About Huckleberry & Co. Professional Pet Care, LLC

Huckleberry & Co. is a full-service pet care and training company serving Onondaga County, established in 2019, fully insured and bonded. The site says the company is locally owned by a Cornell University graduate with zookeeper experience and runs a small team.

The training

What it sells is behavioral training plus a maintenance habit. The published training list is off-leash training, obedience, e-collar training, leash training and behavior modification, and the site names the equipment it uses outright: slip leads, transitional leads, prong collars and e-collars. Owners who care about method should read that list before booking, because it is more specific than most local sites are willing to be.

How the program is structured

The stated model is that clients start with a training package and then maintain the dog's behavior through weekly recurring services. Those services are structured dog walking and hiking, individual or group, which the company describes as behaviorally structured rather than simply exercise, and which always include a bathroom break.

Pet sitting

The other half of the business is in-home sitting for dogs and cats: standard drop-in visits, extended drop-ins for puppies and seniors, and overnight service. Services run seven days a week including holidays, walks and drop-ins between 7am and 10pm and overnights from 7pm to 7am.

How booking works

Bookings are made in time blocks rather than at specific times, listed on the site from Early Morning through Bedtime, and the company will provide the service somewhere inside the block. Everything runs through a client portal called Time to Pet, and a profile must be complete before a meet and greet is scheduled. Pricing varies by location, so the company asks for an address or cross street with any enquiry.

One caveat

The business names a county rather than a town, so ask whether it covers your address.