The Dog Walking service involves us picking up a dog from the owner's home, taking the dog in A Dog’s Life designated vehicle, housed in individual cages to ensure each dog's safety and comfort, with full ventilation, to a specific local woodland, farmland or country park, providing a robust and enjoyable walk for the dog and then cleaning/drying the dog before safely returning the dog to its owner's home.  There is bed lining in each cage and a wide, solid, non-slip ramp to enable large, elderly or infirm dogs easy, comfortable access as well as a clean, covered drying area with a mobile shower and cleaning materials to ensure dogs are returned in good condition.

Dogs will be walked typically on the basis of two per handler, which is a lower handler/dog ratio than most dog walking companies provide.  Dogs can also be walked individually.  The breed, age, energy levels and temperament of a dog are all important factors in deciding the right walks and social group.

The walk will be on a lead unless otherwise specifically agreed with the owner.

All dogs need to be up-to-date with appropriate vaccinations (a valid certificate will need to be viewed), and dogs will not be walked in groups or off lead if they are un-castrated dogs under the age of 9 months or bitches in season.  All dogs also need to be on a recommended flea control & worming programme for the safety and comfort of all dogs.

For the vast majority of time Steve & Jane will walk dogs together.  This goes to the essence of Steve & Jane's desire to focus on the welfare and development of the dogs they care for.  By both walking together this will usually provide coverage of a maximum of two dogs per person.  This significantly increases opportunities for effective interaction and play between the dogs and Steve & Jane, given the low handler to dog ratio, and also provides valuable additional security as two handlers are walking together.

 
Steve & Jane also have policies and procedures to adhere to when walking dogs in groups to ensure that the group dynamics work between the dogs that are walked together.