Day care or boarding in Farnham and Haslemere?
Day care is a booked day, with your dog home again the same evening; overnight boarding, whether in a home or a kennels, means a night or more away. Of the 13 dog boarding, home boarding and day-care businesses listed across Farnham, the villages, Bordon & Whitehill and Haslemere, ten offer day care and eleven offer an overnight stay of some kind, with eight offering both under one roof. Which you need depends less on the dog and more on your own week: a dog left alone all day at home is a day-care case, while a dog whose owner is away overnight or longer needs boarding of one kind or another.
Day care only
Play Dates Doggy Daycare (Haslemere), run by Sarah from a barn and garden setting on the edge of Hindhead Common, and K9 Conundrums (Farnham villages), run by a force-free trainer alongside one-to-one behavioural work, offer day care with no overnight option. K9 Conundrums also caps its day-care collection to roughly a three-mile radius of Frensham, which is worth checking if you're further out.
Overnight only
Unleashed K9 Adventures (Farnham), Frensham Pond Kennels and Catteries (Farnham villages) and Four Paws Pet Care (Bordon & Whitehill) offer an overnight stay with no day-care option. Frensham Pond is the only purpose-built kennels among the three; the other two are home boarders. Unleashed K9 Adventures markets its overnight service separately from its group dog-walking adventures, and asks for at least one walk together first to build a bond before a dog boards with it.
Both, under one roof
Byers Doggy Care, Center-Barks, Zena D Dog Walking and Hound Dog Adventures in Farnham, Miss Walkies, YAP Home Boarding and K9 Daycare & Education in Bordon & Whitehill, and Clip & Care Farnham all offer both services, so a dog can try day care at a place before an overnight booking there.
Prices and which to ask about
A day's care and a night's stay aren't priced the same way even within one business: an overnight stay usually covers a longer stretch of hours than a single day, which is one reason it costs more per booking. See our prices guide for exactly what the four businesses that publish a price actually charge for a day, a night and a walk. If you're not sure which service you need, ask the business whether it lets a dog try day care first and how it handles the changeover to an overnight stay, and see our home boarding or kennels guide for the difference between staying in someone's house and a purpose-built kennels. Whichever you choose, our first-stay guide covers what to ask and pack once you've picked a business and a service.