How Milton Keynes's councils license dog boarders
Home boarding, boarding kennels and day care are all licensed activities under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, and a licence carries a 1 to 5 star rating from a risk-based inspection. Milton Keynes City Council publishes a downloadable public register giving the licence number, expiry date, address and star rating for every operator it licenses, and fifteen of the twenty-one businesses listed here have been matched to a specific row on it, checked in September 2026.
Star ratings, where they are shown
| Business | Area | Council star rating |
|---|---|---|
| Bark in the Park MK | Central Milton Keynes | 5 |
| Puddles Pet Care | Central Milton Keynes | 5 |
| MK Paw Patrol | Central Milton Keynes | 5 |
| Comfy Paws Canine Care | Central Milton Keynes | 5 |
| Lenny's Friends Home Dog Boarding & Day Care Services | Central Milton Keynes | 5 |
| The FurEver Social Club | Central Milton Keynes | 5 |
| Adorable Paws MK | Central Milton Keynes | 5 |
| The Dog Retreat MK | Central Milton Keynes | 4 |
| Dog Wiggles Sitters | Bletchley | 5 |
| Holidays4Dogs, Wolverton carer | Wolverton | 5 |
| Dogz Boardz | Stony Stratford | 4 |
| Village Pets at Rookery Farm | Newport Pagnell | 3 |
| Olney Doggy Day Care | Olney | 5 |
| Pawtography MK | Woburn Sands | 5 |
| Woof Dog Co | Woburn Sands | 3 |
A council star rating like these is the council's own inspection score, tied to how often the business is reinspected and how long its licence runs; it is not a customer review, so treat it the way you would a food hygiene rating rather than a Google star.
The six that carry no council licence panel
Six of the twenty-one listed businesses sit outside this picture. Four — DebbieDuz Home Dog Boarding, Villiers Farm Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Drayton Parslow Dog Boarding & Daycare and Crossroads Resort, all in the Woburn Sands area — sit in villages that fall under Buckinghamshire Council rather than Milton Keynes City Council; Buckinghamshire's own online register is a JavaScript-rendered page that could not be checked directly this round, so none of the four carries a licence panel here even though each states its own licence on its own site. Hunters Lodge Country Boarding Kennels & Cattery, in the Newport Pagnell area, states it is licensed by South Northamptonshire Council, since 2021 part of West Northamptonshire Council; no Northamptonshire register was checked for it, so it carries no panel either. Jog My Dog, in the Woburn Sands area, states a 5-star rating with Milton Keynes Council on its own site, but no licence number could be matched to a specific row on the council's own register, so it too carries no panel.
What this means for you
None of this means any of these six businesses is unlicensed — each states a licence of its own, and the activity is unlawful without one. It means this directory could not independently confirm the specific licence from a council register this round. Ask any of the six to show you its current licence certificate directly before booking, the same as you would for any business whose listing here shows a panel.