About Me
I have owned and cared for dogs my whole life and always had several family pets of various species. We had a retired gundog springer called Grouse when I was younger and I loved taking him out for walks and caring for him. I had my first very own dog when I was 12 who was a timid rescue mongrel. She was quite a challenge as she came with several issues but I loved her more than anything and was devastated when she died. My next dog was Shady - a springer spaniel puppy who was also my first agility dog back in 2001. I also had a labrador, springerdor, GSD then Zazu - my first collie who I lost in April 2021 at the grand age of 16.5years.
When I left college I knew I wanted to work with dogs and did not like to leave my own dogs at home so started doing dog walking and took the dogs to my dads farm in St Catherines.
In 2006 I started Doggy Doos as one of the first dog day care centres in the UK and have been lucky enough to use the private farmland to grow the business.
Over the years I have studied various qualifications in dog behaviour, body language and various dog sports. I have done human and dog first aid. I am a kennel club agility judge and I compete with my own dogs at Agility and love going for long rural walks with lots of hills and mountains and lakes. Currently I have 5 dogs and 3 wonderful sons-Zephyr, Rupert & Sully
My Current Dogs
*Ollie is a blue merle collie who was 10 months old when he joined the pack in 2011. He retired from agility during covid and reached KC grade 6 in large.
*Zog is a liver & white cocker spaniel who was 8 months old when he joined the pack in 2017. Zog loves agility and now competes at champ Grade 7 in medium agility. He just loves being with me and puts so much enthusiasm into everything he does.
*Zuma is a blue roan working cocker. We got her as a puppy in 2019 from a brilliant breeder in Shropshire. She is a super family dog and such a fun loving dog to have. She also competes at agility grade 7.
*Zest is a border collie who we got as a puppy for christmas 2021 from a lovely breeder in Derbyshire. She is a blue and white tri. Zest is showing great potential in agility currently competing at grade 4. She is crazy and fun and wild but loved by all especially Sully.
*Zizzi is a black cocker spaniel. Zuma is her mum and she was born in March 2023. Zizzi is small and cute and so cuddley but also wild and loopy.
