PET BOARDING SERVICES

Boarding your pet at Dogwood Veterinary Hospital and Laser Center, you can rest assured that your pet will be in the trained, caring and capable hands of our animal care specialist team.  Here at Dogwood, we understand that the decision to board your pet at a kennel is a decision not to be taken lightly. It is difficult to think of your pet out of his/her home environment while you are on vacation.

We strive to provide the finest services available in veterinary medicine and pet-care today. During a past hospital expansion, we devised a state of the art boarding facility with separate wards for Large Dogs, Small Dogs, and Cats.

Boarding at Dogwood is provided as a service to our veterinary clientele. If your pet has never been to our hospital, it is easy to become a veterinary boarding client. All that is required is a pre-boarding examination by one of our veterinarians, and a copy of your pet's recent vaccination history. 

All dogs and cats must be up-to-date on distemper & rabies vaccinations and be fully examined by one of our staff veterinarians within the past year of the pet's boarding stay.  Dogs must also be up-to-date on the kennel cough vaccination and proof of yearly negative fecal (stool sample) and heartworm tests are also required. All other pets must be examined within one year of the boarding stay. We have the canine influenza vaccine available and is strongly recommended in the more susceptible breeds such as sight hounds.

One of the many benefits of boarding your pet at our veterinary facility is that if your pet should become ill for any reason during a boarding stay, a veterinarian or certified veterinary technician is available on premises for assistance.  Your pet is monitored for appetite, urine and fecal output, and behavior. 

Our veterinarians are updated daily of the status of your pet during the stay.  Your companion can then be treated accordingly by the doctors and staff that you trust most, your own veterinary hospital, without transferring your pet off of the Dogwood property.

Compassionate quality care, outside play time and frequent walks will make every pet's stay enjoyable, allowing owner & pet to both have a relaxing vacation.

For any boarding related questions and/or more information about our boarding facility please contact us at (770) 253-3416 or email Friends@dogwoodvet.com