Mandy Parker Dog Walking & Pet Care

10/04/2024

I forgot to post this video a couple of weeks ago. It was a really windy day at Orwell Country Park with Ruby, Maddy, Vinnie and birthday girl Willow having a lovely time on the beach ☺️🐾 xx

27/03/2024

A little video of part of my walk yesterday with Willow, Ruby ,Toby and Maddy 🌞 x

27/01/2024

Hello Everyone! I thought it was about time I posted a few more photos, it's been ages! Some of these are from the tail end of last year as well as this January. The dogs have been loving their walks, they don't mind whether it's ice, rain or sun, they're always up for some fun. I've been all over the place with them, walking at Sproughton, Rushmere Heath, Foxhall, Landseer Park, Playford, Akenham, Orwell Country Park, Tuddenham and the shores at Nacton village. All my usual doggies are here plus little Roxy the cat and cats Brandy and Harvey from visits last year. I hope you like them ☺️ 🐕🐾 🐩🐾🐶🌨️🐈🐾🍄🐱🐈❄️🐕🐾🐈‍⬛🐾 xx

26/10/2023

Hello everyone 😊 Apologies for not posting any photos for ages! Just as we're entering the mud season, it seems appropriate to look back at happy, sunnier times with some late summer photos of the doggies on their adventures and also most of the pets I've looked after in the last couple of months. So here we have gorgeous dogs Maddy, Willow, Toby, Ruby, Vinnie, Tess, Molly, Ernie, Otto and the lovely new boys Copper and Danny. We also have cats Harvey, Brandy, Thomas, Maddie, Gabby, Maisie & Maggie, some of the 3 flocks of chickens and 12 guinea pigs, Fire & Ice the chinchillas, 2 giant snails and last but not least goats Clover & Thistle. What a busy summer! I hope you like the photos ☺️🐕🌳🐈🐾🌻🐈‍⬛🌳😸🐐🌷🐈🌳🐾🐩🌼🌷🐔🐾🐓🌲🐔🐾🐐🌷☀️🐕 xx

13/08/2023

Hello Everybody! I've just been looking back at my August photos from last year and can't believe the difference. Everywhere was brown, dead and parched from the drought.. this year it's so green and jungly with loads of flowers everywhere from all the rain. It's much easier for us dog walkers to keep the dogs comfortable in the cooler weather but we'd definitely like to see less rain please! 😁 Here are some summer photos of the dogs having fun on their walks.. we have Vinnie, Ruby, Maddy, Willow, Toby, Tess, Molly, Otto, Ernie, new boy Copper and dear departed Eddie. I also visited Fire & Ice the chinchillas, Thomas the cat and his chicken & guinea pig friends, cats Diesel, Duster, Big Boy & Sweet Pea, also sweet cats Roxy and Lily. I hope I've remembered everyone! ☺️ 🐾😸🐈🐾🐓🐈‍⬛🥀🌳😸🐾🏵️🐾🌺🐈‍⬛🌳🐾🌲🐾🌻 xx

04/06/2023

Hi Everyone! Apologies for not posting for a while. It's been a busy couple of months with a break of a holiday plus time off with covid in the middle. I'm back to normal now thankfully and loving being out with the dogs amongst all the spring & summer flowers again. It's perfect weather for the dogs, not too hot, not too cold.. It really is my favourite time of year 🥰 I've also been looking after lots of pets.. chickens, guinea pigs, chinchillas Fire & Ice, cats Figg, Thomas, Maisie, Maggie, Daisy, Willow & Kayo. I hope you like the photos of them plus my regular doggie customers 😊 🐾🌳🐈🐾🐈‍⬛🌷🐾🌻🐔🐈☀️🌷🐾🪻xx

01/04/2023

Hello Everyone! Here are another batch of photos of the pups on their walkies 🐾 We've been all over the place having fun, getting pretty muddy and wet in the awful weather.. I've never had the portashower out so much! We're looking forward to seeing some Spring sunshine in the next few weeks and having some dry walks for a change🤞😁 I hope you like the photos of Ruby, Maddy, Toby, Willow, Tess, Molly, Vinnie, Otto, Eddie, Ernie and little Honey who came for a little visit. Happy Spring! 🌼🐾🌱🐾🌹🐾🐞🐾🌳🐾🌞🐾🪻🐾🐝🐾 xx

19/02/2023

Happy Sunday! It was great to be back to work this week after a few weeks off, my wrist is feeling good and it's been so nice getting out in the countryside again. I had lovely greetings from all of the dogs.. nearly knocked me off my feet! 🥰 They were so excited to go walkies again and see their friends. All went well apart from Thursday when we had a day of poo rolling.. Maddy was particularly naughty! She was so smothered she had to have the full shower treatment back at the car and be wrapped up cosy afterwards (this she enjoyed, little monkey!) I'm also enjoying looking after gorgeous cats Whiskey, Brandy & Harvey, they've been such good boys 😊 🐕‍🦺🥰🐕🐾🐈‍⬛🌞🐈🐾🐱 xx

08/01/2023

Hello Everyone! I'm still at home recovering from my fractured wrist. I'm missing my doggies lots but definitely not the horrible weather! In all the build up to Christmas I didn't get round to posting the tail end of last year photos. I'm sorry it's taken so long. Here they are.. there's Otto, Willow, Toby, Maddy, Vinnie, Tess, Molly, Eddie, Ernie, Figg the cat, and gorgeous new boxer girl Ruby ☺️ Happy New Year to you all and I hope to see everyone again in the not too distant future! 🐾🌲🐾😊🐾❄️🐾☀️🐾🌨️🐾🐈🐾🎄🐾🥰 xx

25/12/2022

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and an extremely Happy New Year 🎅🎄🎉🍾 Thank you so much for all of your support over the past year. I look forward to returning when my fractured wrist has healed, I'll be missing all my furry friends and will be back as soon as possible 🎄🐾🎁🎅 xx

12/10/2022

Hello Everybody! I may have been dog walking for over 10yrs but my business page is only one and a half years old. I feel like it's missing something, I'm incomplete.. I haven't got a single review! If any of my lovely pet owners, past or present would like to write a few words that would be lovely, no problem if not 👍☺️ Here's another batch of photos of the gorgeous pups Maddy, Willow, Toby, Vinnie, Tess, Molly, Eddie, Ernie and Otto, plus Honey who came for a visit, and my furry grandson Barney visiting before he left for Singapore. There are also kitties Figg, Kayo, Daisy and Willow I hope you like them ☺️🐾😺🐾🌳🐾🐕🐾🐈 🐾🍂🐾🍁🐾🌳🐾🐕🐾🌞 xx

27/08/2022

Hello Everyone! Apologies for not posting doggie photos for ages, some of these photos go back to when we actually had green grass! It's been a hot time for the dogs, I've had to take extra care to keep them cool with lots of shady walks with drinks and access to water to paddle in (if we can find some). During the really hot weather all we could do were home visits or just cancel. Now it's cooled down a bit things should be a lot easier. Here we have photos of Toby, Maddy, Willow, Vinnie, Eddie, Ernie, Tess, Molly and my doggie grandson Barney having fun times out and about. I've also been busy looking after lots of pets. I've visited Fire & Ice the Chinchillas, Daisy, Willow & Kayo the cats, Maisie & Maggie the cats, 5 chickens, African Land Snails and lots of carp & goldfish. I've also watered quite a few plants! I hope you like the photos! ☀️🐾🏖️🐾🌳🐾🐓🐾🐈🐾🐌🐾🐈‍⬛🐠🐾☀️🐾🌷🐾😺 😊 xx

10/08/2022

A little video of Vinnie and Willow mucking about in the water and on the beach down at Orwell Country Park today. They had a great time and stayed nice and cool too 🐾😊🐾 xx

28/07/2022

Hi Everyone. I can't believe it's 10yrs since I started my dog walking and pet care business! I've certainly got a few more wrinkles now and a few more grey hairs too but I still love my job. I love all of my dogs, past and present, as if they were my own.. they've given me so many special memories over the years. I've also looked after lots of gorgeous cats and other animals, also birds and reptiles. It's been great fun getting to know them all and keep them happy and healthy while their owners are away. The photo below is me with Max, one of my earliest doggie customers, he was such a gorgeous boy ❤️ 🐾 xx

10/07/2022

I've been really busy over the past 2 weeks looking after lots of lovely pets while their families were away. It began with visits to cute chinchillas Fire and Ice, then a few days visiting playful little Figg the cat. I also visited Maddy and Gabby the cats, Clover and Thistle the Goats, Jimmy the Budgie and their chicken friends. I also had my furry grandson Barney to stay for a couple of days and sweet little Honey the dog to stay for a few hours last Sunday. The second week I looked after lots of lovely guinea piggies, some more chickens, Tom the cat, and also kept a vegetable patch watered each day. It was a pretty exhausting couple of weeks but I enjoyed looking after them all ☺️ 🐱🐈‍⬛🐔🐈🐦🐐🐓🐐🌽🥕🐕🐶 x

21/06/2022

Hello Everyone 😊 Here are another lovely lot of doggie photos from the past few weeks walks. They've been having loads of fun running through the long grass and the jungly woods, stopping for drinks along the way and having the odd paddle or swim in the water. We're all missing Ralphie, who hurt his back a few weeks ago. We hope he recovers soon, we love you Ralphie, it's way too quiet in the car without you! So here we have Willow, Toby, Vinnie, Tess, Molly, Maddy, Eddie, Ernie and Otto. Hope you like them 😊🐾🌳🐾🌼🐾🌹🐾🌻🐾🌳🐾☀️🐾 xx

11/05/2022

Hello Everyone! Here are another batch of photos of the doggies on their springtime walks. Most of them are from the couple of weeks before my holiday. We have Willow, Toby, Maddy, Ralphie, Vinnie, Tess, Molly, Otis, Eddie and Ernie, plus Tasha (my Dad's dog) who joined Toby for a walk. I hope you like them! ☺️🐾🌳🐾🐕🐾🌷🐾🍀🌞 xx

10/05/2022

Meet new boy Otto! We went out for our first walk together with Toby today. He's a sweet little boy, only 5 months old and he was a bit worried at first. Toby was so good as a first companion though, friendly and relaxed. He soon settled down and trotted along nicely following Toby everywhere ☺️🐾🐕🐾🐕❤️ xx

08/05/2022

Meet little Figg the cat. I visited her for the first time today. She's a sweet girl who loves to leap about playing with her toys. I struggled to get some good photos of her, she's such a bundle of energy. Most were completely blurry but here are a couple that didn't come out too bad 😊🐈😻 xx

04/04/2022

Most of last week I was up bright and early to go and visit the chickens and my first ever goat customers Clover and Thistle They're great little characters, I love them 🥰 They're very curious and Clover was very interested in 'helping' me out with everything! They were no trouble and fun to visit, and they loved their ginger biscuits! The chickens' eggs were delicious as well 😋🐐🐔🐐🐓🥰

03/04/2022

Hello Everyone 🙂 I hope you've had a good weekend! Here are another lot of lovely photos of the gorgeous doggies having fun on their adventures. We have Tess, Molly, Willow, Maddy, Otis, Ralphie, Vinnie, Toby, Ernie and Eddie all having a great time. I hope you like them 😊🐾🌷🐾☀️🐾🌦️🐾❄️🐾⛄🐾☺️ xx

05/03/2022

Here's a little video of Willow from last Thursday. I've been teaching her to stay and fetch the ball on command. She's been doing really well. I'm definitely not an expert in dog training so sorry if I'm doing it all wrong! 😁🐾

22/02/2022

I've also enjoyed looking after dear little Roxy for a few days. She's the sweetest girl and loves lots of cuddles, a nice relaxing brush and a lap to sit on. It's always a pleasure to see her again 😊🐱❤️ x

22/02/2022

Thank goodness the wind and rain has stopped! I don't mind one or the other but together with horizontal rain isn't the best! I managed to get a few pics of the doggies on the rare occasions the weather was fine. They've all been having fun as usual, sniffing and chasing, catching balls, running through floods and puddles, looking at rainbows, having tugs of war, climbing over fallen trees and eating liver treats. I hope you like the photos! 🐾🥰🐾🌈🐾☀️🐾🌳🐾🏞️🐾☺️ xx

18/02/2022

Meet new boys Ernie and Eddie! Aren't they just the cutest little fellas? I'm looking forward to lots of doggie adventures with them in the future 🥰🐾🥰🐾

15/01/2022

Hello Everyone! Apologies for not posting any photos of the dogs for a while. It's a bit grey and muddy out there at the moment, but when the sun shines it makes all the difference. We've been having lots of fun whatever the weather. This last couple of months we've been walking in Orwell Country Park, Rushmere Heath, Foxhall Woods, Fynn Valley Tuddenham and Playford, Akenham fields and Bramford meadows. I hope you like the photos, some of them are from the tail end of last year and some up to date.. We have Vinnie, Toby, Otis, Ralphie, Willow, Tess, Molly and my last couple of photos of gorgeous girl Polly ❤️🐾☀️🐾❤️🐾☀️🐾 xx

05/01/2022

01/01/2022

Happy New Year everyone! Before I start walking again in 2022 I'd like to remember and pay a tribute to dear little Polly who we tragically lost just over a week ago. She was dearly loved and we miss her so much. I walked her for 6 years since she was a puppy and she was a super girl with bags of energy, always happy and a bit mischievous. Being half Beagle she would love to sniff out and hunt for food, especially bread and people's picnic bags full of snacks. Her second love was squeaky Kong balls. She was the best catcher, leaping high into the air athletically grabbing them mid leap with a squeak. She'd also find new tennis balls in the bushes on our walks and be very pleased with herself. She was also a great swimmer and loved nothing better in the summer than leaping in after her beloved squeaky balls. We can't all be perfect.. her only downside being her love for rolling in fox poo or occasionally something fishy on the beach. She was a bit of a leader in our doggie packs, always at the front. She didn't like riding in the back of the car, she always wanted to ride up front with me, I think she thought she was too important to be in the boot and would let me know by barking the whole way home! All in all though she was a fabulous little girl and I'm so grateful to have known her and walked her for so long, I so wish it could've been longer. As we now go into 2022 it feels like a different era without Polly but I'll think of her every day because the memories of her are still alive in my mind and in the places I walk. I'll always love you Polly ❤️ Here are a lot of my best photos of her through the years that show her great little character ###