A Dog's Life

The only thing stopping you from achieving your goals and dreams are your own fears. 

When you are young and going to school, you often get asked what would you like to be when you grow up. Of course most kids will give stock answers because that's the way they have been conditioned. Few want to be anything out of the ordinary although there are probably plenty of budding rock stars singing to their hairbrush in their bedrooms that never make it. So we all get steered into jobs we will probably never enjoy but it's an accepted way of life and we just put up with it.

I am lucky that my life has revolved so much around dogs because of the rescue and although I love being with my dogs, I never thought that work would be able to revolve around my passion.

I lived in Scotland for much of my childhood because of my mums work where they don't have strict rules for childrens ages and working so I got my first job working for a local hotel at weekends cleaning the rooms. So I always had the drive to work hard and have never been unemployed.

I have never known life without dogs, we never had fewer than 5 and because my dad was a BAGSD instructor we had a lot of difficult dogs come to live with us who needed behavioural help before they could safely be rehomed. I was very involved in the rehabilitation of these dogs, I learnt so much and it was a joy to see dogs change as we worked with them. We had so many different dogs come through our home, I lost count and although it was sad to see dogs, I knew there would soon be another along to take the place of the one that had left.

My last job was working as a service advisor in a local premium car dealership which until March 2020 I enjoyed although the hours were very long. I spent 3 months on furlough which made me realise that I did not enjoy my job and I couldn't face doing that for the rest of my life so I knew I had to make changes.

Finally I decided to do what I know I am good at and do something that I actually enjoy doing and not dread that alarm going off every morning knowing I faced a 50+ hour week doing a job that made me very unhappy.

The great thing about dogs is that they are always very honest with you and always pleased to see you.

I look forward to meeting the animals entrusted into my care whilst their parents are at work or on holiday.