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Think Tanny is sorry they put thus up now. As far I'm concerned it was just a safe fenced in area which you could take your dog on its own and let it have a run off lead without worrying about other digs. Surely you put up a notice about taking dig in at own risk etc if worried about health issues we don't worry about that when you take it to the park etc. I don't think £10 a visit is feasible I was thinking £3 for 15 mins is great.sure Tanny is not thinking she could go on Dragons Den with this, just a community thing and enough to cover field expenses etc .

I would definately use this service...I have a very lively husky who unfortunately doesn't get on with other dogs...she does seem to get quite frustrated as her natural instinct is to run but she is held back because we can't let her off the lead...
Fantastic idea and I hope it comes to fruition very soon x

Thats how I interpreted it at first cools , and thats why I thought it wouldnt be profitable at say £3 a 15 min walk ie £12 an hour for 4 single use dogs or even up to £15 an hour. The supervisor would need to be paid minimum wage per hour , so after insurance etc, that wouldnt leave hardly anything, so , the bread and butter would be the communal dog stuff like DD said , to subsidize single use . So - there probably would be off peak fill in times you could use it cheaply singly, but maybe not always at the times useful to you.

I don't think I've ever taken a dog for a walk as short as 15 mins, its hardly exercise if its that short.

It depends how far you walk on the lead beforehand DD. We are talking about time off the lead here ,fun time.

I don't know how big or how small Tanny wants this to get so if it's a profitable business Tanny wants well you would have to go the way DD and Venice suggest...

Sounds like you need something like that dog scooter for sale on here , to allow your dog to relieve its tensions . OR you could put a little cart behind her and offer rides in Tanny's dog area if its big enough, to offset the charge to hire it for an hour! Poor mans version of dog sledding in Canada!

Not sure about the scooter but the other idea ...mmmm

Dog parks already exist in Spain, Calpe has two Benidorm and other places are getting them so it would seem the idea is feasible.I saw the one in Calpe a few weeks ago and it was about half a football pitch size,stone chippings underfoot with tunnels hurdles tyres and a see saw for the dogs to run around.Put dog parks Calpe Spain in your search you may get a few tips or a bit of insight into your business model.Good Luck!

hi all,
Lots of feedback and suggestions being thrown here thank you this is just what we wanted.
We have a big list of things which we are discussing through and some things that have been mentioned here to which has been a great help. I didnt mention this being our main course of income, although we don't want to fall into the negitive so it would be basic at first and things added depending on the market for it. It can be book prior to people walking their dogs aready but will beavailable for people passing to pop in for offlead runs aswell. Although nothing is set in stone as it stands the offlead area will be use for one dog at a time, unless people have multiple dogs or come in a group where they all know their dogs all get along, we would never just through a load of random dogs in there and hope for the best.
About dogs in season, yes we can ask owners not to bring their dogs when in season but its not a fool proof thing sadly, people take their dogs out on pulic walks, streets fields, proms where dogs in heat have been already, sadly apart from asking people to be honest and respect other dog users theres nothing we can do about this.
Asking to see peoples jab paperwork is an idea but again this is an outdoor area, next to other fields and the prom where their dogs could pick up things also, if we had an outbreak in the area it would be treat the same as they do parks etc and other outdoor areas.
Thanks again guys

sorry posting in bits as im reading lol, yes as i said above it will be a basic thing until we see what the demand is like, we are not saying take your dog on a walk for 15 minutes, but people who have already walked the prom etc to come see us then 15 min leadoff time then the walk home would probably be ong enough exercise which is why we said a minimum

Yes, we also have many dogfields in the uk that landowners lease out for people, but not aeveryone has the transport to get to these fields which is why we would like to offer a more local thing

P.S you lot are bloody hard work
but i really do thank you all for the time you are putting into your replies.
As for the is it a business question, To begin with i am willing to put the time in as a basic secure area for dogs to be offlead. we can easily progress from there to see what the market is and what our users would like to see be done and be in there. i don't want to have to charge people an absolute fortune for something when all they want is some offlead time with their dog. I want everyone to beable to use it that need to and not just be there for people who can 'afford' it. I want the users to tell us what they would like to see in there, i want them to feel part of it.

I think that it would be the "staff" that would be a problem, rather than the dogs, as someone would have to be certain to be there ALL the time or work shifts. Think of the winter when it's cold and dark "til 8am and dark at 4pm. Someone could come down "sick" and what about the dogs themselves? Owners would have to be punctual otherwise anyone late would have to be turned away and that wouldn't go down very well! There would need there be a toilet available on site (unless there is one there already). If you can cope with all this, good luck to you.

HIYA. This is a great idea. The nearest one we have is in Liverpool. Think they charge £10 an hour for the off lead area..

I have a 2 year old Samoyed who is desperate to go off lead..