First of All

I’ll visit your home for a free initial discussion and to meet you and your pet/s.
I take notes about your pet’s personality and quirks, special needs, including any medication.
Your contact details and those of your vet will be noted.
It’s important that you feel comfortable in entrusting both your home and your pet with me. There’s feed- back on my Testimonials page.
I do a minimum of one visit on every day of the booking period. This provides your pet with fresh food and water and clean toilet areas, together with some friendly contact.
If you haven’t given it to me on the initial consultation, I’ll try to collect a spare key if I’m doing visits nearby. It will be pushed through your letter box when I’ve done my final visit. Due to increasing petrol costs, I no longer make a special journey for the key or to return it. A key collection fee of £2.00 will be charged for me to make a special journey. and you can always drop the key off or collect it from my home in Burton Joyce.

And When You’re Away

Please leave enough pet food and supplies for the period that you’re away.
If your pet is on any medication, this needs to be left where I can see it and enough to last until your return.
You’ll find I’ve left the pet areas clean, tidy and free of mess and that pet food bowls and utensils have been thoroughly washed. Food and water will be put down at every meal in clean bowls.
All rubbish and stale food and will be placed in your outside bin, and I‘ll empty cat litter trays, clean and refill them, then bag up and dispose of the contents in your outside bin.

If you’re not going to arrive back at home when you’d originally planned, please let me know. If you wish, I’ll continue to visit at the agreed daily rate, payable on your return.
Your pets will be pleased to see you, of course, and I sincerely hope you’ll find them content, calm and relaxed. They will have been well cared for and watched over.

If you have a cat that will be going in and out while you’re away, please note that I may not see it when I visit. This may be something you’d like to consider while you’re away, especially if you don’t have a cat flap.
Ready for your return, I can do a basic grocery shop for bread and milk etc.
If your pet has a routine vet appointment when you’re away, I provide a pet transport service to my clients.
I have full insurance cover in place and a current DBS check.

Please have a look at the Areas Covered page to see where I visit.

Please note my preferred contact hours are between 9.00 in the morning and 9.00 at night, unless it’s urgent.
I don’t board pets or offer breaks in my home.
If your usual dog walker is away, I’ll walk or visit your dog on a short–term basis only.
I have many years’ experience in caring for sick, injured, elderly, terminally ill and vulnerable animals, particularly those from animal rescues.
If you have an elderly, poorly or a newly-acquired pet, I’m happy to share quiet time on a companionship visit.
I look after most domestic pets, including dogs, cats, small mammals, fish, reptiles, birds, hens, ducks and will feed goats, horses, donkeys and ponies.
If you have chickens, I will make sure they’re closed up safe in their coop every night and let them out first thing in the morning.

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