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Friends for Pets was set up in the Cheddar area of Somerset in 2008. My career background is in law and I qualified as a solicitor over eleven years ago.

We are a pet sitting company offering a range of very flexible pet care services including:-
Dog Walking
Overnight dog boarding
Doggy day care
Adventure Walks
Cat Sitting
Pet Visits to your home
House Sitting
Poo Collection Within a couple of months of starting up, rapid growth of the company meant a couple of extra pairs of hands were needed to help with the increasing number of clients. This gro

wth continued until we had around 85 pet carers covering a large area of the South West. This was proving very difficult to manage from one central office and standards of service were slipping so it was decided to franchise the company so each area could be managed by a person local to the area who could keep the highest standards of pet care and allow a more controlled growth of the company. Each team has a small, long-standing team of pet carers that become extended members of our client’s families. Becca is exceptionally picky with who is awarded a franchise and only looks for animal-focused franchise owners who are driven by the same ethics and standards as herself making us stand apart from other franchised pet companies. A few years on and we have developed an Award-Winning team of expert managers and pet carers who offer the highest standard of Pet Care that we can to local communities. Let’s hear a little from Lucy who runs the Bristol and South Gloucestershire Teams…

I live with my two fur babies, Maisie and Alfie the miniature dachshunds. I have always been an animal lover, having grown up in Wales with cats and dogs in our family, as well as guinea pigs, hamsters, fish and even terrapins at one point! In 2018, I was looking for day care options for Maisie and Alfie and I came across Friends for Pets. I ended up having a conversation with Becca which turned out to be life changing – it came at a time when I was feeling totally disillusioned with working full time in an office environment. I knew I wanted to do something else so when Becca mentioned that an opportunity had come up in the Bristol team I jumped at the chance, and the rest is history! I now have a fantastic team of pet carers, as well as my area supervisor Elen. Through the hard work and dedication of them all, we have built up an absolutely amazing pet car offering in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas. All of our pet carers have close relationships with their clients and their pets and we really do aim to be part of your extended family! Elen is really passionate about quality pet care. "I think it's so important and my motto is "I treat them like they're my own" and I really do stand by it. I love helping to manage our Bristol team!"

Please do get in contact with either of us with any questions or for further information about how we can help you.

19/08/2024

Baby Lyla, the newest addition to the Friends For Pets team loved meeting Becca, the founder of Friends For Pets, at the weekend! Lyla will meet the rest of the team when we have our annual conference in November!

19/08/2024

Our Franchisor Becca had a wonderful weekend catching up with the lovely Lucy in Brecon! 🌿
And of course, it was made even more special by spending time with the beautiful baby Lyla! 👶💖

14/08/2024

Auntie Emily enjoying her morning walk with Ebbie and Layla🐾🐶

13/08/2024

Happy 👅🐶

10/08/2024

Last week Olive enjoyed a week staying with Aunty Amy whilst her owners were on holiday. She truly did feel like part of the family and even enjoyed a day out at Mid-Devon show 🚜 🐄

Olive has a little human sister so absolutely loved spending time with Amy’s little boy, Harry 💙 and Louie of course 🥰 Harry is certainly FFP Cheddar’s current youngest team member (in training) 😂🐾

Disclaimer- No babies or dogs were ever left unattended at any time

08/08/2024

Happy birthday Archie 🎉🐶🐾

We hope you are having the best summer ☀️

See you in September 🥰

07/08/2024

Happy Birthday Ebbie!🎈🎉

We hope you have the best day💜

05/08/2024

Why we don’t use marked vehicles🚗

02/08/2024

🦴The process of eating a treat…

-See the treat
-Sniff the treat
-Lick the treat
-Eat the treat 😋

I’ve never known a Golden Retriever to take so long eating a treat 😂

01/08/2024

Congratulations to Lucy!

Ambassador of the month AUGUST: Lucy Mills Friends For Pets Friends for Pets Bristol and Brecon. In 2018, when Lucy was looking for day care options for Maisie and Alfie her two miniature dachshunds, she came across Friends for Pets. Lucy still wanted to have a career in Law so has always worked part time in her Law job as well as owning her Bristol franchise. After success in Bristol, Lucy took on an additional franchise in Brecon. By 2021 Lucy was running two successful businesses and working part time in Law! On top of all this professional success, Lucy now has the wonderful gift of beautiful baby girl. The Friends for Pets team is incredibly proud of Lucy and how much she has achieved over such a small period of time is inspirational.

01/08/2024

Huge congratulations to Lucy and very much deserved! You are an inspiration to all of us 💜💜

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31/07/2024

Hot hot hot this week ☀️☀️

Lots of shade walks, early morning walks and plenty of water.💦

Hope your pups are coping in the extreme heat!🐶🐾

26/07/2024

Happy Friday 🎉🎉

We got to walk with Auntie Amy and the gang today 🐶🐾

25/07/2024

Throw back Thursday to our 10th birthday celebration, Friends for Pets dog show 🐶🐾

We can’t believe this was 6 years ago and we have recently celebrated our 16th birthday! Where does the time go?!🤯

24/07/2024

Lilly’s last day 😢

It’s Lilly’s last day at day care today and it’s safe to say it’s a sad one! We will miss you so much Lilly. We hope you have the best time in your new home 🏡 hopefully see you again really soon❤️❤️

22/07/2024

Ambassador News 📢 Friends For Pets have teamed up with Husse UK A Partnership for Happy, Healthy Pets with 15% discount. https://zurl.co/FKzh

22/07/2024

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19/07/2024

🎉🎉ITS OUR 16th BIRTHDAY 🎉🎉

Friends For Pets turns 16 today!

Thank you so much to all the incredible Franchisees, Pet Carers and of course our wonderful clients💜💜

!

18/07/2024

Such a beautiful day ☀️☀️

17/07/2024

🎉 BIRTHDAY BOY 🎉

Happy birthday Boomer!🎈

We hope you have the best day!

12/07/2024

‼️Poo patrol‼️

31 poos collected on the strawberry line today!🐕

Amy and Emily did a great job of clearing the strawberry line. They have seen a massive improvement from the last time they did poo patrol so we really hope this has helped clear the strawberry line to make it a safer and cleaner space for everyone to enjoy. 🌿

We are planning to do our next poo patrol soon. If anyone has any areas they would like us to target at our next poo patrol in and around the cheddar area please do let us know!

12/07/2024

‼️POO PATROL IS BACK‼️

Emily and Amy will be on the strawberry line this afternoon clearing up Winscombe and making it a cleaner and safer place for everyone to enjoy 🌳

We will keep you updated on how we get on throughout the afternoon.

If there is anywhere else that you feel is particularly bad for dog poo please do let us know as we can add this to our next poo patrol.

11/07/2024

For this years Friends For Pets awards we need your help!✨

One of our categories for this year is, The most mentioned pet carer on the branch google my business reviews.

Please contact your local branch manager for details on how to leave a google review and don’t forget to mention your pet carer in the review!

Good luck to all our pet carers 🏆

10/07/2024

https://www.friendsforpets.co.uk/dog-walking-blog/?p=1046

05/07/2024

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03/07/2024

Happy hump day!🎉

28/06/2024

🎉Applications are now open for our 2024 Friends for Pets awards!🎉

Check out how you can be involved!⭐️

28/06/2024

A busy week of birthdays this week as it was also Millie’s birthday yesterday 🥳

🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY MILLIE FOR YESTERDAY🎈

We hope you had the best day 🎉🐾

27/06/2024

🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOTTIE🎈

We hope you have the best day 🎉🐾

25/06/2024

🎉🎉🎉🎉

We have some SUPER exciting news! 🎉🎉

We have been shortlisted as a finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2024!!🌟

We are soo proud of our amazing franchisees and pet carers that made this possible.💜

We are so honoured to be included as part of such an incredible community of entrepreneurs and this particular year we are even more excited as a very close friend of Becca’s, the amazing Helen King of https://www.facebook.com/blueeyesbowties is also shortlisted. Helen is an exceptional Bow Tie maker so if you need a bow tie for any upcoming events, this is your company! You might even get a replica of the one she made for Jodie Whittaker in Dr Who!🎀

Well done to all this year’s finalists you are all amazing!

25/06/2024

🐶 PUPPY VISITS 🐶

Did you know we also do puppy visits? For when your pup isn’t quite old enough for walks or adventures we can come to them! For toilet breaks, play time and of course lots of cuddles 🥰

21/06/2024

Happy National Dachsund Day to all our little sausages 🐾🐾

05/06/2024

Good evening. The office is closed from 5pm 5th June until 9am 10th June. All enquiries etc will be dealt with on our return next week 🐾

05/06/2024

Say hello to our newest FFP recruit, baby Lyla. Huge congratulations to Bristol and Brecon manager Lucy on the arrival of her baby girl ❤️ 🐾

30/05/2024

Our amazing team are doing their second poo patrol in Brecon tomorrow. Stay tuned for updates!

14/05/2024

May newsletter is out now: https://www.friendsforpets.co.uk/dog-walking-blog/?p=1027

10/05/2024

Happy Friday everyone. Have a great weekend

07/05/2024

Friends for Pets are excited to announce we are in partnership with Husse!❤️💜

https://england.husse.com/?affiliateCode=FFPets15

Use our discount code: FFPets15

✨ For 15% of your first order ✨

05/05/2024

Here's the link to our latest blog post. All about dog walking spaces in your areas!

https://www.friendsforpets.co.uk/dog-walking-blog/?p=1015

Address

Woodyleaze Drive
Bristol
BS15

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447585504867

Website

https://www.friendsforpets.co.uk/dog-walking/bristol/

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We'd love to welcome you to our Pet Owner's Pet First Aid Evening! Details below.... WHERE: your sofa WHEN: 7pm Thursday 8th Feb WHAT WILL WE COVER?: how to help your pet in an emergency situation, bleeds, CPR, choke, common household poisons, common injuries and much much more! HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?: only £15 per household HOW DO I BOOK?: Email [email protected] or call 07585 504867 Looking forward to seeing you there 💙 #petfirstaidandcpr #onlinepetfirstaidandcprclass #petloversofinstagram #dogloversofinstagram #catloversclub #petownerproblems #dogownerlife #pethealthadvice #FirstAidTraining

Merry Christmas to all our clients (both two and four legged!) and our wonderful team of pet carers. Have a wonderful time and we look forward to seeing you all in 2024! We are now closed until 2nd January (apart from pre booked pet care), so we will get back to any messages in the new year! #friendsforpetsbristol #friendsforpets #FFP #dogwalker #petcare

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Award Winning Dog Walking and Pet Care

We are a pet sitting company offering a range of pet care services including:- Dog Walking Doggy Day Care Overnight Dog Boarding in our pet carers homes Cat Sitting Pet Visits to your home House Sitting Dog Walking & Pet Sitting Services are offered by different teams of pet carers in the Cheddar Valley, North Somerset, the Chew Valley, Bristol, Cardiff, Wells, Bath, Bradford-on-Avon, Frome, North London and Hertfordshire. Our pet carers have a wealth of experience from being lifelong pet owners to dog trainers to vet students and vet nurses. Most have a minimum of a BTEC Diploma in Animal Care and all managers hold a Canine First Aid Certificate. Each pet carer holds a DBS check (the current CRB check) and can provide references. All new pet carers are enrolled on to our pet sitter award scheme to enhance their knowledge of pet behaviour, health and welfare. We offer a discrete visiting service by not using sign-written vehicles to visit client's homes so keeping your home's and pet's security an upmost priority. We offer an initial meeting between your pet carer and yourself to ensure everyone is happy with the arrangements. Please see your local location page at http://www.friendsforpets.co.uk/dog-walking/ for more info on your local area.