Doggie Home from Home - Daycare, Boarding & Training

03/12/2024

Training a puppy from a young age is important in building a strong relationship with your dog, helping your dog be calmer and fulfilled.

Our next course starts on Sunday 2nd Feb.

We keep our classes small to ensure I get to have plenty of 121 time with you all.

To book on, please drop me a direct message

28/10/2024

Very Rare Regular Daycare spot has become available.

From January there will be a regular daycare slot available.

21/10/2024

Eeeeekkkk Exciting!!!
The Advent Calendars have been dispatched and will be here by Wednesday.

I've got the list of everyone who has preordered, I'll contact you to arrange delivery.

I do have a few spare, so if anyone would like to order one, please just drop me a message.

They are £15 each

22/09/2024

New Puppy students

13/09/2024

I have 2 spaces left for tomorrow at 9.30am and Wednesday at 6.30pm

Drop me a message to book on

Let your dogs of some off the lead fun. Designed for sociable dogs to be able to have a play in a secure field

29/08/2024

DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER!!! (I know it's only August)

Ive had a message from the wholesalers that they are taking preorders for their advent calendars (these sold out quickly last year) They have 2 varieties this year, the sausages and the fish one.

If you would like to order one, please drop me a message, payment is required to order, the calendars will be dispatched 30th Sept, and I will deliver them the following week.

THE CALENDARS ARE £15 each

Descriptions of the calendars are below

Our 2024 Gourmet Sausage Advent Calendar (New for 2024), contains 24 grain-free sausages to take your pups right the way through to Christmas Eve and a Gourmet Turkey and Cranberry Stick on Christmas Day! With two festive flavours in each calendar, your dog will be running to the fire place each morning to see if it is going to be a Venison day or a Turkey & Cranberry delight. Packed with essential nutrients and an excellent source of high-quality protein, this treat helps promote a healthy coat and skin, boosts the immune system and enhances overall well-being for your dogs. It is also an ideal choice for pups with food sensitivities or allergies.

New for 2024 - our Fishmas Advent Calendar contains 12 grain-free salmon cookies and 12 fish skin cubes to take your pups right the way through to Christmas Eve, with a pure salmon stick on Christmas day itself! With two types of marine morsel in each calendar, your dog will be running to the fire place each morning to see if it is going to be a cookie day or a cube delight. Packed with essential nutrients and an excellent source of high-quality protein, this treat helps promote a healthy coat and skin, boosts the immune system and enhances overall well-being for your dogs. It is also an ideal choice for pups with food sensitivities or allergies.

29/08/2024

Glad to see Derbyshire Rural Crime Team & Derbyshire Constabulary are prosecuting these offences. But it also highlights that all owners should have pet insurance. The financial loss to the farmer was able to be claimed back from the dog owners insurance. Could you afford to pay £8000 if your dog got off their lead and killed livestock?

| A woman whose dogs killed 15 sheep and injured a further 13 has been fined.

Evie Watson was walking her lurcher type dog Beans and Spanish Greyhound Patcho in the fields near her home in Littleover on 17 May.
Beans was off the lead but after Watson dropped Patcho’s lead while she untangled him, both dogs then ran off.

The dogs were found over three hours later in a field with a number of injured and dead sheep. In total 15 sheep were killed and a further 13 were injured, with the cost to the farmers being more than £7,400.

One of the dogs was found collapsed so Watson picked him up and took him to the vets before reporting the matter to police the following day.

In a victim impact statement, the farmer said: “I am hopeful that our financial losses will be covered by insurance but this really should not have happened in the first place. Farmers like us work hard, and our livelihood depends on us producing good quality livestock and is a long term enterprise. A disruption such as this can take years to recover from.”

Watson, 27, of Ryedale Gardens, was subsequently charged with being the owner of a dog worrying livestock.

She appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court on 28 August when she admitted the offence and was fined £475 and ordered to pay a £190 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sergeant Chris Wilkinson, from our Rural Crime Team, said: “Livestock worrying can have a devastating impact on farmers who are working hard to make a living. This incident will continue to affect the farmers involved both financially and emotionally for some time to come.

“No-one ever wants to believe that their dog is capable of hurting other animals but as has been seen time and time again they can and do return to their predator instincts and chase livestock if given the chance.

“That’s why it is vital that dogs are always kept on leads around livestock no matter how much control you believe you have over them.

“Livestock worrying is a crime which could, as has happened in this case, land you in court, so it’s just not worth the risk. Don’t take the chance and keep your dog under control and on a lead.”

For more information on animal crime, see https://orlo.uk/SsxOo

27/08/2024

We've got 2 spaces left for tomorrow's social at 6.30pm

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20/08/2024

Good morning,

We have a couple of spaces left for the dog social this Saturday at 9.30am

It is a mixed size session.

The sessions are designed for socialable dogs who want some off the lead play in a secure field.

We provide all the balls and toys.

Drop me a message to book on

17/08/2024

I have talked about feeding your dog natural treats before, here are some of the benefits of natural treats.

I do have a small catalogue of some items, but to be honest the list of things I can get is endless, if you want anything in particular ordering, let me know and I'll get you a price from my wholesalers.

The protein sources I can get are
Beef, camel, chicken, duck, fish, goose, insects, lamb, liver, partridge, pheasant, pork, rabbit, tuna, turkey, venison, wild boar & Yak.

The treat types I can get are ~
Antlers, chews, cubes, ears, feet, hairy, horns, muscles, necks, rolls, sausages, skins, snouts, Tails, trachea, wings.

I am putting in an order this weekend just drop me a direct message if you want any help or advice.

08/08/2024

We currently have a couple of spaces left for the social session on Wednesday 14th August at 6.30pm

This hour is designed for sociable dogs who want to play with other sociable dogs in a secure field.

Each session is £12

06/08/2024

So glad that chargers are being brought against people.
It is upsetting for the farmer and the owner of the dogs.
Please make sure your dogs are on a lead around livestock.

Evie Watson from Derby has been charged with being the owner of a dog worrying livestock following an incident in May during which her 2 dogs got loose and attacked sheep at a farm in Willington. This attack resulted in the death of 15 sheep and injury caused to a further 13.

This was a very upsetting incident for everyone involved, including the owner of the dog. The financial and emotional damage caused to the farmer are significant and will be felt for a long time.

Please ensure your dog is secure and under control if there is a chance you could encounter livestock 🙏

03/08/2024

Jasper did so well and is loving his new look!!!

Several of our boarding and daycare dogs have groomers whilst they are with us at the owners request, we always take them to Nic, she is brilliant with all the dogs.

🐾✂️beautiful Hansome jasper, today we achieved the groom jasper came to me in April and refused point blank to have face trimmed all body clipped today he was the bravest boy, he went full hog and had the complete make over. I did not expect him to look like he did today, he wasn’t perfect but today he was to me and he even braved the face tidy aswell. Well done jasper you did amazing. Only wish I’d of got his before picture 💙

30/07/2024

The dog social hour for tomorrow will be cancelled - the temperature is too warm for dogs to be running around.
I will message everyone directly as well

29/07/2024

A bit of fun at the end of classes yesterday

29/07/2024

Congratulations 🎊 to our graduates this weekend- everyone has worked so hard and it is paying off.

We ended the classes with a bit of fun with the jumps and tunnels.

Our next Puppy & Junior Classes start on 11th August

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26/07/2024

Good afternoon everyone,

I hate doing this but with the cost of Licencing, insurance, fuel and other related costs increasing, I have no choice but to put my prices up from 1st October - I have made sure I am still one of the best value Home boarders in the area and only made a small increase.

From 1st October

Half day daycare will increase to £13
Full day daycare will increase to £20
Boarding per 24 hours will increase to £25
Mon-Fri daycare will increase to £90

Can I remind everyone that boarding is per 24 hours and a daycare rate is charged for extra hours
For example if I pick your dog up at 8am on a Monday and return then home at 3pm on a Tuesday then the cost is a full daycare and a boarding rate.

Double charge for bank holidays still stand.

I still do not charge for drop offs and pick up.

If you already have boarding bookings in with me, the current rate stands, the rate is only for new bookings.

I hope you all understand the price increases, I hate doing them.

Thank you for your continued support
I have the best clients.
Caroline x

22/07/2024

This week at training classes we have worked with distractions.
It is all well and good your dog being able to do behaviours in a controlled environment buts it's a whole different game when there are lots of noises, smells and sounds to contend with.
We worked on stays, door threshold, recall and loose lead walking.
Everyone's hard work is really paying off.