Recommendations for dog day care/kennels (Dublin)

msdurden

Can anyone recommend a dog daycare/kennels in Dublin please?

*Looking for somewhere to leave a 5month old pup if/when I need to be away for a couple of hours and don't want to leave her in her crate.

Thanks in advance!

cocker5

msdurden wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a dog daycare/kennels in Dublin please?

*Looking for somewhere to leave a 5month old pup if/when I need to be away for a couple of hours and don't want to leave her in her crate.

Thanks in advance!

Would be helpful if you gave your specific area?

msdurden

I'll travel anywhere within Dublin if the place is recommended - don't want to limit my options

cocker5

msdurden wrote: »

I'll travel anywhere within Dublin if the place is recommended - don't want to limit my options

To be honest that doesn’t make any sense .. ur not gonna drive an hour across town to leave ur dog in doggie day care for a couple of hours ..

North Dublin / south Dublin?

msdurden

I'd rather quality over convienience, not that difficult to understand

em_cat

Um, at 5 months, she should be able to be unsupervised in a pen set up around the crate. Give her a frozen kong and some newspaper in case of an accident, but definitely try to get her confident enough to handle your absence. A confident dog is a happy dog! I’m only saying this because of all the fosters along with one of our 2 that had absolutely no confidence by themselves, it’s terrible to witness & can be very draining along with extremely expensive if medication is needed.

Dubl07

Positive Dog Training in Sandyford have a puppy area, a small dog area, and a larger/boisterous dog area. They're excellent and have a very high ratio of staff-dogs. They're so good that they have, in the pre-Covid days, had a long waiting list. I'm not sure of the current situation. Be careful of daycares, some have too few staff/no insurance/no training of staff. If you go with Positive Dog, ask about some of their puppy socialisation hours - €10. The site itself is an informative read.

tk123

+1 for Positive Dog Training! Will be headed there myself we we finally get a pup!

A few hours? Just leave it on its own surely you have had to leave it alone a few hours already in the last 5 months? It's a dog not a child. Most dogs will be alone for a full working day never mind a few hours.

charlietheminxx

Julieta Eager Restaurant wrote: »

A few hours? Just leave it on its own surely you have had to leave it alone a few hours already in the last 5 months? It's a dog not a child. Most dogs will be alone for a full working day never mind a few hours.

This is not the case nor should it be the case. I don't know a single dog owner who leaves their dog unattended for 9+ hours without some sort of a break.

There should be a happy medium though and I agree OP, you should work to get the dog comfortable on their own for a couple of hours. It's good to build their confidence, because at some point there will be something unexpected and they will be left alone, you want to make sure that situations like that don't cause panic.

Our dog is happy on her own for 4-5 hours. For occasional things like weddings/nights out (when they were things in life ) we found 2 local vet nurses who do pet sitting on the side. Much less hassle than a doggie daycare and the dogs are usually more comfy in their own surroundings. You could ask on a local Facebook group for recommendations or we found a good website with reviews etc. (not sure if I am allowed post the name/link?)

Antares35

Hi OP would you consider a pet sitter? I'm not sure if we are allowed to recommend companies but I can PM you the one we use. When I worked in the office I used a pet sitter and it worked out at around 12 euro for a 20minute visit. You have the same sitter every day and they have an online journal that they update when the visit is complete. I found it fantastic to be honest and great value for money. You can choose from so many options from a quick 15 minute toilet and treat break to a full hour walk etc. Also means you don't need to drive the dog to and from daycare which is something to factor in. Best of luck!

msdurden

Thanks folks, appreciate the advice and recommendations.

I've got her up to 2hrs in the grate during the day and I'm sure she's well able for longer. (She sleeps right through the night in the crate)
I was thinking anything longer than 2 hrs could be a good opportunity to get her out and socialised with other people/dogs