How to choose dog boarding or day care in Woking

Twelve dog boarders and day cares are listed for Woking and west Surrey, split across three council areas: Woking Borough Council covers the Woking and Woking south and Old Woking areas, Guildford Borough Council covers Ripley and Send, and Surrey Heath Borough Council covers Bisley, West End and Chobham. Six businesses sit in the Woking area, three in Ripley and Send, two in Woking south and Old Woking and one in Bisley, West End and Chobham. Seven are home boarders, four run day care and one runs boarding kennels alongside a cattery. What matters most when choosing depends on which of these you need.

Home boarding, day care or kennels

Seven of the twelve board dogs in the boarder's own home rather than a kennel block: in the Woking area, Bright Days Dog Care, Horsell Happy Pets, K9 Instinct, Leads & Laces by A.P.G., Sophie Walks Dogs and Small Paw Adventures; and, on the edge of Chobham Common in Bisley, West End and Chobham, The Dog Cottage. A home boarder usually takes far fewer dogs at a time than a kennel, so ask how many other dogs will be in the house during your dates, and whether they are all from one family or several.

Four run day care from a dedicated site rather than a home: Pawadise Day Care Ltd (Pawadise Spa), a grooming salon on East Hill that also takes day-care dogs, and The Dogfather (Pyrford), a five-acre farm site, both in the Woking south and Old Woking area; and, near Ripley, Bruce's Doggy Day Care (Surrey Hills) and Dog Days Adventure. One further business, Oak Ride Farm Kennels near Send, runs overnight boarding kennels for dogs alongside a cattery rather than day care.

Woking south and Old Woking is the thinnest of the four areas on this page, with only two listed businesses, Pawadise Day Care Ltd and The Dogfather (Pyrford). If you live there, it is worth also checking the plain Woking or Ripley and Send listings nearby, since a business a short drive away may still cover your postcode.

The council licence in this area

All three councils covering this page — Woking Borough Council, Guildford Borough Council and Surrey Heath Borough Council — license dog boarding, home boarding and day care under the same England-wide 2018 regulations. Their registers were read for this page through a third-party mirror of each council's data rather than the council's own site, so no star rating is shown for any business here; only the licence type, number and expiry read from that mirror are published. Six businesses hold a current Woking Borough Council licence: Bright Days Dog Care, Horsell Happy Pets, K9 Instinct, Leads & Laces by A.P.G. and Sophie Walks Dogs for home boarding, and Pawadise Day Care Ltd for day care — though Pawadise's listed expiry, 13 February 2026, had already passed when this page was checked, so no licence panel is shown on its page and it is worth asking whether a renewal is in place. Small Paw Adventures states a Woking licence on its own site, but the number given does not appear on the council's register as checked for this page, so no licence is shown for it either; ask about this directly before booking. Guildford Borough Council licenses the three Ripley and Send businesses: Bruce's Doggy Day Care (Surrey Hills) and Dog Days Adventure for day care, and Oak Ride Farm Kennels for boarding kennels and cat boarding. Surrey Heath Borough Council licenses The Dog Cottage for home boarding. Ask any business for its licence number directly if you want to check it against the register yourself.

Questions to ask before you book

• Is your current council licence still valid, and can I check the number against the register myself?
• How many other dogs will be there during my dates, and are they all from one household?
• What vaccinations will you ask for, and by when before the stay or day?
• Do you have any breed restrictions or extra conditions I should know about?
• What is included in the price, and what counts as an extra — a bank holiday, collection, or a second dog from a different household?
• What happens if my dog needs to see a vet while in your care?