Dog Boarding at Home: A Pet Hotel Alternative
Dog boarding with Animalty means your pet spends the nights in a verified sitter’s home instead of a pet hotel or kennel. The sitter follows the care plan you set — food, walks, medication, habits — and sends photo updates, so you know how the stay is going while you are away.
How Dog Boarding Works
You drop your pet off at the sitter’s home and pick them up when you are back. In between, your pet lives as a guest: sleeps indoors, eats on its usual schedule and gets walks and attention every day. Search by date and distance, compare profiles and reviews, and send a booking request. You pay nothing until the sitter accepts.
Pet Hotel or Home Boarding: What’s the Difference
A pet hotel keeps many animals in one facility: separate rooms or kennels, shared play areas, staff working in shifts. It suits some dogs, but the noise and the change of routine are hard on others. With home boarding your pet is one sitter’s guest. It sleeps indoors, in a home, with the same person next to it every day, and keeps its own feeding and walking schedule. You see who looks after your pet before you book, and you can message them at any time.
A Care Plan Instead of a Long Briefing
Fill in the pet profile once: feeding, medication, routine, behaviour, the vet’s contact and emergency instructions. Every sitter you book receives the same profile and confirms it before the stay starts, so nothing depends on what you remembered to say at the door.
Who the Dog Sitters Are
Every sitter passes identity and document checks before their first booking, plus a background check. Reviews come only from completed stays. You can message a sitter from their profile and arrange a meet-up before you confirm.
Cat Boarding Works the Same Way
Boarding is not only for dogs. For cat boarding, choose a sitter who has experience with cats and a quiet home, and share your cat’s care plan. The sitter’s profile shows which pets they take and whether they have pets of their own. If your cat is strongly attached to its territory, drop-in visits at home may suit it better than boarding.
Updates While You Are Away
The sitter checks in when the stay starts and checks out when it ends, and sends photos and notes in between. Everything stays in the booking chat, next to the care plan, so you and the sitter always look at the same information.
How Animalty Helps You
Find a verified dog sitter nearby, share your pet’s care plan in one tap and follow the stay through photo updates. Search, booking, chat and payment are in one app.
Dog Boarding FAQ
What owners ask before the first overnight stay.
How is home boarding different from a kennel or a pet hotel?
Your pet stays in a sitter’s home, not in a cage or a shared facility. The sitter follows your care plan and your pet keeps its usual routine.
How much does dog boarding cost?
Each sitter sets their own price per night. You see it on the profile and again in the payment details before you confirm, and you pay nothing until the sitter accepts the booking.
Do you offer cat boarding?
Yes. Choose a sitter who takes cats — it is shown on the profile. Many cats do better at home, so compare boarding with drop-in cat visits before you book.
Can I meet the sitter before the stay?
Yes. Message the sitter from their profile and arrange a meet-up before you confirm the booking. You pay nothing until the sitter accepts.
What should I bring to a boarding stay?
Your pet’s usual food, any medication, a lead or carrier, and something familiar — a bed or a toy. Feeding and medication instructions are already in the care plan.
What happens if my pet gets sick during boarding?
The care plan holds the vet’s contact, medications and emergency instructions, so the sitter knows what to do. They act on it and message you straight away.
Does my pet need vaccinations for boarding?
Yes — core vaccinations for your pet’s species and age, kept up to date. Add the records to the pet profile once and sitters see the status.