The world needs more dog-friendly places.
Help WaterPup discover them.
Explore your community with your dog. Discover businesses that genuinely welcome dogs, provide fresh water, and make four-legged guests feel at home. Become a WaterPup Agent and help us build a better world for dogs and the people who love them.
You and your dog are already exploring. Why not make a difference?
WaterPup Agents are dog owners who help us discover great places for dogs. Whenever you and your dog visit a café, restaurant, store, hotel, or other business, you can help identify whether that place truly welcomes four-legged guests.
See something special? Tell WaterPup. Your discoveries can help other dog owners find better places to explore and encourage more businesses to become genuinely pet-friendly.
Four simple steps to make a difference
Explore
Go out and enjoy your community with your dog. Visit cafés, restaurants, stores, hotels, parks, and other places.
Discover
Notice businesses that genuinely welcome dogs. Look for fresh water, welcoming staff, outdoor space, and other dog-friendly touches.
Report
Submit the business to WaterPup through a simple nomination form. Tell us what made the experience special.
Help Build the Map
WaterPup reviews the submission. Approved businesses can become part of the WaterPup dog-friendly map and community.
What makes a place truly WaterPup friendly?
Dogs Welcome
Dogs are allowed and genuinely welcomed.
Fresh Water Available
Fresh, clean water is easily available for dogs.
Friendly Staff
Staff members have a positive and welcoming attitude toward dogs.
Dog-Friendly Space
The business provides a comfortable environment for dogs and their owners.
Extra Love
Treats, special amenities, shaded areas, dog bowls, or other thoughtful details.
Pet friendly is good.
Dog friendly is better.
Genuinely welcoming is the WaterPup standard.
Every dog owner can make a difference.
WaterPup Agents are more than users. They are explorers, dog lovers, and members of a growing movement to make the world more welcoming for dogs.
New Recruit
Submit your first discovery and join the WaterPup community.
Coming soon
WaterPup Agent
Help identify multiple dog-friendly businesses in your area.
Coming soon
Senior Agent
Become a trusted contributor to the WaterPup community.
Coming soon
WaterPup Ambassador
Help grow the dog-friendly movement in your community.
Coming soon
How WaterPup recognizes great businesses
Nominated
A WaterPup Agent has discovered and submitted this business.
WaterPup Verified
WaterPup has reviewed and confirmed that the business meets the appropriate dog-friendly standards.
WaterPup Partner
The business officially participates in the WaterPup community and actively supports the mission of providing fresh water and a welcoming experience for dogs.
Discovered a great place for dogs?
Tell us about it.
The next great dog-friendly place may be right around the corner.
You and your dog are already out there exploring. Help us discover the places that deserve to be recognized.
Together, we can build a world where fresh water for dogs is not an exception. It is the standard.