Boarding Your Cat Or Dog – What To Look For (Part 1)

Boarding kennels are full of people who are real professionals, and have a deep love and respect for pets. Their desire is to ensure the best pet care for the cats and dogs they manage.

Nonetheless, it important to look over the qualifications of any kennel where we will be placing our adored pet for any length of time.

Just before the 1980s some kennel operators founded what’s now called the A.B.K.A., or American Boarding Kennel Association to look towards developing the highest possible standards for pet care. Today its membership is almost fifteen hundred kennels in North America.

When selecting a place for your dog or cat, it’s a good start to see if they are a member currently of this Group.

A trick to choosing a kennel is to ask for some references from previous clients. A glowing recommendation from a past client can be one of the best proofs of fine service and care.

Your cat or dog vet is a great source for advice on what may be a kennel in your area that’s O.K. for your pet.

However, without any doubt the main thing for you to do is visit and look over the kennel yourself to see first-hand what they’re like.

Some useful observations are:

Does the kennel area look and smell clean and fresh?

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