What does a day look like?
A morning walk
- ~9:30Collected from homeYour walker arrives around half nine. You don’t need to be in; we hold your key.
- + the driveOut to proper groundHampstead Heath in groups of four, or Arrandene in Mill Hill in groups of six.
- 60 minutesA full hour of walkingNever less. The driving isn’t counted in it.
- On the walkA WhatsApp from your walkerA video of your dog in action, and who they’ve been running around with today.
- ~1½ hrs laterHome, settledOut of the house about an hour and a half in total.
Hampstead, West Hampstead, Highgate, Primrose Hill, Belsize Park, Kilburn and Cricklewood.
An afternoon walk
- ~12:00Collected around middayAfter the morning round, walkers collect again in every area we walk.
- + the driveUp to Hampstead HeathA short drive up to Hampstead Heath, in a small, calm group.
- 60 minutesA full hour on Hampstead HeathWest Heath woodland or the open Heath Extension, depending on your dog.
- On Hampstead HeathNews on WhatsAppA video plus the gossip: who they’ve made friends with.
- ~1:30Home againSame rhythm every day. Dogs settle into it quickly.
Every area we walk. In St John’s Wood and Maida Vale, walks are afternoons only.
A day in the Secret Woodland
- 8:30 – 9:30Warren collectsIt’s a round, so collection runs across the hour.
- ~40 minsThe drive outThe dogs settle on the drive and arrive calm.
- 4 hoursIn real woodlandStreams, bracken, muntjac deer and pheasants. Six dogs, one man.
- During the dayYour WhatsApp updateVideos from the woods and who their best friend was today.
- 3:00 – 4:00Dropped homeProperly, satisfyingly knackered.
Barnet and Finchley: ~10:30 to ~2:30, with just a 15–20 minute drive.
Meet the regulars
Real dogs, with real friendships. You’ll get to know them through the WhatsApp videos.
Humphrey
CockapooHumphrey has been on the walks since Warren first held him at twelve weeks old, nearly seven years ago. He walks so close to your ankles that you’ll count the group, panic you’re one short, and find him pressed against your foot.
Roly
Chocolate LabRoly is a young chocolate Lab, and every dog on the walk wants to play with her. She’s never short of friends.
Loki
Cocker spanielLoki can walk for four hours and look ready for four more. His one trick is the tiger pounce: flat in the grass, completely sure no one can see him.
Rum
Red LabRum walks steadily alongside the group, calm and centred. If you want to know what a three or four looks like, it’s him.
Cosmo
Malamute huskyCosmo is a Malamute husky with one blue eye and one brown. Strangers stop to tell him he’s the most beautiful dog they’ve ever seen, and he thoroughly enjoys it.
Max
GoldendoodleMax is a Goldendoodle who leans gently on passers-by until he gets a stroke, then moves on to the next person, so everyone gets an equal share.
Wrufo
SpanielWrufo has been with us seven years and comes on daycare every day. After a day in the woods he goes home and sleeps. The howling stopped completely.
The Premier Dog Walkers philosophy
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Warren has three young children who love dogs. They can get a group of dogs excited in seconds. There’s no skill in that.
The skill of a good dog walker is controlling the excitement. We keep our dogs at a 3 or 4 on the scale. They can jump up to an 8 to play, and then we bring them back down. So when we meet people on Hampstead Heath, our dogs are calm.
We don’t throw tennis balls either. A ball creates competition, and we don’t want to give dogs a reason not to get on.
- Fully insured
- Police-checked walkers, trained by Warren
- Pick-up and drop-off included
- Keys securely held and fully insured
- 16 years walking dogs on Hampstead Heath
- 115 reviews, rated 4.9 out of 5
Why our dogs, and our walkers, never leave.
years in North West London
It all started with Foxy, Warren’s rescue dog.
years: average walker tenure
Walkers choose their own dogs. So they stay. Nick and Emma for twelve.
dogs per group on Hampstead Heath
And six at most anywhere else, at Arrandene and in daycare. Never a pack of fifteen.
Where do we pick up and drop off?
Who’ll knock on your door, and when.
What our clients say
Free meet and greet for your dog
Come and say hello, tell us about your dog, and we’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit. The whole point of what we do only works if your walker actually wants to be there.
💬 Chat to Warren on WhatsAppor call 020 8442 0520