Animates Professional Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Service

27/01/2025

PLEAN NOTE WE ARE NO LONGER PET SITTING OR DOG WALKING AS WE RETIRED THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
So sorry not to be able to help!

22/01/2025

I just did a live video of my piano practice but I haven’t a clue as to where it went. I need to watch it back, so if anyone knows I’d be grateful if you can help! Thanks.

12/03/2024

After 24 years of ANIMATES Pet Sotting and Dog Walking , Taff and I have retired and have hung our leads to have a well earned rest. This is our second week in retirement and I have to say it’s WEIRD!!! Nice but still weird, in many ways. We’re still walking but not accompanied by all the dogs we have adopted, walked treated as we would our own. The same goes for all our beautiful adopted cats we have cared for over the years. We definitely do miss you all. Especially when we drove to your respective houses, where the doors would magically open and out you pop with a cheerful gait and happy bounding greetings. It’s something we never got tired of seeing.
Now that we have joined the oldie club (which I have to say I’m not an official member just yet. I have to wait until the middle of May before I can get my pension. I’m a couple of months younger than Taff! He he!)
We would like to offer our now redundant dog walking and pet sitting gear to anyone who would like to take advantage of it so that it does not have to end its days locked up in a shed. There are a few items I do need to sell at a very reasonable price but the rest is free to anyone who can make use of it! Here are some photos of the items we have. Please note the car is definitely not going anywhere. The crates you see one metal one in the box which is virtually unused and the two blue fabric crates are for sale. I will let you know how much before we give you a suitable time to come and view what we have. It will need to be a dry day as I don’t want it to be dripping wet when you arrive. There are also two body suit rain coats for Afghan hounds. One of which is a p*e suit for the boys. So if any show friends would like to take advantage of, they will need to be picked up as will the other items. So watch this space so you don’t miss all the goodies!!!! See you soon.

18/03/2023

Franciscan Animal Blessings

FOR ALL ANIMALS
Blessed are you, Lord God,
maker of all living creatures.
On the fifth and sixth days of creation,
you called forth fish in the sea,
birds in the air, and animals on the land.
You inspired St. Francis to call all animals
his brothers and sisters.
We ask you to bless this animal.
By the power of your love,
enable [him or her] to live according to your plan.
May we always praise you
for all your beauty in creation.
Blessed are you, Lord our God, in all your creatures! Amen.

FOR A SICK ANIMAL
Heavenly Father,
you created all things for your glory
and made us stewards of this creature.
If it is your will, restore [him or her] to health and strength.
Blessed are you, Lord God,
and holy is your name forever and ever. Amen.

05/02/2022

MY PHONE IS AS DEAD AS A DODO!
Not happy. Anyone needing to contact me will need to use our landline or contact me on messenger, until I get sorted out with a new one hopefully later this afternoon. I cannot charge it, and told not worth repairing. So it means a new one.
I would have had it up and running by now but for the fact that Curry’s and John Lewis country wide have an outage on their electronic card payments. They don’t know how long it’s going to go on for.

03/11/2021

Today we welcomed a new arrival to the Animates fold. We have another beautiful black dog to walk and here she is, pictured below. Her name is Saffie and is a lovely tiny little Toy Poodle. She is Gorgeous!

23/09/2021

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/dog-owners-could-hit-5000-21639141?fbclid=IwAR0DOrgEB9PfiADad-qQby912UES0uL2SsNqiN1F5pKEvZTdjmUXKIDqEZk

All pets must wear identifiable tags by law

14/06/2021

It’s all Official now, I’ve got my Brave The Shave Money Raising Pack, complete with a nice T-shirt.
I will be doing the shave on the 30th July at 3.00 pm at our house in Howard Road. You are welcome to pop along!
I need all the sponsors I can get as I’d really like to be able to hand over lots of money to the Macmillan Fund after the shave.
I won’t be cutting my hair again until the big day, so that you can see my golden locks falling at my feet!!!!
Please help with donations but no more than you can afford. Hopefully I will see lots of you on the day.
To Donate please click on the link then the profile to take you to donations.

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15/12/2020

WARNING:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT BUY YOUR DOGS RAWHIDE DOG TREATS.
They are not good in anyway for your pets, please google how they are made and how some very nasty chemicals are used in the manufacturing.
As I do leatherwork myself I know how harmful these things are.
They can cause your pets to choke and also if they consume a large piece in one go they can cause a severe blockage and may need emergency surgery. This is a warning I post every Christmas for a reason. So please do not be tempted by the cute looking shapes the manufacturers make them into.
AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE
Much better to give them a nice raw carrot or two.

07/10/2020

Thought some of you may be interested in this article if you have dogs.

(Inside Science) -- Some people indigenous to the Pacific Northwest selectively bred special “wool dogs” to make blankets from their hair, perhaps thousands of years before Europeans arrived in the area, new research suggests.The study reinforces accounts by European explorers and traditional hi...