My Story Before Waggy Tales
(Owner and Founder of Waggy Tales)
My name is Lydia, I have been interested in animals since I was very young, going on walks to look at nature with my parents and family. This love of animals stayed with me all through school, always being the go-to-person with animal questions by my peers!
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​​After school I then enrolled into collage to do media, of course this still had a deep set animal root as I wanted to learn how to create film and TV shows so it could be me behind the camera filming David Attenborough!
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I then decided to go back animal-based study for me to progress from, so I got accepted into university onto an "Applied Animal Studies BSc" course, which I passed with high marks and came away with a Hons Degree. This left me with a wide knowledge of wild and domesticated animals in all areas from zoo's to your back door.
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Lastly, I took it upon myself to take on an additional course which was a subject I became very interested in during my studies, which was Canine Hydrotherapy, which i then I studied for a year and was very proud to come away with a level 4 certificate!
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After all of my completed education I decided it was time to get to work! I was very lucky to soon after leaving University, find a job working in a wonderful dog walking company in Milton Keynes. I stayed in this job for two years and discovered a true love for taking care of people's pets and delivering a high standard of service. It was a great experience and it allowed me to put much of what i learned in my studies about training or behaviour into action, working with owners and their furry friends.
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I was then very fortunate to be offered a job working in a veterinary surgery as a Veterinary Care Assistant. I loved being part of the practice, seeing so many different cases, helping pets in need and seeing long term patients returning to full health.
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I now am the proud owner of two Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi's, Sir Digby Chicken Caeser, and Maris Piper (Digby and Piper to their friends!), alongside our two house cat brothers Rupert & Lord Flashheart and house rabbit Luther!
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Meet Our Wonderful Dog Carers
Your dog's new best friends away from home!
Hi, I'm Hannah.
I have always loved animals - especially dogs and have known for a long time that i want a career working with them.
I started at Waggy Tales as a work experience student. After I finished my Level 3 in Animal Management at Moulton College I was offered a full time position at WT.
I am a very quiet & shy person but being around dogs really helps me to relax and become more confident and working with them every day is a dream.
My other big love in life is crocheting, so i combined my two Passions by creating & selling personalised crochet dogs!
Hi, I'm Terri.
I've always been passionate about all animals from invertebrates and reptiles, to horses and dogs! Almost all of my working career has evolved around animals, specifically with dogs since 2019, as does most of my free time outside of Waggy Tales. Animals are definitely my kind of people!
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I currently hold a level 2 animal management qualification and i'm currently working on my level 3 dog daycare apprenticeship whilst in here at WT, allowing me to progress in my future and gain valuable experience on the job. Being at WT also means I get to bring my two dogs Keera the Saluki and Ted the Yorkie to work with me, where they both absolutely thrive with their friends!
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A Special Mention
In my last job at the vets I met a very special older gent, Tigger. He was a stray who was never claimed and because he was at least 12 years old and very sick with Hyperthyroidism and heart failure he was sadly going to be put to sleep. I took him home one weekend before his time with us was up, and after forming such a special bond with us, he never left. He outdid all the vets expectations of one or two months and he was the light of our lives from Oct 2015 - Aug 2016.
I wanted to mention Tigger because he taught us to live for the moment and do things every day that make you happy; this is so fitting because this is exactly why I have opened this centre, because it makes me happy every day.