We found four Middlesex dog daycare centres we could verify: each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence number quoted on its own site. By Middlesex we mean the four boroughs our Middlesex guide names, Harrow, Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon, plus nearby historic-Middlesex towns where a centre passed our check, which here means Staines and Twickenham. The rest of London is in our Greater London daycare guide. 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 number and a Google Maps listing
LondonWoof
★★★★★ 4.7 · 164 Google reviews
Chiswick, west London (W3)
Licence: its website footer shows "License number LBHOU:32" and names no council or expiry date. The prefix looks like Hounslow’s, but Hounslow publishes no register we could read, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Its home page claims a 5-star welfare rating and its About page a 4-star one, so ask which is current and who awarded it
Dog daycare with collection and delivery, per its website: collection between 8.30am and 10.30am depending on your location, delivery from about 4pm, and daycare listed from £40 to £45
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Macadoodle Doggie Daycare
★★★★★ 5.0 · 42 Google reviews
Staines (TW18)
Licence: its home page shows "Licence number: 030269" and names no council, activity or expiry date. Staines is in Spelthorne, historically part of Middlesex, and we didn’t read a Spelthorne register, so we couldn’t cross-check the number. Ask who issued it, what it covers and when it expires
Day care, home boarding, dog walks and house sitting, run from the owner’s home, per its website. No daycare hours or prices recorded
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Crazy Tails Retreat
★★★★★ 5.0 · 39 Google reviews
Harefield, Hillingdon (UB9)
Licence: its website footer shows "License number 031196 – Rating 5 STARS" and names no council, activity or expiry date. Hillingdon publishes no register we could read, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask who issued it, what it covers and when it expires
Doggy daycare, home boarding and dog grooming, per its website. No daycare hours or prices recorded
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Mr Darcy’s Doggy Day Care
★★★★★ 5.0 · 24 Google reviews
Twickenham area, Richmond upon Thames (TW2)
Licence: its website shows "License Number 063004" and calls the business fully licensed for day care, boarding and walking, and separately says it is licensed to walk in the Royal Parks. It names no council or expiry date, and we didn’t read a Richmond register, so we couldn’t tell whether that number covers daycare or the Royal Parks walking. Ask who issued it, what it covers and when it expires
Day care from £40 plus VAT a day, 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 3.45pm Friday, in the owner’s home with a garden, 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 area only. None of the licences above showed an expiry date, so none could be seen as due to expire within 30 days.
Listings we left out, and why
Several well-reviewed centres have a website and a Google Maps listing but show no licence number on the pages we read: Bubbles & Cuddles in Uxbridge (5.0 from 75), Canine Paradise (4.6 from 87, whose home page carries a goodbye message), Helens Pet Service in Brentford (4.6 from 50, which says only that it is insured), Pawsitive Tribe (4.9 from 50), The Messy Paws Club (5.0 from 33), WaggyK9Tails in Brentford (4.7 from 23, which links to GOV.UK’s boarding licence page but gives no number) and Sniffing Quest (5.0 from 20, which collects from Ealing and says its daycare is at Stanwell Moor, but shows no licence number on the page we read). TW K9 Complete Dog Services (4.9 from 59), Richie’s Doggy Daycare (5.0 from 17) and Doggylocks (4.3 from 164) show no website of their own on Google Maps, only social pages or none. Lilly’s Pet Care (5.0 from 10) shows a home boarding licence number and names no town, so we couldn’t place it in these boroughs. K9Adventures at Harefield (4.8 from 65) showed a browser error page, Tailsmen (5.0 from 12) has a web address that isn’t connected to a site, Paws Paradise (5.0 from 10) shows only a placeholder page, and DogsOntheGo (5.0 from 8) sent us to an unrelated site, so we couldn’t check any of them. Dogworthy is a training business and doesn’t list daycare. Dog Stories (4.9 from 52) came up in Staines searches and its website shows an Animal Welfare licence number with no council, but its Google Maps listing has no address and its website says it collects from Putney and south-west London without saying where its school is, so we couldn’t place it. In Twickenham and Teddington, TonguesOut (5.0 from 47) and West Twickenham Dog Care (4.2 from 22) show no licence on the pages we read, and Wild Bush (4.9 from 292) describes itself as connecting owners with licensed providers rather than running daycare itself. Waggingtons and The Wag Club are in our Greater London guide. We found no public daycare register from Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon or Hounslow, so we had nothing to check any of these against. 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 centres offer daytime care and have their own website and a Google Maps listing, but the licence we could see is a home boarding licence, or doesn’t say it 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.
Pawfect Retreat 4 U
★★★★★ 4.9 · 61 Google reviews
Uxbridge, Hillingdon (UB8). Its website says it "holds a four-star home boarding licence issued by the London Borough of Hillingdon", number 032700, for 26 February 2025 to 26 February 2027. That is a home boarding licence, which isn’t daycare evidence, although the site welcomes daycare enquiries
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Paws & Pups
★★★★★ 5.0 · 22 Google reviews
Harrow (HA3). Its website footer shows "License Number: LN/000020532" and calls it a "fully licensed home boarding and daycare service", but names no council. A nearby Harrow business quotes the same style of number as a Harrow Council home dog boarding licence, so we can’t tell that this one covers daycare
Daycare sessions of eight hours, with earliest drop-off 7.30am and latest collection 7pm on weekdays, and £35 per weekday session, per its website
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Shy’s Paw Pad
★★★★★ 5.0 · 8 Google reviews (a small number, so take the rating with care)
West Harrow (HA1). Its website shows licence number LN/000021226 and describes it as a Harrow Council home dog boarding licence. That is a home boarding licence, which isn’t daycare evidence, although the page heading also lists day care
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How to check a daycare licence in Middlesex
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. For the four boroughs in this guide the licensing council is the London Borough of Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon or Hounslow, depending on where the centre is. For the nearby towns it is Spelthorne Borough Council for Staines and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames for Twickenham. On 12 November 2026 we looked at the animal licensing page of each of the four boroughs and found no public register of licensed daycare centres on any of them. We did not read Spelthorne’s or Richmond’s pages. Ealing’s page says inspections give each business a star rating from 1 to 5, and Hillingdon’s says anyone running a business that looks after dogs away from the owner’s home during the day needs a licence. Hounslow’s page doesn’t mention daycare. Because we found no register, the licence lines above are what each centre says, not something we confirmed with a council, so ask the borough’s licensing team if you want to be sure. Then ask the centre to show its licence, which council issued it and when it expires, 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 Middlesex: our Middlesex dog services hub, dog walkers in Middlesex if you only need a midday walk, dog trainers in Middlesex, secure dog fields in Middlesex and our Greater London dog daycare guide for the rest of the capital.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did you choose these Middlesex dog daycare centres?
Each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence number quoted on its site, in Harrow, Ealing, Hounslow or Hillingdon, or in Staines or Twickenham nearby. We found no readable council register, so the numbers are the centres’ own statements. We checked on 12 November 2026 and haven’t visited, so meet any centre first.
Does dog daycare need a licence in Middlesex?
In England, daycare run as a business needs a council licence under the 2018 regulations. Middlesex is no longer a council area, so it is the borough council where the centre is, such as Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon or Hounslow, or Spelthorne or Richmond upon Thames for the nearby towns. 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 number and that clearly offer daycare. Some show no licence on their site, some show no website on Google Maps, and some sites wouldn’t open. Three with daytime care and a website are in the ‘Other options we could not licence-verify’ section instead, because their licence looks like a home boarding one.
Written by Georgiana & Figo, who prefers his playdates to be properly licensed.
