How to choose dog boarding or day care in Leeds

Twenty-six dog boarders, day cares and kennels are listed for Leeds, all licensed by a single authority, Leeds City Council, and spread from the city centre out to Wetherby and Garforth. Thirteen are home boarders, eight run boarding kennels, and five run day care from a dedicated site with no boarding at all; several of the kennels and home boarders also offer day care alongside their main service. Kirkstall and Burley, Harehills & Burmantofts, and Alwoodley & Moortown have no listed business at all yet; this looks like a genuinely thin part of the market for this niche rather than a gap in the research, and is worth checking again as more businesses come forward.

Home boarding, day care or kennels

Thirteen businesses board dogs in the boarder's own home rather than a kennel block: Yorkshire Canine Care and Cozy Canines Services in the Garforth area; Elmete Luxury Boarding and Day Care and Dogs At Home Leeds in Roundhay; Cookridge Canine Care, Pedigree Pet Care Leeds, Hansons Hounds, Let's Go Mutts, Scruffs Home from Home Dog Boarding and Bark & Board Leeds in Horsforth; Kelly's Paw Pals in Morley; New Forest Pet Care in the Leeds city centre area; and Petal Paws Pet Care in Pudsey. A home boarder usually takes far fewer dogs at a time than a kennel, so ask how many other dogs will be in the house during your dates, and whether they are all from one family or several. Eight businesses run boarding kennels for overnight stays: Beulah Farm Kennels & Cattery and Crystal Spring Kennels in the Leeds city centre area, Carlton Boarding Kennels in Horsforth, and Sandgate Boarding and Day Care, Acaster Luxury Boarding, K9 Manor Boarding Kennels, Hartleywood Boarding Kennels and Tucana Home from Home in Garforth; six of these eight also keep a cattery alongside the dog kennels. A further five run day care from a dedicated site with no boarding at all: The K9 Hub in the Leeds city centre area, Top Dog Leeds in Pudsey, Woofer's Courtyard in Wetherby, Mrs B's Dogs in Headingley and Kirkby Dog Care in Garforth.

What the council licence means

Twenty of the twenty-six listings here carry a Leeds City Council licence panel; the council's register is published as a plain spreadsheet on its own open-data portal rather than as a searchable public-facing page. Three, Cookridge Canine Care, Mrs B's Dogs and Petal Paws Pet Care, are clearly trading businesses that could not be matched to an entry under this exact name during this research pass, so ask them directly about their current licence before booking. Three more, Beulah Farm Kennels & Cattery, Elmete Luxury Boarding and Day Care and Let's Go Mutts, are on the register but with an expiry date that had already passed when it was checked in September 2026 and no renewal showing, so they carry no panel either; ask each to show a current licence. Where a star rating appears, it runs from 1 to 5. Sixteen of the licences here carry 5 stars, three carry 3 stars, and one, Yorkshire Canine Care, carries 4 stars. A star rating is the council's own inspection score, tied to how often the business is reinspected, and is not a customer review, so treat it the way you would a food hygiene rating rather than a Google star. One listing here, Kelly's Paw Pals, shows a different licence number on her own site to the one recorded against her business name on the council's register; the number shown on this listing is the one on the register, and it is worth asking any business to confirm its current licence number and show the certificate before you book.

Questions worth asking about vaccinations, breed rules and insurance

None of these are things this directory can answer on a business's behalf; they are worth putting to the business directly before you book.

• What vaccinations do you require, and how long before the stay do you need to see proof of them?
• Do you have a policy on kennel cough, and what is it?
• Do you have any breed restrictions or conditions, including for an XL Bully with a valid exemption certificate?
• Are you insured, and can you show evidence of current cover?
• How is medication given during a stay, and is there an extra charge for it?
• What happens if my dog needs a vet while in your care?

None of the businesses listed here publish a vaccination schedule or a stated insurance position beyond what appears on their own licence or website, so ask rather than assume an answer either way.

Prices and extras

Six of the twenty-six businesses listed publish a price; see our Leeds prices guide for the published figures and what they cover. Whichever type of boarding or day care you choose, ask what a second dog from the same household costs, whether bank holidays are charged at a higher rate, and whether collection is included or priced separately.