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Venues are: Bexley, Dartford, Belvedere, Abbey Wood and Agility in Erith
Home from Home
Additional Information
What is Dog Home Boarding?- We are not taking any more new customers at the moment as we are fully booked with daycare.
Dog Home Boarding is when your dog goes to stay in someone else’s home, where your dog lives as part of the family, home from home experience with their own bed, food, toys and enjoys all the comforts of a home while you enjoy a well-deserved break, relax with your family, business trip, work all day or decorating your house.
Top Dog Home Boarding/daycare have been looking after and training dogs for over 10 years now and have enjoyed every minute of it. We welcome all sizes, ages and most of the breeds (excluding band breeds) to our family home, where your dog will be looked after and treated like one of our own.
Before any little babas can stay with us, we have to meet them at our house. That way, your little or big one, can have a chance to get to know the house, our dogs and me. I always sit on the floor as i want the dogs to be comfortable around me, give them couple tasty treats like chicken if they not alergic, if they are, we ask owners to bring what pups are llowed so when they come back for their stay - they feel more relaxed and less stressed.
Mummy and daddy get a chance to get to know us, see the house and where their member of the family will be chilling, sleeping, eating & playing and we can have a chat to get some information about their four-legged baby and also ask questions about what and how we do it.
All dogs must complete a pre-stay meeting, so you and I are happy with the dog staying in my family home. All registration forms must be completed & sent back to us ASAP to make sure we have all information required by the government. We take 25%deposit to secure the booking.
Any information not provided or consent forms not signed may result in cancelling the stay- registration form is your pups bible, it has to have everything i need to know about your dog/s
All dogs stay downstairs in the open plan living room where we spend most of our time. Dogs love routine and our job is to provide as close to that routine as possible.
Every dog is different,
Some, sleep in the crate as they do at home- we provide the crate, you just need to bring their bed. Some, sleep in their bed and some on the sofa, some on the floor- it's up to them
Sometimes, for some dogs, the first couple of nights can be a little bit stressful as they have to sleep in a new place and left in the dark might cry or bark. To prevent stressful night, one of us sleep downstairs to keep them company and if we can see dog will be little stressed, we ask mummy or daddy to provide an item of clothing, so the dog can relax by having the home smell.
It takes up to 3 days sometimes for the dog to settle- 1-night trial would not show the real dog behaviour
Our day starts early (7 am) with toilet run in the garden, following by breakfast where they all eat in the kitchen supervised by me and Kevin to make sure dogs don’t try to beat each other's food, as it can upset their tummies. If a dog doesn't eat in a group, they may be fed on their own or in their crate, or outside wherever they feel safe. After breakfast, toilet again. After breakfast, we wait for all Day Dare & boarding drop-offs and Then, we go out for a nice long walk with friends.
We use our local park located 2-minute walk from our house. A nice big field surrounded by woodland, where dogs nose enjoys million different smells, or chase a ball on the field. We love playing with our dogs while we out, just to make walks more fun. Training is also useful while on the walk, so we have a little practice.
Depending on the weather that day and how much energy dogs have, we stay outside while dogs get nice and tired. When home, everyone chooses a spot in the house where they will spend sleeping for a very long time.
Then is time for a walk around a block, dinner and relax for the evening and night.
Day Care:
Daycare or boarding, we must meet all dogs before they stay with us. We open early at 7am so you get a chance to get to work in plenty of time- please do not come before 7am as we have neighbours and son who is school age, please be respectful as dogs will bark when you knock
Pick up time up to 8.30pm- to make sure you have plenty of time to enjoy yourself if you go out for the day or trains stuck coming back from work. If you stuck- please let us know and we may be able to bring the dog out to you in the street due to many kids go to bed by that time in houses around us and we wouldn’t want to be a nuisance
if you come early and your pup will need feeding at ours- please bring their food, and if you will be using us on regular basis- we advise owners to bring containers with your dogs name on so you don't have to bring food every time you come im- just in case you forget. When we start running low- we will let you know
Daycare dogs get 1 walk a day after school run around 9.30am for an hour or more depending each dogs circumstances. Lead on or off, depending on owners confidence and dogs training- if you want us to work with your dog while they stay with us- unfortunately there is an extra charge for any training we do as most of the daycare places do not provide any training at all.
When they come after the walk, they go to rest, sleep, chill and normally is up to 3pm as they had so much fun
We do not take:
Any aggressive behaviour showing dogs (fear, dominance)
All male dogs must be neutered after 6 months to prevent marking/scenting their territory in my family home (depending on dog breed size)
Girl's must be spayed as we had a girl come to season and it was horrible on boy dogs.
So, if you are booking a holiday with Top Dog Boarding, please make sure you make a 25% deposit to secure your place. You can make a bank transfer directly to the Top Dog bank account ( details below).
Unfortunately, some people do not realise that this is a full time job and cancellation is a loss of income
Please put your dog's name & holiday month (at least the first half if it doesn't allow you many characters) as the reference.
Any booking that hasn't been secured- will be lost.
I am very very sorry for this rule, but I hope you understand.
Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday 7am- 8.30pm
Saturday - Sunday 9am- 8pm
Price:
Overnight stay: £30 per night
Day Care: £25 per day
If you bring your dog example: Monday morning - Tuesday night you will be charged 1 day & 1 night.
If your flight is early in the morning, we ask owners to bring dogs night before, so they don't have to rush around in the morning and still think about the dog.
If your flight is late, pick them up the next day.
As everyone has neighbours, we must make sure we respect them and our dogs do not wake the street up with barking late at night.
If you want to book a holiday or daycare please make sure you check availability first, do not book any holidays until you spoken to your boarding people. Remember- half terms or any popular holidays get booked up nearly year in advance, so if you are thinking going away- get in touch ASAP
Spaces are very limited so book well in advance as regular customers book year ahead.
The dogs in the picture were not walked by me at the same time. Its only for the photo