BorrowMyDoggy Blog

A day that is dedicated to loving your pet even more than usual? Sign us at BorrowMyDoggy up! Here are a few ways to appreciate your pet.

To celebrate Mother’s day and the wonderful owners at BorrowMyDoggy, we asked BorrowMyDoggy pup parents about the bond between them and their dog.

Beat the January Blues and set yourself your own personal ‘walking with your dog’ challenge during the Walk Your Dog month!

Find out just how spoilt your dog is with our wagtastic quiz! Celebrate National Spoil Your Dog Day with BorrowMyDoggy.

Meet Biscuit, a dog in training to be an autism assistance dog. He'll be an amazing friend for an autistic child one day!

Looking for ways to enjoy street parties with your furry friend? Our ultimate guide offers tips, advice, and everything else you need to know.

From understanding what your pup is saying to teaching them new tricks, discover some of the most fun ways to use artificial intelligence with dogs.

February is Pet Dental Health Month! 80% of dogs have some dental disease before they are 3, it’s impawtent to learn how to take care of your pooch’s smile!

Looking for your pawfect match? Take our dog matching quiz to find out which type of dog is your ideal companion on BorrowMyDoggy.

Vet Pete at the Irish Examiner has written an article on how to save money on pet ownership - with Christmas approaching, and the cost of living crisis.

May is Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month in the UK and it reminds us all to appreciate the work of veterinary nursing professionals.

Did you know there’s a special day to celebrate your BFF? Here at BorrowMyDoggy, we know your dog is your best friend so why not celebrate with them?

The idea of ‘Take a Walk in the Park Day’, is to get out, enjoy a local park or trail and embrace your environment. Here's how you can take part!

Here are 3 sure ways to make your pooch feel extra special during Pet Appreciation Week, the 6th to 12th June!

These fab graduates let us know they’d be creating a short film about dogs and BorrowMyDoggy - we couldn’t wait to share their pawsome work.

Achieving your New Year’s resolutions, battling SAD and occupying your days can be difficult. However, we have a solution for you to battle Blue Monday!

A BorrowMyDoggy member called Rachael Smith shared an amazing comic about her borrowed dog Dollie on Twitter, and it was too good not to share!

The Groom Arts academy have pulled together research on pampered pooches, and BorrowMyDoggy have turned this into a fun infographic for you!

We’re lending a helping paw to Santa this Christmas and have put together a list of naughty and nice pups. See what these pups have been up to this year!

Looking for free dog Christmas cards for dog lovers or Christmas cards from the dog? Choose from 3 designs and send the perfect doggy card!

The Metro shares a few tips on how to get motivated to move more and recommends BorrowMyDoggy as an extra help.

The 22nd of July is a very impawtent day here at BorrowMyDoggy … It’s our birthday! This year we’re celebrating our 10th birthday!

BorrowMyDoggy have teamed up with our pals at Pooch & Mutt to tell you more about Pet Anxiety Month, and how to spot the signs of anxiety.

A childhood classic is being revamped for the big screen - high paws! Find more about the film & enter our exclusive giveaway.

We have some pawsome news! BorrowMyDoggy and My Family Vets will be attending DogFest - join us there! We'd love to see you.

We absowoofly love dog films here at BorrowMyDoggy. Take a look at the pawsome new film, PAW Patrol Movie, in cinemas now!

This year to mark Mental Health Awareness Week we took the opportunity to highlight the power of dogs and share the amazing impact they have on our lives.

Here’s what Chloe (Fred’s owner) had to say about why what3words joined us and what employee wellbeing means to them.

The New Statesman covered a story on BorrowMyDoggy during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Metro shared an article which compared Tinder with our BorrowMyDoggy app!

Now, a year on since the announcement of the lockdown we’re looking back over the past months and how our pawsome community has pulled together…

With COVID-19 circulating many of you will have questions and concerns about your dogs (whether they’re borrowed or owned) and dog sharing. Read more here

It’s safe to say, we love everything dog - so when we heard about the heartwarming novel Saving Missy we knew we had to share it with our community.

On Sunday 8th Dec 2019, BorrowMyDoggy and Save the Children broke the record for the most amount of dogs (350) wearing Christmas jumpers!

BorrowMyDoggy & Save the Children will once again try to break the world record for the biggest gathering of dogs and people in Christmas jumpers.

To help share the love of dogs, this World Mental Health Day the BorrowMyDoggy team headed to Borough Market to provide free dog cuddles to those that needed them.

Who doesn't love a good film, especially when there is a dog involved! We’re super excited to see the new and upcoming film THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN

The BorrowMyDoggy team, along with our pawsome pals at My Family Vets, headed to Ashton Court for DogFest, where we co-hosted an amazing stall.

We have some wagnificent news... We won the People’s Choice Award at the DigitalAgenda Impact Awards 2019 – and we couldn’t be more thankful.

Have you heard the wagtastic news? BorrowMyDoggy has been announced as a finalist for the Sharing Economy category of the DigitalAgenda’s 2019 Impact Awards - High paws!

Fancy a fun, family, animal filled day? Head to the National Pet Show this weekend, they've even given us a pawsome discount to offer our community.

BorrowMyDoggy teamed up with the Didsbury Good Neighbours charity to introduce the elderly community to dog owners in the surrounding area!

BorrowMyDoggy has some pawsome friends, so when our pals at Apple got in contact to feature us in the Today Tab on the App store it was impawsible to say no!

High paws to British GQ for featuring BorrowMyDoggy alongside some absowoofly pawsome tips for improving loneliness in the winter months.

On Sunday 10th December 2017, BorrowMyDoggy and Save The Children teamed up to break a World Record for the most amount of dogs in festive jumpers.

Feeling stressed out? Look no further than the puppy stressbusters coming to Eukanuba Discover Dogs, to help deliver a dose of doggie shaped dopamine.

Feeling stressed out? Look no further than the puppy stressbusters coming to Eukanuba Discover Dogs, to help deliver a dose of doggie shaped dopamine.

Thanks to the pawsome pack at Women & Home for featuring BorrowMyDoggy, calling us “the clever website idea” - high paws!

We were strutting our little paws down the catwalk this week when we saw that Vogue had featured BorrowMyDoggy!

Calling all dog lovers looking to get their canine fix - The Evening Standard are here to help :)

Are you looking for some pawsome date inspawration? Time Out have it all, including borrowing a dog!

High paws to The Telegraph for woofing about BorrowMyDoggy and how we ensure that dogs “get the very best love and attention” :)

Thanks to the Tesco Magazine for mentioning BorrowMyDoggy as inspawration to keep children entertained during the summer holidays - high paws!

High paws to The Sunday Times for featuring BorrowMyDoggy in an article on the sharing economy :)

Oh my - BorrowMyDoggy was just featured on BBC 1's live TV show 'Right on the Money', with presenters Denise Lewis and Dominic Littlewood. High paws!

Angela and her dog-loving family have made not one, but three new doggy friends through BorrowMyDoggy.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

BorrowMyDoggy donned our finest coats and biggest smiles to attend the 2015 London Pet Show over the weekend, and what an absowoofly pawsome time we had!

Meet Poppy, a Dogs Trust rescue and flyball fanatic, who is the pawsome pupstar of our latest video.

High paws! BorrowMyDoggy was featured by Cosmopolitan magazine in an article on “The 20 smart decisions you'll never regret.”

As the Wright Stuff says, “if you love dogs but it’s not possible to be a full-time pet owner, then BorrowMyDoggy lets you hook up with owners who need some help with walkies.”

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

High paws and thanks to the wagnificent pack at The Sunday Times for featuring BorrowMyDoggy and helping us spread "Pawprints Of Happiness".

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Buzzfeed’s Dan Dalton borrowed Milo, the “Clooney of Golden Retrievers,” and wrote about it with the pawsome Buzzfeed flair that we absowoofly love!

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Lizzie Pook wrote about our young pup of a company as a wagulous way to “get your animal fix” - high paws! Huge thanks to Lizzie & Stylist Magazine.

We are absowoofly thrilled to announce to you, our lovely members, that we are now official partners of Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity.

We were absowoofly thrilled when we saw that one of our pawsome matches - borrower Lucie, owner Laury, and boxer Bella - were featured in Prima magazine :)

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

12 winners of the #XmasDoggyCaption Competition received lots of wagulous prizes, including a donation of toys and treats to their local Dogs Trust centre.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Did you know that “dogs are your heart’s best friend, too?” The benefits of looking after a dog are endless - for your heart and general health.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

With over 2.5 million apps available to download, we couldn’t believe our puppy luck when Esquire included us in their wagtastic article on “50 of the most useful apps”

Rescue dog, Doug, made a pawsome transformation from being “timid and very shy to open and always wagging his tail” thanks to his pawsome borrower, Tim.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Ever wondered what the BorrowMyDoggy kennel is like? With our new video, you can see for yourself, behind the scenes at BorrowMyDoggy.

In their article, Psychologies Magazine encourages readers to "dare to share", looking at carpooling, food clubs, tool sharing and BorrowMyDoggy!

You can image how thrilled we were when BorrowMyDoggy was mentioned by The Daily Telegraph in an article on the sharing economy…

After unexpected life changes, Christine thought that she'd love to get a dog of her own, however as she travels a lot, she thought this may be a little unfair.

"BorrowMyDoggy is the best thing that’s happened to me with regards to Leo - it’s an absolute lifesaver. Leo’s a lot happier and I’m a lot happier, too."

We’re jumping for joy because BuzzFeed just featured BorrowMyDoggy in their article “7 Ways You Can Help British People In Need This Christmas”.

Channel 4 News featured doggy member and gorgeous Cocker Spaniel, Leo and wagtastic owner Liz, in a pawsome clip on the sharing economy - high paws!

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

High paws to British Airways, who helped take 'Pawprints of Happiness' to new heights by featuring BorrowMyDoggy in their article on the sharing economy.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

We were absowoofly thrilled to see author Tom Cox enjoying his adventures with Billy. The Telegraph Magazine writes about how they met through BorrowMyDoggy.

Woofs, high paws and huge thanks to STV for woofing about our young pup of a company in their wagulous article on “connecting dog lovers across the city."

“Borrowing a dog has brought our kids so much happiness” - thanks to the pack at Mother & Baby for woofing about us giving kids the opportunity to spend time with a pooch.

A pawsome piece on the sharing economy by The Observer mentioned BorrowMyDoggy's website, blog and Waggy Tales testimonials - high paws!

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Here's the wagulous story of owner Mary who found a pawsome match for her pooch Digby with borrower Sofia, who grew up with a very similar pup.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

“What’s nice about BorrowMyDoggy is that the borrowers aren’t doing it for money, they’re doing it for their love of dogs.” - Country Properties.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

The pawsome pack at Marie Claire have some ideas to help you with the winter blues. We’re pretty sure you can guess our favourite - “Get a temporary pet”!

Pawsome presenter Alex interviewed our co-founder Rikke on how she came up with BorrowMyDoggy and our aim to leave 'Pawprints Of Happiness'.

When Charlotte and her Cocker Spaniel, Mirabel, moved from Canada to Brighton, BorrowMyDoggy was their solution for meeting new people and engaging in their local community.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

We were very happy when we saw that BorrowMyDoggy had featured in Woman’s Weekly Magazine in an article called “Happiness is whatever makes you feel good”.

High paws to the absowoofly wagulous pack at London Live for broadcasting a pawsome segment on BorrowMyDoggy.

Have you met with someone pawticularly wagtastic from BorrowMyDoggy recently? Now you can leave comments and reviews about your matches!

High paws and thanks to "petless writer" Chris and the pack at Yahoo for woofing about BorrowMyDoggy, he was amazed to find 241 dogs in his area looking for a companion.

Otis and Spud’s owner, Nina, is happy to have found borrower Naomi, read their story here.

Naomi joined BorrowMyDoggy because she's a big dog lover, however her flat doesn't allow pooches. Here’s her wagnificent story....

Writer Charlotte explained how her 2 children (who love dogs more than anything), get to enjoy some pooch time thanks to the BorrowMyDoggy community.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Liz Jones from the Daily Mail on how BorrowMyDoggy “matches dogs with people who can’t have a pet of their own, but might just want to borrow yours for a bit.”

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

An absowoofly huge thanks to Waitrose Weekend Magazine for featuring BorrowMyDoggy in one of their pawsome articles “You’ll never walk alone.”

Poppy’s new local friend regularly takes her out for walks, and Andrea describes him as being “sent from heaven.” Here’s their lovely story:

Oh my dog... we’re absowoofly thrilled that Shortlist featured BorrowMyDoggy as one of their ‘Apps of the Week’ - high paws!

Kev and his fiancée, matched with Axel, a gorgeous Golden Retriever. They’ve built up a trusting relationship with Axel’s owner and now take care of him regularly.

We couldn’t believe it when we saw that The Huffington Post had written an absowoofly wagulous article on BorrowMyDoggy!

BorrowMyDoggy was featured in their ‘App Happy’ section about the launch of our first ever iPhone app, available to download now for free.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

With the new iPhone app, you’ll have access to lots of wagulous features from the BorrowMyDoggy site while you you em-bark on your latest mission.

High paws to Carly-Ann and Time Out Magazine for woofing about BorrowMyDoggy as a pawsome way to spend time with a pup without the responsibility of owning one.

Gema signed up her gorgeous pooch Cooper to BorrowMyDoggy to find him some new friends for walkies, and matched with a local couple. Read Gema and Cooper's story!

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Award-winning health writer Martha Roberts: “If you spend time time with a dog, not only will you benefit physically, you’ll also benefit psychologically.”

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Women's Fitness explained how BorrowMyDoggy is the pawfect way for you to find your new furry workout buddy - the perfect cardio companion.

We were so happy when we saw that none other than The Times woofed about BorrowMyDoggy as a ‘new breed of website’. As in, smile from ear to ear happy!

Safety is extremely important to BorrowMyDoggy, so we're excited to announce two new launches: the 24/7 BorrowMyDoggy Vet Line and Borrowing Info Sheet.

We couldn’t believe our luck when BBC radio stations across the UK woofed about BorrowMyDoggy, and our aim to leave pawprints of happiness across the country.

We couldn’t believe it when we saw that Susanna, Ben, Charlotte and Sean from Good Morning Britain woofed about BorrowMyDoggy on their breakfast TV show.

We’d like to say an absowoofly huge thanks and high paws to Freddie Dawson and Forbes for woofing about BorrowMyDoggy.

It was just a normal Tuesday afternoon at the BorrowMyDoggy kennel, when we heard the pawsome news that Buzzfeed woofed about our doggy-loving community.

BorrowMyDoggy was mentioned by the Guardian at the weekend, in a wagnificent article on ‘Dogs: five ways to have fun with them.’

Borrower Lyndsey has always grown up surrounded by dogs, so she was very happy when she matched with two dogs, Fudge and Skye. Here's Lyndsey's story.

Elaine matched with the dog of her dreams, Robbie a three-legged rescue dog. Read Elaine and Robbie's story.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

BorrowMyDoggy was woofed about in a pawsome question and answer article by dog-loving blog Barkarama

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Borrower Claire loves having the canine company and meeting new people in her local area, read Claire's story.

BorrowMyDoggy was mentioned by Country Living in their Reclaim the Weekend magazine, on 50 simple things to make, do & discover.

One of our co-founders Rikke was interviewed recently by Alicia for a pawsome article in About Time Magazine about BorrowMyDoggy's journey.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Lara matched with Miniature Schnauzer Alfie to get her doggy fix. Read Lara and Alfie's story.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

We were thrilled when Dogs Monthly woofed about BorrowMyDoggy! They explored different ways for people to fill the dog-shaped hole in their lives.

Li Faye was ‘spoilt for choice when looking for new friends for Poppy and Tigger,’ and found some pawsome new friends for them, read their story here.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Sky News interviewed two pawsome BorrowMyDoggy members this weekend, woofing about how local people can take care of man's best friend.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends, dogs.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Rebecca borrows Elvis - we hope that these stories put a smile on your face and a warm-fuzzy feeling in your heart.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

We’d like to say an absowoofly huge thank you to Jasmine Birtles who woofed about BorrowMyDoggy in Money Magpie, as well as Closer Magazine.

BorrowMyDoggy was mentioned in a pawsome article by the Guardian on the ‘Five easy ways to make new friends’, in their January issue of ‘Do Something’.

What a wagtastic start to 2014 we’ve had here at BorrowMyDoggy and a big high paws to Marie Claire for the two pawsome shout outs to BorrowMyDoggy.

BorrowMyDoggy was mentioned by the Evening Standard as a win-win (or a woof-woof) situation for people not ready to make the commitment to owning their own dog.

We were absowoofly thrilled to be featured by Company Magazine in an article with Alexxsia exploring Campus London, the home to many young companies.

Here at the BorrowMyDoggy Kennel we have all been keeping our paws busy with excitement in the run up to our favourite time of year, Christmas!

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

BorrowMyDoggy was mentioned alongside several other start-ups in a BBC article on the advantages of the sharing economy.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

A biiiiggg thank you to The Sun for writing about us today. “Since taking on full-time shifts at the shop where he works, he’s felt guilty leaving Vera alone...

A pet was the last thing Wendy Sloane wanted. Then her neighbour suggested a dog-share, which turned out to be perfect for everyone…

Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.

This is the first day that Aston got borrowed! She went to the park, and came along to a friend’s garden party, chilled out at home, and went for another walk…