I have boarded mine before and I checked out the place that mine was going to with my vet first. They hear the good, bad and ugly about boarding kennels and groomers. When I went to check it out I was given a tour of the place. It was clean as a whistle both inside and out. I never saw one poo anywhere. I made sure that the inside runs were properly heated in the winter and they have air conditioning in the summer. They also got individual "lap time" from the owner and his wife. They have two huge outside play areas for when the weather is nice and individual outside runs as well. If it was ok with me they were allowed to play in the small dog inside kindergarten with other little dogs that were boarding there. They encouraged me to bring toys, beds or kennels from home so they had thier own stuff. THe only thing was the dishes, they used thier own as they were sterilized after each time they were fed. The one thing they were adamant about was that the dogs have thier bordettela and all other vaccines up to date. I was told I could drop in anytime and phone in the evening to make sure they were ok..my dogs loved going there. The kennel is called Papa and Nana's Kennel..and they treat them awesome.