On a sunny autumn morning in Forest Hill, Koryn Greenspan is hard at work. Her four-legged charges — two labradoodles, a black Labrador, and a collie — keep her moving briskly along the Kay Gardiner Beltline trail.
“I like to say that my life has gone to the dogs and my clients. It feels like this is what I’m meant to be doing with my career,” Greenspan said.
She started her company, Urban Dog Walks, about a year ago. Greenspan doesn’t really mind the days with freezing cold and pouring rain. When you’re a professional dog walker, it goes with the territory.
But driving is another story.
To get the dogs out on time for their mid-morning walk, Greenspan starts her day before 8:30 a.m. She checks her email for clients asking for last-minute scheduling changes. She loads up on water and snacks (people and doggie). She gets into her car to pick up the dogs — then she hits the traffic.
“This street will be jammed. Just jammed, I know it,” she says, steeling herself for a long line of cars trying to get westbound on Eglinton Ave. W. near Bathurst St.