Founder Story

Twenty years of listening to dogs — and the people who love them.

Gehlaufen began in 2004 with a single border collie, a pair of muddy boots, and a quiet conviction: that a city dog deserves a slower, more attentive kind of day.

Two decades later, the rituals are the same. We arrive on time. We read the room. We walk in small groups, in real forests, in every kind of weather. And we bring your dog home a little softer than we found them.

200+

Zürich families

Daily walks

20y

Same standards

Words from the
people we walk for.

Twenty years of repeat clients is the only review that matters to us.

"After two years with Gehlaufen, our anxious rescue finally trusts the leash. They didn't just walk her — they understood her."
Léa M.
Seefeld
"The level of care is something you'd expect from a five-star hotel. Detailed updates, clean paws, a happy dog. Every single day."
Thomas R.
Enge
"We've been clients since 2011. They've watched our two boys grow old. Family is the only word for it."
Familie Bürki
Wollishofen