It’s walkies time!
At 4 Paws your pets are treated as we would our own. We offer group walks or solo walks to suit your dog’s preferences and needs.
Once our info forms are filled in, your main walker will arrange to pop round for a free meet & greet before your first walk so that owners and dogs can get to know us and vice versa.
Repeat, ad-hoc, and short notice bookings welcome.
Group Walks
Our group walks are a very popular choice — cost effective as we have the dogs out of the house for longer total time, and the dogs get to enjoy social interactions, play and burn more energy. Allowing the dogs to practice interacting with appropriate playmates improves welfare, behaviour, K9 communication skills, and self-awareness.
Cornwall is a beautiful county and we are blessed with many suitable places to allow the dogs off lead safely. Some of our favourite walk locations include local dog-friendly beaches, woods, moors, and clay trails, as well as our own private field. We also hire other secure parks in the area. Varying our walk locations keeps it fun and fresh for both our dogs and walkers! Sometimes we venture further afield if time and group allows, or meet up to form a larger group at our field for maximum fun!
The pace of the walk will be adjusted to suit the natural gait, age, and ability of the dogs in the group. If we need to keep your dog on lead, we can, or we can use a secure location and longline. Generally we try to do our first walk with a new client in one of these secure locations — this means if the dog isn’t enjoying group they can easily swap in and out.
Walk times: Actual walk time is 45-60 mins and we have the dogs for longer as we pick up and drop off their playmates. Monday-Friday we have two set groups a day: ‘AM’ around 10am-1pm and ‘PM’ around 1pm-4pm (±1h). We may alter these to suit weather, traffic, walk location etc. Weekends we don’t always have a group walk available but feel free to ask!
Mucky pups! We offer a quick towel dry once back at the van and can hose your floofy fidos at your house if you allow access. We advise you have somewhere we can leave the dogs if they are wet/muddy. Coats such as Equafleece or similar can help keep dogs clean on the walk.
Solo Walks
Here at 4 Paws we understand that not all dogs are suitable for group walks, so we created solos.
Solo walks are just for your dog, or dogs if you have more than one in the household. This allows us to tailor our service to exactly what your pets require. We can feed, play, super slow walk, basic grooming, administer medications or a combination of these.
These walks are suitable for:
Perfect for
- Old dawgs or young pups
- Dogs recovering from injury
- Nervous dogs
- Dogs that don’t get along with others
- One-on-one attention & maximum loving
Time Options
- 15 mins — Quick visit
- 30 mins — Medium walk
- 60 mins — Full walk
Times start from when we arrive at your house. Slots run all day — select your ideal time and we’ll aim to be there within an hour flex.
Due to the nature of solos, there are limited slots so advance or repeat booking is recommended.
Eden Walks
Looking to visit the iconic Eden Project with your dog?
The first bit of great news is that the Eden Project is super dog friendly. Dogs are welcome in the extensive outside gardens and buildings, and features undercover parking for dog owners, so any time your dogs are in your vehicle they are in the shade.
We meet you at Eden and walk your dog whilst you view the biomes where dogs aren’t permitted (due to the high temperature, rare plants, and tame birds).
Group Option
Recommended for social dogs — most cost effective, better chance of availability, and we have the dog for longer.
We suggest joining our ‘AM’ group, then if you need more time on the day we can usually add to ‘PM’ group provided we have space.
Solo Option
If your dog wouldn’t enjoy a group walk, we can book you in for a 2-hour solo.
We find this is just enough time to view the biomes, and most dogs can manage a 2h hike without too much trouble.
You have a great day, and your pets can too — you get back to happy walked pets with no stressing about leaving them in the car too long.
Important: Please book Eden walks in advance, and before booking Eden tickets, as we need to ensure we can make a larger slot in our schedule for these special walks.