Bristol & North Somerset Dog Walker

Hi, if you have arrived here, there's a good chance that you are considering the services of a Dog Walker so please read on to find out more about me and my services

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My name is Paul and I would like to become a full time Dog Walker. My love of dogs, the great outdoors and working alone makes Dog Walking the perfect choice for me

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Honest & Reliable

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Fully Insured

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Canine First Aid course booked 10th Feb 2018

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Canine Body Language & Play Behaviour course (awaiting information on a course due to take place in March 2018)

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First meeting with you and your dog is free of charge and no pressure whatsoever, a good chance to meet, ask questions, discuss your dogs needs, e.g. type of walk required - active/leisurely, medical requirements, your vet details, does your dog require a solo walk or is he/she ok to be walked with other dogs, spayed, ok to travel in a vehicle? etc. 

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Normal hours of work will be Monday to Friday at anytime to suit.

Weekend work a possibility on a casual basis depending on family commitments

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Maximum of 3 dogs to be walked at any one time 

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£10 per hour per dog (assuming that your dog can be walked with other dogs)

£15 per hour (if you would like to opt for guaranteed solo walks)

£15 per hour for 2 dogs from the same house

Anything not listed above that you think I can help with, please get in touch.

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First 2 walks will always be solo to allow me and your dog to get to know each other

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Areas covered - Long Ashton, Failand, Clifton, Abbots Leigh, Ashton, Bedminster, Southville, Portishead, Clevedon (I live close to Ashton Court so I am happy to cover all areas within a 10 mile radius) Please contact me, details at the bottom of the page.

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Bookings can be on a regular daily/weekly basis or on a more casual basis to suit your needs such as, family commitments, work commitments, sickness, poor weather and you just don't fancy getting wet, or if you already use another Dog Walker and they are on holiday

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It's just me, no employees, so it will only ever be me that visits your home and walks your dog/s

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For security purposes, I will not advertise on my clothing or my vehicle that I am a Dog Walker

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Facebook "Closed Group" to be set up to keep you updated (if that's ok with you) on daily walks, this group will only be open to customers of Bristol & North Somerset Dog Walker

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A bit about me

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My name is Paul and I've lived in Long Ashton since 1992, I met my (now) wife, Carole, in 1989 and we ended up buying a house 9 doors away from where she was brought up, we now have two fantastic kids aged 9 and 4.

 

Dog Walking is a new venture for me but please don't let that put you off, it's something that I have wanted to do for many years. I'm a genuine bloke. I have been running my own HGV Transport Company since Oct 2007 but I lost my HGV licence a couple of years ago as my eyesight isn't good enough to drive heavy vehicles anymore, but I am ok to drive cars/vans/smaller lorries and motorbikes. I sold one lorry in December 2016 as the guy that bought it was willing to keep the driver in a job which was really important to me as he'd been with me for 6 years, I still have one lorry working, the same driver has been on that truck for about 4 years. For the last 5 years approx, (up to when I lost my licence) I was covering nights on the lorry but the work was inconsistent, some weeks I would work one night, other weeks I would work all week but that suited me as it meant I could catch up on paperwork, when I was on days, I was working about 60 hours per week on the truck plus fitting paperwork in so I was happy doing less hours on nights.  Losing my licence wasn't totally unexpected so I decided to take some time out as I was 45 at the time and my Daughter had not gone off to school so I was happy to spend lots of time enjoying that, I had missed out on that with my Son when I had my licence as I was working silly hours at the time. When my youngest went off to school, I signed on with a couple of agencies for some driving jobs and most of my work through them has been at Bristol Airport and Royal Portbury Dock but Dog Walking was always there in my mind and I really want to give it a go. 

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Hobbies consist of family stuff/cycling/photography

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Apologies if that was totally boring but I felt like I needed to tell you a bit about me

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Please feel free to get in touch anytime if you think you can use my services.

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Thank you for reading if you made it this far.

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