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Dog sitting our beautiful greyhounds in North East Scotland, UK

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  2026 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Hi There, I'm Gillian and I live in Garmouth in the Northeast of Scotland with my partner Gordy and our beautiful greyhounds Jasper and Ace. I am a freelance private chef and part-time student and Gordy works from home for Paypal. We have no kids and are totally devoted to our hounds!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Animal Care
    House & pet sitting
  • Interests

    Interests

    Vegetarian or vegan
    Sustainability
    Politics / Social justice
    Pets
    Music
    Cooking & food
    Carpentry
    Books
    Animals
    Yoga / Wellness
    Outdoor activities
    Hiking
    Cycling
    Camping
    Beach
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We live walking distance from the Speyside way and moray coastal trail and there are numerous lovely walks just out our door. Although Speyside is well known for its numerous whisky distillery's it is off the beaten track as far mass tourism goes. It is an interesting part of the world with friendly people and beautiful scenery, the house I less than 10 minute walk from the river spey estuary Scotland's famous salmon river and 15 mins walk from the Moray coastal trail.

  • Help

    Help

    We are going on holiday to Malta from the the 22nd of FEBRUARY to 2nd of March and are looking for ideally a couple, two friends or a small family to come and dog sit. As Ace is reactive we would like two people and ideally someone with experience with reactive dogs definitely someone with lots of dog experience. He loves humans and is a big softie but doesn't like other dog. We would definitely consider 1 person if they were willing to walk the dogs separately, Jasper walks are shorter these days biof his age.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Semi detached house with 2, double bedrooms and an office. We have a recently installed central heating system so the house is now toasty at all times and there is a wood burner with lots of wood if wanted.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Garmouth is a charming wee village but has no amenities so you would have to get a bus to do anything other than enjoy the outdoors and hang out with the dogs by the fire. We also have bikes you can borrow to go to the nearest shop which is 3 miles away. I can pick you up from train station in Keith or Elgin and will buy you a big supermarket shop before we head off. We have lots of steaming services such as Netflix and Apple TV to cosy up to in the winter nights and plenty books to read.
    We are easy going people who really love animals and are looking for similar humans to look after our boys.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have an office to work in and decent WiFi.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    You can park your campervan here but you would have to stay inside with the dogs.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Jasper (12 years)

    Beautiful male Greyhound

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