Pet Industry Awards 2025: The UAE's Best Dog Daycares, Trainers, Groomers & Hotels
The 2025 Pet Industry Awards UAE crowned the country's favourite pet businesses. Here are all the winners and runners-up — and which ones you'll find on Dog Parks Dubai.
Pet Industry Awards 2025: The UAE's Best Pet Businesses
The Pet Industry Awards 2025 — the UAE's leading public-vote awards for the pet sector — have just been announced. Voted for by thousands of pet owners across the Emirates, the awards recognise the daycares, trainers, groomers, vets, hotels and brands that genuinely go above and beyond for our pets.
We've gone through the full winners list and tagged every business that already has a profile on Dog Parks Dubai with a gold "Award" badge so you can spot them at a glance. Here's the complete rundown of who won what.
🏆 Best Doggy Daycare
- Winner: Zoomies — Al Quoz's high-energy daycare, famous for its agility course and structured play.
- Runner-up: The Dog Retreat
🐾 Favourite Pet Sitting Company
- Winner: Bea's Pet Sitting
- Runner-up: PetBae — vetted, background-checked sitters offering trusted in-home care across the UAE.
✂️ Favourite Pet Grooming Company
- Winner: Doog — mobile grooming brand that comes to your driveway.
- Runner-up: Brownie Pet Shop
🎓 Favourite Dog Trainer
- Winner: Jasmin Maier — The Pawkeeper — globally certified force-free trainer and behaviour consultant.
- Runner-up: Seif Mohamed, SAFEK9
🩺 Favourite Specialist Pet Service
- Winner: Dr. Vet Animal Hospital
- Runner-up: Physio Evolution
🛒 Favourite Pet Retailer (sponsored by Happy Cat & Happy Dog)
- Winner: PetCare
- Runner-up: The Vet Store, Pet First Veterinary Clinic
🎁 Pet Product Of The Year
- Winner: Yuup! Italy | Middle East
- Runner-up: MooPet Cover
🐱 Favourite Cat Food Brand
- Winner: Furchild
- Runner-up: Royal Canin
🦴 Favourite Dog Food Brand
- Winner: Furchild
- Runner-up: PawPots
🏠 Favourite Pet Boarding Facility
- Winner: Pawsome Pets
- Runner-up: Zoomies — also taking second place in the boarding category, a rare double recognition.
🌟 Favourite Small Pet Business (under 3 employees)
- Winner: Golden Paws Pet Salon
- Runner-up: Puppy Parlor
✈️ Favourite Pet Relocation Company
- Winner: Pawsome Pets
- Runner-up: Snoopy Pets
🏥 Favourite Veterinary Clinic (sponsored by MetLife Pet Insurance)
- Winner: Pet First Veterinary Clinic
- Runner-up: Europets Clinic, Sharjah
👨⚕️ Veterinary Surgeon Of The Year
- Winner: Dr. Jim Bolssens, Europets Clinic Sharjah
- Runner-up: Dr. Diana Lavareda, Pet First Veterinary Clinic
🏨 Pet-friendly Hotel Of The Year
- Winner: JA Hatta Fort Hotel — mountain retreat in Hatta welcoming dogs under 30kg.
- Runner-up: Marriott Marquis Dubai Creek
🍽️ Pet-friendly Restaurant Of The Year
- Winner: La Nena
- Runner-up: Horse & Hound, Al Habtoor Polo Resort
🌱 Rising Star Award (newcomer under 1 year, sponsored by Pet First Veterinary Clinic)
- Winner: Pretty4Paws
- Runner-up: Bearlot's Furry Friends
🤝 Best Corporate Animal Welfare Initiative
- Presented to: Destination Mina Seyahi
❤️ Outstanding Contribution to Animal Welfare
- Presented to: Mariam Alquraishat, Bubbles Pets Rescue
What this means for Dubai dog owners
Public-vote awards like these aren't perfect, but they're one of the few signals that come straight from real customers rather than marketing budgets. If you're choosing a daycare, trainer, groomer or hotel for your dog, the winners and runners-up above are a strong shortlist — and many of them are right here in our directory.
Look out for the gold Award badge at the top of business profiles across Dog Parks Dubai. Where we know the company is already listed, we've linked it directly above so you can read more, see the area, and contact them.
Congratulations to every winner, runner-up and finalist — and thank you to everyone working to make the UAE a better place for dogs.
_Source: Pet Industry Awards 2025 — Official Winners._