Day care or boarding in Tamworth and Lichfield?
Tamworth, Lichfield and Rugeley & Burntwood's eleven listed dog boarders, kennels and day cares are licensed for different activities, and knowing which is which changes which of them suits you.
Day care: for a working day, not a night away
Five of the eleven listed businesses hold a day care licence: Bark N Bunk, Best Friends Doggy Day Care, Classic Canines Day Care, Where'z Wally Dog Grooming & Doggy Day Care Ltd and My Best Friend Dog Care. The dog goes in after breakfast and comes home in the evening rather than staying overnight, which suits a dog that would otherwise be alone through a working day. Ask what a full day covers and whether a half-day rate is available.
An overnight stay: home boarding or kennels
Eight of the eleven listed businesses are licensed for an overnight stay, either as home boarding or in a boarding kennels. Auntie Amie's, Bark N Bunk, Absolute Pet Care and My Best Friend Dog Care hold a home boarding licence, taking dogs into the boarder's own house; Grove Kennels Ltd, Brookfields Luxury Boarding, Edial Boarding Kennels & Cattery and Old Barn Kennels run purpose-built kennels instead. See our home boarding or kennels guide for the difference between the two.
Two businesses cover both
Bark N Bunk and My Best Friend Dog Care hold both a day care and a home boarding licence, so either can be booked for a day visit or an overnight stay, run in the same home either way.
Three businesses cover day care only
Best Friends Doggy Day Care, Classic Canines Day Care and Where'z Wally Dog Grooming & Doggy Day Care Ltd, all in Tamworth, are licensed for day care alone, with no home boarding or kennels licence recorded, so none is an option for an overnight stay whatever else its own website might say. All three also offer grooming alongside day care.
Six businesses cover overnight boarding only
Auntie Amie's, Absolute Pet Care, Grove Kennels Ltd, Brookfields Luxury Boarding, Edial Boarding Kennels & Cattery and Old Barn Kennels hold no day care licence, so an overnight stay or a longer break is what they're set up for rather than a single working day.
Matching hours to your working day
Best Friends Doggy Day Care and Classic Canines Day Care both open Monday to Friday — the former 7:30am to 5pm, the latter 8am to 5pm, both closed at weekends — so check opening hours against your own working pattern before assuming a day-care place will fit; not every business here covers a full working day or opens on a Saturday.
Ask before you commit
Whichever you choose, ask what a full day or a full 24 hours actually covers, how a stay spanning both is charged, and whether a second dog from your household is priced the same way. See our prices guide for what is actually published.