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The Dog Den provides dog lovers with a safe, fun and loving environment for their best friend
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Where every dog matters!

We offer everything your furry friend requires with award-winning dog daycare; spa services: farm adventures: puppy training: in house training; and spa services. We offer spacious doggy daycare play areas with plenty of natural daylight. Providing the physical and mental stimulation dogs need, and one on one human attention. There are limited spaces each day to ensure your pet’s absolute safety and comfort.

The Dog Den Difference

For many owners, choosing a doggy daycare and leaving their pup in a new environment can be an overwhelming experience. The Dog Den team will strive to make this transition as easy as possible, by caring for your pup as if they are our own. While in our care, your dog is always in a safe, fun and loving environment.

We are a member of US based International Boarding and Pet Services Association to ensure our training and quality standards meet international benchmarks.

Community focused - we make donations and support Pet Refuge, Saving Hope and East Coast Bays Hockey Club

Our Services

We offer boutique Doggy Daycare, Luxury Grooming Services, Farm Adventures, In House Training, and Puppy Preschool.

Our Doggy Daycare and Grooming Centre is a state of the art facility that aims to provide the best environment and experience for our 4 legged customers.

Our mission is to help improve the lives of dogs and their owners in any way that we can. We are passionate about our work and take great pride in the services we deliver.

Our Story

We know that being a dog owner is a life changing experience and an amazing adventure. Our sassy little Border Terrier Darby (age 8) and his little sister Eddy (age 2) brings us so much joy and happiness, whether we are going for a stroll along Takapuna Beach, fishing out on the Hauraki Gulf, or heading in to Milford for a coffee – they are always by our side.

The idea of The Dog Den was born in 2015 when Darby joined our family. As both of us were working full time in our own businesses, the family decided to start taking Darby to our local doggy day care. Our experience is that doggy day care was giving Darby a better quality of life, as he was able to socialise with other dogs and would spend the day playing while we were away from the house.

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What Our Clients Say

We love our clients, and they love us too. See what they've got to say.

Eathan Robson

Much love to The Dog Den - Takapuna team for an awesome first day for my baby Bella. Highly recommended if you’re after a daycare who will make life easy and doing wonders for your pup. Thanks team!

Eathan Robson Bella - Lab X
Carrie Walshe

Thanks for your time and the half day trial today - it looks like Miley & Ted had fun. This was them the entire way home

Carrie Walshe Miley & Ted
Eloise Smit

My puppy couldn’t socialize with any other dogs during the Lockdown and the Dog Den has immensely helped Bella become comfortable with other dogs. They also provide me with a full update after each visit.

Eloise Smit Bella - Staffy X
Josh Horley

Great place with lovely people. We have a large dog and he's shattered for two days after spending the day. Loves it.

Josh Horley Jethro - Hunterway x Lab
Cyndy Turner

My dog oscar loves this place. The team are amazing to deal with too.

Cyndy Turner Oscar - Fox Terrier
Dani Froude

Thanks so much Steve! We loved the puppy school it was really educational and fun for us! Lynn was amazing too. Great job! Would recommend to anyone!

Dani Froude Billie - Spoodle
Karen Biddlecombe

Just had my Spoodle groomed at The Dog Den and they have done an amazing job!! Great cut and he smells lush, very reasonably priced too.

Karen Biddlecombe Murphy - Spoodle
Karen Lyndal

The team at the Dog Den have been lifesavers!! They've taken extra care of Loki with his little paw injury and been very helpful and understanding. Very professional but also genuine dog lovers. When I drop Loki off in the mornings now Steve barely looks at me, he's too busy looking at Loki and patting him 🙂 All the team have been fantastic and it's taken a lot of stress from my current situation to know that Loki is in such a great place and he's so very happy there!

Karen Lyndal Loki - Lab x Staffy
Fionna MIller

Amber loves her days at The Dog Den. She is well cared for and has lots of friends there. Thanks for taking such great care of her during the day!

Fionna MIller Amber - Labradoodle
Frances Beggs

Thank you Steve for a great Puppy Preschool class at The Dog Den. Lyn is an amazing teacher and Gus & Cobba are inspirational. It's a wonderful safe environment, Pippi (pictured) and her humans have learnt some valuable skills! She loves her new possum toy! Thanks so much, thoughrouly recommend and look forward to using your daycare in the near future 😊”

Frances Beggs Pippi - Airedale Terrier
Corinne Aulsford & Frankie

Thanks so much Steve We loved our training you will see Frankie soon Im sure he'll love day care once a week. Regards Corinne 😊😊

Corinne Aulsford & Frankie
Shaf Asif & Fuji

"The puppy school was fabulous. Fuji had socialision issues in his early years and Lyn facilitated a way for him to co-exist and play with dogs much bigger and active than him. The littlest tips from Lyn go a long way as well, she really knows her stuff" "We are very happy with the grooming and daycare facilities at The Dog Den. For a 4 month old puppy who was quite introverted and cautious, he comes out of his shell when at TDD. Also the groomer is one of few in the market who understands the complexities of grooming a double coated breed. Highly recommended."

Shaf Asif & Fuji
Trina Lincoln & Bailey

Being first time puppy owners choosing the right puppy pre-school was so important to us. Steve and Helen were great answering all of my questions in advance so we knew what to expect and so welcoming each week even remembering all the puppies names. Preschool was great - Lynn the trainer was amazing and the classes weren’t limited to training but also covered grooming, well-being and whatever else people were struggling with. The class was disrupted for Covid lockdown and the communication from Dog Den team during this was outstanding. We have finished preschool feeling less overwhelmed and are now excited to have Bailey start daycare at the Dog Den confident that Steve and Helen love her as much as we do and that she will have the best time.

Trina Lincoln & Bailey
Sarah Greenway

Thanks for the great update email Steve and Helen, you guys do an amazing job, so happy our Zep gets to come and hang out with the Dog Den family:-)

Sarah Greenway