When a family emergency, illness, or travel forces people to leave their home, many are constantly confronted with the heart wrenching question of how or who will care for their much-loved animals. When an owner decides to take their pet along, a disaster can occur if their hotel does not welcome the extra guest, their pet becomes ill, or, worst of all, the pet gets lost. Other pet owners turn over the care of their animals to well-meaning but untrained neighbors, or friends. Again, the results are often unsatisfactory. Pets entrusted to such part-time custodians frequently escape or become seriously ill because of lack of reliable, frequent, and knowledgeable supervision.

Happy, healthy and safe and sound! Luckily for pets and owners alike, most owners turn to boarding kennels that are professionally run when their pets need alternate care. Annually, more than 30,000,000 pet owners recognize that full-time, knowledgeable and experienced boarding kennel operators provide the most dependable, secure and safe pet care available.

However, choosing a proficient boarding kennel remains a perplexing and distressing procedure, despite its integral relationship to the constant experienced care for your pet; because of this, the American Boarding Kennels Association (ABKA) collected a wealth of information for pet owners to utilize when assessing, choosing, and employing a community boarding kennel.