I can't speak for Sherpa, but I had a great experience with Freedom. The driver was super professional and my car arrived earlier than expected. No complaints at all.

Set a rule about pets before meetings start. Serious talk. Had a client's dog chew a sample board once. Now I say no animals unless it's a service pet. Bring it up when you book the time. Keep some treats in your kit just in case though. A separate quiet room helps if they bring the pet anyway.

You ever notice how the stuff that's actually worth doing never fits into a neat time box? That's the real pattern. We're told to optimize everything, but quality has its own clock. A good fade, fixing a tricky engine problem, getting a recipe right. The world wants fast, but good just takes what it takes. Trying to rush it is how you end up with a bad version of the thing.