Licence records, owners, dogs, consent, daily care, medication, incidents and evidence — connected in one organised workspace built for inspection retrieval.
Home boarding is personal. Owners are trusting you with a member of the family, while your licence requires disciplined records behind the scenes. BoardingReady brings those two worlds together: warm on the surface, rigorous underneath.
Paper consent in a drawer. Vaccination photos in messages. Bookings in a calendar. Medication on a notepad. It works — until you need the complete record now.
Fast enough for the kitchen table. Structured enough for an inspection. Calm enough that you actually want to use it every day.
Upcoming expiries, missing consent, incomplete daily records and open incidents surface in one clear view.
Send a secure link. Owners complete only the form for their dog and stay — no account required.
See overlapping dogs against the maximum you enter from your licence, with designated rooms kept on the booking.
Food, water, toileting, exercise, enrichment, behaviour and wellbeing — built for quick mobile entry.
One printable timeline pulls together the booking, dog details, consent, care, medication and incidents without hunting through separate folders.
Add the owner and dog, then keep health, vet, insurance, diet, behaviour and emergency information with that profile.
Create the booking, check overlaps, record the designated room, document familiarisation and send the secure consent link.
Capture daily care, medication and incidents as they happen, then keep the complete historical stay available for retrieval.
The current statutory guidance expects required records to be inspectable, retained for at least three years and backed up when electronic. BoardingReady turns those obligations into a practical daily workflow rather than a wall of legal text.
Read the current GOV.UK guidance ↗Useful, focused tools that solve a real admin job and help home boarders organise their records.
Use the official GOV.UK council finder to locate the local authority for your home boarding premises, then keep the official licensing links and conditions with your records.
Use the tool →Free toolAdd three years to a record creation date as a simple administrative aid. Review your own retention obligations before deleting anything.
Use the tool →Free toolCompare a proposed booking with your entered licensed maximum and existing overlapping stays.
Use the tool →Free toolBuild a practical pre-stay consent checklist covering the dog, household mixing, exercise, crate routine and emergency information.
Use the tool →Free toolWork through a practical record-readiness list before an inspection. It is an organisational aid, not a compliance guarantee.
Use the tool →Free toolBuild a clear medication administration record with the instruction separated from each dose given.
Use the tool →Free toolCreate a simple daily care record covering food, water, toileting, exercise, behaviour, wellbeing and concerns.
Use the tool →Free toolWork through a structured familiarisation review before deciding whether a proposed boarding arrangement is suitable.
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A practical overview of home dog boarding licence requirements in England, including records, rooms, consent, exercise, trials, emergencies and inspections.
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A practical record-keeping checklist for licensed home dog boarders in England, based on current statutory guidance.
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A calm, practical inspection-preparation process for home dog boarders in England.
Read guide →Set up your business, add your first dog and see what an organised stay record feels like.