Bark N Borrow – Dog Sitting, Walks & Home Boarding app for iPhone and iPad
Life in the 21st century hardly leaves enough time for our attention loving pups… and we want to fix that. Bark’N’Borrow is the first and only service that connects dog owners with a community of trusted and verified dog lovers for walks, sitting appointments and play dates!
Stop paying for pack walks and home boarding, and instead build relationships with other dog lovers who actually want to spend time with your dog while you’re at work, traveling or just generally busy with life. All appointments booked through Bark’N’Borrow are covered by our Comprehensive Premium Insurance Plan, so you can rest easy knowing that safety is our top priority.
How it Works:
Step 1 – Become a Verified User & Get Approved by Our Safety Team
Create a profile and verify your personal information. Our Safety Team will then review and vet each new user to ensure a community of only the most trusted and passionate dog lovers.
Step 2 – Browse Opportunities & Subscribe
Sniff out the whole community of dogs and borrowers, and once you’re ready to join the fun, subscriptions start at $4.99 per month (which is WAY less than what you’d pay a dog walker or sitter). We also offer a 7-day Free Trial Membership. Remember, ALL appointments booked through our app are protected by our Comprehensive Premium Insurance Plan. Learn more here: https://barknborrow.com/safety/
Step 3 – Make New Friends & Have Fun!
You’re an official member of the Bark’N’Borrow pack! Message as many community members as you’d like, get to know each other and arrange a meet-and-greet with your new Bark’N’Buddies!
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Pros and cons of Bark N Borrow – Dog Sitting, Walks & Home Boarding app for iPhone and iPad
Bark N Borrow – Dog Sitting, Walks & Home Boarding app good for
I havent experience any borrowing but the app is easy to use. I like their concept its pretty cool ;)
I love this idea and the community of dog-lovers who are a part of it. I have found many puppy play-dates for my pup as well as people who would love to look after my dog whenever I am busy. They are all so genuine, loving and caring and it gives me such peace of mind knowing that my dog will always be in good hands.
Such a great app. I love looking at the dogs in my area and spending time with a pup who needs extra love!
Customer service replied and said theyre working on filtering which will help out so much! They also listened to my request and as a dog owner Im now able to connect with other dog owners! Loving BarkNBorrow. Thank you for listening to me! Sharing this app with all my dog owner friends!
I recommend this app to ALL dog owners! I have a french bulldog who always wants to meet new friends and play. I sometimes get really busy running my errands and feel bad for him being left home alone. I have so many owners and borrowers contact me through the app to hang out with my puppy, that now he is never alone! I also cannot afford a dog sitter, so the fact that I have a whole community of people willing to help me out just for the love of dogs is truly amazing. We all support eachother. It feels really great that he will always have all the love he deserves, and that I can also help others out too! It would be great if there was a way to filter more closely my location, but when I asked customer service about this, they responded right away letting me know that this feature it just around the corner. Cant wait to see what comes next :)
I love the concept of the app. It was fun and easy to use. Lots of cute pups. I cant wait to tell my other doggie friends about it!!!
Some bad moments
Idea behind app is great, in theory. However, the app itself has TERRIBLE BUGS. I set up my account but when I looked at it days later it had info on someone else named "A******". Im "M******". Now, a week later, and still happening, I am getting responses to messages I didnt send and it seems like the hacker/crossed information is from someone outside the US based on how they write their dates ("29-30/06" meaning June 29-30).
Dont get the app. Total risk for your information, especially if you connect PayPal to pay a sitter or receive money for sitting.
Ok so about 4-5 sitters available in my area and i still have not gotten any response for the potential job. These people are not serious and not enough in my area to make it work.
Can no longer log in, even after resetting password multiple times.
You have to pay to put your dog on the site. Then hope someone will pick your dog. They should just take proceeds from when the dog is actually borrowed.
Deleted app.
It crashes every time I try to open my inbox, meaning that its basically worthless. Hope it gets fixed.
This app is awful. The idea behind it is fantastic, making the poor usability particularly frustrating. Not only is the app riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, but the basic features dont work. Further, users arent able to search dogs by location, which is an obvious necessity; Im in the US and am viewing dogs in the UK (not exactly useful). This, in spite of the left sidebar suggesting the option to do so. You will receive an error message each time you attempt to do almost anything. In sum, wonderful idea but the app needs a lot of work to be usable. I suggest hiring more software programmers and including an option for users to report bugs that need fixing.
