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Need a dog walker while you're at work? There's a service for that! (3 photos)

Isabelle Frenette, the subject of this edition of Mid-Week Mugging, owns and operates Dog Walking by Isabelle and MishMash

Do you ever wonder if your dog could benefit from a walk in the middle of the day while you're at work or at an appointment?

If yes, there is a local business that could help with that.

This week's subject for the mid-week mugging introduces you to Isabelle Frenette, who operates Dog Walking by Isabelle.

After moving back to Elliot Lake from Saskatchewan in December 2017, Frenette explained, "I absolutely love animals. But allergies in our family prevent us from having pets in the home. That's why I decided to start a dog walking business. It's my favourite kind of therapy."

Her reasons?

"I wanted to offer this service to our community for many reasons: for pet owners with brand new puppies who can't it until their person comes home, for owners that have adult dogs (maybe overweight) that would benefit from the extra exercise during the day, to provide midday walks to senior dogs that might have accidents while you're gone and if work, or play, requires you to leave town for a few days, I can come over a few times a day to play and let your fur baby out."

Prices for for Dog Walking by Isabelle are $10 for a 15-minute walk, $20 for a 30-minute walk, and if you need help cleaning your yard after your dog's business, Frenette also offers to clean it up, making it $40 for a 30-minute job.

If that isn't enough to keep her busy, along with her three children, Frenette also owns MishMash: The Fun Shop.

This second business of hers started a few years ago and rents equipment for special occasions.

"I offer fun food equipment rentals (snow cone, popcorn, cotton candy)," she said. "The rental comes with everything you need for your special event, whether it's a birthday, wedding reception, baby gender revealing party (blue or pink), stag and doe, popcorn bar, fundraiser, a night at home with kids, etc."

She also said that MishMash will also come run the show at the event or fundraiser.

On top of offering those services for MishMash, Frenette explained that she can make pre-made packages of the fun fresh foods.

"We also offer the option to purchase pre-made popcorn or cotton candy," she said. "You get super fresh fun food for a great price. We can make pre-packaged plain or flavoured popcorn, fun Valentine's Day treat bags for your little one's classmates and flashing cotton candy for sleepovers."

To obtain quotes on MishMash, or to set up Dog Walking by Isabelle, contact Frenette at 705-698-9696.



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