Paw-Fit Pet Services

19/06/2024

07/06/2024

RIP 🌹 Beautiful Rosie 🌹
Last Sunday didn’t really end the way we thought they would, we’ve been walking Rosie everyday for around the last 6 years, Rosie was a solo doggie who preferred humans over doggies and was the last walk of the day, she loved a plod, a sniff and copious treats if she could bribe us, a beautiful companion to her mum, she will be sorely missed by all who knew her 💔

02/06/2024

Sunday afternoon watching red bull hardline with my bookends! Murphy and Scratch, while the big girls find space elsewhere!

28/05/2024

A real highlight today… 🦢😍 ❤️ ❤️

24/05/2024

What a gorgeous, funny gang we had today 🐾🥳🐾

16/05/2024

Close supervision from the doggos whilst I prepare Billy's brekky...he prefers to eat late morning or not at all, and they've all had theirs... but 'Where's Billy?' .... nowhere to be seen 🤣🐾🤣

25/04/2024

Hi.. I’m Alex… (Alex M😜). I’ve just finished my 2nd walking/working week.. I feel very lucky to be part of such an amazing service for so many gorgeous furry friends… and feel as tho I’ve made many unfurry friends too..
Thank you Sinéad and Cilla for your continued, knowledgeable training 😍.. Oh.. and Wayne…! 😜🤣😍. My pics so far.. ❤️🐶

22/04/2024

Hey it's Monday but this will hopefully crack some smiles 🤣 It's a 'spot the difference' ... Bambam, Aggie, Tilly and Boris with our lovely Sinead.. and you've only got one guess for which dog might be Boris 🤣🐾🤣

19/04/2024

What a team! We are very proud of our partnerships!

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14/04/2024

Happy Sunday y'all, here's a selection of Paw-Fit paws from this last week, plus mumma and papa Paw-Fit as we had a long overdue team night out, a big thank you to our clients ♥️🍸🐾

06/04/2024

Well it's been quite a while since we've put any piccies on, so here's a selection from this last week 🐾🐣💐🐶

04/03/2024

Paw-Fit Pet Services is looking for another incredible individual to join their existing, incredible dog walking team! (Unfortunately children cannot accompany the walker but hours may be negotiated around school holidays for the right candidate)

This is a self employed role. We offer £15.00/hr Minimum 9 hours per week, specifically term time with the potential for much more. (At the minimum you must be available between 11am & 2pm Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday as these are our busiest days)

While much of this work is out on your own, you will be an excellent team player, great communicator, physically fit, someone that has a good understanding of a dogs needs and have the capacity or willingness to work towards walking a group of 3/4 dogs.
You will need to be professional and trustworthy, willing to undertake a DBS and provide an excellent customer service.

In return we will provide you with all the equipment, support and training required, including becoming Dog First Aid trained and after a successful probationary period if you are keen to develop your career further, we will assist you to access the very best training available.

Edit: **must have use of own vehicle**

If interested, please send your CV with a covering letter to [email protected]
Closing date for application: Monday 18th March 2024

01/02/2024

Does your dog have a reliable recall?

Does your dog turn their ears off when out on walks? Perhaps their recall is great at home but as soon as you unclip that lead they forget you exist and you just can't compete with the lure of rabbits, birds or other dogs!

Join us on the foundation Recall and Connection in the Environment session to learn how to train a whistle recall, strengthen your recall and more importantly maintain connection with your dog out and about, no matter where you are. This two hour session, aimed at beginners, will take place Sunday 11th February at 11am.

Alternatively, if your dog already has a recall but as soon as you add distractions it goes out the window then why not get some help on improving it so it’s really reliable?

Join us on the intermediate Recall and Connection session to learn how to strengthen that recall and proof it against all kinds of distractions so that it is solid no matter where you are or what is going on.

This two hour session, aimed at dogs at an intermediate level or above, will take place Sunday 11th February at 2pm.

All training is held at our private training field in Collingbourne Kingston

You can book online here

Beginners:

https://contentedgundogstrainingclub.as.me/?appointmentType=47524104

Intermediate:

https://contentedgundogstrainingclub.as.me/?appointmentType=47525036

01/02/2024

Beautiful sleeping ladies ♥️

28/01/2024

A super group in Swindon today. Congratulations everyone on achieving your Emergency Canine Care certificates! Thanks to for hosting us! 🐶⛑️🌟

18/01/2024

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Raising a Puppy - The force free way to a happy, confident pup and a great relationship

PREVENT & MANAGE
REINFORCE
TEACH
INTERRUPT

Prevent what you can wherever possible and manage the pup’s environment so that he has little or no opportunity to go wrong. This means puppy proof the house, move books from the lower shelves on the bookshelves – (I had to relocate the bottles in the wine rack in the kitchen when my pup was younger!!), put bins behind cupboard doors, use stair gates and close doors to prevent access to areas where the pup may chew precious furnishings, pick up all Persian rugs temporarily and more importantly put things away such as shoes, children’s toys etc.

Any time your dog engages in an unwanted behaviour, take a step back and ask yourself how you could have prevented it.

Reinforce your pup for offering behaviours that are agreeable. This can be anything or can even be the absence of an unwanted behaviour. The best way to do this is to have a pot of small yummy treats, such as hot dog sausage, liver, cheese etc, say 30 in number and set yourself a challenge to catch your dog doing something that you like and would like him to do again, 30 times during the day. It could be lying in his bed, choosing to keep front feet on the floor when a visitor comes in, coming in from the garden, chewing his chew toy, the possibilities are endless (think I nicked that from an advert). To start with you may struggle to find 30 opportunities but because dogs do what works for them you will soon need more treats in that pot because your dog is going to be throwing these behaviours at you left, right and centre. These are behaviours that you haven’t asked for by the way and this is by far the easiest way for a dog to learn.

Teach your dog what you would like him to do. The obvious ones are to walk nicely on a lead, come when called, sit, lie down, stay…. There are lots of ways to teach your dog but it is important that whatever method you choose it is easy to understand and fair to the dog. Think back to how you learned in school. I bet your favourite subject was the one where the teacher made it fun and enjoyable to learn and motivated you with praise and rewards for good work. I tend to do pretty much all of my dogs’ training during play so lots of fetch and tug games used as rewards and the dog is having a ton of fun whilst learning.

Interrupt unwanted behaviour. I know from experience that it is not always possible to prevent all unwanted behaviours when you have a puppy.

It is very difficult not to get cross when your pup chews your favourite CD or expensive shoes, it is human nature. However in terms of your relationship with your dog and insuring that it doesn’t continue into adulthood you really do have to take a deep breath and try not to scowl, the damage is done nothing will undo it now.

So you teach your dog a positive interrupter. This can be a word or a noise, anything you like, as long as it doesn’t frighten or startle your pup. My pup’s positive interrupter is “Moss” said in a happy voice. I can use his name because I have never said it crossly or to tell him off. You could use a “Yay!!” or a kissy noise for example. All you do is use food treats, you can move to a toy later, and say the word as you give him a treat. Repeat a few hundred times. Yes really! Now watch his response to that word next time you say it when he is doing something you would like to interrupt. Once interrupted redirect him onto something more productive.

If you interrupt unwanted behaviours in a way that frightens your dog he will simply learn that these behaviours are dangerous to do when you are present and will seek opportunities to engage in them when your back is turned. And yes the dog could learn to engage in the behaviours in order to be positively interrupted BUT he will only do it when you are watching, no point when you are not, so now you can interrupt before the damage is done and meanwhile teach the dog a more rewarding behaviour instead.

Think of your relationship with you puppy as a bank account, every positive interaction is a deposit, every time you punish you make a withdrawal. As soon as your account goes overdrawn then things will just go from bad to worse but keep a nice healthy bank balance and you and you pup will soon end up as millionaires in the relationship stakes.

Sally Bradbury

10/01/2024

Come and join us on this excellent dog first aid course 🐾🐾

11/12/2023

Who wouldn’t want a Border under the Christmas Tree?! 😜🐾🐾

04/11/2023

It’s been a busy summer as we welcomed Chris and Luc, their boys and the lovely Stanley viszla to the team. We have also needed to restructure the business to accommodate the VAT man. That sounds good but trust me everyone wants their piece to the pie so this hasn’t been an easy journey as we all need to earn a living!

Sadly we have also had to say goodbye to some of our oldest fur family that passed rainbow bridge as well as saying a fond fairwell to the beautiful Maureen, hooman mum of Charley Girl. Charley has now moved to Lincolnshire to be with her hooman sister 💔 we will miss them all very much 🥺

However, we can open our books for new hosts and discussions with another Old Town local who has expressed an interest in becoming a boarder for us. We like to keep it local because that means we can better offer support should it be required, we are a family, your Paw-Fit family. We hope you had a good summer, we are already looking forward to some dryer days! Thank you for your ongoing support 😘 🐾🐾

25/08/2023

Beautiful Rosie has been a Paw-Fit walking client for some years. Next week she celebrates her 14th Birthday 🐾🥳🐾 This picture is today at a spot her and I have to always visit to check for 🐈...because one day some years ago we did see a cat there 😍😍

20/08/2023

Sunday morning frolics and fun with mumma Alex Paw-Fit and uncle Rog Paw-Fit 🐾🐾

02/08/2023

The DogFriendly Awards are your opportunity to recognise and reward dog friendly places and pet businesses that go the extra mile.

02/08/2023

Our lovely Sinéad Nolan-Martin 🐾😍🐾

“Harry touched many hearts. Our life together was short but our love and memories eternal. He inspired beauty and is the reason I’m grateful for life. I miss my sweet husband constantly, yet he’s with me in each way I honour his short but remarkable life. That’s why I’m dedicating a yellow rose to him as part of Prospect Hospice’s ‘Remember Me’ display. To us, yellow symbolises hope, joy and peace; it was our wedding theme. It’s the perfect keepsake and I’m donating to a charity who supported us through our darkest days and never stopped, so that they can help other families like ours.” Sinéad

Our roses, which are kindly sponsored by Arval UK offer you the opportunity to remember a loved one with a beautiful handcrafted, metal rose. From 9 to 30 September, you will be invited to see your rose alongside hundreds of others installed in the hospice gardens, before making its way to you to cherish in your home or garden.

There is only one month left for you to order your dedicated rose and be part of this very special display. Place your order at www.prospect-hospice.net/roses by Friday 18 August.

15/07/2023

Lydiard Park with Boris who joined us for a weekend lunchtime walk!

14/07/2023

We went on a little tour of the town gardens in the rain this morning ….. swindogs are rocking it!

24/06/2023

Black Dog Saturday...how many? All sleeping through Guns n Roses 🎶🕺🐾💤

19/05/2023

🦷 Dental hygiene 🦷

Raw meaty bones are natures toothbrush. They offer a wealth of health benefits. The meaty tissue flosses the teeth and the bone scrapes away tartar. Chewing also combats boredom and can relieve mild anxiety or frustration.

Regularly offering a variety of air dried chews are a great way to make sure they are getting a good chew session in and using different teeth to tackle different animal parts.

Dental tools like scrapers and scalers can make a huge difference for those hard to reach corners of the jaw. Using these takes a lot of patience and a good trusting relationship with your dog.

Don’t be fooled by 'dental sticks' sold at your local supermarket, or the plastic-like starch chews molded into various shapes.

Give your dog a raw, meaty bone!

21/03/2023

Well that’s it! Sinead is off trekking the Sahara in aid of the prospect hospice - thank you for all your support for her she is so moved so keep rooting for her and all the group of fundraisers! There isn’t one of us that hasn’t at some time been effected by cancer & some are right now - keep going sinead we are all behind you!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/756784472667971?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V
For those on Facebook please see the attached news flash … this is your dogwalker and all round talent!

For those that still wish to make a little contribution the just giving page is open until the 28th March;

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sahara-trek-in-memory-of-harry

Thank you all!

Help Sinéad Nolan-Martin and Siobhán Smith raise money to support Prospect Hospice

22/02/2023

The way that we need our dogs to walk on a lead is so totally unnatural to them!

We owe it to them to train lead walking skills with kindness and patience!

*No application of negative stimuli - no jerking, no yanking, no choke, no prong, no shock!

*Plenty of rewards, plenty of praise, plenty of positive reinforcement at the frequency needed!
❤️🐾

11/02/2023

Is your dog reluctant to exercise, suffering from mobility problems, pain or stiffness? If so then Deluxe Vet Physio can help - check out our website for more details

www.deluxevetphysio.co.uk