| About Pet Lodging | | | | keys and access to your home - a dangerous |
| When you're ready to go on vacation, it may not be | | | | proposition if the person is a complete stranger. |
| an option to take your pet with you. Though you will | | | | Kennels |
| find that quite a few hotels are pet friendly (for a | | | | Kennels or pet hotels are just what they sound like - |
| fee) and traveling with your pet in tow is one way | | | | places where you can drop your pet for the duration |
| to go, you may find it more convenient to find pet | | | | of your trip, knowing that they will be cared for by |
| lodging at home while you travel to your destination. | | | | professionals. Lower cost kennels keep your pet in a |
| An entire industry has grown up to provide you with | | | | large concrete or caged room with a bed, food |
| a variety of services to choose from. Take your pick! | | | | dishes, and towels or toys and blankets that you |
| Pet Sitters | | | | bring. You can bring food of your own and stipulate |
| These kind people allow your pets to stay in the | | | | special medication that needs to be given, and you |
| comfort of their own home while they handle the | | | | can be sure that your pet will get some attention at |
| discomfort of your absence. Pet sitters come by | | | | least once every day from the staff. Pet hotels are |
| daily for dogs, to walk them, feed them, and spend | | | | slightly nicer, offering higher quality rooms, more |
| some time. For cats, they may come over every | | | | expensive food, a bath and nail clipping session, and |
| couple days to refresh the water bowl, scoop the | | | | perhaps even some backyard time. |
| litter box, and refill the food. Other pets require pet | | | | Expense |
| sitters on an as needed basis depending on the | | | | Pet sitters usually charge by the hour - or by the day |
| species for their basic survival requirements. | | | | - with an additional charge for each pet and perhaps |
| No matter what kind of pet you have, you may also | | | | extra fees for special services like nail clipping or |
| employ your pet sitter to spend time with your pet | | | | medication. You may be charged $10 a day by a |
| so he doesn't get lonely. This may help you avoid the | | | | teenager in the neighborhood or $25 a day or more |
| angry 'accidents' that jilted pets leave for their | | | | for a local company. |
| owners (i.e. chewed up furniture, shoes with an extra | | | | This, however, is nothing to what you will pay per |
| special 'gift' left inside). It is essential, however, that | | | | night for a kennel. These can range from $45 to $75 |
| you choose a pet sitter who you know and trust or | | | | a night with higher costs during holiday seasons. And |
| a company with a solid track record and references | | | | the price tag for a pet hotel stay? It may rival your |
| you can contact. Unless your dog lives in the back | | | | own. Some are more than $100 a night. |
| yard, you will need to provide your pet sitter with | | | | |