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The Lead & Compass. Drighlington & Birkenshaw Dog Walker. 🐾
🐾 Fully Insured 🐾DBS Checked
🐾K9 First Aid 🐾 Mini groups 🐾Solos upon requests. Please See my videos & photos.

All my dogs are sociable,100% recall and good manners.

19/10/2026
13/10/2026

My groups 💙🩷all partnered up with size, energy, strength and personality and behaviour all taken into consideration. 😊😊😊

13/10/2026

🐾 THREE GROUPS, THREE VERY DIFFERENT ADVENTURES! 🐾

What a day out with my gorgeous four-legged crew! 🐶❤️

🌿 First up, the steady and calm sniffing crew. A lovely start to the day, noses down, tails wagging, taking their time to sniff, explore and enjoy all the wonderful smells the woods have to offer. No rush, just happy dogs being dogs! 🍃🐾

🏎️ By lunchtime, things had taken a turn! Enter the high-energy pet gun dogs, flying through the woods at what can only be described as full racing-track speed! 😂💨 Spaniels doing exactly what spaniels were born to do — charging about, exploring every corner and living their absolute best lives!

🐕 And finally, the boisterous senior squad! Showing the teenager how it’s done, keeping him in check and teaching him a few lessons in manners along the way! 😂 Nothing like a few wise old heads to keep the youngsters on their toes!

And now? The dogs are shattered, and so am I! 😂💤

But honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. ❤️

I’m so incredibly blessed to spend my days with such lovely, well-behaved dogs who stick by my side, trust me, and make every walk an absolute pleasure.

Three groups, three different personalities, countless muddy paws and wagging tails, and a whole lot of love. 🐾❤️

Wouldn’t swap this life for anything! 🐶🌿💚

🍂🐾 A NEW QUARTER, A NEW SEASON! 🐾🍂As we say goodbye to summer and welcome the beautiful autumn weather, I just wanted to...
09/10/2026

🍂🐾 A NEW QUARTER, A NEW SEASON! 🐾🍂

As we say goodbye to summer and welcome the beautiful autumn weather, I just wanted to take a moment to say a huge THANK YOU to all my lovely clients for your continued support over the summer, especially during those heatwaves! ☀️❤️

It’s been a great summer, and I’m so grateful for all the trust you put in me to care for your precious pups. Their happiness, safety and wellbeing will always be my top priority, whatever the weather. 🐶❤️ Whether it’s adapting walks during the heat or wrapping up warm for those chilly autumn adventures, your dogs are always at the heart of what I do!

🍁 And just like that… we’re heading towards winter! ❄️🐾

With a new quarter starting, I’m now busier than ever, and my weekly schedules are carefully planned to make sure I can give every dog the time, attention and care they deserve. I try to keep my time travelling between walks to a minimum so I can spend as much time as possible doing what I love — walking and caring for your gorgeous dogs! 🐕💕

📅 A little favour, please!

If you have any upcoming holidays, days off or dates when you won’t need your usual walks, please let me know as soon as possible.

Equally, if you know you’ll need any extra walks or additional days, please give me as much notice as you can. I’ll always do my best to accommodate where possible, but with my schedule filling up quickly, advance notice really helps me plan my routes and manage everyone’s walks.

Thank you, as always, for your understanding, loyalty and support. I genuinely love what I do, and I feel so lucky to spend my days with your wonderful four-legged friends. 🐾❤️

Here’s to a lovely autumn, crisp walks, muddy paws and happy dogs — and whatever winter has in store for us! 🍂❄️🐶

Thank you for being part of my little dog-walking family! ❤️🐾

🐾 After a busy and beautiful autumnal week. It’s time for admin tasks and updates to schedules.🐾
09/10/2026

🐾 After a busy and beautiful autumnal week. It’s time for admin tasks and updates to schedules.🐾

05/10/2026

Three dogs. Three stories. One team. 🐾

This trio is a perfect example of why I believe successful group walks are built — not rushed.

It has taken months of time, training, patience, consistency and trust to get these three dogs to where they are today. Not only have they had to learn to work together, they have each had to build their own individual relationship and bond with me.

And that individual connection is so important.

When we’re out, I am their point of reference. I set the boundaries, I provide the direction, and I’m the centre of their world. They have the freedom to enjoy themselves, play and explore — but they understand that their place is close to me and that I am in control.

That balance of freedom and structure is what makes a group work.

Every mini group I create is built using the same blueprint:
trust → relationship → boundaries → consistency → freedom.

But what makes this trio particularly special is that each of them has their own story of success. Different personalities, different starting points, different challenges — and three individual journeys that have come together to create one incredibly balanced little team.

The results speak for themselves.

I’m incredibly proud of how far they have come, and their owners are absolutely delighted with the progress too. ❤️

This isn’t something that happens overnight. It’s built one walk, one interaction and one success at a time.

And that’s what makes it so rewarding. 🐾

01/10/2026

Enjoying the last week of September with the compass companions. 🩷💙

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