Day care or boarding in Macclesfield, Wilmslow and Congleton?
Day care and overnight boarding solve different problems, and several businesses across Macclesfield, Wilmslow & Alderley Edge, Poynton & Bramhall and Congleton offer both. Of the seventeen boarders, day cares and kennels listed here, nine list day care among their services.
When day care fits
Day care suits a dog that would otherwise be alone through a working day rather than one that needs to stay overnight. Newgate Kennels & Cattery, in Wilmslow, runs a day creche alongside its overnight boarding, and Country Kennels, near Congleton, publishes day-care prices of £25 a day for one dog and £45 for two dogs from the same household, Monday to Friday. Both are premises-based kennels rather than home boarders, so day care there means a dedicated site rather than someone's house.
When overnight boarding fits
Eight businesses here do not list day care at all: Rookery Retreat, Windyway Kennels & Cattery, Coppice Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Birch Hall Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Woof Squad, Studholme Kennels & Cattery, Grove House Boarding Kennels and Barking Mad Wilmslow & South Manchester. These range from home boarders offering overnight stays only, such as Rookery Retreat and Woof Squad, to premises-based kennels built around longer boarding stays, such as Studholme Kennels & Cattery, which has boarded dogs, cats and birds off Moor Lane in Wilmslow since 1962.
The ones that offer both
Seven of the ten home boarders here also list day care alongside overnight stays: Liz's Pet Solutions and Tiny Paws Pet Services in Macclesfield, Barking Mad Stockport and Penny's Pooches in Poynton & Bramhall, The Woofpack Wilmslow in Wilmslow & Alderley Edge, and Hounddog Hotel and Katie's K9s in Congleton. A dog could move between a day visit and a full overnight stay with any of these seven without changing business.
Ask which one you actually need
If you are not sure whether your dog needs a day or a night away, describe your situation directly: how long the dog will be away from you, whether it has been left with strangers before, and whether it needs medication or has any anxiety around other dogs. A kennels stay and a day at a day-care premises are licensed differently by the council, so this is also a question worth asking as part of checking a business's licence.
Cats and other pets
Six of the businesses here also board cats alongside dogs: Windyway Kennels & Cattery, Coppice Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Birch Hall Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Newgate Kennels & Cattery, Studholme Kennels & Cattery and Country Kennels. If you need cover for more than one type of pet at the same time, ask directly whether a business can take both under one booking rather than assuming a dog-only business will.
Where each type sits
Day care here is spread across all four areas rather than concentrated in one; overnight-only kennels lean towards Poynton & Bramhall and Wilmslow & Alderley Edge. See our area-by-area guide for the full breakdown of where these seventeen listed businesses actually are.