Based in Central Upper Hutt, Four Small Paws provides a fun and safe environment to give your dog play time and socialisation with other dogs that match their size.
At Four Small Paws we offer a large, bright play area with comfortable seats and beds to provide a home-like atmosphere. We believe that not only do dogs need play and companionship every day, they also need structure. Every day our pups have play, rest times and socialising space with their friends. Your dog will enjoy this stimulating and caring environment.
At Four Small Paws your dog will quickly feel ‘at home’. They will make new friends and enjoy their time here. After your time at work you will be greeted by a happy, tired, well-loved dog who is ready to go home with you.
Small / Medium Breed Boarding Services
Four Small Paws offers a boarding service at our Dog Care Facility. Your fur baby can stay with us for just $55 per night. Please check our Services page for more information.
Who we take
Height: 42cm (measurement taken from shoulder to ground).
Weight: Preferably under 15kg but this will be discussed.
Breeds: Most but at our discretion.
Age: Dogs must be a minimum of 6 months old to attend daycare (exceptions may apply, contact centre to discuss). They must also be fully vaccinated, and neutered/spayed by the designated 12 months to attend daycare/boarding.
Vaccinations: All the normal vaccinations plus the Canine Cough vaccination.
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Kia ora Four Small Paws whānau!
Great to see you on our website! Feel free to click and look around – below are some key messages that we like to inform and/or kindly remind you of:
- Placing your beloved dog means you agree to our Daycare/Boarding Agreement – this is available through our Pet Manager booking tool, and will be sent out with every booking confirmation. Please make sure you read this and let us know if you have any questions.
- For your dog’s safety, we strongly encourage you to always use a lead when bringing your dog into our centre as well as picking them up. We really want to avoid any ‘near misses’ with the road getting busier and busier!
- Dogs will have to have their own collars/leads/harness with them.
- If your dog is sick, please do not let them attend daycare. If they have tummy issues, they cannot attend for 48 hours prior or after.
- To make sure we have appropriate dog-staff ratios at all times, we request that you please:
- adhere to session times for drop-offs and pickups mentioned before / above (unless otherwise arranged).
- adhere to booking times where possible i.e when your booking is for a 4.30pm pickup, please keep to this time instead of arriving at 5.30pm. Do let us know if pickup time is delayed at least 24 hours in advance to avoid late pickup fees.
- book your dog(s) in 2 days in advance – please call us for urgent bookings as these need to be confirmed after making sure we have enough staff members to look after your dogs.
- When booking transport, please do this under the “extras” tab. Our Transport times are:
- Pick up 7-8.30am in the morning.
- Drop off 12-1.00pm noon.
- Drop off 4-5pm in the afternoon (depending on numbers).
- A few final points:
- Customer donations; If anybody has spare blankets, towels, socks (long), old rope, we are always on the lookout for these things.
- Please have one person per dog in our centre due to our cosy space at reception.
- For our team, customer and especially dog safety, we kindly ask you not to go through to the main area (unless invited).
Ngā mihi nui,
Taylor Champion
Owner / Director Four Small Paws
Reviews
Great facilities for small dog day care. Our Dogs love it.
Took my dogs here for a half day to see how they'd go. One of which needs to be socialized more and it seems to have worked. The staff are amazing and very friendly. Have booked for a full day 🐾🐾🐾
Our dog Coco absolutely loves going to day care at Four Small Paws. She always comes home very happy. We get regular updates showing us how much fun she has there. You can tell the owner Taylor and the team genuinely care about the dogs and treat them like family. We have complete trust leaving Coco with Taylor and the team — highly recommend Four Small Paws!
We’ve been really impressed with the recent changes.
There’s a clear focus on thoughtful, dog-centred care, from sunshades and good crate/rest management to meaningful enrichment and supervision throughout the day.
The dogs come home happily tired but still calm, settled, and emotionally intact. We’ve also noticed positive changes at home, including better recall, easier crate settling, improved sleep, and even new play skills.
The owner/operator is engaged and present, and communication is excellent. A special mention to Lulu, who is outstanding and super knowledeable with the dogs, attentive, caring, and genuinely invested in their wellbeing.
It’s a calm, well-run and fun environment, and our dogs clearly love it.
There’s a clear focus on thoughtful, dog-centred care, from sunshades and good crate/rest management to meaningful enrichment and supervision throughout the day.
The dogs come home happily tired but still calm, settled, and emotionally intact. We’ve also noticed positive changes at home, including better recall, easier crate settling, improved sleep, and even new play skills.
The owner/operator is engaged and present, and communication is excellent. A special mention to Lulu, who is outstanding and super knowledeable with the dogs, attentive, caring, and genuinely invested in their wellbeing.
It’s a calm, well-run and fun environment, and our dogs clearly love it.
My doggo was with Four Small Paws for 9 days. She came out with her tail and ears up, clean, happy and nose wet - excited! Clearly she enjoyed her stay and was very well looked after. Highly recommended.
We highly recommend Four Small Paws and the team. They look after Poppy very well & update their website with pictures as much as possible. It's also great to know that they are now open all year round for boarding also 😊 Poppy is always very happy & exhausted when she comes home.
Our dog loves going to Four Small Paws> I recommend taking your small furry friend there.
My shy pup loves his morning at Four Small Paws. He has the opportunity to interact with other little dogs, play and when he comes home he sleeps for a couple of hours.
Our dog Lola loves her Wednesdays at Four Small Paws. The staff are all lovely! Great doggy daycare for small dogs 👌🏻
We are absolutely thrilled with our Four Small Paws whanau!! They are wonderful with the dogs and especially my Son Son. They give updates, smiles and even answer my calls when I need reassurace. I know they actually care about my Son Son cos of the way he wags his little tail and excitedly tries to get into the day care. Son Son comes home very happy, very tired and like he's had a blast. They even take the cutest pictures and videos of my baby. I am very reassured for being a first time fur mama. Also thank you to the many other fur babies who make my Son Son feel welcome 🙏
Ngā mihi,
The Venables Whanau 🥰
Ngā mihi,
The Venables Whanau 🥰