Dog Boarding in Bluffton, SC

The Bark Shack is the most-reviewed boarder and is open 7 to 7 every day, which helps with airport-day pick-ups. Brooke’s Bed & Biscuit is a smaller, home-style option. Most boarders ask for current rabies, distemper and Bordetella shots. The Bluffton dog boarding page compares all four on nightly rates, holiday deposits and vaccine lists, and adds boarders in Okatie and Ridgeland.

The four groomers here take appointments, and most book out a week or two, so call ahead. Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming also sells food and treats. For hours, prices and the Petco grooming salon, see dog grooming in Bluffton.

Bluffton Veterinary Hospital is the busiest general practice. For every clinic, hours and where each one is, see vets in Bluffton. Carolina Veterinary Critical Care on Fording Island Road is open 24 hours for emergencies. For people needing care instead, see urgent care in Bluffton. The Bluffton guide covers the rest of the area.

For an emergency vet in Bluffton, SC, Carolina Veterinary Critical Care at 1188 Fording Island Road is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 1.6 mi from Old Town. Call (843) 706-9200 on the way. For a 24 hour vet with specialists on site, New River Veterinary Specialists in Hardeeville advertises 24/7 emergency care. One reviewer says the team was waiting at the door after they called ahead. Both are listed so you can pick the closer one at 2 a.m.

For dog daycare in Bluffton, SC, The Bark Shack takes dogs for the day and is open 7 to 7 daily. A Place to Paws, at the PAWS Center on Buckwalter Place Boulevard, offers full-day and half-day daycare and asks for current DHP, Bordetella, rabies and leptospirosis vaccinations. Farther out, K9 Resorts on Okatie Highway runs daycare weekdays 7 to 7 and weekends 9 to 5:30, and Camp Green Dog on Argent Boulevard has daycare Monday to Saturday 7 to 7 by appointment.

For pet surgery in Bluffton, SC, Fetch A Vet, the mobile vet below, lists spay and neuter surgery along with dental cleanings and extractions. New River Veterinary Specialists lists surgery among its specialties, along with cardiology, internal medicine, neurology and oncology. Ask your regular vet whether the operation is done in the clinic or referred out, and what the price includes.

For dog training in Bluffton, SC, Petco runs dog training at its store at 1015 Fording Island Road; call (843) 757-9081 to ask which classes are on. We didn’t find an independent trainer in town with a long Google record. In Okatie, Pet Paradise Hilton Head lists dog training, and PetSmart in Hardeeville has a training page for its store.

A mobile vet in Bluffton, SC saves a car ride for a nervous or ill pet. Fetch A Vet’s two vehicles carry wellness exams, vaccinations, digital radiology, lab tests, in-home euthanasia, dental cleanings and spay or neuter surgery. Its site lists Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, Okatie, Hardeeville, Ridgeland, Pooler, Richmond Hill and Wilmington Island, and appointments are Monday to Friday 8 to 5. Request one on its website or call. A reviewer whose dog has seizures in the car says the home visits are what make care possible.

Pet boarding in Bluffton, SC mostly means dogs, and the kennels that board them overnight are listed under dog boarding above. The Bark Shack is 0.5 mi from Old Town, May River Pet Resort is 1.2 mi from New Riverside, and A Place to Paws is at the PAWS Center on Buckwalter Place Boulevard. For a dog boarding kennel near Sun City, K9 Resorts on Okatie Highway is 1.9 mi away and Pet Paradise in Okatie is 0.7 mi. Boarders run full around holidays and summer, so book early.

A pet sitter in Bluffton, SC keeps your pet in its own home. Trusted Pawtners sits for most kinds of pets: dogs get three visits a day, and cats and small animals at least one, with photo updates. It serves clients within three miles of its Rose Hill location, is licensed, insured and bonded, and books a free in-home consultation by phone, text or email, Monday to Friday. Call (336) 837-8287.

We didn’t find a pet cremation business in Bluffton, SC on Google Maps. Your vet can arrange cremation after a pet dies, so ask what is included and how ashes come back. Fetch A Vet, listed above, does in-home euthanasia for pets that can’t be moved comfortably.

For horse boarding in Bluffton, SC, Rose Dhu Equestrian Center calls itself a full-service equine boarding, training, sales and show facility. At Rose Hill, Red Horse Farms runs lessons, professional training and boarding at the equestrian center, open to the public, and polo matches are played on its field. Call the barn for stall availability and monthly rates.

For dog boarding in Ridgeland, K9 Resorts at 1059 Okatie Highway has a Ridgeland ZIP code, 29936, and lists Bluffton, Pritchardville, Hilton Head Island, Okatie and Hardeeville as places it serves; call (843) 380-6962. Camp Green Dog at 1190 Argent Boulevard, also 29936, boards, runs daycare and grooms. For dog boarding in Okatie, Pet Paradise Hilton Head is at 139 Okatie Center Boulevard North; call (843) 972-9506. In Hardeeville, K9 Resorts lists the town on its site.

Fetch A Vet lists Ridgeland, Hardeeville and Okatie among the towns where its mobile vet comes to your home, including for spay or neuter surgery, so a mobile vet in Ridgeland and pet surgery in Ridgeland are covered by the same van. For an emergency vet in Hardeeville, New River Veterinary Specialists at 600 Argent Boulevard advertises 24/7 emergency care.