Jane's Petcare Yeadon

30/06/2026

Dogs In Cars on Hot Days

This was posted by an ex-police person and it's useful information especially given how hot the weather has been recently.

According to a Police contact, the advice is as follows. If you see a dog locked in a car, in hot weather, with no windows open, take a picture of the dog and the car. If someone is with you, ask them to bring up the weather for your area on their phone and take a picture of the temperature. THEN break the car window. This way, you will not be charged with criminal damage and it gives the police photo evidence to take the dog owners to court.

Personally, I would be calling the Police straight away because it takes an age to get through and I would still break the window especially if the dog was showing signs of distress.

29/06/2026

I've not had access to my Facebook account since the beginning of the year but am back now so time to get my Petcare services back in view. I have capacity to do some more solo walks and still doing home pet sits, cat visits etc. Please contact me on Whatsapp or by text. At present I don't have a car so can only work close to home and I live at the top end of Yeadon so a ten to fifteen minute walk is about my range for now.

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25/09/2024

I now have some capacity to take on new dogs for solo walks. Not all dogs are suited to pack walks and I really enjoy the one to one connection and the freedom to tailor a walk to the specific needs of the dog.

I am doing a solo walk around lunch time in Horsforth on Tues, Weds and Friday and would like to find another in that area or on the way from Yeadon, either before or after. I would be happy to do additional days if someone is looking for the full week and also just one or two of the days.

I am also now taking bookings for Pet Sits and visits for the Autumn/Winter months. Whatever you are looking for please feel free to get in touch and I will do my best to help.

Image: Jean Ralphio looking like butter wouldn't melt! He has the most magnificent "hair".

23/09/2024

This is Oskar, one of my regular solo walks. Oskar experiences some separation anxiety so our walks are all about him having a calm and relaxing time. The pace is slow, his choice, and I spend a lot of time waiting for him to finish sniffing whatever he wants because that's what he likes to do. He also loves meeting other dogs so we take every opportunity to have doggy interaction. I do not have permission to let him off the lead so I take a long retractable lead so he can still roll around, which is his other favourite thing, especially in stinky stuff. When we get home I always sit with him for a little while and make sure he is settled before leaving

23/09/2024

Three more of the cats from last weekend: Izzy, Nepthys and Casper.

23/09/2024

Last weekend I did a home sit for 8 cats whilst their owners went on a trip: Two sphynx, Nepthys and Casper, Sophie, a beautiful Siberian cat, Hunter a Russian Blue, Izzy, Bengal and the three kittens of Hunter and Sophie, Tucker, Elon and Freya.

The garden of this beautiful house is huge and the first night I could not get the kittens in. They all had trackers so I knew they were close by. Eventually I managed to get them all inside but it was after mid-night when I could finally go to bed. Little scamps!

The next day I discovered the joy of fishing for kittens. They have a cat toy with feathers and bells on a long rod. As it started to get dark I stood on the patio, jiggling the rod, and the kittens shot out of the undergrowth. I played them into the house. It was easy going from then on.

Below are the kittens: the boys, Elon and Tucker, sister Freya.

13/09/2024

Mona's brother, Ralphie. I do a regular solo walk for each of them weekly as they have very different energy levels and interests. Mona likes a more sedentary pace (until she gets a zoomie on) and enjoys slow, ponderous sniffing. Ralphie is full of bounce and can be reactive with other dogs. I maintain the tactics being used to address this behaviour. I have also now done several sits for this lovely pair.

13/09/2024

This is the lovely Mona Lisa (Mona to her friends) who I took care of last weekend along with her brother Jean Ralphio (Ralphie). This conversation went on for much longer. She was disappointed that I caught her after only one mouthful of Ralphie's food.

02/09/2024

Since I started my petcare business I have not done as much cat sitting/visiting as I would like. I love all animals, without exception. There is however a special place in my heart for cats. Whilst I grew up with dogs I have never had my own but have often taken care of dogs for friends. I have however had five cats (plus one who is a long term friend). All my cats have found me in one way or another. So, a little indulgence for me, I'd like to share how each of them came to me.

Sweetpea was my first. She had been hanging around the gardens for some time but I didn't recall when I first noticed her. She was not in great shape and I found out she was sleeping behind some fencing at the end of our gardens. I started to feed her as it was clear she was in need of assistance.

I always had my door open and in the evenings she would come in but always leave by 10pm. It felt right to let her do as she pleased. One night she fell asleep on the sofa so I went to bed and left her there. The next morning she had done a wee on the kitchen floor so that day I bought a cat litter and she slept inside from then on.

When I got home from work I was pottering in the garden with her following me around. She was not in a state that was particularly inviting for cuddling and I decided I was going to clean her up. I had zero experience of cats and chuckled to myself wondering how this was going to go. I got some warm water and gauze and returned to the garden calling her to come to me and telling her I was going to wash her face. I was astonished when she stood in front of me and let me do it. So I carried on and cleaned out her ears which were filled with the most appalling black gunk I have ever seen. When I had finished I picked her up and got a shock. She was skin and bones and weighed what felt like almost nothing.

The next day I took her to the vet for a check up. The vet took her out of the carrier and placed her on the table. She let out a plaintive yowl and I, a shocked, "Oh my goodness!". She had no teeth.

Animals are always grateful to those who save them. I poured love on her and she was a devoted and loving companion for the remainder of her life. I hope she got enough from me to erase the hardship she had endured.

02/09/2024

I have never before seen a mole. A couple of months ago I was walking with a friend in Lincolnshire when a mole popped out of the ground right next to her foot.

This morning whilst walking round the Dam I saw my second mole. He was by the boggy area at the top end of the Dam but the soil was dry and hard. After having a quick check on line I decided to give him a hand and move him away from the boggy area to somewhere he had more options. I hope I did the right thing. He scuttled away into the undergrowth.