Boarding & Kennels

Central Bark Asheville is a dog day care center on Regent Park Boulevard. It is one of the Central Bark locations, and its site describes a "Whole Dog Care" approach. Services listed on its site are enrichment dog day care, grooming, boarding and training. Day care uses small playgroups based on size, temperament and play style. Grooming covers baths, blowouts, nail trims, teeth brushing and deshedding. Training includes classes for puppies and adults, and can also be built into day care. The site also advertises a free Puppy Hour, a supervised play session for puppies aged 8 to 16 weeks. Visitors can book through the Central Bark Asheville page on the Central Bark website.

Wonderdog Merrimon is a dog daycare, boarding and grooming business on Stone Ridge Boulevard in Asheville. Its website says grooming, daycare and boarding are offered under one roof. Grooming includes full grooms, baths and nail trims, and the site says walk-in nail trims are available. In daycare, the site says dogs are grouped by size and have indoor and outdoor play areas, including K9 grass and resting spots. For overnight stays, the website says boarding dogs join the daycare groups during the day and stay in private suites at night. The site also has a pet parent portal for booking and a "what to bring" page.

BarkMore Park is a dog day camp and lodge on Hemphill Road in Asheville. Its website describes group play days with indoor and outdoor yards and live webcams that owners can watch through an app. Dogs can also stay overnight in private rooms at the lodge. The website also lists grooming, including full grooms, baths and nail trims, and an assessment day for new dogs. Owners book through the website.

Mills River Dog Camp is a dog day care and boarding business on Butler Bridge Road in Mills River, south of Asheville. Its website describes the service as off-leash day camp and overnight lodging in suites with raised beds. The website says the camp is small on purpose, so staff can spend time with each dog, and notes that it sits a few minutes from the Asheville airport.

You Work I'll Play Dog Daycare is a dog daycare and boarding business on Brevard Road in Asheville. Its website lists daycare, overnight boarding, grooming and training among its services. Grooming covers baths and nail trims, according to the site. The training page describes a play and train option that pairs full-day daycare with structured training blocks, along with multi-week board and train programs. The website also lists a webcam page, a gallery and a customer login.

At Play with Sparky is a dog daycare and boarding facility on Short McDowell Street in Asheville. Its website says the business was started in 2003 and describes it as family-owned. The website lists doggie playcare, crateless boarding and cat boarding. It describes the daycare as a mix of play, socialization and supervision during the day.

Stepamgar Kennels is a dog and cat boarding facility in Fletcher, in the mountains of Western North Carolina near Asheville. Its website describes a six acre property with landscaped grounds and separate buildings for dog boarding and cat boarding. The site says dog grooming is a specialty. It also describes fully fenced grounds with a separately fenced exercise park for boarding dogs, with double fencing. The website also says the kennel breeds purebred Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and links to a separate site for those dogs.