About

How a listing gets checked

Properly Dog Friendly is a UK directory of holiday cottages and lodges. It is run by Lesley Regan at Scamps & Champs, a pet-care business in Stockport.

A listing is for people who need the dog rules before they book. “Pets welcome” on its own is not enough to go on the site.

What we write down

1. How many dogs are allowed.
2. The dog fee, in the owner’s own words.
3. Whether dogs can go on the furniture.
4. Whether dogs can go upstairs.
5. Whether the garden is enclosed, partly enclosed, or not.
6. A source link and the date those facts were last checked.

If a fact is missing, the listing says “Ask the owner”. We leave the gap visible rather than fill it in.

Stayed here

Some cottages show a badge: “Stayed here: verified by Lesley”. Those are places we've stayed at with our own dogs. The short quote under the badge is from that stay. The dog rules are still written out in the same way, and you can filter the list to owner-verified cottages only.

Who can send a place in

Owners can list a property. Guests and owners can suggest a correction on the cottage page. Both go into a review queue. A cottage is published after the dog rules have been checked.

Featured places

A featured listing is a paid spot at the top of the list, from £15 a month. The badge says Featured. The dog rules box is the same as every other cottage. Paying does not change a fact.