Dog boarding and day care in Hemel Hempstead and Chesham, area by area
Hemel Hempstead and Chesham's five areas span two councils and two counties, and the twelve dog boarding, day-care and home-boarding businesses on this page sit fairly evenly across them, with only Chalfont St Giles & Beaconsfield and Great Missenden thin at one each.
| Area | Listed businesses |
|---|---|
| Hemel Hempstead | 4 |
| Berkhamsted & Tring | 3 |
| Chesham & Amersham | 3 |
| Chalfont St Giles & Beaconsfield | 1 |
| High Wycombe outskirts & Great Missenden | 1 |
Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted & Tring (HP1 to HP4, HP23) are licensed by Dacorum Borough Council; the other three areas (HP5 to HP9, HP14 to HP16) are licensed by Buckinghamshire Council.
Hemel Hempstead
This area's four businesses are all licensed by Dacorum: Pet Relief, Cosy Paws Dog Boarding and Auntie Kelz Dog Home Boarder and Day Creche, all home boarders, and K&M Animal Care, a day-care-only 'doggy day school' run by Karmen and Matt from Bourne End.
Berkhamsted & Tring
Poos and Doodles, a home boarder specialising in poodle-mix breeds, Harts and Hounds @ The Hayfields, a farmland day care near Tring, and The Old Pastures Boarding Kennels, at Icknield Farm near Tring since 2006, make up this area's three businesses.
Chesham & Amersham
The Puppy Dog Hotel, a home boarder also offering walking, day care, a pet taxi and training, Schnoodles Doggy Daycare, run from a field outside Chesham, and Dogtopia of Amersham, a franchise combining day care and overnight boarding, make up this area's three businesses.
Chalfont St Giles & Beaconsfield
Arklow Kennels, family run for over 30 years and boarding both dogs and cats, is the only listed business in this area.
High Wycombe outskirts & Great Missenden
Friends Paw Life, a home-based day care and boarding service covering the route between Great Missenden and Aylesbury, is the only listed business here.
Two thin areas
Chalfont St Giles & Beaconsfield and Great Missenden each have only one business listed, not because nothing else is licensed there but because most other Buckinghamshire-licensed operators in these wards have not yet had a phone number confirmed against their own site, a call, or another accepted source. If you are in either area and want more options, it is worth asking Buckinghamshire Council directly for its current list of licensed operators near you.
Which council to ask
If you want a fuller list than what is confirmed here, Dacorum Borough Council covers Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted & Tring, and its own PDF register lists several further licensed operators around Kings Langley, Markyate and Flamstead that sit outside these five areas and are not shown on this page. Buckinghamshire Council covers the other three areas, and its licensing team can also confirm operators near Chalfont St Giles, Beaconsfield and the Missendens beyond the two shown here.
How these areas were worked out
An area shown here follows the postcode district a business's own site or the relevant council's register places it in. Every business shown also has a confirmed phone number, so the counts above only include businesses that could actually be reached, not every name found in research.