Downham Pet Support

Downham Pet Support Pet sitting, dog walking, cat and small animal visits & animal behaviour advice. Services tailored to owners needs.

I have an Animal Behaviour Degree, DBS and am fully insured. Please note,I do not offer home boarding or overnight stays in owners' homes. I am a qualified animal behaviourist and have a Diploma in Animal Management and a Degree in Applied Animal Behaviour. I have volunteered for two national animal charities for around 4 years which has given me a wealth of experience in working with a diverse ra

nge of cats and dogs. I have spent a lot of time with nervous animals and animals with potential behavioural problems, helping them become less fearful and anxious about various triggers and situations. I am incredibly passionate about animal welfare and putting the needs of every individual animal first which is why I started a pet support service. I believe it's important for animals to be able to stay in their own homes when owners are away as it's potentially less stressful for them than having to go to a cattery or kennel. I am very flexible, I am also available at short notice and recognise that all owners have specific and individual preferences and requirements for their pets which is why I tailor all my services in accordance with what is best for the pet and their owner.

20/09/2025

💫Today's Brief💫

Look after and do pop in visits throughout the day on 2 sausage dogs and 4 beautiful house cats.

What an absolute joyful day I had with them all!

The highlight of my day was being licked to death by sausages!

Thanks Fritz and Heintz, special shout out to Heintz for managing to pull my hair bobble out, he managed to take my glasses off last time! 😆😄

Animals are just absolutely awesome!

Hope everyone's had a lovely Saturday.

Lots of love,

Natalka 💖

The magic of fresh catnip! 💖
20/09/2025

The magic of fresh catnip! 💖

18/09/2025

As I always say, here at Downham Pet Support, we really do tailor all pets' care to their specific, unique needs!

Here's lovely Doreen taking part in one of her favourite hobbies!

💫Its mid-week round up time! 💫On Team Cats 🐈 this week, we've done pop in visits for Tchai, Tiki, Bella & Molly (newbies...
17/09/2025

💫Its mid-week round up time! 💫

On Team Cats 🐈 this week, we've done pop in visits for Tchai, Tiki, Bella & Molly (newbies!), Ruby, Mabel, Doreen, Norma, Norris, and started 2 week long visits for lovely Snap.

On Team Dogs 🐕 this week, we've walked Rosie, Reggie, Elsie, Suzie, Sid, Rex, Lucie, Bess, Bailey, Woody and Buddy.

I'm pleased to say I survived today intact! ⛈️⛈️😬

Hope everyone's having a good week so far, I miss the Summer already! 🫣

Lots of love,

Natalka ❤️

So this morning was that sad time of year when you swap your Summer wardrobe over to the Winter one. Whilst putting all ...
16/09/2025

So this morning was that sad time of year when you swap your Summer wardrobe over to the Winter one.

Whilst putting all my summer clothes in bags ready to go on holiday to the loft, I came across the copy of the we saved when Kaspar made his debut during Covid times. I'd completely forgotten about it, it was from November 2020!!

Anyway, it made me smile and feel so grateful all over again to have him home. He's now been home for 48 hours and is getting back to his usual, bright self.

We absolutely loved doing his windows during the crazy, awful Covid times so it felt appropriate to share some memories of his windows this evening! ❤️

We still have all his fan mail he received from children too which we'll always cherish. I remember a young girl back in 2020 ride past our house on her bike saying, "I'll meet you at Kaspar's house"! 😆

Enjoy!

Love,

Natalka and Kaspar

15/09/2025

Obviously its my job to ensure that all pets in my care are happy and their every need accommodated for.

So when Reggie and I were out on our walk today, I could tell that something caught his eye in the window at Barkers so naturally we went in for a browse!

Thank you Barkers for being so dog friendly, Reggie loved strutting his stuff in your shop!

Barkers DBS Downham Pet Support

14/09/2025

One of our cats, Kaspar had to have emergency bladder stone surgery last year and since then he's been on a strict prescription urinary diet and we always have to be vigilant monitoring his urine habits.

Last week, I could tell he wasn't himself so we took a urine sample to Vets One and we were told he had a UTI and crystals were found. We feared the worst that the stones had returned so he was admitted early Friday morning for a scan and further investigations.

Yesterday, I had a call from an extremely lovely vet called Aaron who explained Kaspar was on IV antibiotics for his UTI but that his white blood cell count was so low his immune system was severely compromised so would potentially have to stay with them until Wednesday.

Naturally, we've spent the whole weekend worrying ourselves stupid. So when I got a call again from Aaron early afternoon today asking us if we'd like to pop over to see Kaspar, I burst into tears at the opportunity and off we went to see our little boy. We were telling ourselves not to cry as we didn't want to stress Kaspar out but for it to be a positive and calm experience for him.

On arrival, Aaron gave us our PPE to wear due to Kaspars low immune system. He brought kaspar in to the consultation room and said he'd give us some time with him.

Five minutes later, he came back in the room and said that Kaspar's latest bloodwork had literally come back and had shown a normal white blood cell count so he could be discharged there and then!! Again, the tears came..happy tears of course!

So I would like to dedicate this post to the entire team at Vets 1 Group.

Specifically Katharine and especially Aaron, who was genuinely one of the most compassionate, caring, kind and sincerest vets we have ever met. Not only with regards to the care for Kaspar but also for us both as his owners. He told us he had just graduated from veterinary college and had only been with Vets One for 2 months, I am truly so grateful knowing our cats will be cared for by such a wonderful human being in the future.

Thank you for fixing our very special little boy, I write this still with an enormous lump in my throat but the utmost gratitude in my heart to Vets One.

Everyone, hug your pets tightly from me this evening and sound up for Kaspars coming home video! 💖

Lots of love,

Natalka and Jake

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