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Love Your Pet Day
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.
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Happy Dog Mother's 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.
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Walk Your Dog Month UK
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.
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Happy National Spoil Your Dog Day
Find out just how spoilt your dog is with our wagtastic quiz! Celebrate National Spoil Your Dog Day with BorrowMyDoggy.
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A day in the life of support dog Biscuit
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!
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Paw-ty with Your Pup: Dog-Friendly Street Parties
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.
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April Fool's Dog Fun: AI Translation of Barking
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.
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Pet Dental Health Month
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!
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Take Our Dog Matching Quiz! | Discover Your Pawfect Match
Looking for your pawfect match? Take our dog matching quiz to find out which type of dog is your ideal companion on BorrowMyDoggy.
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BorrowMyDoggy as great way to save money
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.
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Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month
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.
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National BFF Day
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?
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National Take a Walk in the Park Day
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!
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Pet Appreciation Week
Here are 3 sure ways to make your pooch feel extra special during Pet Appreciation Week, the 6th to 12th June!
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A short film about BorrowMyDoggy
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.
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Blue Monday
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!
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Dollies Comic
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.
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Dog Statistics
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
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Dog Naughty or Nice List
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!
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Free Dog Christmas Cards
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!
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Metro publicity for BorrowMyDoggy
The Metro shares a few tips on how to get motivated to move more and recommends BorrowMyDoggy as an extra help.
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Happy Birthday to us!
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!
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March marks Pet Anxiety Month | giveaway
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!
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Woofing to the BIG SCREEN... Clifford the Big Red Dog!
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!
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Join us at DogFest 2021!
We have some pawsome news! BorrowMyDoggy and My Family Vets will be attending DogFest - join us there! We'd love to see you.
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A pawsome new film… PAW Patrol Movie!
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!
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
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.
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We welcome what3words to the Pack!
We are excited to welcome what3words to BorrowMyDoggy for Work!
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The New Statesman coverage of BorrowMyDoggy
The New Statesman covered a story on BorrowMyDoggy during COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Metro's Tinder versus BorrowMyDoggy coverage
Metro shared an article which compared Tinder with our BorrowMyDoggy app!
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BorrowMyDoggy and COVID pandemic, 1 year on
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…
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COVID-19: An update about safe dog sharing
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
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A pawsome book release - Saving Missy
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.
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Doggy Christmas Jumper Day 2019
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.
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You're invited to Doggy Christmas Jumper Day!
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
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World Mental Health Day and free dog hugs
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.
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New film alert! The Art of Racing in the Rain
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
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BorrowMyDoggy at DogFest Bristol 2019
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.
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BorrowMyDoggy won the People's Choice Award!
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.
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BorrowMyDoggy is a finalist for the DigitalAgenda Impact Awards!
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!
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National Pet Show
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.
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BorrowMyDoggy & Didsbury Good Neighbours
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.
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BorrowMyDoggy feature on the Today tab on App Store
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!
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We broke a doggy world record! #DoggyXmasJumperDay
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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Discover Dogs - London's Biggest Dog Event
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London's Biggest Dog Event - Discover Dogs
Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.
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Woman & Home feature BorrowMyDoggy
Thanks to the pawsome pack at Women & Home for featuring BorrowMyDoggy, calling us “the clever website idea” - high paws!
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Vogue features BorrowMyDoggy!
We were strutting our little paws down the catwalk this week when we saw that Vogue had featured BorrowMyDoggy!
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The Evening Standard feature BorrowMyDoggy
Calling all dog lovers looking to get their canine fix - The Evening Standard are here to help :)
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Time Out feature BorrowMyDoggy!
Are you looking for some pawsome date inspawration? Time Out have it all, including borrowing a dog!
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The Telegraph and BorrowMyDoggy
High paws to The Telegraph for woofing about BorrowMyDoggy and how we ensure that dogs “get the very best love and attention” :)
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High paws to Tesco!
Thanks to the Tesco Magazine for mentioning BorrowMyDoggy as inspawration to keep children entertained during the summer holidays - high paws!
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High paws to The Sunday Times!
High paws to The Sunday Times for featuring BorrowMyDoggy in an article on the sharing economy :)
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BorrowMyDoggy live on BBC One!
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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Waggy Tales - Borrower Angela and her Family, York
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Waggy Tales - Owner Phyllis and Jack, Scotland
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Waggy Tales - Borrower Tiffany and Millie, Nottingham
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Waggy Tales - Borrower Sharon, Swindon
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Waggy Tales - Bibi, Gemma and Elizabeth
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Waggy Tales: Frank, Emily and Stew
Read further for pupdates from the BorrowMyDoggy team, from just for fun content to news and helpful advice about our four legged friends.
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