Good as Gold on Dog Walks

About Good as Gold on Dog Walks

Good as Gold on Dog Walks offers reliable, friendly and trustworthy Dog Walking and Pet Sitting Services, catering for all of your pet's individual needs. We've always included our pets as loving and valued members of the family, so caring for yours only comes naturally to us enabling them to feel loved and secure in our care. We offer services for cats, dogs, smaller mammals including hamsters, Guinea pigs, rats, Degus, Chinchillas, and rabbits. For a more detailed list of services click on the `Services Offered' link at the top of this page.

We are a small team consisting of Cathy, who looks after the administration side of the business, Jon, who offers emergency transport if ever needed as a back up, and Teresa, the proprietor who works with the leads, muddy boots and litter trays with lots of hands on cuddles and walkies with your pets.

Teresa has an impressive CV of working within public and private health care sectors, the education sector as a Youth and Community Education worker, and as a professional drama and dance coach for children, young people and adults, all of which show a passionate enthusiam for people. Teresa's experience of pet sitting on a voluntary and professional basis goes back as far as the start of this millenium in 2000. 

Teresa's first pet sitting assignment was for her manager, when she was working as a Health Care Assistant for a nursing agency back in 2000. The next assignment was for the principle of a dance and drama school where Teresa coached young people in performance workshops. This was followed by a friend of Teresa's recommending her to another friend. Between the years of 2000 up to 2010 the recommendations kept escalating with countless voluntary pet sitting and dog walking assignments.  It was from these recommendations that Teresa realised she had a natural flair, not only in caring for people, but also caring for their pets, of all sorts of breeds, shapes, and sizes.

During 2011 Teresa decided to develop her knowledge of animals by researching animal behaviour, animal welfare, and the pet sitting profession, turning her enthusiastic interest into a vocational profession. In addition to Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Teresa has developed her interests further into dog training and behaviour courses with certificates of attendance on  `2 Day Career as a Dog Trainer' Course, the `4 Day Practical Instructors' Course, and `Canine Aggression and Rehabilitation' courses with the IMDT. Although Teresa is not a qualified Dog Trainer and behaviourist you can rest assured that she follows the ethics of kindness in her work and will happlily support any client whose pets need a little more encouragement in engaging with their human families. Other courses included are  `Canine 1st Aid,' 'Behaviour Happens for a Reason,' Safety and Risk Assessment for all Trainers and Behaviourists,' and 'Learning Theory Explained.' These courses have been invaluable with developing the bond Teresa has with her client's dogs, and any other pets she cares for. For further information about Dog Training and Behaviour please refer to the section in 'Other Details'.

Teresa also holds certificates in First Aid for cats, dogs, and horses, has a clear police check and is fully insured through Pet Business Insurance. 

 Office hours for enquiries: -

• Monday - Friday, from 10:00 am to 6 pm.
• If we're not available to take your call please leave a voicemail message and we'll contact you as soon as litter trays are cleaned, hay bedding has been changed, and dog leads released, or you could write us an email. We will reply to all emails and voicemail messages.
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