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How is your dog likely to cope with a kennel stay?

Answer fifteen questions about your dog's time away from you, new places and other dogs, its routine and care, and its age and energy. See where a stay could be hard and what to ask a kennel or host. Runs in your browser. No account, no card, no call.

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Time away from you

Has your dog spent a night or more away from you and settled?

Does your dog stay calm when left with someone other than you?

Can your dog be left alone for a few hours without barking, pacing or chewing things?

Has any previous kennel or boarding stay gone well?

New places, noise and other dogs

Does your dog settle quickly in a place it has not been before?

Is your dog relaxed around dogs it does not know?

Does your dog cope with the sound of other dogs barking?

Is your dog comfortable being handled by people it does not know?

Routine and care

Does your dog eat normally when its routine changes?

Could someone new follow your dog's feeding and any medication routine from written instructions?

Does your dog's care need nothing beyond meals, walks and rest?

Do you know which veterinary clinic would be used in an emergency?

Age and energy

Does your dog manage a full day without extra help for its age, such as more toilet breaks or rest?

Would the walks a kennel or host offers be enough for your dog to settle?

Does your dog sleep well away from its own bed?

Answer the questions to see your score. It updates as you go.

Method: yes scores a question in full, partly scores half and no scores nothing. Each is weighted from one to three by how much it affects a stay away from home, and the score is the weighted share out of a hundred. Unanswered questions are left out. It uses only what you have seen your dog do, and it is not a veterinary assessment.

How is your dog likely to cope with a kennel stay?

Answer fifteen questions about your dog's time away from you, new places and other dogs, its routine and care, and its age and energy. See where a stay could be hard and what to ask a kennel or host. Runs in your browser. No account, no card, no call.

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