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    The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly: A Beginner's Guide to Dog-Minding
    The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly: A Beginner's Guide to Dog-Minding
    The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly: A Beginner's Guide to Dog-Minding
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    The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly: A Beginner's Guide to Dog-Minding

    By Paula Robinson

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    This is an invaluable guide to being a dog-minder (specifically in the United Kingdom) based on the experiences of the author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaula Robinson
    Release dateNov 16, 2015
    ISBN9781310496387
    The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly: A Beginner's Guide to Dog-Minding

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      The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly - Paula Robinson

      The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly

      A Beginner’s Guide to Dog-Minding

      Paula Robinson

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please return to your favourite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ©November 2015 Paula Robinson

      All rights reserved

      Contents

      Introduction

      Buster

      Jess

      Raspberry

      Tommy

      Bobby

      Henry

      Barney

      Moppy

      Leyla

      Scooby

      Tilly

      Guidance for Potential Dog-Minders

      What’s in it for you?

      Preparation for the stayFeeding

      WalkingSleeping/resting

      Medication

      Being left alone

      Travelling in a car

      Contact details

      What dogs need

      Dog psychology – what dogs want

      Owner’s psychology – what owners want

      A Warning: Dogs I refused to mind and why

      Conclusion

      Appendix: Off-Lead Disclaimer Form

      The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly

      Introduction

      From about the age of twelve I walked the family dog, a huge Alsatian, aptly named ‘Tiger’. The route took me, via a pedestrian crossing, over a main road, past the council swimming pool and down several suburban streets to the local common. Putney common in South West London: an enormous expanse of grass and woodland with several minor roads running through it. Here I let Tiger off the lead where he had a run and did his jobs. (You didn’t need to pick it up in those days.) Unremarkable you might think, and so it was to me, but not to observers. At the end of the walk after a long run he’d often collect an enormous stick in his mouth, more like a branch, the biggest possible, and insist on carrying it all the way home. I would anticipate this, and when he started sniffing and searching around the roots of enormous trees I’d try my hardest to encourage him onto the grassy expanse to play, but often failed. Once the stick was between his incisors that was it, I wasn’t nearly strong enough to yank it out, and for Tiger this was simply a game of tug-of-war with the smallest member of the family. So, once the game was over and he’d won Tiger was back on the lead I walked him home. Sometimes the stick was so long there was only room on the pavement for Tiger, and other pedestrians always crossed the road when they saw us coming. They didn’t need much incentive, Tiger was big and so was his stick. I may have been 12 but being small (I was always called ‘Titch’ at school) I was usually mistaken for about 9. On our walks Tiger and I were a curiosity. We were stared at, avoided or

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