisco, the company’s services include group and private walks, mobile grooming, and dog sitting (AKA Who Let The Dogs Out! B&B). The company holds the #1 Dog Walker in SF Award by Bay Area Alist in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010. Clients speak highly of their grooming services, genuine care for their dogs, and passion for their business.

A premier provider for pet sitting and dog walking, Matts Mutts is a full-service company serving the San Francisco area. Services provided include group walking, pet visits, boarding, and holiday boarding. Clients speak highly of their genuine care for animals, understanding each dog’s needs, flexible schedule, dependable nature, and professional manner.

Catering to busy dog parents since 2011, City Pups SF is a San Francisco dog walking, training, and pet sitting company. Services include pick-up and drop-off, playtime, small groups based on like personalities and energy, customized training packages, day training, weekend appointments, full support, mail pickup and plant watering, and more. Clients speak highly of their professional and friendly manner, excellent relationship skills with the dogs, and frequent updates.

Since 2008, Jenn Lyons has run Josi’s Paw Dog Walking in memory of her pug that passed away. Services provided include group walks, individual walks, household pet walks, potty breaks, and pet sitting for dogs and cats. Serving the San Francisco area, Jenn is licensed and insured, a member of Pet Sitter International, and certified in Pet Loss Counseling. Jenn has experience with medicine dependent pets, senior pets, and pets with special needs.

Offering customizes dog walking, training, and boarding services, Doggie Walks serves the San Francisco area with over ten years of experience and provides the same walker to each client every time. Services provided include dog walking, play groups, cat visits, animal visits, overnights, dog daycare, dog training, and technician services. Clients speak highly of their responsiveness, love for dogs, friendly manner with humans, professional, consistency, promptness, training, and flexible scheduling.

Sniff and Go is a dog walking service in San Francisco established in 2009. The team is made up of well-trained, insured, and bonded walkers who passed a stringent selection process to ensure that they are trustworthy and up to the task. Private walking services are conducted within each customer's neighborhood, with the same walker assigned every day to ensure familiarity and consistency. Aside from dog walking, other services offered include cat care, pet taxi services, and plant care.

Providing small dogs walks and daycare services, The Art of Dog serves the Bernal Heights, Noe Valley, Glen Park, Castro, Mission, and Diamond Heights neighborhoods. The company’s owners are members of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, Certified by Pet Tech in pet CPR and first aid, and graduates of Dog*TEC’s Dog Walking Academy and Ian Dunbar’s Sirius Dog Training Academy. Clients speak highly of their work in behavior training work, socialization strategies, care for each dog, flexibility with special daytime requests, and high-quality service.

Founded in 2006, Tailblazers is a San Francisco dog walking and pet sitting company. Mirla Reyes, a licensed and certified dog walker and professional trainer, personally cares for each dog. Services provided include full-time group walks, part-time group walks, private walks, home visits, boarding, taxi services, and dog training services. Clients speak highly of Mirla’s genuine connection and care with each dog, personable manner, promptness, friendliness, responsiveness, and kind personality.

A boutique dog walking company, Bright Lights Dog Training serves the San Francisco area. Services provided include private training, group classes, and group walking services. Choosing groups carefully, each dog is matched with a small group to walk with based on temperament and compatibility. Mentored by Jean Donaldson thought the Academy for Dog Trainers, owner Shelley Leong-Peterson is a professional dog trainer and behavior counselor and is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers and the Pet Professional Guild.