Pet Kennels and Boarding

Let's face it, most people treat their pets as good as family members, some even go beyond this. I know a few people who will not be having kids and their pets are their children, and treated as such. Today there are many options with regards to pet care and boarding your dogs and cats and even other pets. But just like choosing the quality care you would for your child, you need to be choosy about the care you have for your pets.

I recently went on vacation to the other side of the state where I reside and went with my mother in law, no it wasn't that bad, we get along real well. We did not want to take along our two dogs, especially when the van was already full of people. It would not be as fun either, we were going to be staying in hotels and going on lots of tourist attractions around the Badlands and Black Hills of North and South Dakota and those are no places for pets. We wanted a place that we could trust and that would really watch our pets instead of just sticking them into a cage and tossing in food once in awhile.

We went to a few places locally and that is probably the most important thing, aside from reservations well in advance, visiting the kennel and seeing for yourself where the animals are kept. One place we went was terrible, and no pet of mine was even going to be visiting much less staying. The place was on a farm, like many in our area, Fargo, North Dakota, and there were flies everywhere. Not just some flies but way too many, I have been around a farm and know about them, and my wife grew up on one so we know what flies are and what is too many. There were a couple of dogs loose, probably the owners but we could not tell, and several were in fenced in pens, and one of these had open wounds and flies all over, we felt sorry and left.

I will not go into the fact that we should maybe have reported them, it is not going to help as many reports are not taken seriously and the police and animal control have their hands full. Many incidents in the past couple of years have been reported on several places in our area and the best thing that anyone can do is not take their pets there. I feel if people see conditions and want to do something about the place, don't patronize them.