Day care or boarding in Nuneaton, Bedworth and Atherstone?
Of the nine dog boarders, day cares and kennels listed for Nuneaton, Bedworth and Atherstone, five list day care among their own services and eight list dog boarding of some kind; four list both. Dexter's Doggy Daycare is the only business here that lists day care without any form of boarding, so choosing between the two is usually a choice of which service to book with the same business, not a choice between two different ones.
Day care: a booked day, not a night
Pet Sitting Nuneaton runs mobile, home-based day care across Stockingford, Heath End, Bermuda, Camp Hill, Galley Common, Horeston Grange, Attleborough and Hill Top, capped at four dogs and including a group walk, for £30 a day. Dexter's Doggy Daycare, on private land near Nuneaton, charges £20 for a standard day and £18 a day for those attending three or more days a week, and offers no overnight boarding at all. Cofastre Pets Hotel, Animals at Home (North Warwickshire) and Out With Hound also list day care, but each of these three also offers an overnight stay, so day care with them is one option among others rather than the only one.
Boarding: home or kennels
Eight of the nine businesses here list some form of dog boarding. Woof and Whiskers takes one or two dogs at a time into its own home in Nuneaton; Animals at Home (North Warwickshire) and Out With Hound both board dogs in the carer's own home around Atherstone. Glebe Farm Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Cofastre Pets Hotel, Castle Farm Boarding Kennels and Witherley Boarding Kennels & Cattery all run purpose-built kennels rather than a home. Pet Sitting Nuneaton also lists dog boarding among its services alongside its day care. See our home boarding or kennels guide for the difference between a home boarder and a kennels.
Choosing between them
A dog that would otherwise be alone all day, but goes home to sleep, usually wants day care rather than boarding. A dog that needs cover for a night, a weekend or a fortnight away needs one of the eight boarding options instead. If your dog needs both — day care most weeks and the occasional week away — asking Cofastre, Animals at Home or Out With Hound about both services under one roof may be simpler than booking two different businesses. Read more about how day care works and how overnight boarding works across every town this directory covers.
Booking ahead
Day care is usually the easier of the two to book at short notice, since a business only needs a spare place for the day rather than a bed for a week. Overnight boarding, whether with a home boarder or a kennels, tends to fill up faster around school holidays, bank holidays and Christmas, so ask each business how far ahead it likes to take a booking for those dates specifically, rather than assuming the same notice period applies all year round.