Home boarding or kennels in Preston?
Of the sixteen dog boarding, day-care and home-boarding businesses listed for Preston, six are home boarders, licensed to keep dogs in their own house, and six run boarding kennels on a purpose-built site. The remaining four — Frankies Doggy Daycare and both Auntie's Doggie Day Care branches and Willows Country Friends — are day-care businesses with their own premises rather than either of the two.
What a boarding kennels gives you
A boarding kennels means your dog has its own kennel and run on a site built for it, with set feeding and exercise times and more than one household's dogs on site at once. Preston's six kennels are Cow Hill Kennels, Cattery and Day Care in Fulwood, High Heyes Farm Kennels and Cattery in Chorley, Landorn Kennels & Cattery and Fur Cottage Kennels & Cattery in Kirkham, and Barton Boarding Kennels and Badgerswood Boarding Kennels and Cattery in Garstang. Four of the six also board cats.
What a home boarder gives you
A home boarder means your dog lives in somebody's house instead, usually alongside only one household's own dogs at a time; the address is given once you book, not published here. Preston's six home boarders are Mill House and We Love Pets Preston in Preston city centre, Danielle's Home Boarding and Doggie Day Care in Penwortham & Lostock Hall, Digs for Dogs - Leyland in Bamber Bridge & Leyland, We Love Pets Lytham, covering Warton and Freckleton in the Kirkham & Wesham area, and Joanna's Animal Care in Garstang.
Which suits your dog
A kennels tends to suit a dog that is happy with its own space and a set routine, and there is often more room left during a busy school-holiday week simply because a kennels takes more dogs at once. A home boarder tends to suit a dog that finds a group of strange dogs stressful, or one that is used to living in a house rather than a run. Neither type is licensed to a higher standard than the other by default: the councils covering Preston license both boarding kennels and home boarding under the same regulations, so asking to see the certificate is the same question either way.
Businesses offering both
Mill House offers in-home dog boarding rather than kennels, and pairs it with a grooming salon; Digs for Dogs - Leyland works through host families rather than a single named boarder's own house, matching you and your dog with an approved family instead. Joanna's Animal Care and Danielle's Home Boarding also offer day care alongside their home boarding, so a dog can have a day visit before a full stay is booked. See our day care or boarding guide for the day-care side of the picture.
Where each type sits
Preston's home boarders and kennels are not evenly spread: Garstang has the most of either type, with two kennels and one home boarder, while Fulwood and Chorley have one kennels each and no home boarder listed. See our area-by-area guide for the full breakdown.