Day care or boarding in Maidstone?
Twelve dog boarders, day cares and kennels are listed for Maidstone, and most of them offer more than one kind of care. Day care means your dog goes home at the end of the day; boarding, whether in a kennels or a home boarder's house, means an overnight stay. The table below shows which of the twelve offer which.
Who offers what
| Business | Day care | Overnight boarding |
|---|---|---|
| Chart Sutton Boarding Kennels Ltd | No | Yes (kennels) |
| East Dean Kennels | Yes (day creche) | Yes (kennels) |
| Pets Holiday Home | No | Yes (kennels) |
| Elite Pet Services | No | Yes (home boarding) |
| Bark and Ride K9 Services | Yes | Yes (home boarding) |
| Kate's Doggie Daycare | Yes | Yes (home boarding) |
| Linda's Happy Hounds | Yes | Yes (home boarding) |
| Parsley and Pals | Yes | Yes (home boarding) |
| The Kent Dog Hotel | No | Yes (home boarding) |
| The Best (Not Very Exotic) Doggy Hotel | Yes | Yes (home boarding) |
| Wags n Walkies | No | Yes (home boarding) |
| Kent Dog Grooming Academy | Yes | No |
If you need day care
Seven of the twelve offer day care: East Dean Kennels' day creche runs alongside its overnight kennels near Headcorn; Bark and Ride K9 Services, Kate's Doggie Daycare, Linda's Happy Hounds, Parsley and Pals and The Best (Not Very Exotic) Doggy Hotel all offer day care as home boarders; and Kent Dog Grooming Academy, in Lenham, is the only one offering day care without also offering overnight boarding, though its day-care licensing status could not be confirmed on the council's register.
If you need overnight boarding
Eleven of the twelve offer overnight boarding. Three run purpose-built kennels rather than home boarding: Chart Sutton Boarding Kennels, East Dean Kennels and Pets Holiday Home, all of which also take cats. The other eight take dogs into the boarder's own home; see our home boarding or kennels guide for what that difference means in practice.
Both in one place
Six businesses offer both day care and overnight boarding under one roof or in one home: East Dean Kennels, Bark and Ride K9 Services, Kate's Doggie Daycare, Linda's Happy Hounds, Parsley and Pals and The Best (Not Very Exotic) Doggy Hotel. That can suit a dog already used to the same place and the same routine for both, though it is still worth asking how day-care groups and overnight guests are kept apart, if that matters to you.
What day-care-only or boarding-only means in practice
Elite Pet Services and Wags n Walkies offer overnight home boarding but no separate day-care service, focusing the rest of their time on dog walking and pet sitting between stays. The Kent Dog Hotel is the same: home boarding only, describing itself as a cage-free, home-from-home stay rather than day care. If you only need somewhere for a few hours during the working day rather than an overnight stay, it is worth checking with any of the seven day-care businesses above whether a single day, rather than an ongoing arrangement, is something they offer, since day care is sometimes priced or booked differently from a one-off visit.