Same price, any size
Dog boarding
One rate for every size and weight.
60 AED
- Climate-controlled room inside the clinic
- Daily check by veterinary staff
- Your dog's own food and routine kept
- Updates while you are away
Dog Kennels in Dubai — Boarding Inside a Working Vet Clinic
Built for the dogs other places turn away — on medication, recovering from surgery, elderly, or simply the ones you would rather have a vet looking at daily.
- Quoted per stay Dog boarding
- Veterinary staff Checked daily by
- Current vaccination Required
- Al Quoz 3 Dubai
Boarding with a vet on site
Who this is actually built for
Search for dog kennels in Dubai and you mostly find pet hotels. They suit a healthy young dog on a short trip perfectly well. Where they struggle is the dog who needs an injection twice a day, the one recovering from an operation, the elderly one who has a bad night, or the one whose owner would simply rather a veterinarian looked at him every morning.
At Petbook Veterinary Clinic in Al Quoz 3, boarding happens inside a working clinic. The people who open the kennel and put the bowl down are veterinary staff, so the dog who leaves his food on day two is examined the same day — and you hear about it before you land, not after. The treatment room is in the same corridor, and the emergency line is answered 24/7.
Vaccination has to be current before check-in — see vaccinations for dogs and cats, and if a booster is due we can give it at drop-off. Cats board in a separate, dog-free area covered on our cat boarding in Dubai page, and the full service including medical hospitalisation is on pet hospitalization and boarding.
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Veterinary staff, not kennel staff
The person who feeds your dog can tell the difference between sulking and unwell.
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Medication given on schedule
Injections, tablets and post-operative care handled properly — the reason most owners come to us.
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Treatment room down the corridor
A dog that deteriorates at 3am does not start with a phone call and a drive.
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Vaccination checked at check-in
Current vaccination is required. If a booster is due, we can give it at drop-off.
What Dubai dog owners say about Petbook
Reviews from our public Google profile — not written by us.
4.7 446 Google reviews
- ★★★★★
Mohamed Hamada 3 months ago I had a very good experience at this clinic. The staff were professional, caring, and really took the time to check my dog properly.
Pricing
What a dog stay costs
Quoted per stay
Size, length and care needed — a figure before you book, not after.
Dog boarding at Petbook is AED 60 per night — one rate for every size and weight, so a small dog and a large one cost the same. That covers a climate-controlled room inside a working veterinary clinic, a daily check by veterinary staff, and your dog's own food and routine kept as they are. Two things sit outside it: a stay that needs medication or a vet's attention is quoted on what the case actually needs, and the isolation ward is AED 120 per night. Everything else the clinic publishes is on our vet prices page.
Medical stay
Isolation ward
For a dog who needs to be kept separate on medical grounds.
120 AED
- Separate air handling
- Monitored by the veterinary team
- Medication given on schedule
- Kept away from the general boarding area
Step by step
How a stay works
From the call to collection. Most of the work happens before the dog arrives.
- Step 01
The booking and the questions
Size, dates, medication, diet and how he is with other dogs. Tell us the difficult parts — they change how we plan the stay, not whether we accept him.
- Step 02
Vaccination checked
Current vaccination is required before check-in. If a booster is due we can give it at drop-off rather than sending you elsewhere first.
- Step 03
Drop-off and handover
Bring his own food, his bed and anything that smells of home. Sudden diet changes cause most of the upset stomachs we see in boarding.
- Step 04
Daily checks
Eating, drinking, toileting and mood recorded every day — so a change is noticed on day two rather than at collection.
- Step 05
Medication and treatment
Given on time by the people who would give it in a consultation. This is what a clinic can do that a hotel cannot.
- Step 06
Collection, with a report
You get told what he actually did — including anything we would want his own vet to know about.
The difference that matters
The dog who stops eating on day two
In a boarding hotel that is noted and mentioned at collection. In a working clinic it is a same-day examination by a licensed veterinarian, and a message to you before you have landed. That is the whole argument for boarding somewhere with a treatment room — not the kennel, the corridor it opens onto.
- Daily records of eating, drinking and mood
- Same-day examination if anything changes
- Emergency line answered 24/7 while he is with us
Boarding in Dubai
What makes boarding here different
Dubai's travel patterns and climate shape both when boarding is needed and what can go wrong during a stay.
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Everyone travels at once
Summer and the long holidays fill every boarding facility in the city. Booking late is the main reason owners end up somewhere they have not visited.
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Exercise has to be indoors
For much of the year a boarding stay cannot include long walks. Ask any facility what a dog actually does all day in July.
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Owners leave at short notice
Family emergencies and sudden work travel are common here. We would rather take a dog on two days' notice than have him left with a neighbour.
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Medication is the common gap
Diabetics, post-operative dogs and dogs on long-term medication are the ones turned away most often by non-clinical facilities.
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Vaccination records vary
Dogs arrive with records from several countries. Bring whatever you have and we will tell you what is missing before the stay, not on the day.
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Apartment dogs find kennels hard
A dog used to a quiet flat copes differently to one used to a garden. That belongs in the plan for his stay.
Planning a stay
When to book, and what to sort first
Boarding goes wrong most often because of things that could have been settled a fortnight earlier.
- Book early for summer and holiday periods — the city books out
- Check vaccination dates a fortnight ahead, so a booster is not needed on the day
- Bring his usual food; a sudden diet change is the commonest cause of an upset stomach
- For dogs on medication, send the schedule in writing when you book
Ask before you book anywhere
Questions worth asking any boarding facility
Including us. If a facility cannot answer these plainly, that is the answer.
- Who is in the building overnight, and are they veterinary staff?
- What happens if my dog stops eating — who examines him, and when?
- Can you give injections and medication on a fixed schedule?
- What does a dog actually do all day in summer?
- Is vaccination checked for every animal on the premises?
- Will I be told about a problem while I am away, or at collection?
Common questions
What is the average cost to put a dog in a kennel?
Across Dubai it varies widely with size, the type of facility and the time of year — a small dog in a quiet week and a large dog over a peak holiday are usually very different figures, because most kennels price in size bands. Ours is <strong>AED 60 per night</strong> for any dog, whatever the weight, in a climate-controlled room inside a working veterinary clinic. A stay that needs medication or a vet's attention is quoted separately on what the case actually needs, and the isolation ward is AED 120 per night.
Is it okay to leave a dog alone for 3 days?
No — not alone in the home, even with food and water left out. Three days is long enough for water to be spilled or run out, for an upset stomach to become dehydration, and for a dog to become genuinely distressed. In this climate there is an additional risk that owners underestimate: if the air conditioning fails while you are away, a closed apartment becomes dangerous within hours. Boarding or a live-in sitter is the safe answer.
Will my dog be ok if I go away for 2 weeks?
Most dogs cope with a two-week stay better than their owners expect, provided the routine is kept close to normal — his own food, his own bed, and consistent handling. The dogs that find it harder are the very elderly, the anxious, and those on medication, which is exactly the group a clinic is better placed to board than a hotel. A short trial stay of a night or two beforehand is worth doing if you are unsure.
How much is doggy daycare in Dubai?
Daycare is a different service from boarding and is offered by dedicated daycare centres rather than by us — we board dogs overnight rather than run a day facility. If what you need is exercise and company during working hours, a daycare centre is the better fit. If what you need is somewhere safe for a dog on medication or recovering from surgery, that is what we do.
How much does it cost to have a dog sitting in Dubai?
Home sitting is priced per visit or per night by independent sitters and agencies, and it suits a confident, healthy dog who is happiest in his own home. The trade-off is supervision: a sitter visiting twice a day will not notice a problem developing between visits, and cannot give timed medication overnight. For a healthy young dog that is usually fine; for a dog on treatment it is the gap that matters.
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