Dog boarding and day care prices in Chelmsford
Prices are as the businesses published them when we last checked (September 2026). They can change without notice, so confirm them when you book.
Chelmsford has 17 dog boarding, day care and home-boarding businesses on this directory, each confirmed against Chelmsford City Council's own public register of animal boarding licences. Of those 17, only two publish a price on their own site: Bylake Boarding Kennels and Cattery in Writtle, and Little Doggy Daycare in Chelmer Village. Everyone else, including all 12 of the town's licensed home boarders, quotes by phone or after meeting your dog.
Published prices, September 2026
| Business | Where | Service | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bylake Boarding Kennels and Cattery | Writtle | Dog boarding, small dog, per night | £23 |
| Bylake Boarding Kennels and Cattery | Writtle | Dog boarding, large dog, per night | £29 |
| Bylake Boarding Kennels and Cattery | Writtle | Cat boarding, per night | £16 |
| Little Doggy Daycare | Chelmer Village | Day care, one dog | £29 |
| Little Doggy Daycare | Chelmer Village | Day care, two dogs | £52 |
| Little Doggy Daycare | Chelmer Village | Overnight boarding, per night | £62.50 |
The two published rates aren't directly comparable: Bylake is a purpose-built kennel pricing by the size of the dog, while Little Doggy Daycare is a day-care site with an air-conditioned indoor lounge, and its overnight rate covers a dog staying in that setting rather than a basic kennel run. With only two businesses publishing figures, this isn't enough data to call a typical Chelmsford price either way — treat it as two real examples, not a town-wide average.
What everyone else charges
The other 15 businesses listed for Chelmsford do not publish a price online. That includes all 12 home boarders — four run through a franchise or matching network (Barking Mad, Home From Home Dog Boarding, Petpals Chelmsford, and We Love Pets) and eight trading independently (Bernies Boarding Parlour, Epic Tails, Essex Bark And Stay, Golden Paws Essex, Janies Dog Walking And Pet Boarding, L B Pet Service, Pooches And Me, and Stan Dins Doggy Day Care) — plus three further premises-based businesses: Canine Advisory's day care, Harvesters Farm Kennels' boarding, and The Fig Tree Kennels & Cattery's boarding. Several of these ask to meet your dog first, which is usually when a firm price is given.
What can move the price
From what is published here, price varies by the size of the dog (Bylake) and by how many dogs from the same household are booked in together (Little Doggy Daycare). None of the 17 businesses listed for Chelmsford states a separate bank-holiday or collection charge on its own site, but that is common elsewhere in this niche, so it is worth asking directly whether either applies before you book, rather than assuming the quoted rate is the final one.
The council licence and price aren't linked
Chelmsford's licensed businesses in this list carry council star scores from 3 to 5, and that score is a welfare and compliance measure, not a price signal. Do not expect a 5-star licence to cost more than a 3-star one, or the other way round; ask about price and read the licence stars as two separate pieces of information.