22/12/2025
For all my dog care provider followers - this is a great initiative by Cara Rescue Dogs who are looking to put together a national list of dog care services … just comment on their post with your info💡🐾 🍀
This will ultimately be a win win for dog owners, dog care providers and dogs!! 🤎🐾
Without sufficient daily care, exercise & enrichment, dogs can develop anxiety or frustration, as well as unwanted behaviours including excessive excitement, jumping; destruction (chewing furniture, shoes, etc); aggression; excessive barking; pulling on lead; toileting in the house; etc.
Reliable and consistent care (as well as training) supports:
🐾 Better behaviour and temperament
🐾 Less stress for both dogs & owners
🐾 Successful toilet training and routine for puppies
🐾 Fewer dogs being returned to rescue
🐾 Makes adoption and fostering more viable
🐾 CALLING ALL DOG DAYCARE & PET CARE RECOMMENDATIONS – IRELAND 🐾
We’re looking to put together a nationwide list (by county) of trusted, reputable dog care services across Ireland, and we’d love your help 💚
If you know of, use, or run any of the following, please comment below with links, contact details, and your personal experience:
🐶 Dog daycare centres
🐶 Home-based dog minders
🐶 People who mind dogs in their own home
🐶 People who come to your home to care for your dog
🐶 Fully trained, experienced carers with references
🐶 Garda Vetted individuals / businesses
🐶 Properly insured and operating professionally
Please include the COUNTY the service is based in — this is really important as we’d like to build a clear, easy-to-use list for followers all over the country.
✨ Why are we doing this?
More and more people are finding it difficult to juggle full-time work while still giving their dogs the care, stimulation, and routine they need during the day. Without proper support, dogs can develop unwanted behaviours such as:
Excessive excitement or jumping
Chewing furniture
Toileting in the house
Anxiety or frustration from being left too long
Access to reliable daytime care — whether that’s a daycare centre or someone popping in for a few hours — can make a huge difference. It supports: ✔️ Better behaviour and wellbeing for dogs
✔️ Less stress for owners
✔️ Successful toilet training and routine for puppies
✔️ Fewer dogs being returned to rescue
Most importantly, it helps people in full-time employment to adopt a dog confidently, knowing they can provide proper care during working hours — making adoption a real, sustainable option 💚
This really is a win-win: 🐾 Dogs stay in loving homes
🐾 Owners get support
🐾 Rescue centres see fewer returns
💬 Please comment below with:
Name of the service
County
Website / social media link
Contact number (if public)
Your honest experience using them
Thank you all so much for helping us support dogs, adopters, and responsible ownership going forward 🐾💚
