Boarding

Whether you need a quick weekend trip, or a two week cruise, your dog or cat is more than welcome to stay at our boarding facility. We offer a climate controlled environment as well as separate ‘living quarters’ for each of your pets. We do not allow interaction with other boarders for safety purposes. We also have an outdoor, enclosed area where we let your dog out twice daily to stretch out his or her legs and romp around. For dog and cat boarding, we require all vaccinations to be current (see below requirements).

If dropping off for boarding, please allow yourself a little time to answer questions and fill out our boarding forms. If your pet needs to be boarded with medications, there is an additional charge to administer medications. A form specifically for the medications needs to be filled out and all medications need to be brought in their original bottles. If your dog or cat is on special foods, please bring the food with you. We do feed Purina wet and dry but we always prefer the pets to be on their own food so that they do not develop stomach issues due to switching of foods. We provide blankets, beds and towels so you do not have to bring those with you.

Your pet will look better than ever after a bath at our animal hospital. For a more lustrous look to your furry friend, we provide conditioning baths. Whether you are dropping off for the day for a bath or want a bath to be done the day you pick up from boarding, your pet will smell wonderful and be soft as silk! As we are not a grooming service, specialty haircuts are not something we can do here. But if you want to have a summer cut or lion cut, that we can do!

Vaccination Requirements

For dogs:

Rabies

DHPP

Leptospirosis

Bordetella

Caine Influenza

For cats:

Rabies

FVRCP

* Bordetella is required every 6 months for boarding and grooming

* All vaccines are required to be up to date PRIOR to the day of boarding and grooming.

* Certain vaccines need to have a booster vaccine before the series is completed. All vaccines do not have maximum efficacy until 2 weeks after the administration date. This means your pet is not adequately protected until 2 weeks after the last vaccine.

* We will NOT be booking any boarding or grooming appointments unless your pet has all their vaccines current, along with an annual exam by Redwood Animal Hospital on the date of check-in for boarding.

Other Requirements:

Owner must fill out all boarding paperwork- Failure to fill out the forms completely may result in your pet not being able to board with us.

Current flea control- If fleas are seen at the time of drop off, we will administer a dose of flea control at that time (even if you have administered a dose recently)

Cats over 6 months and dogs over 1 year must be spayed or neutered

Pets must have an exam by our Redwood Animal Hospital doctors annually

***Please call us and we can assist you with any question about your pet’s individual boarding needs***