Dog Walking, Pet Sitting & Dog Training in Tameside
Helping you take care of your furry friends!
About Us
Pud Puds Pet Services Ethos
- To care for any animal I'm entrusted with as if it was my own.
- To do no harm physically, emotionally or psychologically to any animal in my care.
- To take the time required to get to know each animal as an individual, to understand their own personal likes, dislikes and needs. And to never assume a dog will be a certain way due to their breed/cross breed or breed traits associated with the breed.
- To continue to invest in my education through workshops, seminars, webinars, books, distance learning courses and any other appropriate source of pet care education.
- To refer on any client whose needs I'm unable to meet to an appropriate fellow professional.
- To offer pet care services with honesty, integrity, compassion & understanding.
Reliable and Trustworthy Caretakers
Your pet's health, wellbeing, safety and happiness is at the forefront of everything I do. So with this in mind.
- I will initiate conversations around any concerns I have for your dog, cat etc. This could be the dog isn't moving right or unusual bowel movements amongst other things.
- I might recommend equipment for your dog such as a style of harness, long line, collar etc. This is never to get owner's to spend sums of money on new equipment but is in the dog's interests and safety. It might be that the dog's harness is showing signs of wear & tear and needs replacing or isn't the best fit for the dog. I'm not sponsored by or paid by ANY company to recommend their product(s) I make any recommendations based on my own experiences, use of the product(s) and the dog in front of me.
- Each dog walk is adapted to best meet the needs of the dog. What one dog finds fun and enjoyable another dog might not. So I don't use a "One Size Fits All" approach to walks, each walk is bespoke to that dog.
- It's never my aim or intention to tire your dog out on a walk. As you shouldn't be looking to physically exhaust a dog on a walk.
Why choose Pud Puds Pet Services?
Anyone looking for a dog walker, pet sitter or dog trainer will know based on a quick Google or social media search that many area's have numerous pet care professionals in the area.
So what makes Pud Puds Pet Services different from any other pet care professional?
- I do accept nervous and reactive dog's.
- I specialise in one to one walks or multiple dogs from the same household. I don't offer group walks from multiple households.
- Where appropriate I wont walk a nervous/reactive dog if it's in their best interests to have a rest day or rest days. This is where I'll do an in home visit with the dog(s).
- I don't set distances to achieve for any dog on any walk! If we're stood in the same place for twenty minutes while the dog sniffs a lamppost or gate post then that's what we do. It really doesn't matter if we cover five hundred yards in an hour or five miles. I encourage every dog to use their olfactory system (sense of smell) as dog's see their world far more through their olfactory system than any other sense, whereas we (humans) are a far more visual animal.
- I have invested heavily in my canine education. As listed below in "My Career Development" section. As I firmly believe if as a professional you're looking for customer's to entrust you with their animal's and hand over hard earned money for your services then you should be suitably educated and competent in your role.
MY CAREER DEVELOPMENT
IMDT & IMDTB COURSES
- IMDT Two Day Career As A Dog Trainer
- IMDT Four Day Practical Instructor's Course
- IMDT Canine Aggression & Rehabilitation
- IMDT Perfect Puppy
- IMDT Canine Body Language
- IMDTB (Behaviourist) Working With Noise Sensitivity & Phobia's
- IMDTB (Behaviourist) Separation Anxiety
- IMDTB (Behaviourist) Dog To Human Aggression
- IMDTB (Behaviourist) Impulse Control Seminar
IMDT Webinar Series
- Breed & Predatory Motor Patterns with Dave Brice IMDTB
- Learning Theory with Dave Brice IMDTB
- Red Flag Behaviours - Canine Emotional Health with Dr. Lucy Van Der Weide BScVMS MANZCVS Veterinary Behaviour.
- Canine Cognitive Dysfunction with Steve Mann.
- Dogs & Kids with Laura Ryder IMDT Australia.
- Trainer's Working Together With Veterinary Teams with Laura Ryder IMDT Australia.
The School Of Canine Science (SOCS)
- FEAR with Nando Brown
- Nutrition & Behaviour with Jo-Rosie Haffenden.
- 30 Days Of Canine Science with The SOCS Team Nando, Jo-Rosie & Dean.
- Business In A Box with The SOCS Team Nando, Jo-Rosie & Dean.
- S46 (Scent For Six Months) with The SOCS Team Nando, Jo-Rosie & Dean.
The UK College Of Scent Dogs, UK Sniffer Dogs & Meesh Master's The Dog's Point Of View
- UKCSD PTSD Therapy Dogs Course
- UKCSD Conference/Scent Seminar
- UKSD 5 Scent Exercises To Do With Your Dog During Lockdown
- UKSD Tracking Dog's Series One
- MM DPOV - Romanian Dogs & Reactivity To Visitors
- MM DPOV - New Adopter's Guide To Settling Your Romanian Rescue Dog
- MM DPOV - Helping Your Fearful Romanian Rescue Dogs
Canine Principles
- Tellington TTouch For Calming
- Canine Compulsive Disorder
- Noses For Nature
- Canine Bonding & Play
- Over Coming Imposter Syndrome
- Interactive Play Guide
- Settling Through Scent Work For Highly Aroused Dogs
- Your Dog The Sofa wolf
- Wolf Awareness
- Easy Walks With Your Reactive Dog
- The Dog Rescuers Guide
- Predation Substitute Training
PPN, DTC & Others
- PPN (Pet Professional Network) Working With Anxious Dogs
- Dog Training College (DTC) One Day Canine Body Language Course
- Rachel Bean RVN Canine First Aid Course
- Rachel Bean RVN Canine First Aid - Paw & Pad Injuries (Online)
- Introduction To ManTrailing Course with Preston Trick Dogs
- Interactive Play Workshop with Craig Ogilvie via Preston Trick Dogs
- Jane Ardern Talks at WaggaWuffins Canine College - Controlling Crazy Canines With Care & Adolescent Dogs
- Dog Law Two Day Live Webinar with Trevor Cooper from Cooper & Co Solicitors (DogLawSOS)
OUR SERVICES
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
All of our services are subject to the following:
- A meet and greet
- Terms and Conditions are agreed to and signed.
- Relevant paperwork is completed and signed and dated. I.E Dog walking form, key release form, pet sitting form.
- Everyone involved is happy for the service to commence.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
We have a new part of the Pud Puds Pet Services business which is The Wary Woofers Club. Currently The Wary Woofers Club only has it's own dedicated Facebook page, but in time it will have it's own dedicated website.
There's a lot of very exciting plans. As it stands The Wary Woofers project is currently on the back burner as I prioritise other aspects of the business.
Once the Covid-19 situation is over, we'll be looking to organise a group walk and have a big meet up for a pooch mooch! Details to follow.
REVIEWS
UPCOMING EVENTS
REVIEWS
"Graphene is a reactive dog to people and dogs but Benn won him over straight away. Benn is always on time and makes sure that Graphene has a good time." Facebook 5* Review by Joanna January 2018
"Extremely happy with pud puds pet service" Tailster 5* review by Caroline April 2018
"Belle really enjoys her time out out with Benn. He takes all the info on board and works well with Belle" Facebook 5* review by Emma March 2018
Also have other reviews on my Facebook page.
FAQs
FAQs
REVIEWS
Can my dog(s) be off lead? No dog is allowed off lead unless owner gives written consent. But I don't rush to un-clip the lead I build up a positive bond and mutual trust between me and the dog(s) before any lead is un-clipped in a safe environment. Each and every dog's safety and well being comes above everything including being off lead.
My dog doesn't get along with other dog's can you provide a bespoke service for him/her? Absolutely I don't offer multi household group walks, I only walk dogs from the same household at any one time and never mixed. I do care for a lot of "Reactive" dogs who for their own respective reasons need space and that one to one service. But also in offering a one to one dog walking service your dog(s) have my undivided attention for the entire duration of their visit. Their visit can be completely adapted to meet their own individual needs.
NEWS
FAQs
NEWS
NEWS!
BIG NEWS!!
I'm an Animal Star Awards Finalist in the best pet related category! Just unbelievable, I'm so incredibly proud and honoured to be nominated twice and have my name spoken about amongst some incredible pet care professionals! Regardless of the result at the awards I already feel like I've won just making it to the final stage.
I'm also recently a new member of INTODogs!
I now have an online dog training course
a six week Good Dog level One course. The course is currently presented by Nando Brown, Jo-Rosie Haffenden & Dean Nicholas. Once lockdown is over I'll be filming the entire course myself. In the course we cover Recall, Loose lead walking, Settle, Find It, Sit Stay, Spin and more link below to find out more.
https://schoolfordogs.teachable.com/p/pud-puds-pet-services-level-1
Also after lockdown I'll be starting work on Good Dog Level Two and other stand alone courses and workshops.
I'm now a brand ambassador for Bug Bakes! You might have seen the Bug Bakes pitch on Dragon's Den recently? Well I'm a brand ambassaor and member of their Founders Club.
I also recently became an official stockist
of SodaPup Dog Toys.
And we now have our current available stock up on the website in our online store.