Most Important Things to Consider Before Boarding Your Pet
Planning a vacation is never the same once you have a pet member in your family. Nothing like traveling with your pet on a vacation but if situation so demands, you may want to consider the following factors before boarding your pet.
Factors to Consider Before Boarding Your Pet
Being away from you can be traumatic for your pet. Hence, it is all the more essential that you choose a perfect pet care that takes great care of your pet while you are away from home on a trip. Here are some recommendations on how to choose the best pet stay for your little friend.
1) Ask Around
Once you decide pet stay is the best option for your furry friend while you go on a vacation, you can ask pet parents you are in contact with. This is just a beginning though.
Recommendations from other pet parents give you a lead. However, each pet is unique with different needs. What went well for one pet member may or may not suit your pet. Hence, you need to proceed to step 2.
2) Visit Pet Boarding
Choosing the right pet boarding for your pet member involves dedicated efforts. Once you have shortlisted the pet stays available in your locality, the next step would be to pay a visit to the pet care that you have chosen.
Visiting the pet care will help you assess the environment better. The pet stay should be hygiene with space for your little friend to move around.
Visiting the pet care before boarding your pet will not only help to assess the quality of the particular pet stay but also the quality of care givers. As a dedicated pet parent, you will be able to identify the right pet care the moment you see it. Just step in and you will know if it is the right place for your loved one till you return.
3) Check if Veterinary Care is Available
Even if you are boarding your pet for just a couple of days, it is highly essential to know if the pet stay has on call veterinary services available. Any pet care center that works with passion and dedication will have tie-ups with veterinary doctors to ensure their guests' health needs are adequately taken care of if necessity demands. This helps you travel with peace of mind.
4) Learn About Vaccination Requirements for Accepting Guests
This is one of the most important factors to consider before boarding your pet. A pet center that requires its pet guests to be update on vaccinations is a clear indication of the health standards maintained by them.
Guests at pet stays should have been immunized against rabies, distemper and parvo virus so the risk of contracting infections or spreading infections is prevented. While choosing a pet care for boarding your pet, ensure they maintain appropriate protocols with regards to vaccination. This would ensure your pet does not get exposed to such health risks.
5) Check How Exercise Needs are Handled by Pet Care
Every pet needs to get her share of exercises daily not only to keep her healthy but also to prevent issues arising from behavioral problems. Check with the pet care if they have an organized exercise plan for pets, which naturally includes taking them for a walk everyday.
6) Learn About The Feeding Routine at Pet Boarding
Check if the feeding routine at pet care matches with that of your pet's. If not, you may request them to customize it to suit your pet's feeding routine. Dogs are generally upset when their routines are disturbed. You would not want to add to her existing woes of separation anxiety by having her feeding routine upset as well.
As far as feeding itself is concerned, some pet stays stock branded pet foods. If you have always been feeding your loved one home-cooked food, you are sure to be averse to having your pet eating pet foods available in the market. Ensure you make necessary arrangements so your girl is given the food that she is used to having at home. You can also ask if your little one's special foods / treats can be brought along while boarding your pet.
That said, some pets do not even go for their food when they are separated from their families. But, quality pet care centers understand the emotional needs of their guests and do their best to get them adapted to the new environment.
7) Learn About Supervision During Boarding
Vigilant supervision is essential at pet care. Apart from ensuring pets' safety, round the clock vigilance will help to prevent behavioral issues of distressed pets. While some pets enjoy boarding when they have company, some pets remain anxious and withdrawn. Hence keeping a constant watch helps to uplift the mood of sad pets and prevent destructive behavior.
Some pets seek to find out their 'lost' family and may attempt to look for you by getting out of the pet care property. Round the clock supervision ensures search attempts are prevented.
8) Stay Connected While Away
Though not physically present around your furry friend, you can always feel connected if your pet stay choice was perfect. A dedicated pet stay will ensure you know how your pet's world is when you are away. You will be shared photos and videos of your pet.
Other important factors to consider before boarding your pet include:
How to Make the Stay Pleasant and Enjoyable
Now that we have covered some of the important aspects on what to look for before boarding your pet, here are a few other things that you can do to ensure your pet's stay is pleasant and enjoyable.
Keep the pet stay informed about your pet's food preferences.
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Factors to Consider Before Boarding Your Pet
Being away from you can be traumatic for your pet. Hence, it is all the more essential that you choose a perfect pet care that takes great care of your pet while you are away from home on a trip. Here are some recommendations on how to choose the best pet stay for your little friend.
1) Ask Around
Once you decide pet stay is the best option for your furry friend while you go on a vacation, you can ask pet parents you are in contact with. This is just a beginning though.
Recommendations from other pet parents give you a lead. However, each pet is unique with different needs. What went well for one pet member may or may not suit your pet. Hence, you need to proceed to step 2.
2) Visit Pet Boarding
Choosing the right pet boarding for your pet member involves dedicated efforts. Once you have shortlisted the pet stays available in your locality, the next step would be to pay a visit to the pet care that you have chosen.
Visiting the pet care will help you assess the environment better. The pet stay should be hygiene with space for your little friend to move around.
Visiting the pet care before boarding your pet will not only help to assess the quality of the particular pet stay but also the quality of care givers. As a dedicated pet parent, you will be able to identify the right pet care the moment you see it. Just step in and you will know if it is the right place for your loved one till you return.
3) Check if Veterinary Care is Available
Even if you are boarding your pet for just a couple of days, it is highly essential to know if the pet stay has on call veterinary services available. Any pet care center that works with passion and dedication will have tie-ups with veterinary doctors to ensure their guests' health needs are adequately taken care of if necessity demands. This helps you travel with peace of mind.
4) Learn About Vaccination Requirements for Accepting Guests
This is one of the most important factors to consider before boarding your pet. A pet center that requires its pet guests to be update on vaccinations is a clear indication of the health standards maintained by them.
Guests at pet stays should have been immunized against rabies, distemper and parvo virus so the risk of contracting infections or spreading infections is prevented. While choosing a pet care for boarding your pet, ensure they maintain appropriate protocols with regards to vaccination. This would ensure your pet does not get exposed to such health risks.
5) Check How Exercise Needs are Handled by Pet Care
Every pet needs to get her share of exercises daily not only to keep her healthy but also to prevent issues arising from behavioral problems. Check with the pet care if they have an organized exercise plan for pets, which naturally includes taking them for a walk everyday.
6) Learn About The Feeding Routine at Pet Boarding
Check if the feeding routine at pet care matches with that of your pet's. If not, you may request them to customize it to suit your pet's feeding routine. Dogs are generally upset when their routines are disturbed. You would not want to add to her existing woes of separation anxiety by having her feeding routine upset as well.
As far as feeding itself is concerned, some pet stays stock branded pet foods. If you have always been feeding your loved one home-cooked food, you are sure to be averse to having your pet eating pet foods available in the market. Ensure you make necessary arrangements so your girl is given the food that she is used to having at home. You can also ask if your little one's special foods / treats can be brought along while boarding your pet.
That said, some pets do not even go for their food when they are separated from their families. But, quality pet care centers understand the emotional needs of their guests and do their best to get them adapted to the new environment.
7) Learn About Supervision During Boarding
Vigilant supervision is essential at pet care. Apart from ensuring pets' safety, round the clock vigilance will help to prevent behavioral issues of distressed pets. While some pets enjoy boarding when they have company, some pets remain anxious and withdrawn. Hence keeping a constant watch helps to uplift the mood of sad pets and prevent destructive behavior.
Some pets seek to find out their 'lost' family and may attempt to look for you by getting out of the pet care property. Round the clock supervision ensures search attempts are prevented.
8) Stay Connected While Away
Though not physically present around your furry friend, you can always feel connected if your pet stay choice was perfect. A dedicated pet stay will ensure you know how your pet's world is when you are away. You will be shared photos and videos of your pet.
Other important factors to consider before boarding your pet include:
- Bedding arrangements
- Adequate ventilation
- Alternate arrangements for exercising during rainy days
- Interactions with other pet guests
How to Make the Stay Pleasant and Enjoyable
Now that we have covered some of the important aspects on what to look for before boarding your pet, here are a few other things that you can do to ensure your pet's stay is pleasant and enjoyable.
Keep the pet stay informed about your pet's food preferences.
Give a detailed information on your pet's attitude, how she behaves with kids, seniors and other pets.
Let the pet boarding not have any surprises while taking your pet for a walk. Let them know how your pet behaves while being taken out for walking. Some pets pounce even on strangers, some run after kids and some pets are scared of certain things like loud noises.
While packing for your pet's boarding, don't forget to include her favorite toys, couple of clothes of your family members so she will feel comfortable with familiar scents.
Pets love their families more than anything else. Still, they always enjoy great company. Stretching an extra mile to ensure their happiness and peace of mind is all that we could do for the little one whose mind has nothing but full of love for us.
As far as we are concerned, thanks to our doctor who also runs a pet care in Chennai, we had no need to go through all these checks and verification. We knew everything is adequately taken care of here. As far as health concerns, Chezhi was in able hands; hope you read my post on Dr. Baktha. As far as her emotional well-being was concerned, she was in the company of a family that has so far dedicated their time and energy to ensure all-round pet care.
Being a senior veterinary doctor with unmatched expertise in this field, Dr. Baktha not only understands pets but also understands pet families and their concerns about their little members. We knew how well Chezhi would be taken care of by those who love her and enjoy her love.
The doctor's family makes sure all their guests are taken great care of. In fact, they do have unexpected visitors who decide to be their guests.
Dr. Baktha narrated an interesting story involving a monkey and his human. The monkey seemed to have had some quarrel with his human on one 'fine' day and dropped in at doctor's pet care facility unannounced. The monkey had been here earlier for some treatment and hence knew the place and the people here. The human not knowing where his monkey went, kept searching for him elsewhere. It took more than three days for the human to find his monkey at the doctor's pet care facility.
Pets love their families more than anything else. Still, they always enjoy great company. Stretching an extra mile to ensure their happiness and peace of mind is all that we could do for the little one whose mind has nothing but full of love for us.
As far as we are concerned, thanks to our doctor who also runs a pet care in Chennai, we had no need to go through all these checks and verification. We knew everything is adequately taken care of here. As far as health concerns, Chezhi was in able hands; hope you read my post on Dr. Baktha. As far as her emotional well-being was concerned, she was in the company of a family that has so far dedicated their time and energy to ensure all-round pet care.
Being a senior veterinary doctor with unmatched expertise in this field, Dr. Baktha not only understands pets but also understands pet families and their concerns about their little members. We knew how well Chezhi would be taken care of by those who love her and enjoy her love.
The doctor's family makes sure all their guests are taken great care of. In fact, they do have unexpected visitors who decide to be their guests.
Dr. Baktha narrated an interesting story involving a monkey and his human. The monkey seemed to have had some quarrel with his human on one 'fine' day and dropped in at doctor's pet care facility unannounced. The monkey had been here earlier for some treatment and hence knew the place and the people here. The human not knowing where his monkey went, kept searching for him elsewhere. It took more than three days for the human to find his monkey at the doctor's pet care facility.
It was really heart-warming to know that this place was considered trust-worthy by a creature that does not know how to read reviews or seek recommendations. In his heart, he had known that he would be safe and comfortable here and will be well-taken care of.
It is not a one-off. Few other non-humans have been their guests without being enrolled by their pet families. What else could best certify this pet stay as an absolute pet-friendly stay in Chennai.
It is not a one-off. Few other non-humans have been their guests without being enrolled by their pet families. What else could best certify this pet stay as an absolute pet-friendly stay in Chennai.
Chezhi with her host member Roopa
Roopa keeping a watch from the first floor
Very interesting and the tips you have suggested are important for pet owners.Ramesh Baktha
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