Meg's Pet Services

03/08/2024

🐾 𝕁𝕦𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

so much love for all my little besties, I missed them when I was off but getting all their excited reactions makes it worth it 🥰

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03/08/2024

🐾 𝕁𝕦𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

Goodbye July! Hello August 🤯 July was crazzzy 😅 but amazing as always 🥰

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08/07/2024

💙 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 💙

I will be off Wed 17th July and then Sat 20th - Sun 28th to celebrate Donny turning the big 3️⃣0️⃣ 🎉 I won't be on my work phone much either so all enquiries will be replied to when I'm back 📱😊

02/07/2024

🐾 𝕁𝕦𝕟𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

The last of June walks 🥰 I’m loving the Live Photos feature as I now have little moments of all the doggies instead of a single snap 💙

30/06/2024

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⚠️ Due Diligence for hiring Dog Walkers / Pet Sitters and Boarders ⚠️

We have noticed a concerning trend regarding dog walkers / pet sitters / boarders in Ayrshire. Recently, we highlighted the importance of thoroughly researching and vetting canine professionals before using their services.

Unfortunately, our organisation has encountered numerous incidents where dog professionals failed to exercise the necessary care, attention, and preparation to protect the dogs in their care. While there are many excellent dog walkers and sitters, we have also observed many who are not up to standard.

For instance, only this week, a dog escaped from a local doggy daycare (a regular occurrence for this particular one), prompting a significant multi-agency response on the railway line. This incident could have had catastrophic consequences.

We were also contacted about a dog that had escaped and asked not to let owners know, something we wouldn’t agree to if our help was sought.

We have also learned about children starting dog walking businesses. Although we commend young people for their initiative, we are concerned about the risks this poses to dogs. These businesses likely lack proper insurance, canine first aid training, and experience to ensure dog safety. Lone working, even for adults, requires serious consideration, especially when dogs are involved.

Considerations for allowing a child to walk your dog include:

1. **Lack of Experience:** A child may not have the experience to handle various dog behaviors and emergencies.
2. **Responsibility and Reliability:** While some teenagers are responsible, others may not have the maturity for consistent and reliable pet care.
3. **Legal and Safety Concerns:** Hiring a minor for such tasks may involve legal and insurance issues.
4. **Emergency Situations:** Young individuals might struggle to handle emergencies or make quick, effective decisions under stress.

These concerns underscore the importance of selecting a dog walker / pet sitter with adequate experience and maturity to ensure your dog’s safety and well-being.

A qualified dog walker / pet sitter / boarder should have:

**Public Liability Insurance**
As a minimum.

**Animal Handling and Care:** Knowledge of dog behaviour, ability to manage dogs of different sizes and temperaments, and recognising signs of distress or illness.

**Time Management:**
Ensuring each dog gets the appropriate amount of exercise and attention within a set schedule.

**Responsibility and Reliability:** Dependability in showing up on time and keeping dogs safe.

**First Aid Knowledge:** Basic skills for handling emergencies like injuries or health problems.

**Problem-Solving:** Ability to manage unexpected situations, such as encountering aggressive dogs or dealing with adverse weather.

Many dog walker/pet sitters insurance policies cover loss of keys (including lock changes).
Many have disclosure checks in place.

If they are offering boarding make sure they are licensed, but even then do your due diligence as the one that keeps losing dogs in Troon is licensed!

There’s a picture attached from an experienced dog walker who had walked a dog for 5 months. Super friendly and playful. A lab! Here’s a story of something unexpected that happened, how could a minor possibly deal with this.

She loved to carry sticks, deers legs(if she found one), and would let me take them off her if I needed to.

This particular week, I mentioned to her owner I felt she was off she was very quiet, but the owner said he thinks she's just very settled now. We were literally 5 mins into the walk when she picked up a stick with thorns on it. I went to take it off her and she went for me, if it wasn't for one of my other dogs going for her because I screamed, I don't think she would have let go.

3 days in hospital on iv and 6 weeks temporary paralysis of my ring finger and pinky.

The story about the dog walker is here as an example to demonstrate how an experienced handler with a dog they trust, can have something go wrong, so how would a minor deal with this.

24/06/2024

🐾 𝕁𝕦𝕟𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

A mixture of dogs from our walks, daycare and boarding in these photos 🥰 makes my heart so full providing care for all these pups 💕 I'm so thankful I can call this my job 💙

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24/06/2024

🐾 𝕁𝕦𝕟𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

Lots of fun days with the gang this month 💕

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24/06/2024

🐾 𝕁𝕦𝕟𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

We're kicking off the photos a bit early this month mainly because I'm changing phones and I need to clear this one 😂😂 there will be more at the end of the month, hopefully we'll see a difference in the photo quality 👀

We're getting into a hot 🔥 week, it's crazy to think we still had dogs in jackets at the start of the month 😂

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31/05/2024

🐾 𝕄𝕒𝕪 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

Another month over, anyone else shocked we're going into June tomorrow? 😅 Look at all these happy wee faces looking for a biscuit 😂 I seem to have accidently trained most of the dogs that when the phone comes out it's pose and treat time 🙈

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31/05/2024

🐾 𝕄𝕒𝕪 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

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31/05/2024

🐾 𝕄𝕒𝕪 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

Feeling very lucky to have so many dogs in my life 💕

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22/05/2024

🇮🇸 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘐𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 🇮🇸

I hope you all enjoy our little photo dump of our Iceland adventure 💕 it was a busy 4 days but I can't wait to see all my little furry friends tomorrow 🥰

Day 1

💙 Surprise Donny, here's what you're doing and 6 of our besties are coming too 🤭
❤️ Hallgrimskirkja, Braun&Co and Rainbow St 🌈
🤍 The Icelandic Phallological Museum 🍆
💙 Whale Watching on the Amelia Rose 🐳
❤️ Check in at our lodge, dinner, hot tub, sauna and cold plunge 🥵

Day 2

🤍 Seljalandsfoss, Gljufrabui & Skógafoss waterfalls 🌊
💙 Diamond Beach 💎

Day 3

❤️ Kerid Crater
🤍 Gullfoss Falls 🌊
💙 Strokkur Geyser 💥
❤️ Silfra Snorkeling 🤿

Day 4

🤍 Zipline
💙 Black Crust Pizzaria 🍕
❤️ Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach ⛱️ 🖤
🤍 Sky Lagoon 👙

19/05/2024

Happy Sunday everyone 💙

Yesterday we arrived at the airport and the months of planning and secrets was finally over 💕 6 of our best friends have joined us on our Iceland adventure for Donny's (early) birthday 🤭🇮🇸 oh how sneaky of me 🙈

I had promised a video of them all surprising him however it has a little questionable language near the end so I have attached a photo instead 😂 (the video is on my personal page though 👀)

There's also some updates happening at Meg's Pet Services HQ this weekend with a brand new fence getting put up so we can continue to keep all the pooches safe out in the garden 🥰

Hope you are all enjoying the wonderful weather back home! We have a lot of cold and rain but enjoying it non the less ☺️

Much love always, Meg 💙

10/05/2024

✈️ Ｈｏｌｉｄａｙ Ｒｅｍｉｎｄｅｒ✈️

I finish up on Fri 17th and will be back to work Thurs 23rd May ☺️ I will get back to everyone as quick as I can once I'm back 💕

Can you guess where we're going? 👀

30/04/2024

🐾 𝔸𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕝 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

Photo day!! 📸 And a few videos in the next post 👀 I need to remember and post the videos more often 😅 I absolutely love looking back on the months photos and seeing all the silly and happy faces I've captured 💕

The weather was definitely not saying April but let's hope May is a little better so I can get pictures without freezing my hands of soaking my phone 😅

Enjoy everyone 💙

29/03/2024

🐾 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

Enjoy going through all the beautiful faces 😍 we're heading into our busy boarding season so we're spending the next few days organising and prepping the house for everyone to come and enjoy their holidays with us 🥰💙

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29/03/2024

🐾 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

IT'S PHOTO DAAAAYYYY!! 📸🥰

March you gave us a sneak peak at Spring/Summer days and we are here for it 👌🏽 fabulous walks with all my furry besties as always 🥰 forever thankful to get to do this as a job 💙

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20/03/2024

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01/03/2024

🐾 𝔽𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾 cont.

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01/03/2024

🐾 𝔽𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾 cont.

This limit to 80 per upload is a nuisance 😂

Enjoy more wind swept and fabulous photos 💙

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01/03/2024

🐾 𝔽𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

Well Feb certainly flew in 💨 I swear there were days my hands were blue getting photos 😂 I do love a windy photo though when the ears are all over the place 🥰

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01/02/2024

🥳 Wᴇ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ 2 🥳

Almost forgot that today is our 2️⃣nd birthday 🙈🎉

I can't believe I've been doing this job for 2 years 🥰 best job in the whole world and I am so thankful for all you amazing people that make it all possible 💕

01/02/2024

🐾 𝕁𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 🐾

New year, new album, new upload idea 🥳

My plan this year is to upload month at a time and get more photos outside the park 😂 it's usually easier to get photos of everyone at the park as they are all running about but it is usually only 1 of my weekly walks so missing a lot of snap opportunities 📸
It's also easier getting my phone out to take the photos when I don't have dogs attached to my waist 😂 but I've bought something to hopefully help with this 👀

So anyway, long blab 😂 hope you all enjoy scrolling through this month's photos 😊

WE MADE THROUGH JANUARY 🥳😂

07/01/2024

🅕🅤🅝 🅐🅣 🅣🅗🅔 🅟🅐🅡🅚 cont.

The last of the 2023 photos 🥰 it was a little wet and cold the last few times we visited the park so the photos were few but looking back I did get some crackers 😂

I hope everyone had a fab Christmas and New Year 🎊 Donny and I have spent the last week absolutely dying with this cold/flu 😅 not the time off I had hoped for but starting to feel better and ready to get back to all my furry besties tomorrow 💕 I've missed all their wee faces! 🥰

📍 Bellslea Hills Pet Hotel & Play Park

01/01/2024

❷̣̣̣ ⓿̣̣̣ ❷̣̣̣ ❹̣̣̣
𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓

I hope this year brings more of everything you love in life 🥰

I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported me in 2023 💕 it was a truly incredible year and I can't wait to see what 2024 brings! 🎉

25/12/2023

🦌🎄 𝕄𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕤 🎄🦌

From our family to yours, we hope you all have a wonderful day ❤️ eat all the food, play with all the toys, make a mess, relax and most importantly, enjoy 🥰

24/12/2023

🆃︎🅷︎🅰︎🅽︎🅺︎ 🆈︎🅾︎🆄︎

Thank you so much to everyone for the messages, cards & gifts! I have been spoiled by you all and I feel so grateful to have such amazing customers 💕 I hope Santapaws is good to you and you all have a lovely festive break 🥰

Meg 💙

12/12/2023

🎄🎅🏽 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 🎅🏽🎄

📵 I'll also not be on my work phone a lot, if at all, over these dates 📵

11/12/2023

🅕🅤🅝 🅐🅣 🅣🅗🅔 🅟🅐🅡🅚 cont.

Anyone else in disbelief that it's two weeks till Santa 😅🎅🏽 photos have been a little less over the last few weeks because it's been bloody freezing and I absolutely did not want to take my gloves off 😂😂 but enjoy the crackers we did manage to get 🥰

📍 Bellslea Hills Pet Hotel & Play Park