Dog boarding and day care in Blackburn, area by area
Blackburn's twenty-one listed dog boarders, day cares and kennels are spread unevenly across the page's five defined areas. This guide lists exactly what is published in each.
| Area | Businesses listed |
|---|---|
| Blackburn town centre | 5 |
| Darwen | 3 |
| Accrington & Oswaldtwistle | 4 |
| Clitheroe & the Ribble Valley | 3 |
| Rossendale | 6 |
Blackburn town centre
Five businesses are listed here: two boarding kennels, Ribble Valley Kennels & Cattery and Tailwaggers Kennels & Cattery; one day care, Bold Bark, which runs from a 200-acre farm at Belthorn; and two home boarders, Valley View Pet Services and Digs for Dogs (Blackburn & Darwen). Ribble Valley Kennels & Cattery sits in this area geographically despite being licensed by Ribble Valley Borough Council.
Darwen
Three businesses are listed here, all day-focused or premises-based rather than home boarders: The Collar Club and Barks Allowed both run day care, and Carr Hall Boarding Kennels & Cattery runs a small, family-run kennels and cattery taking dogs, cats and small pets. Darwen has no home boarder listed on this page.
Accrington & Oswaldtwistle
Four businesses are listed here: three boarding kennels, Aspen Valley Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Glencoe Kennels and Cattery and Lancashire Canine Academy, the last of which also offers day care and dog training; and one home boarder, Sophie's Staycation. All four are licensed by Hyndburn Borough Council, so none carries a council star rating on this page.
Clitheroe & the Ribble Valley
Three businesses are listed here: Mitton Hall Boarding Kennels & Cattery, a kennels near Whalley; The Bark Park, a day care on a four-acre riverside site, also in Whalley; and Just Dogs Ribble Valley, a home boarder run by a former police officer. This is the smallest of the town's five areas despite Ribble Valley Borough Council's mirror listing dozens of names in total; most could not be matched to a confirmed phone number or a Clitheroe & the Ribble Valley address this round.
Rossendale
Six businesses are listed here, the best-covered of the town's five areas: one boarding kennels, Willows Wags & Whiskers, licensed for up to sixty dogs and eighty cats; one day care, Hazel Valley Hounds; and four home boarders, PetStay - East Lancs & Bury, BowWowMiaow, Eat Sleep Walkies Repeat and Digs for Dogs (Rossendale), the last of which is licensed by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council rather than Rossendale despite its Haslingden address. Most of these six are licensed with a star rating shown, since Rossendale Borough Council runs its own register.
If your area is thin
Darwen and Clitheroe & the Ribble Valley are the two lighter areas on this page, though neither is empty. Darwen has no home boarder listed at all, and Clitheroe & the Ribble Valley's three listed businesses sit against a much longer list of names on Ribble Valley Borough Council's own mirror register that could not be matched to a confirmed phone number or address this round. If you live in either area, it is worth asking a neighbouring area's business whether it also covers your postcode, since several already describe a wider catchment than their own listed area.