A golden retriever on a leashed Waving Paws walk along a Central Park path
Who we are

About us

Who we are

Most people think of us as a dog-walking service. The families we work with think of us as part of the family.

Waving Paws began with one belief, that a dog is family and deserves to be cared for that way. Not a rotating roster of strangers. One trusted person who knows your dog by name, your building by heart, and your week without being asked.

Mark Norton, founder of Waving Paws

The job is not to walk the dog. The job is to become the person the dog runs to the door for, and the person the family stops worrying about.

Mark Norton
Founder, Waving Paws
A dog carrying a stick on a solo walk across a park lawn
How we work

Private walks only

Your dog is never folded into a pack. Every walk is one on one, paced and routed for your dog alone, so the attention, the safety, and the calm are never shared.

Set and forget

Care that runs itself

Walks, vet trips, overnights, drop-ins, set once and handled. The recurring rhythm of your dog's week is managed quietly in the background, the way the rest of your household already works.

A dog resting at home between visits
A goldendoodle in a raincoat on a misty park morning walk

You stop thinking about it.

Photos and notes after every visit, from the same face each time. You never have to chase us for an update.

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See the dogs we walk

Daily walks, the neighborhoods, and the dogs who run to the door. Follow Waving Paws on Instagram.

A private dog walk on a Tribeca cobblestone street A private dog walk on a tree-lined Upper West Side street A private dog walk on a quiet Upper East Side street A private dog walk in a Downtown Brooklyn park A dog at home in a Tribeca loft between visits