Home boarding or kennels in Worthing?
Of the nine dog boarding, day-care and home-boarding businesses listed for Worthing, five are home boarders, licensed to keep dogs in their own house: Paws4Walks and K9 Home Boarding in the Worthing centre area, Molly & Friends Dog Hotel in Broadwater, Pet-Professionals in Durrington, and Love Pooches in Goring-by-Sea. Two run purpose-built boarding kennels instead: The Huntsman's Dog and Cat Hotel near Findon and Little Furlong Kennels & Cattery near Clapham village. The remaining two, Unleashed Play & Care Centre and VIP Doggy Day Care, run day care only, from a dedicated site rather than either a home or a kennels block.
What a boarding kennels gives you
A boarding kennels means your dog has its own space on a site built for the purpose, with set feeding and exercise routines and potentially more dogs on site at once than a home boarder would take. The Huntsman's Dog and Cat Hotel, at Findon on the South Downs, also offers grooming, dog walking and canine hydrotherapy alongside boarding. Little Furlong Kennels & Cattery, near Clapham village, states it has traded for more than 60 years and closes for a fixed break each Christmas and New Year; it could not be matched to a confirmed council licence entry this round, so ask to see its current licence directly.
What a home boarder gives you
A home boarder means your dog lives in somebody's house instead, usually alongside far fewer other dogs at a time than a kennels; the street address is given once you book, not published here. K9 Home Boarding is a different shape of business again: it coordinates a network of home boarders across Worthing, Littlehampton and several neighbouring towns rather than running a single address itself, matching your dog with one of its carers. Pet-Professionals has traded since 2006 and covers Worthing, Goring, Ferring, Angmering, Littlehampton, Lancing, Steyning, Bramber, Shoreham and Brighton alongside dog training and walking.
The day-care-only premises
Unleashed Play & Care Centre, near Worthing station, and VIP Doggy Day Care, in Littlehampton, both run day care from a purpose-built or dedicated site rather than boarding dogs overnight at all.
Which suits your dog
A kennels tends to suit a dog that is comfortable with its own space and a set routine; a home boarder tends to suit a dog that finds a kennels environment stressful, or one that is used to living in a house. Neither type is licensed to a higher standard than the other by default: both are licensed activities in England under the same regulations, so asking to see the certificate is the same question either way. See our council licences guide for which of the nine could be confirmed against a register this round.