Dog parks & day care in Essex. Built for dogs, trusted by owners.
Purpose-built dog parks, 5-star licensed daycare, and vetted dog training across Essex. Giving dogs their best days and owners complete peace of mind.
Doggy Day Care
Expert, trainer-led care in a fear-free environment. Activities designed to help dogs flourish and grow.
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Dog Parks
Private, fully enclosed countryside fields. 6ft fencing, double-gated entry, acres of space. Just for you.
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Looking for training, walking, grooming, or more?
We connect you with vetted local dog services across Essex.
From our family to yours
We enrich the lives of dogs in Essex.
Founded by two families, Wagtails started with a simple belief: every dog deserves an active life filled with adventure, enrichment and friends. Today our qualified team care for dogs across three parks and a 5-star licensed daycare.
About UsWhat our customers say
Jenna Daniels
Wagtails Day Care
“I could not recommend Wagtails Doggy Day Care enough - they provide expert care for our lab Lola and are so enthusiastic and passionate about what they do. We receive a detailed report card with lots of photos and videos...”
Susanne Barton
Rettendon Dog Park
“Our girls loved it, enclosed and clean with seating facilities and water for doggies! We will be back 🤗”
Hannah Robinson
Wagtails Day Care
“I just wanted to put my paws to keyboard to say what a wooftastic time I have at Wagtails. Especially with my favourite humans Lucien and Hannah. They are Pawsome and I and my humans (who let’s face it need all the help ...”
Sandra Farewell
Writtle Dog Park
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Sophie Addison
Wagtails Day Care
“The best doggy daycare there is! Our girl loves it so much, she’s always so excited to be there. I’m often told by my friends that she is treated better at the daycare than their kids at nursery! They work so hard to kee...”
Kirsty Graves
Cressing Dog Park
“I am honestly so shocked at how amazing it really was! firstly the whole booking systme is brilliant. Then getting into the field, giving the passcode that morning it was so easy. Now we get on to the field, I have 3 dog...”
