Dogs and Puppies

Dog walking service

Dog walking is our best-selling service. For a dog, a trip outside the home is more than just physical exercise, it provides mental stimulation too. Your dog’s nose is 10,000 times more sensitive than any human’s and while he’s out on a walk he’ll be using his nose to discover what’s been happening in the world.

Keeping within your guidelines and requirements, Pawesome Pet Services treats every dog walk as an opportunity to provide your dog with mental stimulation, socialisation and new experiences. If you are happy for us to do so, we can include some simple force-free training in the walk. Loose lead walking, sitting at the kerb and greeting people and dogs politely. Your dog’s safety is paramount and so if it’s too hot or too icy to safely walk your dog, we’ll find another way to exercise and entertain him.

If you’re not going to be at home, talk to us about our key holder service. We can fit in with your routine and keep your keys safe (always good if you happen to lock yourself out!). We’ll even turn the lights on so you don’t have to come home to a dark house.

After our walk, we’ll give soggy doggy a rub down with the towel, make sure his water bowl is topped up, his bed is cosy and he has plenty of toys if he wants them.

Pop-in dog sitting service

No dog wants to hold his bladder for hours on end. In fact, for puppies and senior dogs that’s almost impossible. Our pop-in dog sitting service is ideal for when your dog needs checking on during the day but won’t want or need a walk. If you have long working day or if you are planning a day out, we can help.

We’ll take your dog out into the garden for a toilet break, top up his water bowl and spend some time dispensing cuddles and company. If you’d like us to, we can play games or do some fun training exercises in the garden. If he needs medication we can administer that and if he’s due for a meal, we’ll prepare it just as he likes it, and we’ll make sure he eats it.

Perfect for

• Elderly dogs
• Young dogs
• Dogs who need medication during the day
• Dogs who suffer from separation anxiety
• Pregnant bitches
• Dogs recovering from illness or surgery
• Dogs with busy owners

We can also check small pets, cats and home security whilst we’re there. If you want lights put on so you don’t come home to a dark home we can do that too.

Puppy play visits

Young puppies have short attention spans, small bladders and are inclined to chew or bark when they’re bored. Most of them will grow out of it eventually but we’re here to help you through that those all-important first few weeks.

We’ll visit your pup once or twice a day depending on the pup’s age and your needs. We can give him his lunch, take him for a toilet break and give him lots and lots of mental stimulation so that he’s too tired to cause trouble.

Puppy socialisation starts before his vaccinations are complete and continues through the adolescent stage into adulthood.  There is a relatively short window of time when your pup is at his most curious and receptive to new experiences. During our puppy play visits we use fun activities to encourage your pup to explore new sounds, smells, surfaces and games.

If you’d like us to, we can help puppy practise walking on his lead in the garden and we’ll start helping him to learn his manners. For example, saying “hello” with all 4 paws on the floor, sitting politely while he waits for his food (the start of impulse control training) and how to walking nicely on his lead around the garden.

As your puppy grows, you may want us to include a short socialisation walk into our visits. We can introduce him to walking on the pavement, being calm around traffic, meeting people and other dogs, and getting used to buggies, bicycles etc.

And guess what- we love puppies so it will be an honour to spend time helping your pup grow into a well-mannered canine companion.

Cats and kittens

Pop in visits

Cats are generally much more independent than dogs but that doesn’t mean they don’t need or enjoy human company – if only to have the pleasure of glaring at someone.

We can pop in and visit your cat. Feed her, top up her water bowl and clean her litter tray. If she feels like it, we’ll give her lots of cuddles and play some games too.

Small Furries

Pop-in visits and holiday care

Guinea pigs, rabbits and other small furries may look little but we think they have mighty big characters and we love spending time with them.

While you are unavailable, we can keep food bowls and drinkers topped up. Provide fresh food daily, keep bedding clean and dry and give lots and lots of cuddles.

Multi-pet Services

Multi-pet pop-ins can be arranged – we can walk the dog, feed the fish, cuddle the cat and give the rabbit his dinner all in one visit.

Pupdates

If you would like us to send you photos and videos of your pets while you’re away, we’re more than happy to do so. We will not publish images to our own website or social media sites without your express permission.

Other bespoke services are available too. Call us today for an informal chat about your pet care needs