What makes us different
🏡 We Live With the Dogs Inside Our Home
No kennels, no cages. Dogs stay indoors with us, in a calm and family-style environment.
🐾 100% Cage-Free Environment
Our boarding model is based on freedom, safety and emotional stability no cages, ever.
🐶 Balanced and Supervised Pack
We work with small groups of well-socialised dogs.
Our balanced pack helps new dogs integrate in a safe and natural way.
⚡ Experienced With Large Breeds & Reactive Dogs
We specialise in reactive dogs, adopted dogs, nervous dogs and large breeds.
Professional handling, controlled exposure and real understanding.
🌱 Mandatory Socialisation Day
Before any stay, each dog must complete a temperament and socialisation assessment to guarantee safety and harmony.
Our Services
Areas we serve
We work with families, expats and travellers across the Costa del Sol and Campo de Gibraltar, offering cage-free dog boarding, daycare, socialisation and behaviour work.
Our main area. Trusted by locals, expats and holiday visitors.
Estepona
San Pedro, Nueva Andalucía, Puerto Banús & Marbella centre.
Marbella
Popular area for boarding, daycare and socialisation.
Casares
Ideal for families needing calm, cage-free, home-style boarding.
Manilva & Sabinillas
Highly requested by British, Dutch, German, Belgian and Scandinavian clients.
Sotogrande
Many British clients cross the border to board their dogs with us in a safe, cage-free and professional environment.
Gibraltar
Large expat communities who love our cage-free boarding, daycare and socialisation programs. Perfect for travellers and seasonal visitors.
Fuengirola – Benalmádena – Torremolinos
How we work at La Finquilla
We follow a clear, professional protocol to ensure safety, harmony and well-being for all dogs.
First contact via WhatsApp
Tell us your dates and what your dog needs.
Booking confirmation
If everything goes well, we confirm your dog’s stay.
Send the dog’s passport
We need photos of all pages including:
• ID
• microchip
• mandatory vaccines
Home-style, cage-free boarding
During the stay:
• dogs live inside our home
• join our balanced pack
• enjoy routines, calm and supervision
• no kennels, no cages, ever
Socialisation & temperament assessment
Every dog must complete a trial day before any booking.
We evaluate:
• communication
• compatibility
• energy
• social skills
• how they integrate with our balanced pack
This step is mandatory for safety.
Contact & availability
We do NOT accept automatic bookings.
Every dog must be evaluated first.
To check availability, send us via WhatsApp:
✔ Photos of your dog’s passport
✔ Exact dates
✔ The service you need
✔ Any relevant information (age, behaviour, medication)
About us
We are Erika and Macarena, founders of La Finquilla Dog Sitter, a fully cage-free, home-style dog boarding service where dogs live indoors with us as part of the family.
We are trained in dog behaviour, socialisation and training, and we work with our balanced pack to help dogs with real needs: reactivity, insecurity, overexcitement, adopted dogs with past trauma, and puppies who need proper guidance from day one.
We believe in calm, natural and safe coexistence — no kennels, no cages, ever.
Every dog receives family-style care, professional supervision and emotional wellbeing.