WE have come to end of the year, and what a year it has been. I’m sure that most of us are not sad to see the back of 2020 and are hopeful that the coming 12 months are better for us all. Something that was severely impacted during the past year was my small side business of looking after other people’s dogs. My boys and I love dogs, but I am not keen to take on the commitment of owning one. Looking after other people’s seemed like a good compromise and until the pandemic hit, I was pretty busy. But because few people are going on holiday now, and more people are working from home, the demand for this kind of service has reduced significantly, although thankfully not entirely.