What do we do?

 Our overall aim is to provide an enjoyable, safe, caring environment for your dog while you have to be somewhere else.

The idea was born from the fact that our own dogs are very much country dogs, used to spending lots of time running around in our fields and then coming home to curl up in the comfort of their beds or wherever looks comfortable at the time. 

We know many dogs are just fine with kennels, but ours just didn’t enjoy the whole experience.  And knowing they’re not enjoying themselves makes our own break not so enjoyable.  We’re sure we’re not the only ones who have this problem.

Well we’re lucky in that we have some great facilities here :-

·         A large modern farmhouse in a secluded position well away from main roads

·         A secure large grassy garden

·         12 acres of our own fields for walks

So that’s how we cam to decide to be where we are now -  licensed by our local Sedgemoor District Council to offer the service of dog home-boarding and doggie daycare for sociable dogs – those that would be happier spending their holidays in a rural home environment.

Our licence allows us to board up to 6 visiting dogs not including our own.  However, as we have three dogs ourselves we think this feels like too many.  We have never boarded the full 6 at one time.  Even at busy times - Glastonbury Festival for instance  - we had 5 dogs staying with us during that period this year.   (And by some strange coincidence they were all Labradors... and a very nice bunch they were too! – but them maybe I’m biased because I can’t think of any dogs that have stayed with us that haven’t been an absolute pleasure to have here).  But anyway, for the most part we keep the number of visiting dogs to 1 or 2 at any one time.  That gives visiting dogs the chance to form a good bond with our own. 

Once a bond between dogs is made it is never lost.  Dogs that have stayed with us once instantly remember our dogs as ours do them and it’s like they start off again where they left off the last time they were here.

A typical day might be something like this :-

·         6.30am  Ad lib access to our securely fenced garden

·         8am – 10am   Walk in the fields followed by breakfast

·         10am – 1pm  Rest session with intermittent play sessions if required!

·         1pm   Walk in the fields

·         2pm   Rest session with intermittent play sessions if required!

·         4.30pm  Walk in the fields

·         6pm   Relaxing evening meal followed by restful evening with us in our living room

·         10pm  Ad lib access to our garden again before retiring to bed

If your dog needs exercise you can be sure there will be plenty.  Likewise if your dog needs only gentle movement,  that is what your dog will get.   Older and younger dogs will never feel left out.  We tailor everything your dog needs to it’s own individual requirements, so if you let us know on your booking form what your dog’s normal daily regime is we will stick as closely to that as we can.  We’re in the countryside here and we do different walks in our own fields three times a day to suit the age and abilities  of our guests.

INCIDENTALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT US, OUR DOGS AND WHAT’S GOING ON AS WELL AS LOTS OF OTHER DOG RELATED STUFF, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BLOG !