Mallory Richter, Founder

Growing up, I dog and house sat for my neighbors. As a kid I thought it was cool to be at someone else's house without any parents around. What kid doesn't dream of that? As time went on I realized that the care I was providing to the pet as well as the trust and peace of mind I was providing to my neighbors was more beneficial/important than a teenager being away from her parents for the night.

As the years went on and I started to perfect the services I provided, I started receiving more and more requests. My neighbors spoke highly of me because of the trust they had in me and the care I provided to their pets.  

The neighbor I started dog sitting for saw the love and passion I have for this business and suggested I start my own business. I ran with this idea. I have always liked helping people and I hate saying no; I would rather go out of my way to help others than to have them be stuck between a rock and a hard place. From that I started hiring sitters when I realized I couldn't do everything on my own.  

I push myself to provide the best care I can and I expect that from the sitters I hire. My hope is to help anyone who needs it by providing care to their family by becoming a companion, friend, or family member to not only your pet, but to you as well.

Client Testimonials

"Mallory Richter and her team at City Paws Pet Care earn my highest marks for their professionalism, integrity and pet love.  Our dog, Teddy, absolutely loves Mal, and so do we. She is one of the most personable people we know. Mallory provides care that goes above and beyond the ordinary, including sending photos of Teddy during her visits, and spending a little extra time with “His Neediness”.  Flexibility, honesty and compassion are hallmarks of Mallory’s service, which explains why her base of loyal customers keeps growing! We’ve benefited both from her on-site services during our longer trips, and from her drop-in care when we’re away for shorter periods. When Mal was unable personally to stay at our home during a longer trip, one of her terrific team members helped us out.

Mallory grew up in our town, and was a classmate of one of our daughters — a bonus in the category of “peace of mind”.   She knows the community and with this business she is giving back to it in a wonderful way."

– Ruth, Teddy

"Mallory is the perfect home/dog sitter! First and foremost, she LOVES dogs and they love her. Whenever we feel guilty about leaving our dogs, the feeling passes quickly as we know we are giving both Mallory and our dogs a gift of being together. We have known Mallory since she was little as she used to be a neighbor and babysitter for our children. We have loved continuing that relationship with our dogs! Mallory is great at treating your dogs the same way you treat them and follows all of our crazy instructions since we have two dogs – one easy and one slightly more challenging . We would HIGHLY recommend Mallory for your dog and house sitting needs. She is awesome!"

– Melissa, Buster & Willy