13/03/2026
What does “dog friendly” mean to you?
We try to cover all these little things and more, by having lived in and tested out the cottage to make it suit as many people as possible.
We welcome any feedback to make it better, and hope we always do what we can to improve.
We aren’t here just as somewhere you bring your dog along too as a tag along on the family holiday (although of course we welcome those!), we are also here as a place that is meant for your dogs holiday. Somewhere they would choose to go, if they had the power to make the booking themselves 🐶🐾
“Dog Friendly” Has Become Meaningless.
Can we say this out loud now?
The phrase “dog friendly” has become almost meaningless.
Dog tolerant ≠ dog welcoming.
Allowed ≠ designed for.
Secure ≠ 3ft decorative fencing.
And “dogs considered” usually means
“we’d rather you didn’t.”
Real dog friendly means:
🐾 Floors that don’t panic about paws
🐾 Fencing that has been measured, not guessed
🐾 Layouts that consider dog movement
🐾 Owners who actually like dogs
🐾 Honest notes about suitability
It means thinking about:
Where would the dog stand?
Where would they scan?
What could go wrong here?
Because a pretty kitchen doesn’t calm a reactive dog.
And a sea view doesn’t stop a fence jumper.
Dog friendly shouldn’t be a tick box.
It should be a design decision.
That’s why I don’t list everything that applies.
If it doesn’t work for real dogs, it doesn’t come on the books.
