Before Choose dog kennels Boarding

Before Choose dog kennels- One clear advantage in choosing a dog kennels 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:

Some tips in choosing your own dog kennels are…

* Phone a boarding dog kennels first to see if they can take your dog. They may be overbooked, or they may not be able to take more specialized cases, such as very young puppies, or dogs on particular medications or feeding schedules. These sort of details will generally be covered before the time comes to drop off your dog. It's a good idea to give dog kennels your vet's name and phone number.

* 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 and bacteria because they don't follow the same stringent disinfecting that the staff are trained in. Another reason this practice is done is because some pets react in a fearful or aggressive way toward strangers. However, if a boarding facility has a 'no visitor' policy where the animals are kept, they should at least have a viewing window so dog owners can see where their dogs would be housed.

*Visit the prospective dog kennels. Is it clean, does it smell? dog Kennels should not smell, and they should not have any parasites, dirt, or a build up of feces. Dog Kennels 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.