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Doggy HomeStay

Pet boarding service · Halswell, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 79 Christchurch pet grooming businesses.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Doggy HomeStay

Pet boarding service · Halswell, Christchurch

Where you stand#58of 79 pet grooming businesses
Overall health2.7/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Doggy HomeStay operates from Pomeki Farm in Prebbleton (Halswell area) offering dog day care, homestay boarding, grooming and a PetCall service for animals of all sizes. The operation emphasises personalised care with small numbers and limited spaces, so dogs live with the owner's family and enjoy home-style socialising and supervision rather than a traditional kennel environment.

Doggy HomeStay is based at Pomeki Farm in Prebbleton, serving the Halswell area. It offers an alternative to conventional kennels by keeping dogs in a family home environment on a lifestyle property. Services listed include dog day care, homestay boarding, dog grooming and a PetCall service for animals large and small.

Services focus on personalised, small-group care and a home-away-from-home approach. The provider states that pets live with the owner's family on the property and that numbers are kept limited so each animal receives individual attention. Grooming and the PetCall service are offered alongside day care and boarding options.

Customer feedback highlights a consistently friendly and accommodating experience. Review themes note staff and the owner are welcoming, flexible with dates and arrangements, and professional in handling last-minute needs. Many clients report feeling confident leaving their dogs in this environment and describe their pets as settling well and enjoying visits.

Locally, Doggy HomeStay distinguishes itself by combining lifestyle property living with personalised attention and small numbers. The business may appeal to customers seeking homestay boarding or day care where animals socialise in a family setting rather than staying in a traditional kennel. Limited spaces and a focus on individual care are practical points for clients to consider when booking.

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Your Google listing

Doggy HomeStay's Google Business Listing shows a solid health score with clear contact details and strong description, but the listing lacks a website link. Overall health indicates room for improvement, particularly in web presence, while current achievements reflect verified ownership, an open status, and a detailed description that supports customer trust.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top two opportunities

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    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 2
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.5Good
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5.0 ★★★★★ (17)
Pet boarding service · Halswell2
Open 7 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

I am a LifeStyle Personal Assistant the services I provide are: Dog Day Care and Dog Homestay Boarding, Dog Grooming and a PetCall Service for all, types of animals ( Large or Small). At Doggy HomeStay we offer an alternative pet care option to the traditional dog boarding facilities available. Eg. Your pet lives with my family on our lifestyle property. Your dog will have a great time exploring playing socialising and doing all the things dogs like to do. With Personalised care and Small numbers your pet will have a holiday Retreat at Pomeki Farm they will love. Having limited spaces and small numbers we are able to give each dog the care and attention they need in a home away from home at Pomeki Farm’s “ Doggy HomeStay “

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Doggy HomeStay shows a healthy Google review profile with a score of 8.4 out of 10. Recent performance highlights include a top 10% star rating and rising engagement signals, while review counts and response efforts exceed local benchmarks. Overall health indicates strong customer satisfaction and good engagement, with room to build momentum on volume and responses.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
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    Response rateYou answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
6.9Good
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5.0★★★★★17 reviews 1
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Iris T.★★★★★ · 5 months ago

Only wish we could have sent our dog here sooner. Jane is very friendly and professional, helped us out in an almost last minute boarding needed situation at a busy time. We visited the place ourselves and had a great greet session. My shep...

Response from the owner3

Thankyou Iris for your trust and support. 🐾

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Denise R.★★★★★ · 6 months ago

OMG what a wanderful experience. Felt instantly like family, Jane and carers. Louis ( dog) settled well with loving care. Jane was very understanding with a change in my circumstances. I’m sure Louis looks forward to his next stay and I k...

Response from the owner

Thankyou Denise for your positive review. Our Team and my family aim to please. Its a pleasure having Louis join our Doggy family. Thankyou for your trust

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Doggy HomeStay shows a very low overall health score in Google Maps search, indicating limited visibility. Top findings include a modest aggregate presence and a minimal borough presence that still recognises the address. The best performing keyword is pet groomer in halswell, christchurch, new zealand, ranking at position 7, suggesting potential to grow local relevance.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.4Room to grow
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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DogLand5.0 ★ (9) · Pet boarding service
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Waggily Tails Pet Grooming5.0 ★ (1) · Pet boarding service
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Foxy Groomers4.9 ★ (19) · Pet boarding service
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Chique Pups Grooming Salon5.0 ★ (14) · Pet boarding service
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Doggy HomeStay2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #76 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The Doggy HomeStay health score sits at 5.6 out of 10, indicating average overall presence; improvements are needed in several platforms. The strongest current strength is a very high trust Facebook profile, which supports customer trust and engagement. Key opportunities lie in expanding activity on TikTok and improving listings on LinkedIn, GrabOne, Yellow Directory and Instagram with stronger trust, plus consistent profiles.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/doggy_homestay) found via: Google search results.
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    DogPack ServiceWe can see your DogPack Service listing (https://dogpackapp.com/doggy-homestay) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.8Room to grow
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DogPack Servicedoggy-homestayDoggy HomeStay | DogPack Service✓
Infobeldoggy_homestayDoggy HomeStay | Infobel✓
FacebookRivas-Doggy-Homestay-100089129113695Doggy HomeStay | Facebook✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #49 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    A street addressA street address sits in your page details, so someone deciding between you and a business two suburbs over can see which of you is closer.
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    A cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

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    Where your page link pointsNothing in your page details points at a website, so a visitor who has read your posts and wants prices, hours or a booking form has nowhere to go next but back to search - where your competitors are waiting.
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    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
1.0Room to grow
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252 followers
Dogs come and stay with us at our home. 🩷💜💙
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Facebook pageChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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Your website

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here.
0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
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Doggy HomeStayNot in these results
Google search and trafficChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #35 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Doggy HomeStay's opening hours largely match local demand: 67 peak hours open versus 22 missed high-demand hours, yielding a very high temporal health (10.0/10). Peak coverage is strong in weekday afternoons and Sunday midday, while only one low-demand hour is open. A few popular evening slots are closed and could be reviewed for limited extended service.

Strengths

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    Hours aligned with demandNo business here matches the demand around it more closely than you do - you are open when people are looking and shut when they are not.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Your hours already line up with when people are looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.2Strong
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Doggy HomeStay
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours ✓
Monday7:30am-6pm
Tuesday7:30am-6pm
Wednesday7:30am-6pm
Thursday7:30am-6pm
Friday7:30am-6pm
Saturday8am-5pm
Sunday8am-5pm
Opening hoursChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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01Google listing2 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

Where you'd stand#58of 79 Christchurch pet grooming businesses
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Christchurch pet groomingOverall · 79 businesses
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