Home boarding or kennels in Salisbury?
Of the 22 dog boarding, day-care and home-boarding businesses listed for Salisbury, 16 are home boarders, licensed to keep dogs in their own house, and two run purpose-built boarding kennels. The remaining four — Cathedral View Canine Creche, Stones Doggy Daycare, Coco's Canine Creche and ScenterBarks — 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. Salisbury's two kennels are Clearway Kennels, on the A30 outside Salisbury with 37 individual kennels, and Court Lane Kennels, near Warminster, which also offers day care and grooming and publishes prices of £54 for 24-hour boarding and £32 for a day of day care.
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. Salisbury's 16 home boarders range from The Salisbury Dog Retreat, which boards only one household's dogs at a time, to Your PetPal in Winchester, licensed for up to six dogs, the joint-highest capacity found on this page. The Sighthound Lounge, near Westbury, specialises exclusively in sighthounds — whippets, greyhounds, Italian greyhounds and lurchers.
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 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 same 2018 regulations cover both boarding kennels and home boarding, so asking to see the certificate is the same question either way.
Businesses offering both types of stay
None of Salisbury's businesses run both a kennels and a home boarding operation at once, but several home boarders also offer day care, letting a dog have a day visit before a full stay is booked; see our day care or boarding guide for that side of the picture.
Where each type sits
Salisbury's two kennels both sit outside the town's core postcode, near Amesbury and near Warminster respectively, while home boarders are spread across all five areas. See our area-by-area guide for the full breakdown.
Cats and other pets
None of Salisbury's two kennels currently lists cat boarding on this page, but Tina and Pals, a home boarder in Winchester, also cares for cats and horses alongside dogs. If you have more than one type of pet needing cover at the same time, ask directly whether a business can take both under one booking rather than assuming a dog-only business will.