Dog walking
Solo and small group walks across the lanes and fields. Collection from your door, a towel-off afterwards, and a photo so you know it happened.
Dog walking
Trusted care from paws to hooves
Dog walking, pet sitting and horse care across Newton Abbot and the South Devon villages.
Right now in Newton Abbot
- Fully insured
- DBS checked
- Pet first aid trained
- Newton Abbot and surrounding areas
Who you would be trusting
Hello, I’m Amber
Twenty years with horses of my own, three of them at the moment, and boarding kennels full of other people’s dogs before that. What all of it really taught me was noticing. You know when one of them is not quite right long before you could explain why.
It is also why I come to your house rather than taking them to mine. Animals cope far better in their own bed, with their own routine and their own garden, than anywhere else you could put them.
There have always been animals at home too, so very little that comes through the door is new to me, including the quiet ones who would rather you did not notice they were poorly.
Why bother with a sitter
Your animals stay where they are happiest
Leaving your animals with someone else is never a small decision. Maybe your dog needs a proper walk while you are at work. Maybe your cat would rather keep her own windowsill than spend a fortnight in a cattery. Maybe there are horses to turn out and a holiday already booked.
Whatever it is, you want to hand over to someone steady, someone who turns up when they said they would, does it the way you do it, and tells you honestly how it went. That is what I am here for.
What I do
Paws and hooves, both
Very few people round here cover pets and horses, so you only need one number.
Horse care & holiday cover
Turnout, mucking out, feeds, rugs and field checks, done to your routine rather than mine. By the visit, the day or the week.
Horse care & holiday cover
Pet sitting & home visits
Cats, dogs and everyone else, looked after in their own home. Feeding, litter, medication and proper company, not a thirty-second drop-in.
Pet sitting & home visits
Overnight & house sitting
For animals who should not be left, and houses better off lived in.
Small animal visits
Rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens and everyone else who gets forgotten.
Puppy care
Short, frequent visits for owners who are back at work.
Wedding pet chaperone
Your dog in the photographs, and home before the speeches.
A day on the round
Dawn to dusk
Most people who do this do one thing, at one time of day. This is what a round actually looks like, from the horses before it is light to somebody sleeping in your spare room.
Six o’clock
The horses come first
Out to the field before it is properly light. Rugs off or on depending on what the night did, haynets filled, troughs broken if it froze. Horses do not care that it is Sunday.
Horse care
Half past eight
The first walk
Out across the lanes and the fields while the day is still cool. Muddy in February, dusty in July, and a photograph either way so you know how it went.
Dog walking
Midday
Doors that need opening
Cats who want feeding and a fuss. Rabbits who need checking properly, not glancing at through the wire. Puppies who cannot be expected to wait eight hours. In, done your way, and out.
Small animal visits
Teatime, and the light going
The second round
Evening walks, horses brought in, hens shut away before the fox gives it any thought. Dusk does not care what time you got home from work. Which is exactly why people book this one.
Home visits
After dark
Somebody stays
For the animals who should not be left on their own, the lamp goes on and I stay the night. Same bed, same routine, same house. The only difference is who is filling the bowl.
Overnight sitting
Why people book me
One person, every visit
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You get me, not a rota
Not whoever happens to be free this week. Your animals get used to one face and one set of hands.
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They stay at home
No kennels, no cattery, no upheaval. Their own bed, their own routine, their own garden.
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Horses as well as pets
Very few people round here cover both, so you only need one number and one set of arrangements.
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Twenty years of practice
Horses of my own for two decades, kennel work behind me, and a houseful of animals at home. Not a sideline.
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You hear from me
A message and a photo after every visit, so you know exactly how they got on while you were out.
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I come to you first
The meet and greet is free, in your own home, with no obligation to book anything afterwards.
How it works
Three steps, no paperwork until the end
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Tell me about your animals
A call, a text or the form on the contact page. What they need, and when you need it.
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We meet properly
I come to you, meet them, and take everything down: feeding, vet, medication, quirks, keys.
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Book it in
A one-off, holiday cover, or a regular weekly slot that is yours.
Where I cover
Newton Abbot and the villages around it
Newton Abbot, Highweek, Milber, Decoy, Bradley, Kingsteignton, Abbotskerswell, East Ogwell, West Ogwell, Teigngrace, and out across Kingskerswell, Ipplepen, Denbury, Torbryan, Broadhempston, Heathfield, Liverton, Chudleigh Knighton, Bovey Tracey, Bishopsteignton, Coffinswell, Daccombe.
If you are not sure whether you are in reach, ask. The edges are flexible, particularly for holiday cover and horses.
Meet Amber first
People book a person, not a website. Have a proper look at who you would be trusting before you arrange anything, then book the free consultation when you are ready.