We found seven Hertfordshire dog daycare centres we could verify: each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence we could see, either on a council’s published list or quoted by number on the centre’s own site. We haven’t visited any of them. 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
Your Paws Pet Services
★★★★★ 5.0 · 147 Google reviews
Mill Green, near Hatfield (AL9)
Licence: its website shows “Licence Number WK154346” but names no council and no expiry date. Welwyn Hatfield publishes no register we could read, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask who issued it and when it expires
“Daycare At The Farmhouse” is listed as a service, per its website. No hours or prices shown
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Bruce’s Doggy Day Care (Battlers Green)
★★★★★ 4.7 · 74 Google reviews
Battlers Green Farm, Radlett (WD7 8PH)
Licence: Hertsmere Borough Council’s register (current as of 29 September 2026) lists Bruces Doggy Day Care, Battlers Green Farm, under Day Care, licence CDC/001, 5 star, with no expiry date shown. Its website shows “HBCCDC001”, says it is rated 5 stars, and says it is licensed by its local authority
Monday to Friday 7.30am to 6pm. Full days from £40 to £52 depending on days a week, per its website
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Pampered Pooches Doggy Daycare
★★★★★ 5.0 · 65 Google reviews
Wormley, Broxbourne (EN10)
Licence: Broxbourne Borough Council’s animal licence register (titled May 2026) lists Pampered Pooches, Wormley, for Doggy Day Care, licence LN/202200257, 5 star, expiring 21 July 2027. We matched it by name and area, and the register’s postcode differs slightly from the one on Google Maps. Its website shows no licence statement
Day Care and Half Day are listed, per its website. No hours or prices shown
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Sentabarcs
★★★★★ 4.7 · 51 Google reviews
Hare Park Farm, Royston Road, Baldock (SG7 6SL)
Licence: North Hertfordshire District Council’s register of animal activity licences (page updated 26 June 2026) lists Sentabarcs under Day Creche, 4 star. The register shows no licence number, address or expiry date, and its website shows no licence statement
Full day 9am to 5pm and half days 9am to 1pm or 1pm to 5pm, per its booking form. No prices shown
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Home From Home Doggy Day Care
★★★★★ 5.0 · 46 Google reviews
Chandler’s Cross, Rickmansworth (WD3)
Licence: its website shows “TRDC/AAL62181” and says it is licensed by Three Rivers District Council. Three Rivers’ public register lists Home from Home Dog Day Care, Rickmansworth, 5 star, expiring 20 December 2027, in its home boarders section, which the council says includes day care in a home. The register shows no licence numbers
Dogs are assessed first and must weigh 16kg or less. £39.50 a day for an adult dog, per its website
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Canine Karma Resorts
★★★★★ 4.9 · 38 Google reviews
Toms Lane, Kings Langley (WD4 8NA), per Google Maps
Licence: its website shows “LN/202200017” and names St Albans District Council. St Albans’ list of current animal licences (file named November 2026) shows that number for Day Care for Dogs, Canine Karma, Bricket Wood, 4 star, up to 40 dogs, expiring 21 December 2026, about five weeks after our check, so ask whether it has been renewed. The licensed address is in Bricket Wood while Google shows Kings Langley, and Three Rivers’ register lists a Canine Karma kennel on Toms Lane, so ask which site takes daycare dogs
Doggy Daycare is listed on its website. No hours or prices shown
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Aldenham Doggy Daycare
★★★★★ 4.5 · 8 Google reviews (a small number, so treat the rating lightly)
Aldenham Country Park, Aldenham Road, Elstree (WD6 3BA), per its website and the register. Google Maps shows a Dagger Lane, Radlett address
Licence: its website shows “HBC-CDC-02” and names Hertsmere Borough Council. Hertsmere’s register (current as of 29 September 2026) lists Aldenham Doggy Day Care, Aldenham Road, under Day Care, licence CDC/002, 3 star, with no expiry date shown
Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm, from £160 a month, per its website
Website · View on Google Maps
Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps on 12 November 2026 and come from the public. We haven’t checked them independently.
Listings we left out, and why
Ruby’s Rambles Doggy Daycare in Cheshunt (5.0 from 19) is on Broxbourne’s register for Doggy Day Care, but its Google Maps listing links only a Facebook page, so it misses our own-website rule. Canine to Five in Hoddesdon (5.0 from 1), Eddie’s Doggy Daycare in Cheshunt (5.0 from 2) and Murphy’s Pad (5.0 from 6) are on the Broxbourne or North Hertfordshire day care lists but have fewer than eight Google reviews. The Eddie’s entry on Broxbourne’s register shows a licence expiring 16 November 2026, four days after our check. Waggnbone (4.2 from 46) is on North Hertfordshire’s Day Creche list, but Google shows a Luton address and no website. St Albans’ list has a Harpenden day care licence for up to five dogs and an Elmtree Luxury Pet Hotel day care licence at Wheathampstead for up to 56 dogs, but we couldn’t match the first to a business and the Elmtree centre at Coleman Green (AL4 8ET) shows no licence number on its website and no Google listing we could find. Watford’s list has home boarding licences only, with no day care entries, so we list no Watford centres. Happy Hounds Berkhamsted (5.0 from 43) and Must Love Dogs in Watford area link only Facebook pages from Google Maps, and the Canine Paradise website now says “Goodbye for now”. The K9 Country Club in Ware (5.0 from 10) says it is fully licensed and insured but shows no number. The Wag House in Smallford (5.0 from 37) lists doggy day care with no licence statement. We Love Pets (Stevenage 5.0 from 136, Hitchin 5.0 from 13) appears on the North Hertfordshire day creche list by name only, and its website blocked our reader. We couldn’t read registers for Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Welwyn Hatfield or Stevenage, so other licensed centres in those areas may exist. Many home boarders, walkers and sitters 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 Rover’s search page ignored the location we asked for, 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 Hertfordshire centres offer daycare and have their own website and a Google Maps listing, but we could not see a daycare licence number or an official record that clearly covers daycare, 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 licence, what it covers, who issued it and its expiry date before booking.
Every Dog Club (Baldock)
★★★★ 4.2 · 174 Google reviews
Gannock Lane, Baldock (SG7 6NL)
Licence: North Hertfordshire’s register lists Every Dog Club Baldock Ltd under Day Creche (5 star) and Dog Kennels, but the register shows no number or address and its website shows no licence statement. The pages we read describe boarding and list day care only for another site, so ask whether the Baldock site takes daycare dogs
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Pet ProTec
★★★★★ 5.0 · 116 Google reviews
Hemel Hempstead (HP2)
Licence: its website offers daycare in the owner’s private home but shows no licence statement, and we couldn’t read Dacorum’s register
12-hour daycare at £30 a day, per its website
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Happy Hounds Herts
★★★★★ 4.9 · 85 Google reviews
Hertford area (SG14)
Licence: its website shows no licence number and names no council, and we couldn’t open East Hertfordshire’s online licensing portal
Weekday daycare from 7am to 6pm, per its website. No prices shown
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The Hound & The Cat
★★★★★ 4.7 · 81 Google reviews
Borehamwood area (WD6)
Licence: its website says it is licensed by Hertsmere Council but gives no number. Hertsmere’s register lists The Hound & The Cat under Home Boarding (DDB/007, 5 star), not under Day Care, and a home boarding licence is not daycare evidence
Daycare every day from 8am to 8pm, per its website. No prices shown
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Elmtree Canine Country Club
★★★★★ 4.9 · 73 Google reviews
Goffs Oak, near Waltham Cross (EN7)
Licence: its website shows licence L/N201300091 from Broxbourne Council and lists a doggy day care centre. Broxbourne’s register (titled May 2026) lists Elmtree Canine Country Club Kennels, Goffs Oak, as Dog Boarding (Kennels), with an expiry of 26 August 2026, which has passed, so the register may be out of date. A boarding kennel licence is not daycare evidence
Website · View on Google Maps
Wagalot
★★★★★ 4.9 · 37 Google reviews
Hitchin area (SG4)
Licence: its website says it is licensed by North Hertfordshire District Council at 5 stars but shows no number. North Hertfordshire’s register lists Wagalot under Home Boarding only, and a home boarding licence is not daycare evidence
Doggy daycare at £25 a day, per its website
Website · View on Google Maps
How to check a daycare licence in Hertfordshire
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. In Hertfordshire there is no single council. Licensing sits with the district and borough councils: Broxbourne, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield. On 12 November 2026 we read Broxbourne’s, Hertsmere’s, North Hertfordshire’s, St Albans’, Three Rivers’ and Watford’s lists. North Hertfordshire’s shows business names and star ratings only, Three Rivers’ shows no licence numbers and puts home daycare in its home boarders section, and Watford’s lists home boarding licences only. We could not read registers for Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Welwyn Hatfield or Stevenage. For those, ask the council’s licensing team. 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 Hertfordshire: our Hertfordshire dog services hub, dog walkers in Hertfordshire if you only need a midday walk, vets in Hertfordshire and secure dog fields in Hertfordshire.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did you choose these Hertfordshire dog daycare centres?
Each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence we could see, either on a council’s published list or quoted by number on its own site. We checked Google Maps and the council lists on 12 November 2026. We haven’t visited any of them, so meet any centre first.
Does dog daycare need a licence in Hertfordshire?
In England, daycare run as a business needs a council licence under the 2018 regulations. In Hertfordshire that is the district or borough council where the centre is based. 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 licence and that clearly offer daycare. Some council registers couldn’t be read, some centres hold only a home boarding or kennel licence on the lists we saw, and some show no licence number. 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.
