So its been a while since i wrote a blog and i thought i better get back into it.
It's that time of year where people are looking at booking their summer holidays and breaks away which is great for me because it means people need their cats and kittens looked after.
Last week we visited a house which had 4 cats to see, with one of them being 21 years old. It was quite funny because apparently the cat was previously their neighbours who was obviously a Manchester United fan because the cat was called Eric after Mr Cantona.
The funny thing was the cat was actually a female. Then again we have a dog called Snoop who i called after Snoop Doggy Dogg so i guess i cant really laugh too much.
Over the last weekend we also got to meet 2 stunning Maine Coon cats who also had very different names to most others we have met. These 2 were called Fatty and Fink and i have to say they were absolutely lovely and it was so nice to be able to look after them.
Fatty was possibly the size of my youngest springer spaniel and he is possibly the furriest cat i have ever seen.
A new dog has joined us as well who we are providing dog sitting for. A very happy little girl called Tallulah who is a Dachshund, a breed you do not see very often around here. I remember when we got our first springer we barely saw any others unless we ventured further afield. Now they are getting a little bit more popular in our area.
We still have availability for more group dog walks and currently have an offer on where if you book 4 or 5 regular walks per week i will provide the first week for free. So if you need a trustworthy, friendly and reliable person to walk your dogs who is fully insured and DBS checked then please contact us.
You can check out our genuine reviews on Google or Facebook to see what some of our customers think of the services we provide.
So after I did my walk for charity on the Saturday I was still feeling very
stiff come Monday, although to be honest it’s probably a better option to be
out walking as opposed to sitting around and seizing up.
Now what I cannot work out is how dogs seem to recover from exercise so much
quicker than humans. My springer spaniel did the charity walk with me and spent
most of it on lead apart from a couple of moments where so ran around like a
possessed beast. While on the lead she was also pulling me a 12 stone man up
the hills.
But come Monday she was desperate to be out and about and running around like
she hadn’t really walked 11.3 miles at the weekend.
My eldest springer spaniel
has had 3 major leg operations in 2 years yet her recovery from all of them was
insanely quick. After 2 months of recovery from a cruciate ligament operation
she was back to doing what she loves best and that’s running around. She was
also putting full weight on the leg within 24 hours of the operation.
Me on the other hand took 5
days to start feeling like I hadn’t been hit by a bus.
This week on our walks we
said goodbye to Rio whos owners were back from Glastonbury. He has been an
absolute pleasure to walk over the few days we had with him and lets hope we
get a chance to walk him again.
The weather also took a
massive turn for the worst so we spent a lot of time walking in the rain which
meant the washing machine and drier in the dogs4walks household was in
overdrive.
It’s funny how some dogs see the rain outside and immediately think ‘There’s no
way I’m going out in that’. But then they don’t seem bothered by jumping in the
dirtiest smelliest puddle you can imagine. That and the dog walkers worst
nightmare which is ‘Fox Poo’.
Yes we had the delights of that this week and if you have never smelt it let’s
just say ‘You don’t want to’.
dogs4walks has been running
now for 4 months and I have to say this is one of the best decisions I have
made in starting up a dog walking and pet sitting service. I have some amazing
customers and get great joy in knowing that they are happy with the service I
provide. If someone said to me 4 months ago the business would have been doing
this well I would of said ‘I will take that’.
It’s taken a lot of time and
effort to promote the business and if you want to be successful you need to
keep up with promoting the service you provide. Luckily my wife has helped me
out a lot especially with posting flyers in the local area and I have received
a lot of helpful advice from a friend who runs Northampton Dog
Walker.
We are still looking for
custom so if you need a dog
walker in Sale, Northern Moor, Northenden, Wythenshawe, Gatley or
surrounding areas as well as pet sitting then you will not only be able to take
advantage of some of the most
competitive prices in the area for a fully insured and DBS checked dog
walker, but also you will be guaranteed that your dog will be having fun and
lots of care and attention or your pet will receive an amazing service for pet sitting.
So check out our website or Facebook
page to see and read about our days out and about.
Reece (dogs4walks)
