DOG LOVER Gillian Winstone has been appointed as dog care operations manager for Barking Mad.

The business offers a service for people who do not want to send their dog to kennels while they are away on holiday or business. Instead dogs go to stay with a host.

Gillian, from Stroud, who started as a host, has now taken on the managerial role which will see her collecting and delivering dogs to and from their hosts, finding more hosts in the area and visiting potential customers. The first task Gillian has been given is to find more hosts.