Dallas is forming.
We open a region when 30 Cavalier households within 30 minutes of each other have joined. Dallas is at 0. Add your name and bring two Cavalier friends, and we'll tell you the day it opens.
CavSwap is a free dog-sitting swap circle where Cavalier owners host each other's dogs instead of paying for boarding. Until Dallas opens, nothing else changes — no fees, no bookings, just the count above.
Dallas–Fort Worth is large enough that the thirty-minute radius does real work here. A swap only stays easy when the handover drive is short, so the Metroplex tends to form as several neighbourhood circles rather than one — Lakewood and the M Streets, Plano and Frisco, Arlington and mid-cities, each needing enough Cavalier households of their own.
Weather shapes the rest. North Texas summers are long and hot, and spring brings severe thunderstorms that a noise-sensitive dog will notice well before you do. Both are ordinary facts of life for a local host and genuine unknowns for a boarding facility meeting your dog for the first time.
Frequently asked questions
- Is CavSwap open in Dallas yet?
- Not yet. Dallas is a forming region: we open one when 30 Cavalier households within about 30 minutes of each other have added their names. Until then there are no bookings, no fees and nothing to cancel — just the signup count on this page. Everyone who signs up hears from us the day it opens.
- Does the Metroplex being so spread out make swapping harder?
- It makes proximity the thing that matters most. Matching is driven by travel time, so what you want is other Cavalier households near you rather than merely somewhere in DFW. Adding your neighbourhood when you sign up is what shows us where a circle can realistically form first.
- What about spring storms and a nervous dog?
- North Texas gets severe thunderstorms through spring, and some Cavaliers find them genuinely frightening. If yours does, record it in your dog's profile with whatever helps — a particular room, a routine, anything your vet has suggested — so a host has the plan in advance instead of discovering the problem at two in the morning.
- How does a sitting swap actually work?
- You host another member's Cavalier, and you earn credits measured in nights. You spend those credits when someone hosts yours. No money changes hands between members at any point, and the core features are free permanently. Every member is personally reviewed before joining, and the two households always meet in person before a first stay is confirmed.
Not in Dallas? Tell us your city and we'll count you toward it.