Follow My Lead - Dundee

16/10/2026

Happy 1st Birthday little Fred! Love you lots 💙🐾

11/10/2026

Happy Birthday Mr Otis! Lots of love 💙🐾

08/10/2026

Happy Birthday my beautiful Gizzie girl! Love you millions 🥹🩷🐶

01/10/2026

Happy 11th Birthday Evie girl! Love you lots 🩷🐶

22/09/2026

New dog alert 🚨

Meet Otis the Dachshund, he was a very good boy and loved meeting lots of new friends 🥹🧡🐾

22/09/2026

Happy Birthday beautiful Jasper, love you lots can’t wait to see you soon 🧡🐾

21/09/2026

🙌🏻🐾❤️

“Dog walking sounds like the easiest job in the world.”

Until you actually do it.

It’s the loneliness when you spend hours working on your own.

The mud, the mess, the rain, the freezing mornings and scorching days.

The physical strain, the injuries, the exhaustion that builds up over time.

The unpredictability of dog behaviour and the huge responsibility that comes with caring for someone else’s beloved pet.

It’s traffic.
It’s transport.
It’s vans breaking down.
It’s fuel, insurance, repairs and everything else that comes with keeping yourself on the road.

It’s juggling schedules, cancellations, early starts, late finishes and trying to make the numbers work when your income isn’t guaranteed.

And then there’s all the work nobody sees.

The messages.
The bookings.
The paperwork.
The planning.
The admin.
The constant organising behind the scenes.

It can mean sacrificing weekends, evenings, holidays and time with the people you love.

There’s emotional pressure, too. The worry when a dog is unwell. The guilt when something goes wrong. The stress of trying to keep every dog safe, happy and cared for while keeping a business running at the same time.

And eventually, there’s burnout.

So yes, from the outside, dog walking might look like getting paid to walk dogs all day.

But behind every happy, muddy, tired dog going home is a person carrying far more than a lead.

It’s physically demanding. It’s emotionally exhausting. It’s unpredictable. And sometimes, it’s really bloody hard.

But despite all of that… I genuinely wouldn’t have it any other way.

Because the muddy paws, wagging tails, ridiculous characters, little moments of trust and the bond you build with these dogs make every difficult day worth it.

I love this job.
I love the dogs.
And even on the days when it pushes me to my absolute limit, I wouldn’t swap it for anything. ❤️🐾

Treat anyone??? 😋

21/09/2026

New dog alert! 🚨

Tom the smooth collie cross is 14. He’s deaf and a little blind but like all dogs is still a puppy at heart and the sweetest well behaved boy. He fit right in! 🥹🐾💙

19/09/2026

Happy Happy Birthday handsome nephew mouse man Alfie 🥹🧡🐭🦊

09/09/2026

Happy Birthday fabulous Finn! Love you lots 💙🐾