Whenever a pet owner is faced with the situation of not being able to care for their pet, due to illness, travel, or family emergencies, they are left with the dilemma of how they will ensure care for their animal. 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. It might be tempting, in this situation, to leave the family pet with a well meaning neighbor or family member. Once more, the outcome in these situations is usually inadequate. Due to a deficiency of constant and informed custody of the pets, many times they will run away or develop a grave illness.

Keep your pet happy, safe and secure! Luckily, there are many reputable and professional boarding kennels that can provide the kind of complete care that you beloved family pet may need. Over 30,000 happy pet parents and their pets take advantage of the professional safe, secure and full-time services provided at their local boarding kennels each year.

Finding good, safe, secure kennels for the safekeeping of their precious pets can be a difficult, time-consuming and frustrating experience for conscientious pet owners; to aid in this vital aspect of pet ownership, the American Boarding Kennels Association (ABKA) has compiled information to aid pet owners in finding, judging, choosing and developing a relationship with their local professional kennels.