About Me: Meet the Founder of A3 House & Pet Sitting
It is a well-known reality in the agricultural and equestrian communities: taking a holiday, handling an emergency trip, or simply leaving your property for a few days can feel nearly impossible. When you own a rural estate, high-value horses, or an active smallholding, you cannot simply hand your keys over to a casual hobbyist or a standard app-based pet sitter. The stakes, the workload, and the financial value of your animals are simply too high.
My name is Amber Morris and I founded A3 House & Pet Sitting to solve this exact problem. I provide nationwide, highly specialised, live-in estate security and comprehensive animal care, giving rural property owners absolute peace of mind while they are away.
A Lifetime of Practical Experience & Elite Training
My expertise is built on a lifetime of hands-on agricultural living combined with elite industry training:
🐑 Raised on a Smallholding: My understanding of livestock isn't learned from books; I grew up on an active smallholding. I have a lifelong familiarity with the daily physical demands, unpredictable situations, and varied routines of running a working rural property.
🐴 National Diploma in Horse Studies (Distinction): Completed at the renowned Walford College of Agriculture, achieving the highest possible grade. This provided me with an intensive, elite foundation in practical stable management, equitation, and daily yard operations.
🎓🐴 BSc (Hons) in Equine Science: Earned at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth—an institution globally recognized for its excellence in agricultural and equine research. This degree-level education provides a deep, scientific understanding of equine anatomy, physiology, complex nutritional regimens, and veterinary protocols.
🩺 Pet First Aid Level 2 (VTQ) – Fully regulated emergency training via ProTrainings UK. This combination of advanced veterinary science theory and formal first aid training means I am fully equipped to handle senior animal care, complex medication schedules, and sudden emergencies calmly and professionally.
🐴 Westpoint Stud: Immediately after leaving university, I honed my skills at Westpoint Stud, working in a high-stakes environment with elite breeding stock and valuable bloodlines where precision care and strict biosecurity were paramount.
Heavy Horse & Farm Management: I later worked at a specialist yard managing powerful Gelderlander and Shire horses. Alongside handling these magnificent heavy breeds, I was directly responsible for the daily care and management of the diverse farm animals on-site, further strengthening my multi-species smallholding capabilities.
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18 Years of Professional Animal Management: Over nearly two decades in the sector as my own business, I have combined my academic background with robust, real-world farm and stable management experience spanning everything from high-maintenance competition horses to large-scale livestock herds and poultry flocks.
🚜 Practical Estate & Machinery Management
A large rural property requires more than just animal feeding. I bring formal land-based training and daily practical competence to keep your estate running seamlessly in all weather conditions:
ATV & Trailer Competence: Highly experienced in daily quad bike operations, including moving muck, distributing feed across winter acreage, and precise trailer reversing in tight yard spaces.
College-Trained Tractor Operations: Trained in tractor driving, with trailers, and field safety as part of my Walford College National Diploma In Equine Studies, I passed this module with a Distinction.
Machinery Familiarisation:
Today, my daily practical expertise is focused on ATV and quad bike operations, which I use regularly for land maintenance and livestock feeding.
While I am fully able to operate tractors, I have been out of the tractor seat for a period during which machinery tech has rapidly advanced. To ensure the absolute safety and care of your equipment, I am delighted to offer tractor support on your estate subject to a quick, 10-minute layout orientation on your specific model
Winter Land Competence: Fully prepared to handle frozen boundaries, navigate wet paddocks safely without tearing up the turf, and manage winter forage logistics.
My Care Philosophy: Seamless Continuity
When I take over your estate, my primary objective is routine preservation. I do not offer fragmented drop-in visits; I provide a dedicated, continuous live-in presence that mirrors your animals' exact routines. Whether it is a 6:00 AM stable turnout, complex rug changes, or secure evening livestock lock-ups, your animals will maintain their consistent environment.
Uncompromising Professional Standards
To ensure your property and animals are protected to the highest degree, A3 House & Pet Sitting is built on core professional pillars:
🛡️ Fully Insured & DBS Checked: Complete commercial insurance tailored for equestrian and livestock care, backed by a clean, up-to-date criminal record check.
Completely Self-Contained: I operate on a fully self-sufficient basis. I bring all of my own groceries and personal provisions—meaning no food floats, no added expenses, and zero disruption to your household.
Direct Accountability: You deal directly with me, an educated career professional, ensuring unmatched consistency, clear communication, and absolute reliability from start to finish.
