About Us

Our extended Midtown Mutts family consists of carefully hand picked, wonderful dog walkers and pet sitters. All of our employees undergo a background check and extensive training. All of Midtown Mutts employees are insured and bonded through the company and use a GPS “Check In” and “Check Out” for every dog walking and pet sitting job. We take great care in the consistency of excellent pet care among all of our staff.

Philosophy and Mission

We believe that every animal has their own unique needs and that in addition to their physical needs, their emotional and mental needs are equally important. At Midtown Mutts, we put a strong emphasis on learning and education, from hiring and training our staff to continuing our training education. We stay up to date on the latest science on behavior and learning. It is our mission to be industry leaders in providing safe, stress free, professional and compassionate pet care. We are dedicated to providing humane, force free and science based, positive reinforcement dog training.

Meet our Team

Cassi Jo Perez

Owner and Trainer

Cassi is a certified trainer through Karen Pryor (KPA-CTP) and the Victoria Stilwell Academy (VSA-CDT). She has spent her life around animals. At a young age, she began riding and taking care of horses. As a child, always bringing home kittens and strays, begging to keep them. She began pet sitting and house sitting for family and neighbors at the age of 12. She began working with children as an ABA behavioral tutor while working towards her BA in psychology. After some wildlife inspired travel to India to see tigers and Africa to see mountain gorillas in the wild, she decided to use her background in behavioralism and her love of animals to start Midtown Mutts.

Casey Perez

Co-Owner

Casey Perez joined Midtown Mutts in 2013. His lifetime love of animals and wildlife is what lead him to becoming a wildlife artist. He has extensive knowledge about animal behavior. In addition to caring for your pets, Casey also offers beautiful, custom pet portraits.

Casey Perez

Co-Owner

Casey Perez joined Midtown Mutts in 2013. His lifetime love of animals and wildlife is what lead him to becoming a wildlife artist. He has extensive knowledge about animal behavior. In addition to caring for your pets, Casey also offers beautiful, custom pet portraits.

Lindsay Prout

Trainer

Lindsay is a graduate of the University of Washington Applied Animal Behavior certification program. Before transitioning to Midtown Mutts, she worked in the Behavior Department at the Sacramento SPCA helping struggling dogs find their forever home. At the shelter she worked with dogs experiencing a wide range of behavioral challenges, but especially loved working with young and rambuncious dogs as well as shy dogs who needed help coming out of their shell. Lindsay is passionate about teaching pet owners why their dogs do the things they do and how to use reward-based training methods to both achieve their training goals and deepen the bond with their dog.

 

 

Meet our Walkers

Amanda

Favorite thing to do with your animal: I just got a guinea pig named Tilly. I enjoy feeding her different vegetables and seeing her reaction.

Favorite Fictional Dog: Dug from Up

Star Sign: Libra

Hometown: Sacramento

Favorite Sacramento Restaurant: 33rd Street Bistro

Sweet or Savory: Savory

Personal Motto: Stay positive.

Katrina

Coming Soon

Kelsey

Favorite thing to do with your dog: Hike

Favorite Fictional Dog: Pluto

Star Sign: Cancer

Hometown: West Sacramento

Favorite Sacramento Restaurant: Chandos Tacos

First Animal: Chocolate Lab named CT (Chocolate Thunder)

Personal Motto: Comparison is the thief of joy 

Kim

Favorite thing to do with your pets: I’m all about sharing time with my pets outside, where we are all the happiest! My indoor cats are leash-trained so they get to explore and work their senses, just as my dog and horse can!

Favorite Sacramento Restaurant: Cafe Bernardo 

Favorite fictional dog: Wishbone (from the old tv series!) 

Personal motto: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Maddison

Favorite thing to do with your pet: I love to sit outside and okay fetch with my dog!

Favorite fictional dog: Scooby Do

Star sign: Scorpio

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Favorite Sacramento restaurant: Luigi’s Pizza

Sweet or savory: Sweet