About
Barkley Manor is a force-free daycare and grooming facility on Great North Road in Grey Lynn, Central Auckland. Each day combines structured play, enrichment, and rest in a managed group environment, with force-free training available as a separate service. Forest Adventures — guided excursions to nearby bush tracks — can be booked as standalone outings or combined with a daycare day. The cage-free groom salon is open to non-daycare customers. Overnight stays are available only to dogs who have attended daycare for at least six months.
Services
- Daycare
- Training
- Grooming
What owners say
Barkley Manor has been an absolute lifesaver for both of my dogs! My Cane Corso started attending their puppy program when she was just 8-12 weeks old, and she’s gone through every stage of their classes since then. The staff are so loving, attentive, and truly dedicated to the dogs in their care. My Cane Corso is completely besotted with them, and I trust them wholeheartedly. More recently, my English Pointer has joined, and he’s been settling in beautifully. The team has been incredibly supportive, especially with helping him establish boundaries (he’s quite the counter surfer!). They’ve been so patient and knowledgeable, and it’s made a world of difference. I couldn’t recommend Barkley Manor more—it’s by far one of my favorite places for my dogs. The love and care they provide are unmatched!
Review via Google Maps
First time here today for grooming. I have been to many groomers in the past and Barkley Manor is by far the best. Access is easy, it's clean and orderly, staff very helpful, and Lena the lovely groomer, showed such compassion when she saw my little blind dog and I immediately knew we were at the right place. Excellent grooming done when my dogs coat was full of knots and difficult. She went in shaking and came out calm looking beautiful. Also the grooming salon was quiet and well run with Lena being of calm disposition and kind, and I could tell she was great with the dogs. Well done!!
Review via Google Maps
My furbaby, Bambam, was 11 months old when he started in Colehill Cottage at Barkley Manor in 2024. His big sister had just crossed over the rainbow bridge and we felt he needed to be in the company of other dogs for socialisation. The Barkley team made him feel very welcome and kept a careful eye on his progress, making sure that he felt safe and loved every step of the way. Bambam was a shy little fellow, but his confidence has grown over the last 15 months and he now has a little group of friends that he feels comfortable with. And as a lovely touch, at Christmas all “pupils” have individual “school” photos and a "report card" sent home. Bambam started out doing the Puppy Training and Mastering Life Classes on Saturday mornings with Jenny and her training team, and he puts lots of things that he learnt there into use every day. The groomers are first-class, he had his first groom at 4 months old and has been visiting Lena every alternate three weeks for a wash/tidy or wash/ full groom to keep his furry little body looking top-notch. Definitely the place to go to get a top-quality groom where you’ll pick up a furbaby you want to show off to everyone, not a “shave it all off” job that you have to hide from the world until it grows out! The whole Barkley team are a lovely caring group of people, and what a dream job they have, doing what they love every day in a friendly, happy environment. I can’t recommend Barkley Manor highly enough and look forward to enjoying many more years with Bambam as part of their family.
Review via Google Maps
Barkley did such a great job with our doggy. He is a rescue dog who is quite anxious around others, so we were quite nervous dropping him off. However, the grooming team listened to our concerns and talked to us through the process. We were extremely transparent and let them know about him being incredibly protective of the both of us, so he will bite if you get too close when he is with us. However, without us he's completely harmless. They were extremely encouraging throughout our conversations which left us feeling a lot better and made sure to ask different questions about the grooming so we could both be on the same page, and Shacky could be comfortable. After his groom, we were incredibly pleased to hear that he was fine around other dogs and even gave them loads of kisses. Although they needed two people to cut nails ( sorry grooming team!) They remained positive and truthful about the groom, which we appreciated. He also came out super calm and relaxed! With other groomers, he always came out shaking, sparking concern. Thankyou once again Barkley!
Review via Google Maps
What an awesome experience, really great class (first of 2 for our puppy). Super friendly staff and really knowledgeable too. The groomer was also spot on and got our doggo a great cut, bath etc
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Before you book
Vaccinations required
Up-to-date vaccinations are required before your dog can stay.
Temperament assessment
A meet-and-greet or trial day is required before a full boarding stay.