Fantastic French Bulldogs!

At the Hound Dog Hotel, exclusive dog accommodation on the Central Coast, I've had many different breeds of come to reside as pampered guests. (Just to explain, I started out as the Perfect Pet Sitter but these days my elite specialist pet minding service is for your dog and VIP (Very Important Pet) at my Hound Dog Hotel).

Over the years I’ve cared for a great variety of different breeds. But recently young Douglas arrived who was the first French Bulldog who’s been to stay – and what a character! Just to look at him made me smile - and he blew away any preconceived ideas I had about Frenchies!


I’ve written a blog about French Bulldogs which you can find by heading over to my main website :
https://hounddoghotel.net/

To see a long, long list of the variety of breeds of dog I've cared for see further below.  

Meanwhile you might want to read a few of my most popular blogs (over 50 published) that you can still find on this site. 

• Is anything cuter than a Cavoodle?
• Unique 3 step check to finding the best breed for you
• Battle of the breeds! Which is the best dog? 
• Is your canine a Diva or Miva? (male Diva!) TAKE OUR QUIZ!
• Cavoodles & Labradoodles - protected or pampered?
• Perfect Pet Sitters Perfect Home Made Dog Treats!
• When dogs go bad - Part I who's driving who mad?
• When dogs go bad - Part II A.K.A. A very important behavioural Blog
• 10 top tips to find the PERFECT PET SITTER or PET MINDER
• Want to live forever – get a dog?!
• Laughing Labradors and an Avalanche of Afghan Hounds 
• Help! My puppy won't come back!  
• Two Dogs – Twice the Fun or Double Trouble?
• Are dogs really just ingratiating parasites?
• Rhodesian Ridgebacks - looks can be deceiving!
• Cattle dogs, Kelpies & Ginger Toms
• Puppy Power! Rare & gorgeous black Spaniel
• "But anyone can pet sit"
• Avoiding puppy problems with small children
• A Two Canoe doggie rescue
• Mucky Pups - mayhem on the Mudflats! 
• 10 reasons we’re the best of the best
• See why Perfect Pet Sitter is the best dog care anywhere
• The 4 worst Dog Walker Scams – are you being duped?

Here are the breeds I've cared for:
(The list is so long I couldn't even add all of them in Tags!!)

French Bulldog
English Bulldog
Dogue de Bordeaux
German Shepherd Dog
German Shorthaired Pointers
Wirehaired German Pointers
Labradors 
(Cream, Chocolate and Black Labradors)
Golden Retreivers
Groodles
Labradoodles 
Cavoodles 
Moodles (aka Maltipoo Maltese x Poodle)
Springer Spaniels
Kelpies
Border Collies
Old English Sheepdog
Rhodesian Ridgebacks
Jack Russells
Pugalier
Lagotto Ramango
West Highland White
Toy Poodle
Boxer
Wheaten Terrier
Miniature Schnauzer.
Cavalier King Charles
Beagalier  (Beagle x Cavalier)
Shitzue x Maltese
Lab x Boxer
Lab x unknown!

Cattle dogs, Kelpies & Ginger Toms

I’m back pet sitting one of my regular fur families, this time for nearly a month. There’s Jack, an 8 year old cattle dog/Kelpie mix. Maggie, a 3 year old black and tan Kelpie - and not forgetting Jimmy, the ginger tom who thinks he’s a dog.

It’s my third time looking after them all and I really look forward to staying as they each have their own individual and entertaining personality. 

Jack has one of the best noses I’ve seen and could easily have been a drug detection dog. Wherever we go he never fails to find a tennis ball. Even if it’s a just a remnant of a ball – he’ll find it. 

Maggie doesn’t bother to hunt balls – she doesn’t need to. Instead she watches Jack intently. As soon as he finds a ball she’ll do her best to sneak it – only to quickly bore of it and drop it for Jack to pick up again - and her to continue keeping a beady eye on him.

A particular pleasure with these two is how incredibly good they are in keeping by you when off leash. Jack is incredibly loyal and always watching where I am, staying close by. 

And Maggie is watching Jack the whole time – so by definition she is close by too!

Jimmy was brought into a house with this pair of herding dogs when a tiny kitten. The owner did an amazing job of integrating him. So much so that he comes to the call just as well as the dogs!

If you have seen the film 'Puss In Boots' this is
Jim doing his Antonio Banderas impression!

When the dogs and I are leaving for our walk, Jimmy comes too, looking most upset when we drive off. And when we come back, there he’ll be by the gate, rushing in with us when we go inside.

I just wish Jimmy could come on our walks too – I’m sure he’d enjoy them every bit as much as Jack and Maggie!