Home from Home Dog Boarding | Swindon

Wagging Tails Swindon provides a home from home dog boarding alternative to traditional kennels in the SN postcode area.

Council license number: 19/0600/ANWLIC

Our aim is to ensure that owners can go away safe in the knowledge that their dogs are being loved and cared for and for all dogs boarding with Wagging Tails carers to get a home dog holiday of their own, full of love, exercise, and those all-important cuddles!

Wagging Tails SN branch offers holiday homes for dogs throughout the Swindon postcode area, including

Calne, Chippenham, Devizes, Highworth, Melksham, Marlborough, Malmesbury, Minety, Pewsey, Royal Wootton Bassett, Shrivenham, Swindon & Wroughton.

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Qualifications

Canine First Aid trained - successfully completed the Animal Aiders Dog First Aid Training Course

 Diploma from The Academy of Dog Training and Behaviour having undertaken and passed their 'Understanding What Makes Dogs Tick' course.

All of their carers are licensed by their local Council to comply with the Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 and are fully insured through Wagging Tails Pet Business Insurance.  

How it Works

Your dogs will be matched with the most suitable carer and you will be invited to a 'sniffing out meeting' at the carer's home before your dog's holiday stay. Giving you peace of mind and reassurance that your best friend will have a great dog holiday!

All of their carers are home-based and as they never mix dogs from other families you know that your beloved pooch will always receive plenty of attention and most importantly live as part of a loving family.

The carer's dedication to giving your dogs a stress-free stay makes Wagging Tails the ideal holiday home for all dogs including rescue dogs, puppies, and elderly dogs.  

This is why vets, trainers, and groomers not only use Wagging Tails for their own dogs but also recommend them to their clients. 

Dog carers wanted to give dogs a home-based holiday!

Being a Wagging Tails carer is very rewarding and allows you to enjoy the company of dogs without the full-time commitment of ownership.

If you have experience of owning a dog, but now find yourself without any pets, then providing a loving home by becoming a Wagging Tails carer can be both a fun and rewarding time for you and the dogs in your care.

Alternatively, perhaps you own one dog who would enjoy the company of a holiday guest!

If you are at home all day, have no children under the age of six, have no more than one dog of your own and would like to enjoy the companionship of guest dogs please contact Hilary

Meet The Team

Dogs have always had a special place in my heart, they enjoy being close to us and spending time with us, they are our constant companions. We had a family dog when I was young, but changing circumstances meant it wasn’t possible for me to have a dog for a long time after that, but I had other pets (a budgie, rabbits and a hamster).

Once I had a family of my own, we spent three years living in Italy, where we were “adopted” by a stray cat and her three kittens. Seeing my children learn to take responsibility and push themselves to learn some Italian in order to ask neighbours to help look after the cats if we were away, it struck me again what a wonderful addition pets can be to a family.

On our return I was finally able to have my own dog. After research about the breed and knowing I was going to be at home, off we went to fetch Bandit and welcome him into the family. He even went to live in China with us for 18 months, and strangely enough, my experience with a kennel there left me looking for something different when we came back. The staff in China realised that, as he was a house dog (not necessarily the norm there) he was very unhappy in his kennel area and they kept him in their quarters with them!

When we got back to England, I started to ask other owners here about homes he could go to instead of kennels, but as he also prefers to be on his own in a home, I couldn’t use anyone who has other dogs at the same time. Luckily, I spotted an opportunity with Wagging Tails to set up my own business here in the SN area, with a network of experienced dog owners who are thrilled to offer dogs their home on a one to one basis and the rest, as they say, is history.

Seeing the dogs feeling so relaxed staying in my Dog Carers’ homes; hearing carers express delight at being able to enjoy the company of dogs again; the positive feedback from owners – all this makes me so glad I took a chance and started a Wagging Tails here.

Hilary and Bandit x