{"topic_id":"gb_home_boarding_dogs_licensing","category":"gb-animal-licensing","context":"---\ntopic_id: gb_home_boarding_dogs_licensing\ncategory: gb-animal-licensing\ntitle: \"England home-boarding-for-dogs licensing (domestic home-boarding rules; crate limits, in-season bitches)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"UK Government (DEFRA / APHA) — 'England home-boarding-for-dogs licensing (domestic home-boarding rules; crate limits, in-season bitches)' (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities/home-boarding-for-dogs-licensing-statutory-guidance-for-local-authorities), landed 2026-08-13\"\nsource_file: pdf-parsed/gov-uk-licensing/home_boarding_dogs.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-13\ntokens_estimated: 284\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"England home-boarding-for-dogs licensing (domestic home-boarding rules; crate limits, in-season bitches)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"UK Government (DEFRA / APHA)\"\n  title: \"England home-boarding-for-dogs licensing (domestic home-boarding rules; crate limits, in-season bitches)\"\n  url: \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities/home-boarding-for-dogs-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 home-boarding-of-dogs businesses (boarding in a domestic home), 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 home boarding dogs, you must check that businesses meet all of the minimum standards in this guidance.`\n- `The licence must state the maximum number of dogs that can be home boarded at the premises.`\n- `Dogs must not be boarded in outside buildings, cages or runs.`\n- `13.5 A dog must not be confined in a crate for longer than 3 hours in any 24-hour period.`\n- `Bitches that are in season must not be accepted for boarding with dogs from other households.`\n- `Entire males must not be on the premises if an in-season bitch is boarded.`\n- `The available and clear floor area must be a minimum of twice that required for the dog to lay out flat.`\n- `16.3 If any person aged under 16 years resides at the home, there must be procedures in place to regulate the interactions between the dogs and that person.`\n","sources":["UK Government — England home-boarding-for-dogs licensing (domestic home-boarding rules; crate limits, in-season bitches) (retrieved 2026-08-13)"],"source":{"authority":"UK Government","title":"England home-boarding-for-dogs licensing (domestic home-boarding rules; crate limits, in-season bitches)","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities/home-boarding-for-dogs-licensing-statutory-guidance-for-local-authorities","retrieved":"2026-08-13","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"England home-boarding-for-dogs licensing (domestic home-boarding rules; crate limits, in-season bitches)","verification_file":"pdf-parsed/gov-uk-licensing/home_boarding_dogs.txt"},"source_document":"England home-boarding-for-dogs licensing (domestic home-boarding rules; crate limits, in-season bitches)","source_file":"pdf-parsed/gov-uk-licensing/home_boarding_dogs.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"verbatim","license":"open_government_licence_v3","display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":284,"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."}