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Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 11:03PM If you're a dog owner, or walk dogs for family, friends, or as a profession; please could you take a moment to fill out this questionnaire for me? I would be so grateful for your time and feedback. Thanks, Leanne.
dog walking, pet sitters, pet sitting, research, walks Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 11:27PM Kye is a disabled customer of mine who used to be an agility star, but due to an injury, now uses wheels to get around! Follow the link below to read his story.
You can also find pictures of Kye on the gallery page.
http://www.agilitynet.co.uk/features/kyesstory_debbiewilliams.html
Animate, agility, disabled dogs, training Friday, May 6, 2011 at 7:22PM Hi everyone! I'm Rick, and like Basil (see previous blogs), i've been staying with Animate for 3 weeks while my owners enjoy a nice long holiday.
I met a lot of dogs while i was there. There was Barny the Boxer, Laslo the Hungarian Vizsla, Paddy the Kerry Blue X Collie, Betsy the Staffie X, Ruby the Whippet, Holly the German Shepherd (and, of course, Animate's own Holly), and Winnie the cat! But i wasn't allowed to see Winnie, she was kept well out of the way of us dogs, of course.
I'm getting a bit older, so sometimes i can be a bit grumpy and like to be alone,but when i'm playing with my ball or off the lead on a walk, i'm the most fun dog around! I love to talk to everyone passing (whether they're human or canine), i love to play with the other dogs - and my most favourite thing is...rolling in cow muck! Leanne stopped taking us on a certain walk because i always rolled and she didn't want to keep me on the lead all the time, so we had to go elsewhere!
Now, i liked going in the water. but i wasn't keen on swimming - here's a picture of me at my bravest in the water:
One day, me, Betsy and Holly went for a 3 hour walk with Leanne and her friends. We all stopped at Eggleston Abbey for some food, and Betsy almost stole a sandwich right out of Leanne's hand! Me and Holly were distracting Leanne, while Betsy snuck behind, but Leanne doesn't let just anyone steal her food, and our plan failed. (I don't think Betsy would've shared anyway!)
I'll leave you now with a picture of three of us having a good old run around on the rugby pitch...bye!
Ok, maybe i was just supervising here..!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 11:56PM Well, it's that time of year again - spring cleaning time! Why not give yourself one less job and ask Animate to do the dirty work for you with our new tack cleaning service?! for more info and prices, click here, or visit the Horses services page.
Tack Cleaning Service Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 3:34PM I love days like this - not just because the sun's out at a reasonable temperature (i don't like it too hot...too sticky and uncomfortable!), but because i have loads of different and varied work to do, and that's what i like. I started this business because i can work with a wide range of animals and so today is perfect. here we go...
I start the day dealing with the 4 home-boarding dogs i have at my house - 1 collie-cross, 1 border terrier, 1 pug and 1 boxer - variety already! Once they're walked, fed and sorted, i head down the road to a small holding with doves, quail, sheep, cats, hens and geese. Then it's back up the road to see 4 dogs (one of which is a great dane x st. bernard - luverly!!), 3 cats and 2 pigs, before continuing along to my regular horses - 12 of them - who are to feed and muck out. Here's a picture of the new addition
Baby is about 3 hours old here!
Once the horses are happy, it's back home for some dinner, then walk a couple of dogs, who i'll be seeing again this eve - and doing the pigs, hens and cats that also reside there!
After that, i took the home-boarders out for a hot walk in the sun - lots of panting and drooling was the order for that walk - mainly from Barney the boxer..i tried to control myself :-)
Now i'm going to feed some of these dogs at home, then head along to finish the horses, then i'll do the dogs, cats and pigs, followed by the other dogs, cats, pigs...and hens! Finally rounded off by putting to bed the doves, quail, sheep, cats, hens and geese down the road.
Hopefully tonight it will be takeaway for tea, so while i'm waiting for that, i'll give these dogs at home a whizz round the block and then get them settled down.
..and it all begins again tomorrow!
That much variety keeps you nicely amused during the day though, and i'll leave you with a picture of one of the dogs keeping watch over the pigs...i'm off to do those horses!
Winston on guard!