We found one Herefordshire dog daycare centre we could verify: it has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence on Herefordshire Council’s public register. We haven’t visited it. Three more centres that offer daycare are in the section below, because the licence we could see for each is out of date or is a boarding licence. Daycare is a licensed activity, so ask to see the licence before you book, and treat this as a shortlist to meet.
Daycare centres with a website, a licence we could see and a Google Maps listing
Home from Home Doggy Day Care
★★★★★ 4.8 · 22 Google reviews
Hereford (HR4)
Licence: its website says “Licensed by Herefordshire Council”, shows “N-DDC03” and a 5 star rating. Herefordshire Council’s public register lists Home from Home Doggy Day Care (Ms Joanne Vale and Mr James Talboys) under N-DDC08, Day care for dogs, up to 26 dogs, 5 star, expiring 15 September 2027. The register still lists N-DDC03 too, but its expiry of 13 August 2025 has passed, so the number on the website looks out of date. Ask to see the current licence
Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, with full days at £33 and half days at £28, per its website
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Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps on 12 November 2026 and come from the public. We haven’t checked them independently. For home-based businesses we give the town or area only.
Listings we left out, and why
Picklesandco Luxury Dog Boarding (5.0 from 94) is at Tenbury Wells, across the border in Worcestershire, and its website describes boarding with daily walks rather than daycare, with no licence number. Larkholme Pet Holidays (4.8 from 64) is a kennels and cattery that the register lists for dog boarding, and its website doesn’t mention daycare. Dogs at Home (4.8 from 50) is listed by Google Maps as a day care centre, but the website address on its listing is a parked page, and the register shows a Dogs at Home home boarding licence that expired in July 2025. Snoopy’s Doggy Daycare (5.0 from 2) and Ashcroft Home Dog Boarding (5.0 from 1) have too few reviews and neither is a daycare on the register. K9 Cares Ltd is on the register as Day care for dogs (N-DDC07) but that entry expired on 21 February 2026 and we found no Google Maps listing for it. Hounds on Holidays (5.0 from 73) and the other home boarders on the register hold home boarding licences, which are not daycare licences, and the boarding kennels on the register (Ledbury Lodge, Old Park, Redgates, Bromyard, Blackwardine, Cosy Toes and others) are listed for boarding only, so we haven’t listed them. Many walkers and smaller daycares came up in the same searches and we didn’t check every one, so this list is not exhaustive. Rover hosts are home sitters rather than centres, and the Rover page we tried returned a 404, so we haven’t listed any. A centre being left out doesn’t mean it is unlicensed. It means we couldn’t see the proof, so ask it.
Other options we could not licence-verify
These Herefordshire centres offer daycare and have their own website and a Google Maps listing, but the licence we could see for each is out of date on the register or is a boarding licence, so we do not recommend them as verified. Ratings are from Google Maps on 12 November 2026. We have not visited them. Ask each for its current licence, what it covers, who issued it and its expiry date before booking.
Paws4breaks
★★★★★ 5.0 · 71 Google reviews
Near Leominster (HR6). Its website describes dog boarding and day care and shows “Licence Number N-ANB61 (Herefordshire County Council)”. The register lists Paws4Breaks under N-ANB61 as Boarding for dogs, 4 star, with an expiry of 22 August 2025, so we saw a boarding licence only and it has passed its date
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Bullen Doggy Daycare
★★★★★ 5.0 · 30 Google reviews
Near Ledbury (HR8). Its website shows “License number: N-DDC06” without naming the council. The register lists Bullen Doggy Day Care under N-DDC06 as Day care for dogs, 1 star, but its expiry of 19 October 2025 has passed, so we couldn’t see a current licence
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The Wags Club
★★★★★ 4.6 · 9 Google reviews (a small number)
Hereford (HR1). Its website says “Licensed by Herefordshire Council”, shows “N-DDC02” and a 5 star rating. The register lists The Wags Club under N-DDC02 as Day care for dogs, 5 star, but its expiry of 31 December 2025 has passed, so we couldn’t see a current licence
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How to check a daycare licence in Herefordshire
In England, dog daycare run as a business needs a licence from the local council under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018. The licence holder’s name and number must appear on the business’s website, and a copy must be displayed at the premises. Herefordshire has a single unitary council, Herefordshire Council, so one licensing team covers the whole county. On 12 November 2026 we read its public register of animal licences, where daycare appears as “Day care for dogs” with a number starting N-DDC. The register shows no update date and keeps expired entries, so always check the expiry column and ask the council or the centre for the current licence. Then ask the centre to show its licence, how many dogs it takes at once, how dogs are separated, and what happens if your dog needs a vet.
A first day at daycare can be a lot for a sensitive dog. A calming bite is a complementary feed some owners use around change, and if your dog struggles with being left, speak to your vet or a qualified behaviourist first.
More for Herefordshire: our Herefordshire dog services hub, dog walkers in Herefordshire if you only need a midday walk, vets in Herefordshire, dog trainers in Herefordshire and secure dog fields in Herefordshire.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did you choose this Herefordshire dog daycare centre?
It has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a current licence on Herefordshire Council’s public register. We checked Google Maps and the register on 12 November 2026. We haven’t visited it, so meet any centre first.
Does dog daycare need a licence in Herefordshire?
In England, daycare run as a business needs a council licence under the 2018 regulations. In Herefordshire that is Herefordshire Council, which lists daycare on its public register as ‘Day care for dogs’. Ask to see the licence, its number and its expiry date.
What should I ask a dog daycare centre?
Ask for the licence, how many dogs attend at once, how dogs are grouped, who is on site, and what happens if a dog is unwell.
Why are some well-reviewed centres missing?
We only list as verified the centres where we could see a current licence and that clearly offer daycare. Some show an expired entry on the register, some hold only a boarding licence and some have no website of their own. A few with daycare and a website are in the ‘Other options we could not licence-verify’ section instead.
Written by Georgiana & Figo, who prefers his playdates to be properly licensed.
