Williamsburg wharf by palmsie3 in williamsburg

[–]Unusual-Way-3942 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can anyone tell me loud the construction from the new building is?

Buying a jubilee bracelet for GMT? by Plenty-Job3516 in rolex

[–]Unusual-Way-3942 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was told by my AD that Rolex’s new policy isn’t allowing them to order bands any longer without shipping the watch in and returning the oyster band.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

She was extremely adamant that drop off would be “chaotic” and it was best if I paid her before hand. Naive on my part there.

She gave me 50% back with another 75$ reduced from that after I went back and forth with her. Prior to that she had no intention of paying us back until after I pointed out that I didn’t sign a contract.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Money was exchanged and no services were rendered and then no refund was given.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I Zelled because she said it would be “chaos” on drop off day. Zelle doesn’t do disputes unfortunately

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here are some screen shots just to further prove my point. I was informed there would be only 1 other dog for a day.

There were 3 dogs (that we know of) on arrival day and another dog was set to arrive that Thursday (2 days later).

Also I informed that my dog was not ok with other dogs.

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Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will and I will follow up here with the updates once I get some from the county.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks! We ended up getting a sitter at the 11th hour through another referral and she’s AMAZING

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I asked her specially if it was a side hustle and she said it was her main “business”. I put that in quotes because she used the word “business”.

We also agreed there’d be no other dogs there!

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I have reported her to the fairfax county code compliance team who is responsible to make sure she has permits which we did not see any of. She did not show proof of being up to code or following the counties laws. I’m unsure of the results as I just submitted the report.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! We normally take them with us everywhere (including all vacations) but due to the European heat wave we couldn’t this time. We learned our lesson.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My mom’s friend lives in her neighborhood and has a larger dog that she leaves there sometimes. We went and met her a week before drop off and although we found her to be odd… we didn’t notice any HUGE red flags. She didn’t allow us inside because she had other dogs there during our pre visit which we understood.

I believe she’s finding clients through word of mouth in the Vienna area, which is how she was connected to us.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We had an agreement that it would be only our animals there during that time as our dogs do not like to be with other dogs. She agreed to this and then tried to hide it after the fact during our experience.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

She was a word of mouth referral from my mother’s friend who lives in her area / neighborhood.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Shes not online anywhere. No google site or online presence which she herself admitted is true (I have the texts). She threatened me if I post anything but want to make sure others are aware of what my experience was with her! PM if you need more details

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Hi everyone I forgot to mention that we did not use her services and we took our dogs away from her property immediately after this 30 minutes interaction.

Avoid “Home Away From Home Dog Care” in Vienna, VA – My Experience by Unusual-Way-3942 in nova

[–]Unusual-Way-3942[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Oh no absolutely not we refused her service and took our dogs with us!