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Services Offered
- House Sitting
- Dog Walking
- Pop In Service to Feed Animals
- Puppy or Senior Doggy Visits and Walks
About Good as Gold on Dog Walks
Good as Gold on Dog Walks offers reliable, friendly and trustworthy Dog Walking and Pet Sitting Services, catering for all of your pet's individual needs. We've always included our pets as loving and valued members of the family, so caring for yours only comes naturally to us enabling them to feel loved and secure in our care. We offer services for cats, dogs, smaller mammals including hamsters, Guinea pigs, rats, Degus, Chinchillas, and rabbits. For a more detailed list of services click on the `Services Offered' link at the top of this page.
We are a small team consisting of one or two family members who muck in with their walking boots and occasionally look after the technical side of the business but Teresa is the main pet carer, with a wealth of 24 years experience. Teresa holds the leads, wears the muddy boots, drives the vehicle and cleans out the litter trays and she always has time for cuddles with your fur family and plenty of energy for walkies with your woofers.
Teresa has an impressive employement history within the care sectors, education, the arts, and is a qualified Youth and Community Education worker. She also has experience as a professional drama and dance tutor for children, young people, adults, people with learning difficulties and the physically challenged, all of which show a passionate enthusiam for people. Teresa's experience of pet sitting on a voluntary and professional basis goes back as far as the start of this millenium in 2000.
Teresa's first pet sitting assignment was as a house pet sitter, for her manager, when she was working as a Health Care Assistant. The next professional assignment was as a house dog sitter for the principle of a dance and drama school where Teresa coached young people in performance workshops. This was followed by a friend of Teresa's recommending her to another friend. Between the years of 2000 up to 2010 the recommendations kept escalating with countless voluntary pet sitting and dog walking assignments. It was from these recommendations that Teresa realised she had a natural flair, not only in caring for people, but also caring for their pets, of all sorts of breeds, shapes, and sizes.
During 2011 Teresa decided to develop her knowledge of animals, specifically dogs, by researching animal behaviour, animal welfare, and the pet sitting profession, turning her enthusiastic interest into a vocational profession. In addition to Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Teresa has developed her interests further into dog training and behaviour courses with certificates of attendance on `2 Day Career as a Dog Trainer' Course, the `4 Day Practical Instructors' Course, and `Canine Aggression and Rehabilitation' courses with the IMDT. Although Teresa is not a qualified Dog Trainer and Behaviourist you can rest assured that she follows the ethics of kindness in her work and will happlily support any client whose pets need a little more encouragement in engaging with their human families. Other courses included are `Canine 1st Aid,' 'Behaviour Happens for a Reason,' Safety and Risk Assessment for all Trainers and Behaviourists,' and 'Learning Theory Explained.' Most recently, in 2023, Teresa gained a Professional Dog Walking Certificate through the IMDT and continues to develop her knowledge of dogs and dog behaviour. These courses have been invaluable with developing the bond Teresa has with her client's dogs, and any other pets she cares for. For further information about Dog Training and Behaviour please refer to the section in 'Other Details'.
Teresa also holds certificates in First Aid for cats, dogs, and horses, has a clear police check and is fully insured through Pet Business Insurance.
Office hours for enquiries: -
- Monday - Friday, from 10:00 am to 6 pm.
- If we're not available to take your call please leave a voicemail message and we'll contact you as soon as litter trays are cleaned, hay bedding has been changed, and dog leads released, or you could write us an email. We will reply to all emails and voicemail messages.
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Customer Reviews
Tanya
Sarah
Mr Graham Taylor
Jacky Avery
I have known Teresa Wright for very many years and know nothing against her character. She is a caring, loving person with a ready smile, a good sense of humour and a sunny disposition. Teresa is a hard worker who gives her very best to whatever she is doing.
These days Teresa and I only meet on an occasional basis but this has not always been the case. For many years Teresa worked as a carer for an agency, which I managed so we had contact on a regular, almost daily basis as I planned her work. Teresa was popular in all areas that she worked in because of the high standard of her care and her absolute reliability; she was popular with her peer group and with the matrons and sisters because of the quality of her work. She was also an active youth worker.
At that time Teresa lived in our home for a week and cared for our pets whilst my family and I were on holiday. We came home to a clean and tidy home and happy cats and dogs, although in fairness the goldfish rarely commented.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Teresa as a reliable, caring and trustworthy person.
Kind Regards
Jacky Avery
Sitter's Gallery
Weekday Dog Walks:-
1 hour individual one-to-one walk - £14.00
1 hour group walk for 1 dog per household - £12.00
1 hour walk for two dogs from the same household - £18.00
1 hour behaviour support walk - £22.00 (Following the advice and guidance of a qualified dog behaviourist. Please see notes below)
30 minute doggy pop in house visit - £10.00
30 minute Dog Walk - £11.00 - Suitable for puppies needing toilet breaks, socialising or habituating with the big world outside, and for elderly or infirm doggies.
Sunday and General Bank Holiday Monday Dog Walks:-
1 hour individual one-to-one walk - Sunday £19.00
1 hour group walk for 1 dog per household - Sunday £18.00
1 hour walk for two dogs from the same household - Sunday £25.00
30 minute doggy pop in house visit - £15.00
30 minute Dog Walk - £15.00 (Suitable for elderly dogs, or puppies that need socialising with the big world outside)
Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday Dog Walks:-
1 hour individual one-to-one walk - £28.00
1 hour group dog walk - £24.00
1 hour walk for two dogs from the same household - £36.00
Please note, Teresa is not a qualified dog trainer and behaviourist but has completed many invaluable courses with The Institute of Modern Dog Training (IMDT). Teresa continues to regularly update her knowledge and skills through this well informed and reliable institution. The behaviour support service Teresa offers is in addition to any advice given to the client who has booked in a fully qualified Dog Trainer and Behaviourist who can show proof of certification, and membership, of an established Dog Training and Behaviour organisation. This service incorporates the guidance given to the client from the trainer/behaviourist as part of the dog walk. Teresa understands that consistency is the key to managing the behaviour of our dogs, and will follow any advice given to the client to support them with the progress of their dog’s behaviour, and behaviour management programme. Teresa is committed to only using non invasive, force free, positive training techniques. She will never use prong collars, shock collars, slip leads, and sprays, or any other invasive tools and methods. This service costs £22 per hour for an individual dog, and includes an in depth detailed documented report of each walk.
Pop in Visits for cats and small mammals
One 30 minute visit for cats and other small mammals - £9.00
Two 30 minute visits per day - £18.00
Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday Pop in Visits for cats and small mammals
30 minute visit - £18.00
Two 30 minute visits per day - £35.00
House Dog Sitting - This is a limited service and usually only available to regular dog walking clients. We do not offer a Home Boarding Service.
House sitting is priced at £12.00 per hour for the household dogs. The minimum time for our house sitting service is for a 3 hour house sit.
Over night stays are booked from 8 hours up to 24 hours. The 24 hour house sit will have a split of 4 hours between 11:00am and 15:00 hours. This service is priced at a set rate of £70.00. Additional walks might will be added to the cost of this service if they are required.
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- One-to-One 1 hour dog walks
- One hour group dog walks
- One-to-One behaviour support walks (Following the guidelines of a qualified trainer/behaviourist)
- Puppy, or older doggy pop in house visit
- Pop in Visits for cats and smaller mammals
- 8 hour overnight house dog sitting
- 12 hour overnight house dog sitting
- 24 hour house dog sitting
Teresa has been such a great support with our rescue boy. We adopted him in January 2018 without fully understanding the extent of his dog aggression and we very quickly realised that it was more than we could handle on our own. We found Teresa via NarpsUK and we haven't looked back. She has supported us with a behavioural programme to help our boy and it has made such a difference to us and most importantly him. He has gone from being an anxious and reactive dog to relaxing and enjoying his walks. Teresa has also invested in us, as owners so that we can help him. She provides us with guidance and support so that we can all work together to have lovely walks. Our boy is a totally different dog on his walks now and although we are still on our journey we couldn't do it without Teresa. She has been our rock and I couldn't recommend her more. Teresa is as dedicated to our boys future happiness and loves him as much as we do and we are very grateful to have found her. Teresa is incredibly passionate, knowledgable and perceptive and we'd be lost without her 😀.