Memories of Acklam Pet Care

Memories of Acklam Pet Care Acklam Pet Care closed on 01/08/2023 due to early retirement. This shows the 12+ years I operated. Thank you.
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Permanently closed.

Acklam Pet Care will close on 31/07/2023 due to early retirement. After nearly 12.5 wonderful years I want to thank every customer past and present for your custom. I look at you not as customers but as friends who entrust the care of your pets to me, it has been a very privileged position. I'm going to miss each and everyone of my fury friends and the cozy chats I have with you.

07/08/2024

It’s hard to believe but it’s now a year since I took early retirement! I can’t believe how quickly the time has passed. All those retired people who I spoke to and who said they don’t know how they used to find time to work - I’m with you, I get it!
I think now the time is right to retire this page, I’m not really updating it. However I’m happy to accept my wonderful customers as friends on my personal page - Stuart French. Just send a friend request and I’ll accept you 😊👍

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04/07/2024

No words needed

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

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Sometimes the best walks are early in the morning ❤️😊☀️
16/04/2024

Sometimes the best walks are early in the morning ❤️😊☀️

Some early photos, just after starting Acklam Pet Care in 2011. Happy days 😊👍
08/03/2024

Some early photos, just after starting Acklam Pet Care in 2011. Happy days 😊👍

06/03/2024

Just browsing some old videos and found this lovely video of my Dandi wishing Bridie a Happy Birthday. Both were Border Terriers and both are no longer with us 💔💔
Run free my little ones🌈🌈

At last some sunshine! ☀️Lovely sunny, crispy morning my favourite start to the day❤️ After the weekend the site has qui...
04/03/2024

At last some sunshine! ☀️
Lovely sunny, crispy morning my favourite start to the day❤️
After the weekend the site has quietened down and plenty of spare pitches. Lovely site just a short walk into Barnie. Very relaxing break (apart from the set up in driving rain)

Car & Caravan ready to roll, should we wait for spring? 🤔
26/02/2024

Car & Caravan ready to roll, should we wait for spring? 🤔

Abbi & Henry loving their new cage❤️  from Transk9,  superb quality and a lovely friendly business.
22/01/2024

Abbi & Henry loving their new cage❤️ from Transk9, superb quality and a lovely friendly business.

So yesterday we went for a trip to Cod Beck Reservoir to test out the new transit cage for Abbi & Henry. We were amazed ...
21/01/2024

So yesterday we went for a trip to Cod Beck Reservoir to test out the new transit cage for Abbi & Henry. We were amazed that the reservoir was frozen and the path round covered in snow!
Just a short walk on level ground but very enjoyable.

Merry Christmas to all. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous new year. Abbi & Henry loving the extended ...
24/12/2023

Merry Christmas to all. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous new year. Abbi & Henry loving the extended walks even though they’re on pavements till the fields dry out. Have fun and enjoy. Best wishes. Stuart & Jo 🎅🎄🧑‍🎄

We’ve put up our Christmas decorations, so it’s time to say Merry Christmas to all 🎅🎄🤶
02/12/2023

We’ve put up our Christmas decorations, so it’s time to say Merry Christmas to all 🎅🎄🤶

Putting up the tree, just put up the Dandi dog decoration 💔🌈 such a lovely dog❤️Such fond memories from a Christmas orna...
01/12/2023

Putting up the tree, just put up the Dandi dog decoration 💔🌈 such a lovely dog❤️
Such fond memories from a Christmas ornament❤️ It’s what Christmas is about.
It might be early but Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄🤶

24/11/2023

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If you want more dogs found and reunited we can help.
We want to be the best and largest dog searching charity network in the UK.

Please help us find more dogs like Molly the blind labrador ❤️.

We need your help for our ambitious target.

Our target is to reach 100,000 followers on Facebook by the end of 2023 and we need your help to do it.

If you love what we do press, like and follow us. Share with your friends and family and ask them to do the same.

We love what we do and would like more people to enjoy it to and follow our journey.

Big virtual hugs.

Drone To Home Team ❤️

Looks like a schedule 👀😮🤔
22/11/2023

Looks like a schedule 👀😮🤔

Tomorrow?
21/11/2023

Tomorrow?

Bobbi’s on her way! 😮🤔
18/11/2023

Bobbi’s on her way! 😮🤔

Time to remember some old friends and sunnier times❤️I was lucky to be so close to these lovelies❤️
17/11/2023

Time to remember some old friends and sunnier times❤️
I was lucky to be so close to these lovelies❤️

13/11/2023

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Acklam Pet Care provides a Professional Dog Walking Service serving areas of Middlesbrough. We are fully insured to walk your dog, transport your dog and for loss of any keys. For your total peace of mind we are Police checked. We were established in 2011.

We also provide Cat Holiday Visits to provide Holiday Care for your Cat or other Small Animal (not dogs). This allows your cat or small animal to stay in the comfort and safety of your own home and offer an alternative to the Cattery.

Your dog will be walked for either 25 minutes or 50 minutes as part of a social group, with up to 5 carefully selected doggy friends. The dogs are carefully chosen for a good mix and are encouraged to run and play on the walk. We call whatever the weather come rain, snow or shine! We try to select interesting areas to exercise your dog. Ideally we like to find a mix of open space and woodland with lots of interesting smells to stimulate your dog's senses with not too much mud! On wet days when dog(s) would return muddy we offer a complimentary warm shower to the paws and underbelly of dogs we walk. We do ask you to provide a towel and allow us access to hot water but this service is proving very popular. You can choose if your dog is walked on or off lead.


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