Day care or boarding in Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough?
Day care and overnight boarding solve different problems, and ten of the fifteen dog day cares, boarding kennels and home boarders listed across Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough and the surrounding towns offer some form of day care alongside overnight stays.
Day care
Ten businesses hold a day-care service: Low Farm Dog Kennels and Cattery and The Settle Kennels and Cattery near Wellingborough; Denford Edge Boarding Kennels near Thrapston; Cloverleaf Canine Centre in Corby, licensed for day care only with no overnight boarding; Dog Days Inn in Kettering, which also offers home boarding; and five home boarders around Market Harborough and Rushden & Higham Ferrers — Country Companions Pet Services, The Dog Club, Out and About Dog Walking, Paws 4 Walking and Porter's Paw Patrol.
Overnight boarding
Fourteen of the fifteen board dogs overnight, only Cloverleaf Canine Centre offering day care with no overnight option. Eight board dogs in purpose-built kennels: Low Farm, The Settle Kennels, Denford Edge, Four Seasons Boarding Kennels & Cattery in Raunds, Highlands Country Kennels and Cattery near Oundle, Dog Days Inn, Harkers Barkers between Kettering and Corby, and Wooden House Kennels near Market Harborough. The other six board dogs overnight in the boarder's own home or, for Barking Mad Market Harborough, in a vetted host family's home: Country Companions Pet Services, The Dog Club, Barking Mad Market Harborough, Out and About Dog Walking, Paws 4 Walking and Porter's Paw Patrol.
Day care only, no overnight option
Cloverleaf Canine Centre, in Corby, is the only business listed here licensed for day care alone, with no boarding kennels or home boarding recorded against it. It has run day care since 2012, alongside dog training, grooming, walking and microchipping.
Add-on services
Several businesses combine boarding or day care with something else. Low Farm Dog Kennels and Cattery also runs residential dog training and an equestrian livery yard; Denford Edge Boarding Kennels and Highlands Country Kennels and Cattery both offer dog grooming alongside boarding; Harkers Barkers, between Kettering and Corby, also runs a self-service dog wash and paddock hire; and several of the Market Harborough home boarders offer dog walking or small-pet visits alongside boarding.
Both under one roof
Six businesses offer both a day visit and a home-boarding stay: Dog Days Inn, which runs its day-care centre alongside a home-boarding option, and five home boarders who also take day bookings — Country Companions Pet Services, The Dog Club, Out and About Dog Walking, Paws 4 Walking and Porter's Paw Patrol. A dog could move between an occasional day visit and a full overnight stay without changing business, which is worth asking about if you are not yet sure which one you will need.
Which one you actually need
If you are not sure whether your dog needs a day visit or a full stay, describe your situation directly when you call: how long the dog will be away from you, whether it has stayed with strangers before, and whether it needs medication or has any anxiety around other dogs or being left alone. See our home boarding or kennels guide for the difference between staying in somebody's house and staying in a purpose-built kennels, which matters as much as the day-versus-night choice.