Millions of people around the world wrestle with the question of where to place their pets when a natural disaster, sudden illness or an emergency trip means that they will be away for a while. Sometimes people try to have their pets travel with them, only to find that rules at hotels, the pet's travel sickness, or everyone's worst nightmare, the pet running away, completely ruins their vacation. Others find themselves asking friends, family, or neighbors to attend to their pets, though most are not experienced in doing so. Again, the results are often unsatisfactory. 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. More than 30,000,000 pet owners every year entrust their pets to an experienced boarding kennel because of their dependable and safe pet care services.

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.