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Dog training, walking, and pet sitting, where your pets can be looked after in their own home Creature Carer is all about me coming to you.

Most animals are happier in their own home, and many do not suit animal care establishments such as kennels and catteries. So for peace of mind, when it comes to caring for your beloved pets, having a well experienced animal carer can put you at ease. If getting around is difficult, I offer a pet taxi service, so that I am there to help transport you and your pets wherever needed. I also offer a d

og walking service as I like to stay active, living only 5 minutes from the beach myself, and I much prefer it if I’m accompanied by a canine companion to let off some steam, as well as finding new places to walk and explore. I have worked in a variety of animal based jobs, from zoos, farms, kennels and catteries, as well as owning many animals my whole life and studying them at college. This means that my knowledge and experience of animals is vast, and has only increased my love for them even more. You can also find comfort that I am fully police checked and insured. I give all my own pets the best love and affection as possible, and do my upmost to keep them happy and healthy, and this will stay the same for the pets I look after too. Being at home, their routine stays the same, they stay fit and active, any medicine or extra help gets taken care of, they get lots of attention and love, plus they get to play lots and lots!

18/07/2023

Aaaaand we're back in action!!!

Finally the car is fixed and I'm so excited to see all the pooches again after over a week of no dogs! The withdrawal is real 😂

Thank goodness for a fantastic boyfriend ferrying me to and fro from the garage, and to start my dog sit too ❤️

You better believe I got STRAIGHT in my car and went for a dog walk! 🙈

This sweet girl loves the water, but was more mesmerised by all the baby swans and moorhens on the river! It made for a fantastic photo though, and was so nice to be able to rewind and relieve some stress 🥰

05/07/2023

Star of the week goes to this beautiful girl! ⭐

This lovely girl was very worried that her owner was away, and really wasn't sure about walks without him!

Her impeccable training with her owner had to be completely stripped back when she was with me, to remind her of what she already knows, and that it's okay to be herself with someone new!

When dogs are anxious, and put in new situations, it's not that they're being bad, or stubborn, it's that they are so overcome with worry, that they actually can't listen! The words and commands they know, fall on deaf ears, because they aren't in a calm enough head space to even think. Their brain is flooded with the only thought of "this is new, and I'm unsure" plus she has no reason to trust me, as she doesn't know me!!!

So, we have to strip everything back to basics, similar to puppy training! We start with praising them for following closely, making eye contact, and interacting with us, even in the slightest.
Then, once they know that it's okay to 'just be a dog', they start to relax, the anxiety levels come down, and then you can start to implement the commands and buzz words they're familiar with. This may not be instant! But with each reaction to the command, you praise praise praise! Until they fully react to it!

After only a few days, she was relaxing much more, enabling her to worry less and be able to listen and think about what I'm asking of her, and at the end of the week, she has great recall, understands her commands again, and true to herself, picked a ball as a reward over treats 😂

She has in INCREDIBLE bond with her owner, so when that's not there, building up a new bond with someone else is simply going to take time. Her intelligence certainly shone through though! It's not an easy feat to learn and trust when anxious!

Suffice to say she will be ecstatic to have her owner back, and they will be equally happy to see her again 🥰

18/05/2023

When there's a path, you MUST not stray from it!

A great example of classical conditioning in dogs today. Dogs learn quickly by repetition and association, and instinct for us humans, is to follow a trail/path. So the dogs, by default, follow us on every walk, and although they do their own thing and are allowed to 'be dogs' they follow that pathway the same as we do.
If there's a path in the middle of a field, I guarantee the dogs will follow it without me walking there first, because they're so used to it!

However today, in a place I regularly walk, where's there's always a walkway, the fields were being ploughed, so there was only one track left, the rest had been turned over, and it caused quite the confusion! Every single one of them wanted to follow behind me, making sure they were going the right way, rather than walking blindly over the fields, just because there was no obvious track to follow themselves!

So for anyone going through issues of boredom with having to repeat something over and bloody over, it DOES work! Eventually that training can (and hopefully will) become a 'behaviour' where the dog just does that thing you want, without thinking, because it always happens, everytime, without fail, so they 'just do it anyway'. Exactly what happened here with following tracks!

Anyway, enough training gabble! I just thought that such a simple thing we overlook everyday, was a very sweet insight into how our dog's brains work 🥰

A beautiful day for it too, and it's nice to know they do actually listen to me when I say "this way" 😂

05/05/2023

Happy summer vibes for the bank holidayyyyy 😎☀️☺️

This beautiful German Wirehaired Pointer is a gorgeous girl, but so stubborn for me! So today I really tried to get that recall (which I know she has down to a tee for her owners!) to shine through, and she really came through! Hoorah!

A lot of people think this particular breed is crazy, but she has amazing owners who are testament to top quality love, care and training, being the makings of a well rounded pooch.

A wonderfully sunny, 90% off lead walk, with her guaranteed 'pretty pose' to put the icing on the cake. Good going beautiful girly 🥰

03/05/2023

A perfect walk for muddy season, just a shame I didn't find it sooner!!!

Concrete paths are usually hard to find, are in busy areas near roads, or are just borrrrrrring!
Every so often however, you find a decent spot that has greenery, shade, mud free pathways AND is pretty rural! Hoorah!

A posing place was just an added bonus, plus plenty of space for boys like this one to have a really good blast around 🤩

28/04/2023

Doggo in the daffodils 🌼🌷🌼

Sure, it's a rainy and dank start to a bank holiday, but this boy doesn't give a damn 😂

He's a water baby through and through, rolls around in the wet, long grass, and will find puddles you didn't even know existed, on walks you've done a thousand times in all weathers!

He's also relatively self cleaning, as any mud is washed off from splashing and rolling around in the rain. Result!!!

A gorgeous Labrador, with so much spirit and happiness on every walk 🥰

27/04/2023

A seriously ominous photobombing 😂

I thought I'd got the perfect picture of the glossy, shiny coat of one Vizsla (and I did!) But then noticed the other Vizsla was sitting in the background, just watching, but in a very good 'sit' I must say!

A wonderfully sunny, spring like day, not at all like the rainy weather that is creeping in, boooo 👎 but once this lot clears, there'll be many more days like this one to come 🥰

19/04/2023

Thankful for a sea breeze on this warm Wednesday!

As a long haired German Shepherd, this beautiful girl struggles in the warmer weather, but the wind from the sea complimented this summery day perfectly, and gave us some much needed natural air conditioning!

But please, Mother Nature, don't make this summer a hot one, I'm begging you 😅

17/04/2023

A cure for bad days will always be a snapshot of dogs acting mad 🤣

This was actually a result of "the good treats", which this poochy can never resist, and acts like she's been starved whenever they're around! Usually reserved for training because dogs like to work best when the reward is high, they also work for taking great outtakes of excitable pooches 😍

Always good to have some happy pooches and a little photoshoot to boot ❤️

15/04/2023

Due to cancellation, some dates for dog sitting in June are now available!

Feel free to message me for more information 🐾

27/03/2023

The end of Autumn/Winter is here!

We made the most of the crunchy/dead leaves this weekend, and the aesthetic of tan coloured dogs against a matching backdrop will never fail to please my eyes. Suffice to say, we are welcoming the warmer weather of Spring with open arms!

I find makeshift teepee structures everywhere, but only so many dogs are happy to pose eagerly for treats whilst standing in them, so you better believe I take that opportunity as much as possible 😅

So as sad as it is to lose my favourite aesthetic seasons, the fact I don't have to layer up as much, don't find myself rummaging though my bags for hand cream to relieve the cracks that appear from exposed fingers on frosty mornings, and no more dog poo bags to wrap around socks when 'waterproof' boots inevitably fail, happiness begins to show in the final straws of the extreme weather that comes from the end of the year.

Spring hasn't quite sprung, but it's on its way, so I'm close to the time where I have to ferociously strip off mid walk, because I needed my thick jacket in the morning, but by midday I'm about to get heatstroke!

Happy dogs all round, and as always, I try to go somewhere new, or a little bit further away, for some weekend or dog sitting fun, and Saturday was the perfect day for just that 🥰

24/03/2023

Vitamin D makes even dogs happier!

I love bad weather. The wind, the rain, and the cold, but when the rain is ALL day EVERY day, for weeks on end, it gets pretty depressing! You're cold and wet, you can't dry off, you pray your jacket and boots will dry out for the next day, just to get soaked again, and the dogs definitely don't have their usual eagerness to get out and about like they usually do!

So when the sun comes out, and it's still cool with a nice breeze, it gives a lovely uplifting feel to the day and the walks ahead. The dogs are much happier, most likely because I am too, and the welcome break from the constant dreariness makes you almost forget it ever rained, and you foolishly believe it will never happen again because "summer is here, hoorah!"

Just a tip though. We're in 'fool's spring' where the sun is shining, and you think you're safe, but in less than an hour it can, and often WILL, just start hacking it down again out of nowhere! So always bring a coat or at least a spare, dry t-shirt! Never trust March and April in absorbent clothes 😅

Regardless, this photo shows a wonderful river walk where it was dry enough to not get caked in mud, and sunny enough to truly soak in that much needed serotonin and vitamin D that we all crave and desperately need this time of year, as well as four dogs radiating happiness, making me feel even better 🥰

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