Kat's K9 Services: Walks & Wags

11/08/2025

⚠️ Sad Post Warning ⚠️
I've been putting this one off, because every time I think of what to write I get a lump in my throat, but I came to realise that's because I care so much for the dogs I look after ❤️

So here goes... Sweet little Holly.
She was 13 years old when we met and, apart from being deaf, had that twinkle in her eyes ✨ she knew exactly where we were going, especially when she saw the treats come out 😏 Given her age, I knew we didn't have years of adventures ahead of us, but the time we did have brought a special bond. I'd not had much experience with deaf dogs so I made sure I got into good habits of eye contact and hand signals from the beginning so we could enjoy lots of walks in the park, through sunshine and, to her dislike, the rain too 🤭 She was the first one I was able to take Opie with me to see. The first time they met, a beautiful friendship was made. His little ears prick up and head tilts if I say her name in our house 🥹 When it was too hot to go out or when recovering from her leg injury, Opie came to visit with me. They shared time playing 'find it' in the garden together and she even let him play with her toys. But I had to throw treats for her to find, otherwise she spent the whole visit barking at me 😄
I am sad to say that little Holly became unwell last week and passed peacefully over the rainbow bridge with her family around her 😢🌈 Rest those legs now little one, you'll be missed 🐾❤️

10/08/2025

✨ Wow! ✨ 🥹🤭

I am delighted and a bit lost for words really. I am so proud to share what I love to do every day, and never thought I'd have 200 followers! 🥰🥳

06/08/2025

Today I had a ✨ Meet & Greet ✨ with a new client! 🥳

Watch out for young Bertie making his debut appearance next week!! 🥰🐶🐾🩵

22/07/2025

⚠️☢️ RAWHIDE 🚫

This boy was lucky, yours may not be!

I wish pet shops would stop selling rawhide and I wish people would stop buying it to give their dogs!! It is not digestible and can KILL! Do some research on how Rawhide is made!

Please read the ingredients before buying what you think looks like a great treat! ☢️⚠️

This handsome chap is Blake🐕

Blake came into see us after he developed severe vomiting and diarrhoea after eating a large chew partially made of rawhide which his owner believed was digestible.

Thankfully Blake didn’t require surgery to remove the chew but as you can see from the large pieces passed in his vomit (pictured), they were far from digested and could’ve easily caused a significant obstruction.

Blake’s diligent owner was rightly keen we raise awareness around this issue. Despite rawhide chews being readily available in many pet shops, we do not recommend they are given to dogs. As well as being difficult to digest there are growing concerns around some of the chemicals used in the creation of some rawhide products. In short, we’d advise avoiding all rawhide products and opting for more digestible alternatives.

Thanks to Blake’s owner for letting us share his story☺️

29/06/2025

Only have their best interests at heart 🐶🥰

.secret.dog.walker

19/06/2025

Know the signs of heat stroke 🚨⚠️ It can happen so fast. I have capped all my walks to garden visits this week and will continue to do so unless the temperature suddenly drops again, but I don't think it's meant to!
Whilst it's lovely and bright to us, it can be too hot for our fluffy friends 🥵

10/06/2025

Yesterday I had the pleasure of a walk with Reggie alongside the river and got to see this gorgeous family of swans 🦢 Mummy & Daddy, aka Cat & Alfie 😄 with their 3 little fluffy babies. I have been following their story and sadly there were 4 babies initially. Unfortunately one hasn't made it this far, but it was lovely to see these 5 swimming around together in the sunshine ☀️ If you pop over to WAGS on WATER you'll see the updates on Cat & Alfie's journey raising these 3 adorable signets 💕 Alfie has learnt to pull a rope to ring a bell for his breakfast and dinner 🤣 clever boy!! 👏🏻

28/05/2025

Opie is enjoying his holiday at Grandma's, in his best seat in the house! From here he has a total 360° view around, nothing gets past him! But we all know his favourite place to be is snuggled up on Grandma's lap 😴🥰

Where do your pups love to snooze, chill or just watch the world go by?

06/05/2025

Good Morning!
Hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend!!

✨ I am very excited to announce that this week coming I have, not one but TWO Meet & Greet sessions with potential new clients and their doggies! One is a tiny little puppy from Chilli & Bandit's parent's latest litter, making him their little brother! 😄🥰
I am looking forward to getting to know them all and their owners to see if we're the right match for each other 🤞🏻✨

01/05/2025

Good morning everyone!
We are hitting those yellow & orange numbers this week! ☀️😎

How hot is too hot? If its warm to you, it's hotter for the dogs. Even if your dog is not young, or elderly, or have an underlying health condition, they can still overheat if exercised for a long amount of time in the warm weather 🥵

Know the signs of heat stroke.
A dog never dies from not having a walk. They can die from having a walk in heat that's too hot & that they're not used to.

Place the back of your hand on the pavement in the direct sunshine and count to 5. If you can't hold it there for 5 seconds, it's too hot and can BURN the pads of your dogs' paws.

13/04/2025

Happy Weekend everyone! 💖 Another week has flown by and I am grateful for all my clients and their dogs I get to spend my time with 🥰

Do you know how you can help a small business owner like me for nothing? That's right! At absolutely no cost to you!
Let's start with
💥 Word of mouth! Talking about me and the services I provide (in a good way, hopefully! 😜) to those in your workplace or local community, or even in the supermarket if ya like!
💥 Sharing my page with your friends & family and other businesses
💥 Giving a review on my business page to tell people online what your experience has been like with me!

Head to Kat's K9 Services: Walks & Wags now! Please like, share, follow and leave a review. Honestly, it costs you nothing! 😉😁

25/03/2025

On today's woodland adventure, Rocky, Dotty & Little Loki did lots of sniffing about and came across a fairy house 🧚🏼‍♀️🌳

And Rufus just poses so beautifully 😍

🐶🐾❤️