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

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Pilrig Paws

Growing up with dogs all of our lives, we currently own a rescue dog called George who is an odd mix of a Basset and a Labrador!
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'Nae vans, nae cages, we'll walk your dog for ages'

We are Edinburgh based dog walkers comprising of a two-person team (Euan & Alana, Big E & Mullen) that make use of the great parks and walk routes that Leith has to offer! We offer years of experience with a wide variety of dogs - we walk Chihuahuas to Deerhounds - and when we come across a breed we have not walked before, we research and learn!

We pride ourselves on being different;

- We walk everywhere! We don't use vans or cages, and ensure that our dogs get a good, stimulating and exciting walk every day that they are in our care. We advertise our walks as an hour, but more often than not due to our walk routes, some dogs are out with us for over two hours as we walk and explore parks.

- We like to teach our dogs all about 'etiquette' and will use basic training (positive of course!) to ensure that wherever we go, our gang of hounds can be trusted to be friendly, confident and harmonious. We take on any training that your dog is currently receiving, and can help with problematic behaviours (pulling, jumping, poor recall, food scavenging etc)

- We like to be flexible! We know that with hectic work schedules, and rotational shift work, finding someone to look after your dog can be difficult. Whether your dog needs an hours walk to break up his day, or needs an extended walk because he is energetic, or he needs someone with him at all times because of separation anxiety, we offer a selection of walks and care options to fit exactly what he needs.

-We are all about the community! Whether it is uploading photos and videos of the dogs to our page, or purchasing our equipment and supplies from local business, we wish to be an interactive business that we can be proud of. We like to build up a good rapport with other dog owners and walkers in the park, and have quite the handful of dogs that we meet each day that we can call friends!

-We don't require you to sign contracts, or expect you to pay cancellation fees (all we ask for us is at least 24 hours notice so that we can adjust our walk routes) and we work bank holidays! We offer several payment options including weekly and monthly instalments, cash or bank transfer payments, and we offer discount packages for dogs from the same household. Whatever your dog needs, and however you wish to pay, it is completely up to you.

- We like to put an emphasis on dog socialisation, with puppies often accompanying older dogs out on their routes. We have a great group of dogs that all get along together, of all ages and breeds, and we believe that the more a puppy is socialised while they are young, the greater the chances that they will grow up to be a confident, calm, and good-tempered dog! If you would like to know more about us, please feel free to send us a message. As we both have access to the page, any queries can be answered quickly. We both carry insurance through Petplan Sanctuary, permits from Edinburgh council to use their parks, a police background search and recommendations if you require these documents :)

29/07/2024

When Uigs likes someone, he *really* likes them 😂🥰

29/07/2024

A gentleman must have accessories 🥸

29/07/2024

The most beautiful gurl 🥹🥰

29/07/2024

It's all a party 💃🏼😂

12/07/2024

And Vogue 💃🏼

12/07/2024

Big Bois can be Sensitive Bois 🌚

12/07/2024

Tell me again he's not a teddy bear 🧸😂

10/07/2024

I have a lot of content to work through 🥲😭🥲

This might take a while 😶

10/07/2024

Some dogs love being out and about in nature, with their pals, in the sun.....and then there's Sally who likes flopping herself down for a snooze 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

10/07/2024

B🤍E🤍T🤍T🤍E🤍H🤍

10/07/2024

Majestic, Pharaoh Boi....and then there's Betteh 🤷🏽‍♂️🫣
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10/07/2024

Threes a party 🎉🕺🏽

10/07/2024

Sally having a snooze, Morty photo-bombing 🌚

10/07/2024

Remy & Maisie have known each other for years, they don't always act like they care about another but they do in their own way 😌 long live the short kings & queens 🤴🏽👸🏼

08/07/2024

Rosa Diaz in portrait mode 🥰

24/06/2024

B🤍E🤍T🤍T🤍E🤍H

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Hairy Bois & Gurls 💅🏽😏

24/06/2024

Just cuttin' aboot Leith 😎

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24/06/2024

"Ye dancin'?"
"Ye askin'?"
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24/06/2024

It's tough being models, isn't it guys? 🕺🏽🔥

24/06/2024

Two different interpretations of the word "up" 😅😂
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24/06/2024

If cows lie down when it rains, do dogs stand up when it doesn't? 🥴🤷🏽‍♂️

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24/06/2024

Wee Man, Big Energy 🩶

24/06/2024

BabyFaces? If only babies can grow beards 🌚😎

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24/06/2024

"So, E, how is that book coming along?" 😁

We don't talk about it Tommy, we don't talk about it 🫥

11/06/2024

I don’t give a woof if it isn’t my day with you, take ma photo! 😝

11/06/2024

"MORTY WILL YOU PUT IT AWAY?!" 😛😛😛

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L⭐O⭐A⭐F

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Smoochin' 😘

10/06/2024

Kicking off the week with sunshine and boys!

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Pilrig
Edinburgh
EH65

Opening Hours

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

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Videos

Not so secret snogs! 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

Polite dogs get rewards 😎🤓 @victor.the.whipador @maisieofleith

And that's a cut 🫡😂 @thegoldengal_harley @bettywhiteboxer

@theuigeadail @victor.the.whipador

@thegoldengal_harley @victor.the.whipador @theuigeadail

Slo mo model 💨

Thank you so much everyone for your kind gifts and cards 🙂🥳 We've been heavily spoiled this year ❤️ Back to walks on Monday 8th Jan, and until then I'm gonna be noising up @georgethebassador at any opportunity I can 😈 ~e @euangenuity

Tire themselves out and they go back for more 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 @bettywhiteboxer @thegoldengal_harley

Is Sally tired of Harlz's antics? 🤔 We're not 😂🤷🏼‍♀️ @thegoldengal_harley

Tandem spinnies and tail high fives 😂

Treato stop for the morning crew! @buckleys.insta @peanut__the__chihuahua

We sometimes get to have a wee stop off at Buckley's and Apollo likes to take the opportunity to work on his keepy-uppy skills 😂

I love how quickly they just absolutely lose interest in each other at the end 😂

Breezy there puds? 😂🫣

Love you dopey girl 🤤😘 @thegoldengal_harley @maisieofleith

Your morning Sally-batics to keep you warm for the frosty walk 🥶

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Our Story

'Nae vans, nae cages, we'll walk your dog for ages'

We are Leith based dog walkers (and puppy nannys’) comprising of Euan aka Big E, Alana aka Master of Puppers and Handsome Mike aka Handsome Mike who pride ourselves on being different!

We are a green/carbon-zero company who puts an emphasis on looking after our planet! We walk everywhere on foot, we use bio-degradable poopy bags, buy our treats from local suppliers and try to use as little plastic/waste as possible.

As we walk everywhere, we take long treks through Leith with pups, visiting parks, dog-friendly establishments and have a reputation for giving the dogs tiring, stimulating walks.

We have a rescue of our own (Gorgeous George) who is a Bassador (BassetXLab) who we adopted from the Dog’s Trust after a hard, violent previous life and has been a baptism of fire into understanding dog behaviour....

....which means we have an excellent grasp of reading dogs, their body language, and what makes them tick. Priding ourselves on our dog socialisation skills, and teaching dogs all about ‘etiquette’ we have raised happy puppies from sling to walks, and adore how much the posse all get on together.

We don’t charge cancellation fees (just give us 24 hours notice so we can adjust our schedules) and we prefer not to use contracts. We are flexible in regards to payment, ad-hoc walk requirements, and occasional weekend walks.

We are active on social media (we have an Instagram too) and try to make our posts funny, interesting, and informative. We try to do daily posts (not always possible on super busy days or bad weather) and live by the phrase ‘fun-loving but professional’

We are upfront and honest about training/behaviour adjustments, and use positive training along with consistency and persistence to teach our pups to be confident, happy doggos but responsible and respectful to other dogs and hoomans. We take on training that you are undergoing to stop certain traits (jumping, pulling, resource protecting etc etc)

We hold 1st & 3rd party insurance through Petplan Sanctuary, permit from Edinburgh Council to use their parks and background checks if these documents are required.

Sadly, we cannot offer solo walks for reactive dogs, or solo puppy visits, but everything else we can accommodate!

As we walk everywhere, we are limited to a small catchment area (roughly a mile of Leith Walk) which means that enquiries outwith this area may not be possible - however, we are active in the Edinburgh dog walking community so any requests we can’t do, we’ll know someone who can!

If there is anything else, just fire us through a FB message :)