Cat Boarding Kennel

One clear advantage in choosing a dog kennel to board your pet at whilst you are on holiday is that the staff are trained to find signs of illness that friends and neighbors are not. Some signs of illness are quite difficult to spot to the untrained eye. These include:

Of course, choosing a facility where staff members are knowledgeable of current dog health developments is important. Veterinarians are a good source of recommendations, and you can always contact the American Boarding Kennels Association to see if a pet care center is accredited with them.

Some tips in choosing your own dog kennel are…

*Visit the prospective kennel. Is it clean, does it smell? Kennels should not smell, and they should not have any parasites, dirt, or a build up of feces. They should be disinfected regularly, preferably with professional disinfectants. This is particularly important as there have been outbreaks of an intestinal disease, called parvovirus, since the late 1970's. Vaccines are available, but the general dog population doesn't yet have an immunity to it. Sodium hypochloride bleaches at a concentration of 1:30 are effective in killing the virus, and a boarding facility should be using this type of cleaner during regular, routine cleaning procedures.

* Some dog kennels have a policy where visitors are not allowed in the area where dogs are kept. This is generally in the best interests of the pets, as people can bring in diseases .