Sign up to be a dog walker

Sign up to be a dog walker

If you would like to become a volunteer dog walker please complete our form.

Please can anyone who was booked on an induction last year please re-apply. Unfortunately due to the high volume of requests we received last year we are unable to contact everyone.

• You must be over 18 to volunteer.
• Please remember to bring Photo ID with you.
• Read our Guidance for Dog Walkers (104kb PDF).
  These Forms will be handed out at the Inductions for your signature, but feel free to download and bring along a signed copy to save time.
• Once you have completed an induction you will be given a walker number and will be able to walk your first dog!
• Please keep your walker number safe as you will need this each time you walk a dog.

Registered walkers

If you are a registered walker you can now turn up during our dog walking hours: 8am – 4.45pm Monday to Thursday and 8am-4pm Friday to Sunday. Please note that dogs must back in the kennels by the finishing times. We are closed from 12 noon – 1pm every day and we close at 12 noon on bank holidays.

Thank you

Local dog walking routes

There are a number of trails around the Dogs Home which are suitable for dog walking.

• The Ely trail follows the river Ely from Cardiff Bay to St Fagans which is approximately 7 miles.
  Download a route map (7.4mb PDF)

Cardiff’s parks and green spaces make this one of the greenest cities in the UK.

The Outdoor Cardiff website has a variety of walking trails from 1 mile to long distance treks all on your doorstep!