---
title: "Dog boarding in Indianapolis, IN"
url: "https://dogsaway.co/dog-boarding/indianapolis-in/"
updated: "2026-10-19"
data_pulled: "2026-10-19"
census_at: "2026-10-19"
source: "Dogs Away — public Google Business data (ratings) + Dogs Away disclosure census and calculations"
license: "City statistics: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Facility listings: All rights reserved. Read and cite freely. No bulk copying. (https://dogsaway.co/terms/)"
attribution: "Source: Dogs Away (dogsaway.co)"
---

# Dog boarding in Indianapolis, IN

26 boarding facilities in Indianapolis, IN, ranked by Dogs Away score. Full metro hub: https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/.

## Key figures

- **Median published overnight boarding rate:** $46/night
  - Basis: Median across 10 of 29 indexed Indianapolis facilities with an overnight rate found on their own website. Crawl protocol: homepage plus linked pages matching rate keywords, 2026-10-19. First-dog standard rate; holiday and add-on pricing excluded.
- **Share of facilities with a rate findable on their website:** 38.5%
  - Basis: 10 of 26 Indianapolis facility websites we crawled had an overnight rate on the homepage or a linked rate page, 2026-10-19. A facility counted as not-found may still publish a rate outside that crawl scope, on a page requiring login, or quote it by phone — this measures findability, not disclosure.
- **Offering boarding:** 26
  - Basis: Count across the 29 Indianapolis facilities in the Dogs Away index, 2026-10-19. Index scope: the counties of the Census metro area, plus places within 30 miles of downtown, categories per /about/#score.
- **Facilities publishing: Staff on site overnight:** 19%
  - Basis: 4 of 21 Indianapolis facility websites we reached and reviewed publish this, 2026-10-19. Every candidate passage the extractor surfaced for this field was read by a curator; 17 sites carried no such statement. Measures what operators publish on their own websites — not what they would say if asked.
- **Facilities publishing: Vaccination requirements:** 66.7%
  - Basis: 14 of 21 Indianapolis facility websites we reached and reviewed publish this, 2026-10-19. Every candidate passage the extractor surfaced for this field was read by a curator; 7 sites carried no such statement. Measures what operators publish on their own websites — not what they would say if asked.
- **Facilities publishing: Play model (all-day / rotation / no group play):** 4.8%
  - Basis: 1 of 21 Indianapolis facility websites we reached and reviewed publish this, 2026-10-19. Every candidate passage the extractor surfaced for this field was read by a curator; 20 sites carried no such statement. Measures what operators publish on their own websites — not what they would say if asked.

## Ranked facilities

| # | Facility | Score | Google reviews | Boarding rate published |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Priority Boarding](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/priority-boarding/) | 9.8 | 519 | yes |
| 2 | [Puppy Playground](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/puppy-playground/) | 9.8 | 375 | — |
| 3 | [Happy Hounds](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/happy-hounds/) | 9.8 | 75 | — |
| 4 | [The Kennel at Arbor Lane](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/the-kennel-at-arbor-lane/) | 9.7 | 195 | — |
| 5 | [Good Bones K9 Training](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/good-bones-k9-training/) | 9.7 | 36 | — |
| 6 | [Canine Continental](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/canine-continental/) | 9.7 | 23 | yes |
| 7 | [Sleepy Hollow Pet Ranch](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/sleepy-hollow-pet-ranch/) | 9.6 | 604 | yes |
| 8 | [Camp Bow Wow Southport](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/camp-bow-wow-southport/) | 9.6 | 431 | — |
| 9 | [Five Points Kennels](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/five-points-kennels/) | 9.6 | 364 | yes |
| 10 | [Indy Hound](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/indy-hound/) | 9.6 | 277 | — |
| 11 | [The Downtown Veterinarian](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/the-downtown-veterinarian/) | 9.6 | 268 | — |
| 12 | [Puppy Playground](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/puppy-playground-5025/) | 9.6 | 266 | — |
| 13 | [Uptown Pup](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/uptown-pup/) | 9.6 | 214 | yes |
| 14 | [Lucky Dog Retreat - Indianapolis](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/lucky-dog-retreat-indianapolis/) | 9.4 | 310 | yes |
| 15 | [Downtown Doggie](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/downtown-doggie/) | 9.4 | 231 | yes |
| 16 | [Indys Dogs](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/indys-dogs/) | 9.4 | 31 | yes |
| 17 | [Barkefellers - Indianapolis South](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/barkefellers-indianapolis-south/) | 9.2 | 639 | — |
| 18 | [Best Friends Pet Hotel](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/best-friends-pet-hotel/) | 9.2 | 232 | — |
| 19 | [PetSmart Doggie Day Camp](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/petsmart-doggie-day-camp/) | 9.1 | 2 | — |
| 20 | [Barkefellers - Indianapolis West](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/barkefellers-indianapolis-west/) | 9.0 | 759 | — |
| 21 | [Barkefellers - Indianapolis Northeast](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/barkefellers-indianapolis-northeast/) | 9.0 | 569 | — |
| 22 | [PetsHotel Castleton](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/petshotel-castleton/) | 9.0 | 7 | — |
| 23 | [Hippie Hounds Boarding, Dog Training, Grooming, Pawsh Mobile Nail Care](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/hippie-hounds-boarding-dog-training-grooming-pawsh-mobile-na/) | 8.9 | 74 | — |
| 24 | [Dogtopia of Broad Ripple](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/dogtopia-of-broad-ripple/) | 8.7 | 48 | yes |
| 25 | [J & J Pet Grooming](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/j-and-j-pet-grooming/) | 8.5 | 416 | — |
| 26 | [Good Dog Hotel & Spa](https://dogsaway.co/indianapolis-in/good-dog-hotel-and-spa/) | 7.9 | 251 | yes |

## How to cite

Dogs Away, "Dog boarding in Indianapolis, IN", https://dogsaway.co/dog-boarding/indianapolis-in/. Source: Dogs Away (dogsaway.co). City statistics: CC BY 4.0. Facility listings: All rights reserved. Read and cite freely. No bulk copying., https://dogsaway.co/terms/
