BorrowMyDoggy Blog

A day that is dedicated to loving your pet even more than usual? Sign us up! Here are a few ways to appreciate your pet and to learn more about this pawsome day.

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

Beat the January Blues and set yourself your own personal ‘walking with your dog’ challenge during the Walk Your Dog month! We've some ideas if you need a helping paw to get going.

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

Support Dogs is a charity for autism, epilepsy and disability. 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 to have a fun and safe time with your pup.

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

Did you know that February is Pet Dental Health Month? With 80% of dogs having 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 ongoing 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. Find out more about the essential work they do.

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!

When a few graduates got in touch letting us know they’d be creating a short film about dogs and BorrowMyDoggy we couldn’t wait to share their pawsome work with our community.

Finding the motivation to achieve 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 couple of months ago a BorrowMyDoggy member shared an amazing comic about her borrowed dog Dollie on Twitter, and it was too good not to share with more of our community.

Whether we like to admit it or not, we all love pampering our dogs. The Groom Arts academy have pull together some research and we’re 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. Take a look at what some of our doggy members have been up to in 2022!

Looking for free dog Christmas cards for dog lovers or Christmas cards from the dog? Choose from 3 designs (with colouring in option for the kids!) 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, or 70th if we’re talking dog years - high paws to that!

We 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. We also have a pawsome giveaway for our members!

A childhood classic is being revamped for the big screen - high paws! Find more about the film & enter our exclusive giveaway for some pawsome Clifford prizes here!

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

Whether it’s live action or cartoon, 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.

We are excited to welcome what3words to BorrowMyDoggy for Work!

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 December 2019, BorrowMyDoggy and Save the Children along with over 350 dogs broke the record for the most amount of dogs wearing Christmas jumpers.

On Sunday 8th December 2019 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

On the 22nd to 23rd June the BorrowMyDoggy team, along with our pawsome pals at My Family Vets, headed to Ashton Court in 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 for our amazing community.

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. Simply use the promo code BORROWMYDOGGY.

On Tuesday 16th October 2018 BorrowMyDoggy took a trip to Didsbury, Manchester for our first event outside of London. We teamed up with the Didsbury Good Neighbours charity for a coffee morning to introduce the elderly community to dog owners in the surrounding area.

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

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 in aid of Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day.

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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!

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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!

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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.”

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High paws and thanks to the wagnificent pack at The Sunday Times for featuring BorrowMyDoggy on Sunday 26th July 2015, and helping us spread "Pawprints Of Happiness".

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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 and everyone at Stylist Magazine

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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”

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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.

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

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We were absowoofly thrilled when we saw that the Telegraph Magazine had written an amazing article on BorrowMyDoggy, "the website for part-time dog lovers."

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.

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

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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.

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

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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.”

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Oh my dog...Shortlist featured BorrowMyDoggy as one of their ‘Apps of the Week’ - high paws! We’re absowoofly thrilled, especially as they featured one our doggy members.

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

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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 - wherever you are.

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.

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Women's Fitness explained how BorrowMyDoggy is the pawfect way for you to find your new furry workout buddy. We bet you won’t find a more eager cardio companion than doggies.

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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.

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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.

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