About Us

Shelly always wanted to work with dogs and is at her happiest spending time, walking and training her own dogs. Beginning with pet dog obedience and training her own dogs to gundog standard, she has moved into higher level obedience training and different disciplines such as Schutzhund, Protection and Scent Detection Training. Shelly started her professional journey with dogs by offering dog walking, boarding and residential training stays. The idea for a dog daycare centre was born in 2012 and Shelly spent time visiting and working in other daycare centres to gain experience and gained certification in various training areas. She is the founder and owner of Dundee Doggy Daycare which has cared for thousands of dogs since opening in 2016. Focusing more on training has happened quite organically and after lockdown, it became apparent knowledgeable trainers are very much needed.

Sarah is a huge animal lover! Beginning her own journey with family dogs, she knew that dogs were her passion. Sarah has her HND in Animal Care and her first dog was Becky who was in training to become a Guide Dog for the Blind. Sarah spent a year guiding Becky through life and ensuring her life was structured. Becky ultimately decided she did not like the idea of being a Guide Dog and so has joined  Sarah as a pet/trained gundog. Sarah joined Dundee Doggy Daycare in 2018 and has gained massive amounts of experience even passing her knowledge on to other dog professionals in the area. Sarah is adept at training pet dogs and gundogs alike and is an asset as a trainer.

We have seven dogs all fit for different roles to help us in our training whether that be as demo dogs or as stooges for our clients. Let us introduce you,

Becky - Black Labrador 

Becky is an easy going girl with a knack for bringing dogs out of their shell. She is an active, trained gundog and an amazing dog for nervous or excitable dogs.

Odin - GSD/Retriever

Odin is a driven boy who makes an excellent example for reactive dogs. He is rarely fazed and very handler focused when at work.

Thea - Great Pyrenees

Thea is an wonderful dog. She has a calm, confident nature and can decipher a dog in seconds. She is a great help in our daycare environment.

Alli - German Shepherd

Alli is another example of a great stooge dog when working under pressure. Alli is working towards her IGP titles and is always happy to have an audience and show her skills.

Pippin - Golden Retriever

Pippin is our well trained perpetual puppy. She loves everyone and her natural energy is a great ice breaker for nervous dogs. Pippin is being trained as a medical alert dog.

Blake - Black Labrador

Blake is a lovely boy and is currently going to shoots and doing brilliantly as a gundog. Sarah has trained him amazingly well.

Roo - Chihuahua

Roo is our newest addition and after a less than ideal start we are pleased to say he is a happy, confident boy with no fears around dogs of any size. He is a perfect example of a small dog with a big personality.