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Stays should be
individualized, not uniform. Facility owners suggest first booking a day visit and then an
overnight as a test. Boarding Solutions
for Beloved Pets The Best are Pet, People and Planet Friendly
by Sandra Murphy T
he holidays bring buffet feasts, ribboned gifts, stockings of good- ies, ornaments and tinsel that to animals all look good enough to eat. Pets can get into trouble, especially if they’re away from home. Boarding may be the best alternative when the family travels for holidays.
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PawsitivelyBradleyNierenberg.com, from Wilmington, Delaware. He relates an experience when friends watched Bit- sy, his Cavalier King Charles spaniel, and she escaped out the front door. Fortu- nately, a neighbor found her. Afterward,
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he says, “I asked other dog-crazy owners which kennel they’d recommend.” Kennels used to be an indoor cage with a dog door to a fenced run area outside. Dogs could see each other, but not play together. Well-heeled facilities offered fancy amenities, geared more to impress the owner than comfort the pet and were generally bereft of enriching experiences. “Pets are living, breathing, loving creatures, and boarding facilities not yet up to speed need to catch up to how people feel about pets today,” says Charlotte Biggs, COO of the nonprofit International Boarding and Pet Service Association, near Austin, Texas. It helps its members create safe, responsible pet care facilities by including holistic, positive and green practices in their safety and training manuals. Susan Briggs, co-founder of the independent Professional Animal Care Certification Council for the pet care industry, in Houston, advises, “Take a tour. Kennels should be clean and organized. You should feel comfortable with the staff.”
“Do the employees talk about
your pet like you’re bringing the car in for an oil change? If it’s ignored in favor of paperwork, maybe you
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