{"topic_id":"gb_dog_day_care_licensing","category":"gb-animal-licensing","context":"---\ntopic_id: gb_dog_day_care_licensing\ncategory: gb-animal-licensing\ntitle: \"England dog-day-care licensing (day-care welfare standards; crate limits, vaccination, walker ratio)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"UK Government (DEFRA / APHA) — 'England dog-day-care licensing (day-care welfare standards; crate limits, vaccination, walker ratio)' (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities/dog-day-care-licensing-statutory-guidance-for-local-authorities), landed 2026-08-13\"\nsource_file: pdf-parsed/gov-uk-licensing/dog_day_care.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-13\ntokens_estimated: 294\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"England dog-day-care licensing (day-care welfare standards; crate limits, vaccination, walker ratio)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"UK Government (DEFRA / APHA)\"\n  title: \"England dog-day-care licensing (day-care welfare standards; crate limits, vaccination, walker ratio)\"\n  url: \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities/dog-day-care-licensing-statutory-guidance-for-local-authorities\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-13\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official web page\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: open_government_licence_v3\n---\n\nEngland's statutory guidance for licensing dog-day-care businesses, under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `To grant a new animal activities licence for day care for dogs, you must check that businesses meet all of the minimum standards in this guidance.`\n- `The licence must clearly state the maximum numbers of dogs that are allowed on the premises.`\n- `A dog must not be put in a crate for longer than one hour in any 8-hour period.`\n- `Primary vaccination courses must be completed at least 2 weeks before acceptance into day care.`\n- `A dog walker may walk no more than 6 dogs at the same time.`\n- `Required higher standard for monitoring behaviour There must be a clear plan setting out 2 walks per dog each day for a minimum of 20 minutes each or 2 sessions of access to a secure open area away from the kennel unit.`\n- `A reasonable distance would, in normal conditions, be interpreted as no more than 30 minutes travelling time.`\n- `Dogs must not be left in vehicles for unreasonable periods.`\n","sources":["UK Government — England dog-day-care licensing (day-care welfare standards; crate limits, vaccination, walker ratio) (retrieved 2026-08-13)"],"source":{"authority":"UK Government","title":"England dog-day-care licensing (day-care welfare standards; crate limits, vaccination, walker ratio)","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities/dog-day-care-licensing-statutory-guidance-for-local-authorities","retrieved":"2026-08-13","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"England dog-day-care licensing (day-care welfare standards; crate limits, vaccination, walker ratio)","verification_file":"pdf-parsed/gov-uk-licensing/dog_day_care.txt"},"source_document":"England dog-day-care licensing (day-care welfare standards; crate limits, vaccination, walker ratio)","source_file":"pdf-parsed/gov-uk-licensing/dog_day_care.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"verbatim","license":"open_government_licence_v3","display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":294,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}