π¨ BEWARE OF 'UNLEASH THE HOUNDS DOG WALKING' BASED IN THE NORTH EAST - APPEARS THEY MAY ABUSE YOUR DOG
A customer writes:
Debbie was observed forcefully kicking a puppy twice.
'On June 2, 2026 at 1115 our home surveillance system recorded Debbie, a representative / owner of 'Unleash the Hounds,' entering our property to collect our puppy for his dog walk.
The footage clearly shows our puppy exhibiting excitement by jumping upon her entry. Debbie was then observed forcefully kicking our puppy twice. These actions caused our puppy to collide with a furniture unit, which visibly shook from the impact. Me and my partner had prior discussions with Debbie during our initial meet-and-greet regarding our puppy's tendency to jump when greeting him after he's been home alone due to him having bad separation anxiety.
we discussed our ongoing efforts to train this behavior, she acknowledged this information and stated her experience with similar situations.
At the end of April this year we were looking for a dog walker for our cockapoo puppy which is where Debbie messaged recommending her services. We had an initial meet and greet with Debbie which went well and she started walking our puppy once a week from the beginning of May. This was his 5th dog walk with her. Normally Debbie and another lady enters the house to collect him and we have had no issues prior to this day. On the day of the incident Debbie entered the house alone for the first time.
We have had no problems with this business up until this incident and we enjoyed getting to see our puppy have fun on clips of their walks on her Facebook page each week.
This incident was captured by a clearly visible home CCTV camera that was in sight and that Debbie looked straight into after hurting our dog.
Debbie knows we are aware of this situation and that we have seen this footage and we didnβt receive a message back, in fact she just blocked me on her business page which we have interpreted as a lack of remorse and lack of accountability and to me shows major guilt.
If this is what sheβs doing in front of a visible camera what is she doing to our dogs off camera and when there is no one around.
We are so saddened by this situation that we not only trusted her with our dog but our home too, and how this incident has happened in our dog's own home a place where our dog should feel content,safe and loved.
We have reported this incident and the CCTV footage, to the relevant authorities who are dealing with this situation, Debbie has denied this incident happened.
However The point of this post is to make people aware to stay away from βUnleash the Houndsβ dog walking services so that other peopleβs dogs donβt have to encounter the disturbing abusive behaviour shown on the footage by Debbie'
Source Centre Stage for the Voiceless.