Boarding is a licensed trade. Anyone keeping dogs overnight for payment needs a council licence with a star rating. Ask to see it before you book: Rompo does not hold licence records and has not verified anyone here.
A dog who struggles with being left is worth working on before a first boarding stay rather than after it.
Browse in Clackmannanshire →10 boarding and daycare providers listed in Clackmannanshire. They are based in and around Alloa, Alva, Clackmannan, Tillicoultry. That includes 2 offering overnight kennels.
Boarding is a licensed trade in England, Scotland and Wales: anyone keeping dogs overnight for payment needs a licence from their local council, and the licence carries a star rating. Ask to see it, and check it covers the service you are booking. Rompo compiles these listings from public business information and does not hold or verify licence records.
Visit before you book if you can. Ask where the dogs sleep, how many are in at once, what happens if yours will not settle, and who is on site overnight. A good provider will expect all of it.
Yes. Anyone boarding dogs for payment in England, Scotland or Wales needs a licence from their local council under the Animal Welfare Regulations 2018, and it comes with a star rating from one to five. Ask to see the licence, check the expiry date, and check it covers the service you are booking: home boarding, kennels and daycare are licensed separately.
No. These are directory listings compiled from public business information, not recommendations. Rompo does not hold licence records, has not inspected anyone here, and is not part of any arrangement you make. Checking the licence is something only you can do.
Kennels are purpose-built premises where dogs have their own run or pen. Home boarding means your dog stays in someone's house as part of the household, usually with few or no other dogs. Neither is better in the abstract: a sociable dog may thrive in kennels, while a nervous or elderly one often does better in a home.
Where the dogs sleep, how many are there at once, whether they are mixed or kept separate, what the routine is, who is on site overnight, and what happens if your dog does not settle or needs a vet. Ask about vaccination requirements too: a provider who does not ask for yours is not asking others for theirs either.
Yes, and it is worth asking. Some daycares and boarders hire secure fields for exercise, and a private field is also a good way to burn energy before a stay or settle a dog after one.