It is not always possible to devote time to your loving pets. You might go out of town on official trips or on vacations. On such occasions, your pets definitely need a reliable, accredited holiday home like a boarding kennel or a cattery. Whilst selecting a boarding kennel or a cattery, you have to check the following points to ensure the safety and best maintenance of your pets in your absence.

• Scout for information on the various boarding kennels, catteries and quarantine kennels in your area.

• Find out the details about each organisation and check their space availability, staff strength and charges.

• Select some of the best options in your area. Visit each one of them personally to find out whether they are suitable to your requirement and satisfy you in all aspects.

• Once you have finalised on a particular boarding kennel or cattery, make a thorough inspection of the facility and talk to the staff to find out how congenial they are.

• Ensure that your pet insurance is up to date and covers all the risks. If necessary, take out extra insurance after consulting the boarding kennel.

• Make sure that the boarding kennel has its own vet. Most of them do have their own vets. However, if they do not have a consulting vet on a regular basis, you can request your regular vet to make periodic visits and get the permission of the kennel for such visits.

• Enquire in detail about the diet and other facilities that the kennel is offering for your pets. If you had been administering any special diet on the advice of your vet, you can insist that the kennel also follows that practice during the upkeep of the pet with them. Paying something extra for such special care is worth a lot.

• Observe the facilities in the boarding services for hygiene, weather resistance, fire resistance, cleanliness, etc., so that the health of your pet will be maintained without much difficulty.

The staff running the boarding kennels, catteries, quarantine kennels and other animal boarding services must have formal qualifications. You can ask to see their qualification certificates, if you have any doubt. NPTC of City & Guilds group offers national vocational qualifications in animal care at three levels, Whilst an advanced animal care & management qualification is being provided at fourth level. It will be ideal if the staff have such a formal qualification in animal care and management.

We have compiled an exhaustive directory on all boarding kennels, catteries, quarantine kennels and other types of pet boarding services in UK. You can find all the details necessary for you at boardingkennelslocally.co.uk. If you need anything else, you can always approach us without any hesitation and we will be glad to help you.