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Ace Pet Carers Cary & Gillian, offering fun & stimulating dog walks while you are at work & Pet at home visits while your away. Contact for details.
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Ace Pet Carers offer a professional, caring and personal Dog walking and Pet care service. We work in and around Banchory, Alford and Torphins.

This has been such a sad week for me as I’ve been saying a week long goodbye to my longest standing Alford dog, the beau...
26/07/2024

This has been such a sad week for me as I’ve been saying a week long goodbye to my longest standing Alford dog, the beautiful, gentle, funny and sweet Martha. As I fed Martha some special treats I’d taken for her earlier this week, I watched as her back legs slowly buckled and give way beneath her and I knew Martha had come to the end of her road and her family were absolutely making the best decision they could for their beautiful girl. We had just been doing home visits recently and that usually meant having to gently wake her up from a deep sleep, she took a moment to come round then her eyes would lock on yours, her whole face would relax with pleasure and her famously wagging tail would get to work. Almost all, bar our very newest clients will have seen pictures of their dog(s) cavorting with Martha at some point over the years, she literally got on with every single dog she met and I know all my own dogs over the years have loved her, which meant she often came to stay with me which added to my affection for her and bond with her. A lot of you will have known her from walks in Haughton Park with her people, Cameron and Sonya, who love her so much and have always been so very proud of her, I can’t imagine how they will be feeling tonight, she meant so, so much to them. Every one of the Ace team over the years grew to love Martha, to know her was to love her, you couldn’t not! Gillian and I have both been in tears this week knowing it was our last with this precious girl. Go gently Martha, no more limping or pain for you, I hope you cross the rainbow bridge feeling the sun on your back, plenty of long grass to wander through and grab mouthfuls of, which always made me laugh, I hope there are streams for you to paddle in, you love the water and smell after smell after smell for you to track. If your heaven depends on the amount of love you have in your heart and the love given to you by others, then Martha’s heaven will be sparkling with gold.
And now our long goodbye has come to an end sweet Martha, sleep tight. Gillian and I would like to thanks Cameron and Sonya for allowing us to be part of Martha’s life and our heartfelt sorrow and love is with them tonight. Cary x

Happy Friday everyone, have a great weekend. Just a few from my week in Alford. Cary’s
31/05/2024

Happy Friday everyone, have a great weekend. Just a few from my week in Alford. Cary’s

29/05/2024

Soggy walks today but managed to miss the worst of the rain. It didn’t stop the afternoon crew enjoying themselves tho. Cary

A few more from today’s main walk. Cary
11/04/2024

A few more from today’s main walk. Cary

11/04/2024

What a beautiful day it was today, made my job 100 times better as I swear i’m developing trench foot after the months of rain! I had a larger pack out than normal today but these 8 fantastic dogs are all so well behaved, friendly and biddable that it was an easy, relaxed and fun walk, I absolutely loved it and as you can see, so did the dogs. Cary ❤️

30/03/2024

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14/03/2024

Cedar was involved in an RTA last night at 8pm. Sadly he didn’t make it. Heartbroken for his family, our thoughts are with them. Run free over the Rainbow Bridge Cedar 💔🥲🌈

missing from Falls of Feugh.
Seen at 17.30 near Reid of Durris timber hauliers and at 18.00 near Crossroads Nursery at Durris.
Please DO NOT CHASE/CALL OUT TO OR APPROACH. Any sightings please DO NOT put in comments or on any social media. If sighted note time, location and direction travelling in call IMMEDIATELY owner whose NUMBER is in COMMENTS.

Thanks to all for your help, patience and understanding this week, with the adverse weather folks, it’s been tough going...
19/01/2024

Thanks to all for your help, patience and understanding this week, with the adverse weather folks, it’s been tough going getting to walks. The drifting up at Cushnie meant that by today I was walking in snow higher than my knees in places, the dogs have loved it however but the snow was sticky today, resulting in some mega snowball incidents, especially for poor Scout who couldn’t resist the temptation to shove his head in the snow which resulted in so many snowballs on his face he was completely blinded, it was very funny but I couldn’t get them off so had to lead walk him back to the van coz he kept walking into things 😂. So here are some snowy day photos with some of the Alford dogs from this week. Cary 💕

02/01/2024

Heartbreaking, sent to Admins from Paisleys owner. He has crossed to the Rainbow Bridge.💔🥲🌈 Our thoughts are with Toni and his family. RIP 🐾

“Hi Guys, sadly we found Paisley on the train track at 9 o’clock.

A big thank you to all the people who came out to help last night and to the hundreds who shared.”

URGENT PITCAPLE 13 YEAR OLD DEAF & SLIGHTLY BLIND SPANIEL MISSING, A REGULAR WALKING AREA FOR HIM BUT HE LIVES IN INVERURIE ‼️‼️

Our old man has gone missing on his walk at Pitcaple. We have a few people out looking for him but he is deaf and slightly blind.
Anyone in the area please keep an eye out for him.

His name is Paisley.
13 year old cocker spaniel. brown and white x

When I go to the rainbow bridge to collect my pack of pets, I hope another pack will greet me too, one made up of all th...
27/12/2023

When I go to the rainbow bridge to collect my pack of pets, I hope another pack will greet me too, one made up of all the wonderful dogs I have walked with APC, even if it’s just for one last walk together. Front and centre of that group will be a do**us dog, a spade face, a hover dog, a wuffle woof, booful girl, in short a Myrtle, with all the different but affectionate names we called her by💕. We were lucky enough to walk Myrtle from a young pup and she was a joy from day one, the happiest to see me, wiggling every part of her body in greeting, and that happened every single time you made eye contact with her! Never has there been a dog who squeezed so much joy from life … nor one who spread so much joy either, she literally loved everybody and everything she met. I will forever be grateful to her family for not only choosing us to take care of Myrtle for them but also, despite her being retired from APC walks for a couple of years now, still calling me and giving me the opportunity to pop in and say goodbye to her. She was very clearly near the end of her time but she still managed to give me the loveliest greeting and the warmest cuddle which I shall hold with me forever. Myrtle passed from this world today an old lady but one who far surpassed her roll as a beloved family pet, bringing so much comfort when needed and so much infectious joy to everyone who was part of her world. Thank you Spadeface, for all the love and laughter and thank you to the Kerridge family for sharing their wonderful girl with us, she will never be forgotten. Our thoughts are with you 💔💔. Cary x

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🏻🎄from Gillian, myself and Bee, it’s been a long year and having had nothing but the odd day here and t...
25/12/2023

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🏻🎄from Gillian, myself and Bee, it’s been a long year and having had nothing but the odd day here and there, since last Christmas, we are really ready for a rest, as you can see Bee got straight into it! It’s been a year of lots of ups and downs and a few changes for APC, most importantly being that Gillian has become a partner in the business so we are going into 2024 with great confidence. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and look forward to seeing you and your dogs again in the new year … but not before we’ve put our tired feet up for a few days, completely over eaten and had a tipple or two. Thanks so much for your continued support, Your APC team, Cary, Gillian and Bee 🐝 ###

Pups been found on an island in the river. Safe home now.
14/11/2023

Pups been found on an island in the river. Safe home now.

***Reunited - had runaway and had absolutely nothing to do with the Amazon Delivery driver! ***

Banchory.
We’ve been looking for her and no sign. Small Black cocker spaniel, with white chest. 6months old.

It’s been ages since I posted photos of walks, I’ve taken loads but life has got in the way a bit this last while and I’...
07/11/2023

It’s been ages since I posted photos of walks, I’ve taken loads but life has got in the way a bit this last while and I’ve never got around to posting any. Here are a few from today. Cary 💕

31/10/2023

I am so delighted to announce that as of November 1st 2023, Gillian Ferries and I are now joint owners of Ace Pet Carers. I’m so happy to be taking the company forward with Gillian and looking forward to exciting new times ahead together (we just have to concentrate on getting her tech savey enough to start posting on here now 😜) Onwards and upwards Gillian, here’s to the future of APC 🍾🐾🥂🐾🥂🐾🍾

We got such sad news this weekend when Georgie’s owner got in touch to say that Georgie had passed away. Georgie was a r...
15/10/2023

We got such sad news this weekend when Georgie’s owner got in touch to say that Georgie had passed away. Georgie was a rescue dog who had very unique and complex issues which made her very unsure and nervous, struggling with recognition even of her everyday surroundings. From very early on she totally trusted and relied on her sister dog Tara who showed her how to trust and cope with life. She absolutely landed on her feet when her owners rescued her, I don’t think many people could have shown the commitment, patience and unconditional love that they lavished on a poor and broken dog but they did it and she grew in confidence and showed real pleasure in life as well as recognising us and greeting us with a wagging tail when we came to walk her, you have no idea how happy I was the first time she willingly came to me wagging her tail and coming straight to me to get her collar on and in the last year we could confidently let her off lead to move about freely on her walk. For Georgie tho, life was all about Tara and I must admit I’m glad she went first as Tara will cope without Georgie but I don’t think she could have coped without Tara. For all her problems, Georgie was gentle, sweet and so loveable and we will miss her gentle soul so, so much. Sleep tight Georgie, I hope all your fears and uncertainties have flown away and you are basking in the warmth and comfort of how very loved you have been. You will be missed. Cary and Gillian 💔

On a very sad note I want to pay tribute to an absolute legend at Ace Pet Carers, Gillie, who slipped over the rainbow b...
21/09/2023

On a very sad note I want to pay tribute to an absolute legend at Ace Pet Carers, Gillie, who slipped over the rainbow bridge tonight. Gillie belonged to my brother Tim who was the APC walker covering Torphins for many years. Gillie was with him on every single walk he did, a massive character who loved, and was loved by every animal and human that met him. Sleep tight little Gillie, you leave behind broken hearts 💔 Cary

Bout of insomnia tonight and was just thinking that I hadn’t posted much recently so I thought I’d share a couple of pic...
21/09/2023

Bout of insomnia tonight and was just thinking that I hadn’t posted much recently so I thought I’d share a couple of pics from Alford last week. One walk that was all cockers and doodles and another with the beautiful big guns Cary

01/09/2023

Trying to retrace my footsteps coming out from the impassable part of the woods, trying to remember which of the old paths I was following - never have had a very good sense of direction!

Only a wee group this afternoon so we went deeper into the wood than we normally do, I’m determined to find a circular w...
01/09/2023

Only a wee group this afternoon so we went deeper into the wood than we normally do, I’m determined to find a circular walk but the terrain is still beating me. It was a beautiful afternoon and we were all tired out by the end (yes thats Scout lying down!!!) I was actually envying them their dip in the muddy puddle, it was starting to look appealing to me 😂😂 Cary ❤️

*EDIT, OWNERS FOUND*This little toot was found by one of my clients between Crathes and Tesco last night. Does anyone kn...
05/07/2023

*EDIT, OWNERS FOUND*
This little toot was found by one of my clients between Crathes and Tesco last night. Does anyone know the owner? Please let me know if you have any info. Thanks

This afternoon was so lovely I decided to head up to Craigievar Castle where we did the main walk then crossed over so I...
24/05/2023

This afternoon was so lovely I decided to head up to Craigievar Castle where we did the main walk then crossed over so I could take some photos of them all in the bluebells 🐾💙

Trying to carve out a new walk that won’t be inundated with other dog walkers and hill walkers and cyclists and horse ri...
24/05/2023

Trying to carve out a new walk that won’t be inundated with other dog walkers and hill walkers and cyclists and horse riders in Alford. This takes months of walking over the same route to create a more useable pathway on some ,at present, pretty rough terrain, the dogs love it but it’s hard on me! Going to have to find a route that misses out these water filled trenches tho because as much as the dogs love it I’m bound to get some pretty disgruntled owners at this rate 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤭 Oh and check out wee Odin the cream coloured Doodle, first time out and fitted right in ❤️

Good people of Alford, Hands up who else diligently shuts this gate when entering and leaving the dog run at Haughton pa...
05/05/2023

Good people of Alford, Hands up who else diligently shuts this gate when entering and leaving the dog run at Haughton park, despite the fact your dogs already jumped through it 3 times waiting for you to catch up?🙋🏻‍♀️

05/04/2023

Welcoming Roger the Sprocker to our Banchory walks. He hit it off brilliantly with Bee 🐝 and they didn’t stop playing for the whole walk! Bee just loves to be chased and Roger was more than happy to oblige.They were very wet, muddy, happy and tired by home time! Cary ❤️

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