Hello Pawshake family, I'm back😊. What an awful few years. The saga is at the bottom of here incase you'd rather skip the details lol.
I was born into a pet loving family. From my earliest memories we had always had a dog and/or cat. Plus many more e.g. mice, gerbils, hamsters, rats, budgies, guinea pigs, rabbits & a garter snake. I love animals but not bugs but having said that I would love to have the chance to hold a tarantula :) While I was of school age I had the responsibility of 2 dogs and had to feed and walk them. Sheba was already an adult when we rescued her and Judy was one of her pups born in our house. Both of a labrador mix (or heinz lol) heritage. When I got my own home I thought very hard about getting a dog but thought it unfair for it to be left home alone for most of the day as I was in full time employment. Therfore I got my 1st cat Pepper. A year later a 2nd cat Cleo. And not being as 'on the ball' with neutering with the 2nd cat 18 months later I saw and helped with the delivery of 5 healthy kittens. My local vet even adopted one and I kept a little boy (born breech) named Dippy. Thus called as he was mainly white but his tail looked like it had been dipped in ink right up to his bottom. Sadly all have now passed away the last being Dippy 11 years old who passed Oct '17 after a long fight with aneamia. Therefore I'm a dab hand at administering meds. I am now pet free and live in a home with an enclosed back garden and a 10 second walk over the road to the public park in front of my house and only 2 minute walk to miles of woodland at the end of my road. It is with great regret that I'm going to have to admit to getting old and not being as strong as I used to be. Younger large breed dogs still in the training process I have realised are too much for me to fully control when they get boisterous. So any future bookings I'm sadly saying no thank you to until they are fully grown & trained in their manners 😊.
The saga lol :-Covid hit, my Mum died when someone took covid in to her ward and on top of her infection it was too much for her body to cope with. My dementia Dad in a nursing home learnt to shout "Hello" having been left in his room all alone during Covid so when the homes opened up again they asked him to leave (I didn't know they could do that). No one would take him because he shouts so as Mum had passed I said I'd care for him in his home. Very hard work even with carer help to change him 4 times a day. As your body has its own agenda I've had to deal with that side of things all on my own too. I almost did 2 years but had to relinquish him back into care as it was affecting my mental health (he's in a lovely home 10 miles away). I visit him twice a week and stay for around 5 hours and dogs are welcome too. Whilst caring for Dad, my partner of almost 11 years started dating someone else and I caught him/them out. My Solicitor fought to get most of the money that I had put into paying off the mortgage on our home. Now I have to do alsorts of jumping through hoops to be able to buy Dad's home. The Office of the Public Guardian (The Court of Protection) are a nightmare! That's a whole other story. So I'm living in the family home trying to sort out mine & Mum's stuff whilst sorting out all the overgrown shrubbery in front and back garden (Bamboo in the front needs a mini digger £300 a day). The back garden is twice the size of my old one lol but I'm getting there bit by bit. I can't afford to employ help as the house money I used to live on and retired myself on is dwindling away on household bills and I need to buy a whole house again and not just half lol.
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I trust Tracy with my dogs
I am so grateful to Tracy for the way she looked after my dog, Chester. From initial communication to picking him up after my holiday, everything was straight forward and easy and I was able to enjoy my time away safe in the knowledge that Chester was having a lovely time too. I received regular photos of him playing games and snuggling on the sofa and could tell by his happy and relaxed demeanor when I collected him that he had been very well cared for and enjoyed his stay. I wouldn't hesitate to have Tracy look after Chester again and highly recommend her if you are looking for someone to take care of your special friend if you are going away. Thank you Tracy!