This little girl is called Tarka and as you can see, she is a three-year-old working Cocker Spaniel who has a lovely chocolate brown coat. She is also a cheeky little money, like most of her breed! She had already been in the front cab of my van as I had left the door open whilst I was working and her owner John chased her out. When I returned to the van with the equipment having completed the sweep, I found her in the rear of the van. She was most reluctant to come out, hence my opportunity to take some funny pictures of her!! John was telling me that they had recently had some building work done and Tarka had got into the builder’s van and eaten all their sandwiches, what a naughty girl, the builders were not best pleased but saw the funny side of it. Although quite small, Tarka is a bundle of energy, when I first arrived at the job and gave her a little fuss and attention, she then spent the next 10 minutes doing zoomies around the sitting room. Very funny to watch!!


My name is Paddy McKeown, I am a retired police officer (Detective Sergeant – Metropolitan Police), turned chimney sweep. I have completed training with ‘The Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps’, and Rod Tech UK (Power Sweeping).



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