Walkies with Nikki

23/09/2024

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 💜🐾

Jake, Nala, Oscar, Pablo, Scooby 🤎🖤💛

Cooper, Max, Peanut, Pierre, Wallace 🩵🤍🤎🖤

22/09/2024

𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐎 𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 💜🐾

Before Christmas last year I posted about my sisters cat Milo, who she had only recently rehomed, escaped.

9 months on HE IS HOME 🏡

Couldn’t be happier 🙂

He’s been living as a stray not even a mile away from my sisters, where he’s been fed (a lot!).

𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐔𝐏 💜

22/09/2024

Secrets of a Dog Walker

1. It’s a lifestyle, not just a job. If you’re in it for the money you’ve made a big mistake because a) you’re never going to be rich, end of story; and b) you won’t survive your first winter if that’s your only motivation. We see these people come and go from time to time.

2. We talk to each other more than you might think. About the best walking boots, what clothing we are wearing for today’s weather, our financial struggles, the traffic, dodgy men in the woods, fallen trees, etc. It’s a lonely job but we have each other’s backs from a distance.

3. We don’t physically have eyes in the backs of our heads but we know so well the sound of every jingle of every ID tag, and every dog’s individual footfall on the ground behind us, we may as well have.

4. We can’t physically see round corners either, but we know so well each leading dog’s body language in reaction to an oncoming person and/or dog that we may as well be able to.

5. We hear “Are they all yours?!” and “Wow you’ve got your hands full” at least twice a day, but we always smile and say “They keep me on my toes”. Every. Single. Time.

6. It actually breaks our heart when a dog moves out of our area, and we thoroughly investigate our replacement for our own peace of mind, even if the client hasn’t asked us to. Let’s not even talk about when they pass away, we feel every bit of grief too, more than owners might think.

7. If you peel back a few layers of clothing (depending on the season) you will find bruises, scratches and scrapes covering the whole of our bodies. Don’t bother asking where they came from, we have no idea.

8. If you see a dog walker looking vaguely presentable on a weekday, you should send help, something is not right.

9. We love our clients dogs as we do our own and will sometimes lie awake at night worrying about their injuries, illnesses, and behaviour problems. We can’t help it after spending so much time with them. It hurts us when clients don’t appreciate this.

10. Despite the financial uncertainty, the harsh winters, the blood, sweat and tears, it really is the best job in the world!

21/09/2024

Apologised to anyone who didn’t receive their invoice Thursday, I have now resent them.

Thanks

20/09/2024

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 💜 🐾

Mungo💛

Nala, Odin, Thor & Wallace 🤎🖤💛

Jake & Marnie 🤎💛

18/09/2024

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 💜🐾

𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚, 𝐌𝐚𝐱 & 𝐍𝐚𝐥𝐚 🖤🤎🤍 definitely fun in the sun for these 3 this morning

𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞, 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 & 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐛𝐲 🩵🖤🤎💛 a nice walk in the woods with these 4, they get along so well together

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫 💛
𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐨 💛

Finished the day with a couple of solo walks, both very excited to see me 💜

17/09/2024

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 💜🐾

What a lovely day it was today ☀️

𝐊𝐨𝐛𝐞, 𝐎𝐝𝐢𝐧 & 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫 🩶🖤💛 these 3 are crazy, there is simply no other word for them 🤣

𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐭 & 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞 🩵🖤 lovely walk with these 3, they get on so well together 🫶🏼

𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 & 𝐍𝐚𝐥𝐚 🖤🤎 nice walk with these 2, Nala had been to the groomers these morning & smelt so nice 🎀 unlike Luna yesterday who rolled in 🐴 💩🤣

16/09/2024

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

Luna, Nala, Oscar & Wallace 🖤🤎

Inca, Max, Pablo & Pierre 🖤🤍🤎

Cooper, Jake, Peanut & Scooby 🩵🤎🖤

15/09/2024

𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲????

Oh well… here it is 😂

13/09/2024

I am pretty much at full capacity on a Monday, therefore will be limited to accept any adhoc booking going forward on Mondays (unless already agreed/prebooked).

If for any reason your circumstances have changed on a Monday and you could potentially have your walk on another day, please do contact me.

Thank you 💜🐾

13/09/2024

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

What a glorious day it was today ☀️ didn’t take as many pictures as I normally do though 😏

Luna, Nala, Oscar & Scooby 🖤🤎💛

Jake & Marnie 🤎💛

12/09/2024

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

Jake & Marnie 🤎💛

Odin & Thor 🖤💛

Cooper, Daisy, Luna & Nala 🩵🩶🖤🤎

Mungo 💛

09/09/2024

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

What a day… some of my lovely doggies went home with homework… to be on their best behaviour next time and to retune their listening ears, as some of their hearing today was extremely selective 😂

Great to have Monty with us for a couple of days whilst his walker is away.

Jake, Monty, Nala & Wallace 🤎💛🖤

Inca, Max, Pierre & Scooby 🖤🤍🤎💛

Luna 🤍🤎

Cooper, Oscar, Pablo & Peanut

08/09/2024

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Please find below an important update to my payment policy for dog walking services. These changes are being implemented to ensure the smooth operation of our business and to maintain the high quality of service you’ve come to expect.

Effective immediately my payment policy will be as follows:

1. Weekly invoices will be sent every Thursday for the following week’s services. Monthly invoices will be sent on or around 25th month for the following months services.
2. Weekly invoice payments are due in full by Saturday at 20:00hrs. Monthly invoices are due in full by the last calendar day of the month.
3. Walks scheduled for the upcoming week/month will be automatically cancelled if payment is not received by the deadline.
4. No reminders will be sent for overdue payments.

I understand that life can be busy, so to help you avoid any service interruptions, I recommend setting up automatic payments or calendar reminders for yourself.

If you have any concerns about meeting these payment terms, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. I’m more than happy to discuss options that might work better for your situation.

Please remember, as a small business I offer a personal and tailored service. Whilst I always try to remain flexible, meeting my bills and commitments is very important to me.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support. I truly appreciate your prompt attention to this matter, as it allows me to focus on providing the best possible care for your pets.

Best regards,
Nikki
Walkies with Nikki

07/09/2024

🐾💜𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 - 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒💜🐾

I have the followihg dates booked off for the remainder of the year.

🎂 Tuesday 1st October
🦁 Friday 11th October
🎃 Thursday 31st October
💫 Friday 1st November 🛼

Please don’t forget to let me know if you have any planned holidays this year (especially if they fall in the school holidays). Thank you ☺️

🎅🏼 I will be closing at Christmas and will confirm dates once I know.

06/09/2024

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

Another lovely September day ☔️ along with horrendous traffic 🙈

This lot had a lovely time though 🤗 makes it all worthwhile - literally is ℱℴ𝓇 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ ℴ𝒻 𝒹ℴ𝑔𝓈💜

Monty, Nala, Oscar, Scooby & Wallace 💛🤎🖤

Inca & Max 🖤🤍🤎

Luna 🤎🤍

05/09/2024

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

Wow! What can I say!! ☔️
Some of them loved it, some of them didn’t - in fact a couple of them seemed furious with me 😂

12 dogs, 5 walks 💜

Thor 💛
Nala 🤎
Luna 🖤
Cooper 🩵
Oscar 🤎
Daisy 🩶
Jake 🤎
Marnie 💛
Max 🤍🤎
Scooby 💛
Wallace 🖤
Mungo 💛

I’m now off for a long soak in the bath 🛁

04/09/2024

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

Another great day of walks… & Jake was back 🤗

Jake, Luna, Nala & Oscar 🤎🖤

Inca, Max, Pierre & Scooby 🤍🖤🤎💛

Mungo 💛

03/09/2024

03/09/2024

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

Great day of walks today… & so lovely to have Luna back 🖤

Luna, Nala, Scooby & Oscar 🖤🤎💛

Kobe 🩶

Cooper, Max, Peanut & Pierre 🩵🤎🤍🖤

02/09/2024

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 🐾

Back to it this week… fully booked week ahead 💜

Nala, Oscar & Pierre 🤎🖤

Cooper, Peanut & Scooby 🩵🖤💛

Max & Pierre 🤎🤍🖤

Nice to see Pierre after a 6 week break.