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Ailsa

Ailsa set up the K9 to 5 Club after working in telelvision for 8 years.  She loves her job because "we take the dogs out for the best part of their day and so they are always pleased to see you, and I get to wear wellies in Central London"

She says, "I am so proud that we still walk dogs that I started the company with ten years ago. They are old friends and they have been joined by new friends and so the only difficulty now is having enough time to see and play with them all in one walk!"

Ivana

Ivana became Ailsa's partner in The K9 to 5 Club in 2005.  She joined two years earlier while finishing her Sculpture course and quickly became the Club's manager. She then realised that she was enjoying her work so much and felt so healthy that she turned her back on Sculpture to be with the club full time.

She says, "I love working with all the dogs at K9 to 5 Club and even now after my years with the company I still enjoy my walks because I'm always learning how dogs think, understand and interact with humans."

Maria

Maria relocated to England from Equador for her work with a bank but soon realised that she wanted to give up the city 9-5 and came to work for us in 2004. She had a variety pets which she rescued in Equador, including a rather inactive Iguana called Mary.

She says: "It has taken a while to really get to know my group of dogs - they all have such distinct personalities - but the job is fantastic because everyday they do something new and surprising to keep me on my toes."

Zanda

Zanda moved to London two years ago from Latvia with her daughter when her husband was offered a job here. She used to work in television in Latvia as a prop mistress for a soap opera but now loves her new job outdoors and the dogs that she is in charge of. Her daughter has walked with her on a couple of occasions and is so delighted with her mummy's new job that she has been asking what university degree she will need to get to do her job full time.

Nohemi

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Luisa

Luisa has come from Colombia to study English to enhance her hotel and tourism course.  She found her job by doing her own research and asking walkers in the park how to become a dog walker and then she found us!  "I want a job that I feel passionate about," she said.

She has always loved dogs and animals in general since she was a child.  She tells us that when she was 5 her mother was rather surprised to find a goat chewing the furniture in their home in Colombia.  Luisa had found the goat in the park and managed to coax it all the way back to their house because she wanted to look after it.  She seems to have the same effect on her dogs here too.

Aleksandra

Aleksandra gave her up her teaching job in Poland to come to work in London.