How Bracknell and Crowthorne's councils license dog boarders
Every one of the fourteen dog day cares, boarding kennels and home boarders listed for Bracknell and Crowthorne needs a council licence to operate: it is a legal requirement in England, not something a business can opt out of. Thirteen of the fourteen sit under Bracknell Forest Council; the fourteenth, Claire's Canines in the Sandhurst and Yateley area, is licensed by Hart District Council instead.
Bracknell Forest Council: reached only through a mirror
Bracknell Forest Council runs its own animal licensing register jointly with West Berkshire Council, but the register itself is not reachable directly online for this research; every licence shown on this page for a Bracknell Forest-licensed business instead comes from a third-party mirror the council has not adopted as its own. Because neither Bracknell Forest Council nor Hart District Council has adopted that mirror as an official register, no council star rating is shown on any listing on this page, even in cases where the mirror itself records one. Nine businesses – Berkshire Canine Company, The Little Pup Lodge, Hot Dogs Grooming and Doggy Day Care, Poochies Palace, Active Paws, Tails on Trails, Bravo Dog Training, The Dog Boss and Happy Dogz and Catz – carry a current, in-date licence number and expiry against this mirror. Two more, 4 Paws and Pals and Amy's Animal Allsorts, have a recorded licence that has passed its expiry date with no renewal showing as of this check; ask either directly for its current licence position before booking. Ryslip Group Ltd and Katy's K9s could not be matched to a register entry under their trading name at all.
Ryslip Group Ltd: a licence reported in the press, not the register
Ryslip Group Ltd, the town's one boarding kennels, does not appear in the mirror register at all, despite a 2026 local newspaper report quoting Bracknell Forest Council directly about a compliance issue affecting its boarding kennels licence, and a separate investigation into its quarantine unit following a customer complaint; planning permission for site improvements has since been granted. Because this comes from a news report rather than a register entry, no licence block or star rating is shown for Ryslip Group Ltd here; ask the business directly to see its current licence certificate before booking.
Hart District Council
Claire's Canines, covering the Yateley side of the Sandhurst and Yateley area, is licensed by Hart District Council rather than Bracknell Forest Council. As with the Bracknell Forest entries, this licence was confirmed only through the same third-party mirror rather than the council's own site, so no star rating is shown for it either.
Whichever business you are considering, ask which council licensed it, for its current licence number, and to see the certificate itself rather than relying on a website's own claim or a number printed on a directory listing.