Home boarding or kennels in Brentwood?
Home boarding means your dog stays in somebody's house rather than a kennels; a boarding kennels is purpose-built accommodation with individual runs and set routines. Of the eleven businesses listed for Brentwood, seven are licensed home boarders, two hold a boarding kennels licence, and two run day care only, with neither.
Seven home boarders
Bed and Biscuit, DogRunners, Weald Walkies and Top Dog Brentwood board dogs in the Brentwood area itself; Pawtopia Doggy Daycare & Dog Hotel boards in the Pilgrims Hatch area; Marion's Home Dog Boarding is in Warley; and We Love Pets Brentwood is a local franchise branch covering the wider Brentwood area. This site shows each by area and town only, not a full address; the exact address is theirs to give you when you book. Home boarding within this group still varies: Marion's Home Dog Boarding offers solo stays with no other dogs present, while We Love Pets Brentwood runs a "no pack walk" policy of no more than four dogs at once on a walk. Ask each business directly how many dogs will be there during your dates.
Two kennels-licensed businesses
Arllaide Boarding Kennels & Cattery, family-run since 1958 near Swallows Cross, runs 36 heated dog compounds with individual outdoor runs and also takes cats. Ladybird Kennel & Cattery, family-run since 1988 in Ingatestone, offers 24-hour on-site care and also boards cats and small animals.
Day care only, no overnight kennels or home-boarding licence
In The Doghouse, in Pilgrims Hatch, holds a day-care licence and also offers boarding on its own site, though its council licence covers day care only, so ask about this directly. The K9 Paddocks, in Ingatestone, is a day care with no overnight option at all.
Arllaide Boarding Kennels & Cattery is licensed for up to 46 dogs across its 36 compounds, considerably more dogs at once than any home boarder listed here takes; ask what that means for supervision and noise if you are weighing up the two types of stay.
Which suits your dog?
A dog used to being the only pet in the house, or anxious around strange dogs, often does better with a home boarder taking one household at a time. A dog that is confident in a group, or you would simply rather see in a purpose-built setting, may suit Arllaide's or Ladybird's kennels better. If you have more than one pet needing a stay at once, both kennels here are confirmed to take cats alongside dogs. Either way, ask to see where your dog will actually stay, and see our first-stay guide for what to ask at that visit, and our council licences guide for each business's current star rating.