Giving your dog a home away from home

Hi everybody! My name is Zebedee (Zeb for short) my partner Nixie and I are Minpins; we have lived with our humans for over ten years now. I have one or two medical and dietary issues (it’s an age thing you know!). It’s not normally a problem for me unless my people want to go away without us then we need to find somebody that we can trust and that cares for us as much as our people do, so it was a great relief to both Nixie and myself when our humans got friendly with Caroline who was working at our local vets and who informed our people that she was a pet minder. This was great as we had the best of both worlds, we and our humans did not like the idea of us going into kennels and we needed to have a Human who could be trusted to pile love and care onto us at least as much as our human owners do (or possibly more)! As I mentioned before, I have special dietary needs, and due to eye problems have to have drops several times a day and other medications for an internal problem, it was essential that we found a Human that was able to cope with administrating all the medications, not to mention feeding us and walking us at the correct times like our own humans do. When we first went to stay with “Aunty” Caroline we were a bit nervous especially Nixie (she is nervy anyway jumps at her own shadow) but she soon made us at home and introduced us to her two beagle’s Jack and Lucy..... Wow they are great, so friendly, welcoming and laid back; we are the best of pals now. We have been to stay with her several times now and really look forward to our next visit. Our people are happy too because they get pictures and updates on what we are up to via What’s App and our humans say that we get a “really professional service” but I’m not sure what that means! If your humans are thinking of sending you to “Aunty” Caroline, then we are sure that you will love her as much as we do, and perhaps we may meet you there sometime! Love Zeb, Nixie (and their humans Marion & Alan)

Caroline and her hubby looked after my 2 chocolate labs Cooper and Nancy in March/April whilst we went on holiday. I had been let down by a previous dog sitter (with only a few weeks before our holiday) and contacted Caroline after seeing her recommended on Facebook. I am now very happy the pervious dog sitter let us down as without it I would not have had Caroline looking after my two babies. From the outset Caroline had fab communication and was very friendly, responding very promptly to my initial enquiry about dog boarding. Even at short notice she was able to accommodating my dog boarding request, we all quickly met up and my 2 doggies met her 2 lovely beagles Lucy and Jack and they all got on fab from the start. I felt very relaxed and at ease as soon as we met Caroline and knew the doggies would have a fab stay. Caroline was great and very flexible with us dropping and picking the doggies up. She was happy to administer medication for Nancy who has epilepsy and again I felt at such ease having her look after them. Caroline has a fab knowledge base on doggies and her experience only added to us feeling relaxed and happy. She was not fazed by possibility of any accidents and treated our 2 like they were her own, lots of cuddles and affection. We got regular updates whilst we were away with the doggies settling in immediately. Lots of walks and playtime cooper and Nancy really enjoyed themselves probably having a better holiday than us (and our holiday was fab). I cannot recommend Caroline enough, I will use her again and again and already have some dates for the doggies to go and stay. We have had our doggies stay with other people before Caroline but Caroline (and her hubby Chris) are by far the best dog sitter we have met and will continue to use them for dog boarding and other ventures that may arise. Super happy with her service and our doggies have made dog buddies for life :) xxx

Caroline looked after my 13 month old beagle for the weekend at really short notice when I was struggling to find somewhere for him! She sent me videos and updates over the weekend and I could see he was having an amazing time playing with Caroline's own 2 beagles and other dogs in her care. I felt and could feel roody was very welcomed as soon as we entered her home .. She just has a natural way with animals you can see that straight away . It made me feel at ease and able to have a better time away knowing that he was in such good care. I am so glad to know I now have Caroline there for when I go away as I would hate to send him anywhere else now after being so pleased with her care! Highly recommended x