How to choose the best kennels for your dog:-

Choose the kennel where your pet will stay carefully.

Compile a check list of questions to ask from the information given above for kennel owners and visit several kennels to find the best in your area.

Make an appointment to view the kennels rather than just turning up so that it is convenient for kennel owner and they will have time to answer your questions. Be sure to view well in advance of when you need the kennels as good ones get booked up early, especially during busy holiday periods.

Above all else, choose a place where the staff are interested in and like animals!
Dogs are social animals and fare best with kind, empathetic and professional staff to care for them.

If the choice is between luxury kennels with miserable, difficult staff and a slightly shabby kennels with friendly staff that really care, choose the latter.

Find a kennels where staff are friendly, polite and interact easily with dogs and the customers. Surly, ill-at-ease staff are likely to be poisonous with the dogs in their care and such establishments are best avoided.

Choose a place where there is sufficient staff to give individual care.

If the kennels claim to walk all dogs once a day, ask for how long and then do the sums to see if there are enough staff to make this possible. Staff are expensive, especially if they are well trained and good quality, so expect to pay more for a better service.

The kennels should be clean, tidy and welcoming.

The housing for the dogs should be at the correct temperature and dry.

There should be no smell and proper food storage facilities should be available.

Check the dogs to see if they look happy and settled. There will be initial barking as you walk in, but this should settle quickly in a well run kennels as stress levels will be low.