About us
Mabel & Friends Day Retreat is a home away from home. Our team is made up entirely of high qualified and experienced dog lovers, so when your dogs visit us they become part of our family for a day. Our priority is providing an environment that’s comfortable, safe and stimulating, so they go home with their tails wagging.
Pampering for your pooch
What sets us apart is our comprehensive offering of services, all available under one roof. We are the only Day Care in the area to have been awarded a “Higher Standards” Licence – meaning you have the comfort that we really do provide the best service to your pooch. Being a member of Mabel & Friends not only gives you access to the best equipped dog day care in the area, but all the extra little touches that make each visit extra special – from free nail clipping when you’re booked in for a full day, to free seminars and workshops for pawrents throughout the year. Free monthly events and Pawties, and weekly Saturday play days.
Each day is structured so that our guests get the most out of their time with us. Our schedule strikes the perfect balance between engaging play and downtime, making sure that our guests have a chance to relax and catch their breath between all the excitement.
All our events included in the membership offer the opportunity for your best friends to socialise and develop their individual characters whilst their pawrents can also socialise with refreshments and chats.
Our facility
Luxury dog retreat
Mabel & Friends is home to a generously sized and excellently equipped day centre that features a wealth of indoor and outdoor activity space. We have over 2,600 sq ft of secure indoor space and over half an acre of secure grassed area outdoors, meaning there’s more than enough space for our guests to sniff out and explore while they play and stretch their legs.
We have a fully qualified team that operates on a maximum staff:dog ratio of 1:8. This ensures that they’re able to deliver a high standard of care across the board, and keeps levels of attention consistent across all of our guests. We also have a good understanding of the specialist care of Brachycephalic breeds including Pug, English and French Bulldog, Boxer, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Boston Terrier, Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso.
Meet the team
At the heart of Mabel & Friends is our dedicated team of fully qualified staff, driven by a shared love of dogs and a desire to provide the best care possible. We bring experience and enthusiasm into everything we do, providing a full range of expertise across all of our services.
What our Pawrents have to say about us.......
This is a top notch facility, Stanley and Edgar love spending time there, they have made many new friends and socialising with other dogs for them is so important. The girls are great with them and the ‘school reports’ just amusing and informative!
Koda absolutely loves going to Mabel and Friends! He’s excited as I drop him off in the morning and it’s great getting to see updates on social media, as well as getting texts from Meg.
I love the pupdates you get at the end of a visit detailing what they’ve been up to.
Thank you to the team running Mabel and Friends for such a great service ♥️
Our dog had a wonderful trial session this morning and the updates pics/videos were very reassuring too! Definitely be booking again.
So so pleased with Dexter’s groom. Jess did such an amazing job and Dexter came away happy with a tail wagging! Already booked our next one! I even got a nice hot chocolate from the lovely staff while I was waiting because I was early.
We just wanted to say thank you so much for looking after Hetty. She looked as though she was having a great time yesterday, judging by the little video clips, and she was suitably exhausted when she got home, taking herself off to bed, and didn’t even manage to eat her kibble until 11.00pm last night!! She slept right through the night as well, we even managed to watch some television as she was too zonked to play. She is certainly very happy with you which really puts our minds at rest. She knows where she is coming and can’t wait to get in the door!
Thank you also to Jess for her lovely haircut, Hetty’s not Jess’! We are really pleased with it. That was the first time in 3 years that we had been asked if we would like her to have a teddy bear cut and we certainly did. Love the Halloween bandana too.
Many thanks again for all your caring, lots of love and licky woofs
Thank you so much Ivy and Pixie look amazing – the best groom yet!
Jess absolutely loves her friends and time at Mabel and friends, so much so that when we drive towards the building she knows and the excitement becomes too much.
I can’t thank the wonderful team enough for taking care of our precious pup like they do! They really are the best around. Jess adores you all and so do we!! Thank you 🙂
Thank you all very much for making our fur babies enjoy their new friends and I am sure the waggy bums said it all……They slept well last night and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.
I just wanted to say a big thank you for Kiki’s first day at day care yesterday! She looked like she was having an amazing time, (viewed via live CCTV) and I can genuinely see that all you lovely ladies are so caring and absolutely love dogs. You really looked after her like I would with lots of fusses and cuddles. A special thanks to Annette for picking her up and dropping her home – the van looks amazing! And thank you so much for the free blow dry, she feels so soft and cuddly, like a big teddy bear. She came home and went straight to bed, could barely keep her eyes open. We look forward to seeing you on Monday!
FAQs
At Mabel & Friends we want to be as transparent as possible, find the answers to some of our most frequently asked questions below.
You can sign up to become a member of Mabel & Friends and book a service through our online portal.
A membership gives you full access to all of our services, which you’ll be able to book on our website.
We are in a countryside location between Hatfield Peverel and Terling, just 10 minutes from the A12 and 5 minutes from J20A and J20B.
We are open 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, closed on bank holidays.
Maps are provided by Google Maps
Unit 15
Whitelands Business Centre
Terling Road
Hatfield Peverel
CM3 2AG