Barking Mad - Sunderland and Durham
Local host-family franchise covering Sunderland and Durham; home boarding from £30 a day.
About
Barking Mad - Sunderland and Durham is a local franchise, run by operator Roy McHugh, that matches dogs with host families for home boarding rather than boarding them at one premises. It covers Sunderland, Washington, Houghton-le-Spring, Seaham and further towns in County Durham, so it is listed once for the whole page rather than repeated under each area. Home boarding is priced from £30 a day for one dog and £50 for two, with collection and delivery from £35 and a pet taxi from £15. Because each dog stays in a selected host's own home rather than one fixed address, no single premises licence applies here the way it would for one home boarder.
Services
Prices
| Home boarding, per day (one dog) | £30 |
| Home boarding, per day (two dogs) | £50 |
| Collection and delivery | £35 |
| Pet taxi, from | £15 |
Prices are as Barking Mad - Sunderland and Durham published them when we last checked (September 2026). They can change without notice, so confirm them when you book. Bank holidays, collection and a second dog from the same house are often charged on top.