A little about us
aPad4Paws was established in 2017 and is run by a husband and wife team, Sue & Pete. We hold full Business & Public Liability Insurance and are insured to transport dogs too. We are proud to hold our Plymouth City Council Animal Boarding Licence in accordance with DEFRA Regulations Licence No: A021. We have been brought up with dogs from a very early age and lived with them all our lives.
aPad4Paws is a small family run business in the heart of Devon. It holds its head up high as one of the best Doggy Daycare centres and value for money in the city.
Coupled with that 9 years in the Doggy Daycare/Boarding industry and 8 years in the Wedding Industry are highly rated in the county.
Dogs to us are one of the family and it is always pleasing to see a wagging tail which always puts a smile on your face whether you have had a bad day or a good one.
Our aim is to look after them in our home the closest to the way you would look after them in your home. We specialise in only taking a small number of dogs into our home at any one time.
Our Doggy Daycare is run weekly from Monday to Friday and all our dogs are friends and love nothing better than a good old catch up, play and natter if they haven't seen each other for a while!
Our Daycare, Dog Walking and Boarding dogs are all walked together dependent upon their ability.
We embrace an atmosphere where the dogs have various different ways of being encriched and mentally stimulated throughout the day. They love to play together, have quiet time and sleep together and also have treats together.
We have beds which they can chill out in and chairs with throws on so that they can relax and take a snooze when they feel like it.
All we ask is that they are well behaved and sociable with others dogs.
In 2018 we added a sister business called Dog Chaperoning at Your Wedding - this allows couples to have their whole family at the wedding without taking the responsibility for them. We are there for the dogs throughout part or all of the day and take care of their welfare throughout.
We have been recognised by The Wedding Industry Awards (TW|IA) the best award in the wedding industry, which is voted for by our couples in the National Finals and also Regional Finals. We have also been recognised as The Best British Newcomer with Hitched and won the Hitched Awards for the past 3 years (2024, 2025 &2026) which has been achieved by the reviews our clients have kindly taken the time to write about us.
Also we have been recognised for the Highly Commended Award with UK Small Business Awards 2025.
Animal Boarding Licence No: A021. with Plymouth City Council in accordance with
DEFRA 5 Star Rating Issued to Susan Dean
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