What do we want from our boarding kennels ?

[Guest Anonymous]

setting up my own and wondered if anyone had any suggestions, likes/ dislikes ?

[DogPaddle]

where?

[courtnek]

well....

I want the pet areas to be as clean as possible.
I have two dogs. I would want them boarded together in a very large cage/enclosure.
I would like the cage/enclosure to have free access to an enclosed
area outside, so the dogs could go out if they needed to.
I want an enclosed play area, where dogs can be given special time (for a
extra fee, of course) by the kennel employees.
I want to be able to bring my own food. I would be willing to pay for that
unless the dog was on a special diet, and if it was and I had a vet note I
would not want to pay extra.
I want a report card kept, of everything the dog does (good or bad) in my
absense.
I want to be alerted immediately if somethng seems very wrong with my
dog, like throwing up or diarhea (which is why I want to supply my own
food)

and how do I know I want all these things? Because the kennel where I board my dogs will do all of them. I have gotten quite spoiled by this place, and their prices are not unreasonable.

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[mouseatthebusstop]

Courtnek has covered it nicely I am lucky enough to have a son who with dog sit for me

[BuddysMom]

OK yes I'm trying to earn my first paw! But I also have some thoughts so here they are ...

1. Agree with all of the above.
2. Repeating others, but LOTS of out in the yard and play time.
3. Family owned and operated is great.

Our kennel is special not only because they're so clean, take each dog out in the yard at least 5x per day, groom when needed (wihtout charging extra! and won't accept tips!) but the key ingredient is, they all reeeally love dogs.

When Puppy died I called them (two weeks after, when I could talk about it) and one of the owners cried.

I hear of kennels in Denver that have your dog on web-cam 24/7, shiatsu, you can call your dog on the phone, etc. but even if money were no object I'd take our local ," Your Best Friends" over any other. Knowing they're here makes me more confident to get another dog.

[imported_Matty]

Its also nice when you know the employees are certified for animal first aid and CPR. The kennel I go to has employees who are certified animal care tech's. They not only LOVE my dog, but, they also know what to do in an emergency. They also groom, even for quick cleans I like to know the person bathing knows what they are doing. I wouldn't want to pick up my long coated breed only to find they created mats in the coat.