Auckland Inner West · Solo Walker
A tired dog
is a good dog.
No chewed skirting boards. No barking at every passer-by. No 10pm zoomies. Ninety real minutes of off-lead running — beach, bush, real pace — and your dog comes home properly, thoroughly done.
Illustration: a dog, thoroughly worn out, asleep by seven.
The Problem
Out at 7:30. Home by six.
The gap, most weekdays
That's eight, nine, sometimes ten hours — with a full tank of energy and nothing to do with it. A dog doesn't spend that energy sitting still. It comes out somewhere, usually while you're not there to see it.
The skirting board
Chewed because there was nothing better to do with the day.
The barking
Every passer-by, every letterbox, every dog past the fence.
The 10pm zoomies
A last, frantic attempt to burn what should've gone in the morning.
The pulling
A lap around the block was never going to touch it.
A properly tired dog does none of this. It sleeps.
The Walk
What ninety minutes actually looks like
Not a lap around the block on a short lead. Off-lead running where it's safe — beach at low tide, bush tracks, real hills — for as long as your dog can hold a proper pace. Full sniffing. Full pace. Properly, thoroughly tired.
- Off-lead where it's safe to run flat out, not a metre of lawn.
- Beach, bush and hills — not laps of the same three streets.
- The same walker every time, who knows your dog's pace.
- Large, steady
- Medium, bouncy
- Medium, quick
- Small, careful
Socialisation
Never more than four
Every group is capped at four dogs, matched by size and pace. Your dog isn't just around other dogs — it's learning how to actually be around them, at a pace it can keep up with, in a group small enough to notice if something's off.
The Proof
A photo and a line, every single walk
You get a message when they're dropped home — not a route map, just how they actually got on.
Frame: full sprint, Western Springs lakeside path“Biscuit — flat out the whole way. Asleep before I'd even left the driveway.”
Frame: low tide, Meola Reef“Nala — finally let the terrier from next door sniff her properly. Not one bark.”
Frame: bush track, Western Springs“Ralph — matched with two dogs his own pace today. Completely wiped out.”
Prices
Walks & visits
Flat prices, no surprises. Every dog is collected and dropped home.
Group Walk
$28
Matched by size and pace, walked as a small pack.
Solo Walk
$45
All your dog's own, at your dog's own pace.
Puppy Visit
$30
Toilet break, food, and a proper cuddle at home.
Photo: [NAME], Tuesday morning group, Western Springs.
About
About [NAME]
I'm [NAME] — I've been walking dogs around the inner west for years, and I'm still the one holding the lead. Not an app, not a rotating contractor: the same person, every walk, who knows exactly how your dog takes a beach and how hard to push a hot day.
- Fully insured
- Canine first-aid trained
- Same walker, every time
- Max 4 dogs, always
Ready for a properly tired dog?
Book a walk and find out what your evenings look like when the energy's already gone.