In-Home Dog Boarding in Austin, A House, Not a Kennel

The problem with boarding facilities is not that anyone is unkind. It is that capacity requires containment. A building that takes forty dogs has to keep forty dogs apart, which means your dog spends most of the day in a run, listening to strangers bark.

Woof, Wag & Purr does it the other way. Your dog stays in a house in South Austin, with a small number of guests at a time, and lives the way a dog lives in a house.

What a hosted stay looks like

Your dog is in the house, not a run. Couch access if that is what it is used to, or its own space if it prefers one. A yard. Walks on a real schedule. Its own food, on its own routine, bring what it eats and we will keep the timing exactly as you run it. Medication given as your veterinarian prescribed. Someone in the house, not on a shift. Photos and updates as often as you want them.

A small number of dogs, permanently

A facility earns more by taking more dogs, and every dog it adds makes containment more necessary. A house earns nothing by adding dogs and loses the only thing it is selling. So the number stays small permanently, not until we grow out of it.

Come see the house first

Before you book. You walk through it, see the yard, see where your dog would sleep, and meet whoever will be looking after it. Your dog comes too and gets to have an opinion.

There is no charge for this and no obligation afterward. If it is not right, say so in the driveway. That is a completely fine outcome and much better than finding out from another state.

Will my dog be with dogs it does not know?

Sometimes, and you will be told before you book, who else is staying, what they are like, and how big they are. If either dog needs to meet the other first, that happens before anything is confirmed.

If your dog does not do well with other dogs at all, say so. Some stays are solo. And if solo is not available for your dates, we will tell you that instead of taking the booking and hoping.

When your house is the better answer

Some dogs should not be moved. Seniors who are unsteady on unfamiliar floors, dogs mid-recovery, dogs whose entire coping mechanism is their own furniture, and most cats.

For those, overnight sitting in your own home is the better product and we will say so, even though it is the same amount of work for us. Which stay is right is your dog's answer, not a sales question.

Dogs we especially want to hear about

Dogs that have had a bad boarding experience and came home hoarse or shut down. Anxious dogs. Seniors. Dogs on a medication schedule that has to actually be kept. Small dogs who get lost in a group. These are exactly the dogs a facility serves worst.

What it costs

From $100 a night. Priced by what the stay involves, size, medication, how long, and whether it needs to be solo. Tell us the picture and you get a number before anything is booked, and it stays honest in both directions.

Ten percent of it funds a local creek or park cleanup.

What other owners have said

The same two people every time, so a dog is not meeting new staff each stay. Two dogs at a time, in a house rather than a run. Most bookings come from someone who has already stayed here, or from their trainer or their vet.

What this is not

Not a kennel, not a facility, and not licensed commercial boarding. It is a home that hosts a small number of dogs. No veterinary care, no training, no grooming.

CTA: Come see the house and bring your dog. No charge, no obligation, and you get to watch your dog decide.

Use the contact form, or call (512) 808-0153.