The Edipaws Team
Heidi – Owner & Director
I have been with Edipaws since 2010 working alongside the founder of the company Helen, after acquiring my beloved Dachshund – Leni. From dog walker to dog cuddler, to driver and second in command, I was a natural fit to continue serving all our furry friends when Helen decided to emigrate. I couldn’t bear to say goodbye to all the perfect pooches, so the only obvious solution was to take over the reins myself. Being an already busy mum of 3 didn’t stop me, as my girls have been coming to Edipaws whenever possible, practically since they called walk! Many of you will already have met them over the years helping me drop and collect your precious dogs. I am super organised and pride myself on reliability and being personable and feel privileged to have been chosen to continue to care for your hounds who I love like my own!
Stuart – Co-Owner
The family theme continues here also as being Heidi’s brother I couldn’t let her be short-handed after Helen’s departure and having previously worked together for over a decade in my other line of business, we knew it would work well. Being a dog lover (and Leni’s near favourite person!) I couldn’t wait to meet all the Edipaws doggies as well. As a keen fisherman I’m very well-equipped and prepared for all the weather, mud and muck that can be thrown at us in this line of work too. As the other driver, you’ll all see me on collections and drop-offs and there being two of us able to do this means that we might even be able to take the occasional holiday ourselves!
Helen – Founder & Occasional Cover
In 2010, with 2 dogs to her name and a first litter of Edipaws puppies imminent, Helen quit the rat-race and followed a lifelong desire to work with dogs and launched the company. From having 6 leads and a 4×4, it developed into buying a van, to quickly asking Heidi to assist her with the growing customer base, to adding a 2nd van and several other staff members, thus becoming the business it is today. After 12 years of tireless service to all Edipaws’ dogs, and too many dogs of her own to count, never mind the menagerie of other animals, Helen has decided the time was right to retire to the country with just her own animals and live the good life. However – having loved and cared for so many of our current pooches Helen is unable to stay away completely and intends to return as often time allows.
Field Hands
We are lucky enough to have a great team of fellow dog lovers in Sharon, Ella, Fiona, Matt plus Lana and Halle (Heidi’s grown-up girls) who assist us at our beautiful three acre secure location. Playing, picking up, entertaining and cuddling to everyone’s requirements is all in a day’s work and not a bad one at that!
We also currently have with us Jess who is doing work experience at Edipaws as part of her Animal Management Course at college. As dogs are her preferred animal of choice, we were a natural fit for her to gain confidence and experience and she has proved to be a dab hand at doing so. It’s lovely for us as a company to support youngsters into choosing working with animals and we hope to be able to offer this to many more in the future.
And let’s not forget to mention Sade (Heidi’s youngest), and lots of her friends, who absolutely adore coming to play with our fantastic pack. Don’t be fooled by her size, she can command the attention of all our dogs and lay down the line as well as any of us when needs be. A future owner in the making perhaps?…
Our Vans
Professional doggy day care & pet care services 