Dog Walking and Daycare in Hampstead
Hampstead, NW3, is the heart of what we do. Sixteen years ago Warren was walking one dog called Foxy on Hampstead Heath and decided she ought to have friends. Every one of our walkers works Hampstead.
A day in Hampstead
A morning walk
- ~9:30Collected from homeYour walker arrives in Hampstead around half nine. You don’t need to be in; we hold your key.
- + the driveOut to proper groundHampstead Heath in a group of four, or Arrandene in Mill Hill in a group of six.
- 60 minutesA full hour of walkingNever less. The driving isn’t counted in it.
- On the walkA WhatsApp from your walkerA video of your dog in action, and who they’ve been running around with today.
- ~1½ hrs laterHome, settledOut of the house about an hour and a half in total.
An afternoon walk
- ~12:00Collected around middayAfter the morning round, your walker comes back to Hampstead for pick-up.
- + the driveUp to Hampstead HeathA short drive up to Hampstead Heath, in a small, calm group.
- 60 minutesA full hour on Hampstead HeathWest Heath woodland or the open Heath Extension, depending on your dog.
- On Hampstead HeathNews on WhatsAppA video plus the gossip: who they’ve made friends with.
- ~1:30Home againSame rhythm every day. Dogs settle into it quickly.
A day in the Secret Woodland
- 8:30 – 9:30Warren collectsIt’s a round, so collection runs across the hour.
- ~40 minsThe drive outThe dogs settle on the drive and arrive calm.
- 4 hoursIn real woodlandStreams, bracken, muntjac deer and pheasants. Six dogs, one man.
- During the dayYour WhatsApp updateVideos from the woods and who their best friend was today.
- 3:00 – 4:00Dropped homeProperly, satisfyingly knackered.
Dog walkers on Hampstead Heath
Stephanie is particular about her four dogs, and will say honestly if yours would unsettle the group. Jack has the high-energy dogs on the West Heath: the wired ones go to the calmest walker we have. Ashley takes dogs who need to open up onto the Heath Extension. And Nick and Emma collect here, then drive away from Hampstead Heath to Arrandene Open Space in Mill Hill, where groups of six are allowed.
£25 a walk. How our walks work →
Doggy daycare in Hampstead NW3
Daycare dogs do not go to Hampstead Heath at all. Warren drives them forty minutes out to our Secret Woodland for four hours. We love Hampstead Heath, and sixteen years of our lives have happened on it, but it is busy, it is walked, and the wildlife left it long ago.
£55 a day. About the Secret Woodland →
We keep things calm
Hampstead Heath is busy, and that is the point of how we work. We cannot control the other group coming the other way, but we can control ours. No balls, no sticks, no shouting encouragement. A dog that arrives calm meets whatever is coming calm.
We also cover Highgate, West Hampstead and Primrose Hill.
“Premier have been our choice of Hampstead dog walkers since they were founded. They have been consistently excellent for more than ten years.”