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How to Find a Dog Walker

Finding a Dog Walker? As people are starting to plan ahead for a return to school, I am receiving more enquiries about Dog Walking.  I only cover Swords and Malahide for dog walking and have very little availability at the moment, so in an unregulated industry, it can be hard to know who to trust with your best friend and with more people using it as an easy way to make quick money, how can you find a professional you can trust?  As a professional Dog Walker and as someone who has used the services of a dog Walker in the past, these are my top five tips for finding a genuine professional: 1.  Qualifications  The qualifications you should look for in a Dog Walker would be at a minimum First Aid and a basic accredited Dog Training or Animal Care course.  When I take on new dogs, I spend a lot of time training them to come to my cues, I can’t have 4 different cues for 4 different dogs, so it’s extremely important there is a basic understanding of how to train dogs using the most up to dat