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Considering 77 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the staff for their helpfulness, professionalism, and quick responses, making interactions pleasant and efficient. Many people highlight the excellent customer service, noting its understanding and proactive approach in resolving issues. Reviewers also found the website easy to navigate and appreciated the swift processing of applications. However, some people were dissatisfied with the service, citing issues like sitters not providing adequate care for pets, leaving enclosures unzipped, or not responding to requests. A few customers also mentioned that the website could be user-unfriendly and that the company sometimes failed to take responsibility for sitter mistakes.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mad Paws was introduced to me by a friend, and I’m very glad I tried it. I found Mad Paws to be a professional and reliable company. My experience using the platform has been easy and user‑friendly,... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had to cancel last minute unexpectedly due to a family friend being very ill. It was within the time frame where I would have only got 50% back. Due to my reason, Mad Paws reached out to my sitte... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My puppy was attacked right before our booking. We were so thankful when the sitter and mad paws agreed to give me a full refund afterwards as it happened a few days before the booking. Will definitel... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I made a cancellation and because the other party was happy to waive the mad paws team facilitated this even without me asking. They had reviewed the chat and could see this was what we both wanted. P... See more


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  1. Animals & Pets

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Mad Paws is Australia's #1 go-to Pet Sitting community. With Mad Paws, Pet Owners can find trusted Pet Sitters near their homes. With nearly 20,000 trusted Sitters, Pet Owners can find a range of pet-related services such as Pet Sitting, Dog Walking, and Pet Daycare.


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4.1

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

209 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Impressive customer service & conflict resolution

Customer service was excellent, March in particular who helped me through a difficult customer. They are an asset to your company and should be recognised for their work. Been with Mad paws for about a year and was fully supported by your staff, very happy pet sitter here

January 27, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

They’re just great

I’m a sitter and had trouble with my bank details. I requested the pay to the wrong bank account number. Anne helped me resolve my mistake in not even 12 hours. Their app is easy to use too!

January 10, 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

My View

The admin area once I got through to them were great and fixed my issue straight away. On the other hand I experienced one of the online support team which was asking me questions which were no relevant regarding my bookings. in the end I just turned my computer off.

January 7, 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Greedy taking 20% of profit

Good for getting work.
However, MadPaws takes 20% of whatever you earn, plus they charge the person booking a hefty fee!
Seems pretty greedy to me.

Eg. Customer booked and paid $915.00, I was then notified it would be an $825.00 job.
I then only got $660.00 in the bank.

Customer paid: $915.00
I received: $660.00

NO GOOD!

January 5, 2025
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Reply from Mad Paws

Hi Becca, correct, we take a fee because we are a business and use it for our operating costs.
The majority of the cost goes towards getting our pet sitters the booking in the first place!, then towards Customer Service support and the Insurance coverage.

We believe this is an appropriate amount which continues to keep us operating and continuing to improve the experience for both Owners and Sitter.

Also, since we are a publicly trading company in Australia you are welcome to look at our published statements on our website and also on the ASX website.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The App is a bit Glitchy

The app is pretty glitchy. If you’ve used it for more than a couple minutes you’ll know what I mean.
The app has issues letting you type in some areas, gives the incorrect postcode which can’t be adjusted, is laggy when you press the back button, etc.
the support person who I reached out to was able to help me though, but kind of annoying as if I want any changes I’ll probably have to go back through support.
For a previous issue I also had to email multiple times to get to a resolution, as my initial email seems to have been ignored or miss-read, because if read properly the issue would not have needed multiple emails back and forth to fix.

January 6, 2025
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Reply from Mad Paws

Hi Claudia, thanks for bringing up this feedback, we do agree, however our app is continuing to improve and we are confident we will deliver a near perfect experience soon.

Regarding your feedback on support, absolutely, this is something we will do more training on to more efficiently answer customer concerns.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

poor experience contacting madpaws about payment problem

Have had great experience for last couple of year. But this week my payment would not go through the site, I talked to someone on the chat online and he sorted it by bank transfer. This morning my sitter tells me it still shows as unpaid, I have now tried for four hours to contact madpaws. The online chat says its connecting you but never does. The call line - even for emergencies- just hangs up on you and tells you to use the chat online. I have emailed, three times and no response. Very frustrating and a waste of a morning, will go elsewhere next time.

December 31, 2024
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Reply from Mad Paws

It is very odd you are not able to get through to us, as long as it is within our business hours (8am-8pm) it should take no longer than 3 mins to speak to someone.

I have reviewed our logs and dont see any such activity or other customers complaining about this.

You may also reach out to us via our socials were we respond within the hour.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Being a first time user of Madpaws I…

Being a first time user of Madpaws I was unsure of finding someone close to Christmas to walk 2 dogs....

However, I was lucky to find KATIE in my local area.

Katie has a great rapport and kindness and both dogs looked forward to each walk.

December 22, 2024
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Incompetent sitter issue handled professionally.

Initially, I had a hard time getting in contact with help through the websites online service. I waited over an hour and had to abandon the chat as i had places to be, so I think the online chat system could be better. But i decided to persist and try make contact through facebook, and Rey was fantastic to work with. They handled my issue the following day very quickly and professionally and I was very happy with the outcome! Thank you so much, Rey!

December 15, 2024
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Reply from Mad Paws

Sorry to hear why it took a while to get access to our agents. During business hours agent connection time is <3min.
Will review and rectify, thank you for your feedback.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It’s early days but I have been…

It’s early days but I have been disappointed with the booking system both as a customer and as a sitter. There are some people out there who behave really weirdly on the site. They aren’t reliable at all and behave like they are someone who changed their mind over dating you, sending messages and then disappearing all together. This should be a business relationship and for me it categorically is not a dating expérience. Some more respect from people as well as honesty and integrity are vital for any sort of business relationship.

December 12, 2024
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Reply from Mad Paws

Hi Ingrid, this is definitely not the experience we want you to have on our platform.
We are actively reviewing our processes to ensure sitter reply quickly and thoroughly to pet Owners, this will definitely get better.

You can always reach out to us via Chat, Email or Phone and we can help you out too.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waste of time!

Firstly, the website and app are terrible. You put in your address and then get sitters come up that are 20+kms away. No way to sort or view closest first. Then you put your budget in and get shown people charging more!

Secondly, I referred a friend and their price for the same person is coming up more expensive than mine! If you click on something like shopback you also get charged more so it's a waste of time!

Ridiculous fees too.

Half the time people who show up on search already have a booking for the dates you select.

November 23, 2024
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Reply from Mad Paws

Hi Dan, thanks for your feedback regarding the search, this is something our team is actively working on to improve over the upcoming months.

Our team is more than happy to help look for a sitter that will match your requirements, you can get in touch with them via Live Chat on our website during business hours.

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