How to choose dog boarding or day care in Sheffield
Sheffield's 12 listed businesses split across three kinds of care: nine offer day care, four run home boarding, and four run boarding kennels (some offer more than one). Four are home boarders, shown here by area and town only; the exact address is given once you book, which is standard for this kind of listing. Two also board cats alongside dogs: Lea Farm Kennels and Mosborough Kennels & Cattery.
Day care, home boarding or kennels?
Day care suits a dog that would otherwise be alone through a working day and comes home the same evening; Paws to Play, dogs inc. and The Social Dog Daycare all run purpose-built day care centres. Home boarding means your dog stays in somebody's house, usually with only one household's dogs at a time; Life On Paws, Hotel for Pets, Jo's Wonder Paws and Tails 'n' Trails Dronfield all offer it. Boarding kennels are purpose-built accommodation away from anyone's living room, better suited to a dog that would rather have its own space; Border View Farm Kennels, Lea Farm Kennels and Mosborough Kennels & Cattery are all kennels-based.
What the council licence means here
In England, day care, home boarding and boarding kennels are all licensed activities, and Sheffield straddles two licensing authorities. Nine of the 12 businesses fall under Sheffield City Council, whose public register lists a licence number, holder name and expiry date but no address and no star figure; where this directory shows a number and expiry for a Sheffield-council business, it has been checked against that register. The other three, all in Dronfield, are licensed by North East Derbyshire District Council, whose own register could not be reached online in this research; those three businesses' licence details, including any star figure, are the business's own claim and have not been independently confirmed against the council. For five of the 12 listed here, no matching register entry could be found at all under the business's name in the time available, so this directory does not describe them as licensed; ask to see the current licence when you call any of them, whichever council issues it.
Vaccinations, breed restrictions and insurance: questions to ask
None of the 12 businesses listed here shows a customer rating yet, since checking Google, Trustpilot, Fresha, Booksy or Yelp profiles for a linked, dated rating with at least three reviews is a separate pass not yet run for Sheffield. This directory does not give veterinary or legal advice, so ask each business directly rather than relying on a general rule: what vaccinations they require before a stay, how they handle a dog with a restricted breed such as an XL Bully (including any exemption paperwork), and whether they state they hold public liability insurance. A business's answer, not this page, is the one to act on.