Closed 24 December – 2 January 2027 · Holiday boarding now taking requests
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Dogs playing in a large green garden surrounded by trees
Daycare & holiday boarding · Pinetown

A country garden for city dogs.

Small-group daycare and holiday boarding in our family home. No kennels: your dog plays in the garden by day and sleeps indoors by night.

Dogs exploring the garden by the steps
The garden at Jung Crescent, Manors.
Our home

Begun for Jacques, kept for the dogs.

Sonja started Doggy Daycare so her Deaf son, Jacques, could earn an income doing what he loves most: being with dogs.

She and her partner work from home, so somebody is always here to look after the dogs and give them a lot of love. There's a big yard to run in, and we keep the group small so every dog gets individual attention.

So you can relax. We've got it covered.

Peter BungeRuns Doggy Daycare
Jacques VD MerweCanine caregiver
Sonja VD MerweBookings
Every stay includes

Quietly looked after, all day.

i.

A home, not a kennel

Your dog becomes part of the household for the day or the holiday.

ii.

The garden

A spacious, fenced play area: safe, green and made for running.

iii.

The double bed

Boarders sleep indoors on a special double bed.

iv.

Supper

A home-cooked chicken and rice dinner, with treats and fresh water.

v.

Company

Entertainment and attention from people who are home all day.

vi.

Their comforts

Bring a small mattress and their usual dry food if you'd like.

Tariff

Rates for daycare & boarding

Every stay starts with a request. We confirm availability and the final price by reply.

Admission

Every guest joins the group.

Because the dogs spend the day together, we ask a few things of every new guest, and we always meet them first.

  1. Sterilised, both male and female
  2. An up-to-date rabies certificate
  3. House-trained
  4. Under 25 kg, and at least five months old
  5. Sociable with people and other dogs
  6. A socialisation visit before acceptance
  7. Any food allergies shared with us

We regret that we cannot accept American Staffordshire, Bull Terrier, Pit Bull or Rottweiler breeds, as they find it difficult to mix with other dogs.

Three dogs on the patio steps Two Boston terriers on the bed Dogs on office chairs A dog on the lawn by the hedge Dogs asleep on the double bed Two dogs resting on the paving
Privacy

Before you send anything

This is the notice POPIA, South Africa's data-protection law, asks us to give you before the form collects anything. It is short on purpose.

What we collect

Only what you type into the form below, and we collect it from you directly: your name, cell number and email address; your dog's name, breed, weight and age; the kind of stay and your dates; the boxes you tick about your dog's health and manners; and anything you add under allergies, medication or requests.

Why we collect it

To reply to your enquiry: to tell you whether we have space, give you the price and arrange a first visit. We use it for nothing else.

Is it voluntary?

Yes. No law makes you fill in the form, and you choose what to tell us. We cannot reply without your name, cell number and email address, which is why those three are required. Leaving out the rest may mean we cannot tell you accurately whether we have space, or the price.

Who is responsible

Sonja VD Merwe, trading as Doggy Daycare Pinetown, is the responsible party for what you send.

6 Jung Crescent
Manors, Pinetown 3610

Who receives it

Sonja reads your enquiry. To get it to her we use these service providers: Brevo sends the form as an email to her inbox; Microsoft Azure hosts this website and the form; Cloudflare Web Analytics counts visits to this page without cookies, and sees the visit, not your enquiry. Nobody else receives it.

Does it leave South Africa?

Yes. Brevo handles email in the European Union, Azure runs this site from Western Europe, and Cloudflare counts visits on servers around the world. Each is bound by its own data-protection terms, and we send them only what is needed to deliver your enquiry or count the visit.

How long we keep it

Your enquiry lives as an email in Sonja's inbox, and we keep it only as long as we need it to deal with your enquiry or booking. This website does not store what you send. Brevo may keep a record of the delivery for a short time under its own terms.

Your rights

You may ask us to tell you what we hold about you (access), to correct it, to delete it, or to stop using it (objection). Email Sonja and we will deal with it.

sonja@blindspecialist.co.za

Complaints to the Information Regulator

If you think we have mishandled your personal information, you may complain to the Information Regulator of South Africa.

Enquire

Request a stay.

1 · Your requestTell us about your dog and your dates.
2 · Our replyWe confirm whether we have space, and the price.
3 · A first visitA short socialisation visit to meet the group.

Or call 084 555 7188 · WhatsApp

The stay
Your dog
You

A request is not a confirmed booking. Your details are used only to respond to you, in line with POPIA. Read our privacy notice before you send.