How to choose dog boarding or day care in Loughborough and Melton Mowbray

Fourteen dog boarders, day cares and kennels are listed across the five areas covered here: three in Loughborough, two in Shepshed & Quorn, four in Melton Mowbray, one in Coalville and four in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Coalville has only the one listed business, Dogtastic Daycare, so a search there will turn up far fewer options than in Melton Mowbray or Ashby-de-la-Zouch; it is worth widening a Coalville search to the neighbouring areas if you need more choice. Seven of the fourteen are home boarders, licensed to care for dogs in their own house rather than a kennel block; the rest run day care, boarding kennels or, in three cases, more than one of these under separate licences.

Home boarding, day care or kennels

Seven businesses board dogs in the boarder's own home: Care4Paws, Woof Lodge Dog Hotel and Zewmies Pet Care Services in Loughborough; Pucci Dogs Daycare & Home Boarding in Shepshed & Quorn; and Ashby Happy Hounds, Cosy Canine Club Ashby and The Dogs Dog Sitters in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. As with any home boarder, only the area and town are shown on these listings; the street address is given once you book. Four businesses run boarding kennels from a dedicated site, all in Melton Mowbray: Buena Vista Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Murrayhill Boarding Kennels, Old Station Kennels and White Lodge Boarding Kennels and Cattery, three of which also board cats. Old Parsonage Kennels & Cattery in Shepshed & Quorn and Dogtastic Daycare in Coalville run day care rather than overnight kennels; Farmlands Canine Country Club Dog Day Care in Ashby-de-la-Zouch also runs day care, though see the licence note below before booking there. Pucci Dogs and Ashby Happy Hounds hold both a home boarding and a day care licence, so ask which service you are booking and how it is priced.

The council licence in this area

Every business listed here holds a current council licence: it is a legal requirement in England for dog boarding, home boarding and day care, not something a business can opt out of. Three different councils cover the five areas. Charnwood Borough Council licenses the five businesses in Loughborough and Shepshed & Quorn (Care4Paws, Woof Lodge Dog Hotel, Zewmies Pet Care Services, Old Parsonage Kennels & Cattery and Pucci Dogs Daycare & Home Boarding), publishing its own list of licence numbers, applicants and star ratings. Melton Borough Council licenses the four Melton Mowbray kennels (Buena Vista, Murrayhill, Old Station Kennels and White Lodge) from its own PDF register, which also gives issue and expiry dates. North West Leicestershire District Council licenses the five businesses in Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Dogtastic Daycare, Ashby Happy Hounds, Cosy Canine Club Ashby, Farmlands Canine Country Club Dog Day Care and The Dogs Dog Sitters) from its own home boarding and day care PDFs. Where the council has issued a star rating, it runs from 1 to 5 and reflects the council's own inspection, not a customer review, so treat it the way you would a food hygiene rating rather than a Google star. Farmlands Canine Country Club Dog Day Care's day-care licence is listed on North West Leicestershire's own register as expiring in August 2026, which has already passed; ask whether it has been renewed before you rely on it. Ask any business you are considering for its licence number and which council issued it, then check the number against the relevant council's own register rather than taking a website's word for it.

Questions worth asking

None of these are things this directory can answer on a business's behalf; they are worth putting to the business directly before you book.

• What vaccinations do you require, and how long before the stay do you need to see proof of them?
• Do you have a policy on kennel cough, and what is it?
• Do you have any breed restrictions or conditions, including for an XL Bully with a valid exemption certificate?
• Are you insured, and can you show evidence of current cover?
• How many other dogs, and from how many other households, will be there during my dates?
• How is medication given during a stay, and is there an extra charge for it?
• What happens if my dog needs a vet while in your care?

None of the businesses listed here publish a vaccination schedule or a stated insurance position beyond what appears on their own website or the council register, so ask rather than assume an answer either way. See our prices guide for what the three businesses that publish a price actually charge.