Information for Pet Owners
What Pet Owners Need to Look for in a Pet Boarding Facility
Your faithful pet deserves pet boarding accommodation that practices high standards of animal welfare. The best evidence of this is when you see a pet boarding facility displaying the “AsureQuality Approved Pet Boarding Premises” logo at their premises and on their marketing material.
This logo is your proof that the kennel or cattery has met with the rigorous AsureQuality Pet Boarding Standard.
To ensure that pet boarding facilities have met this standard, an audit is undertaken by independent and impartial inspectors with no commercial link to the pet boarding industry. The audit takes into account the following and includes randon spot checks:
- Administration
- Facility design
- Environment for dogs and cats
- Isolation facilities for cats and dogs
- Vaccination protocol for cats and dogs
- Animal Healthcare
- Emergency procedures
- Pet food preparation
- Transportation of pets
- Staff health
The Approval Certification is valid for a 12-month period with annual inspections to ensure that standards are being maintained. By adhering to these standards people involved in the animal boarding industry demonstrate to the general public their concern for the welfare of the cats and dogs in their care.
AsureQuality, the Southern Hemisphere’s most accredited supplier of independent auditing and inspection services, is the only organisation in New Zealand offering boarding kennels and catteries an approved programme as evidence of their commitment to animal welfare.
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Your faithful pet deserves pet boarding accommodation that practices high standards of animal welfare. The best evidence of this is when you see a pet boarding facility displaying the “AsureQuality Approved Pet Boarding Premises” logo at their premises and on their marketing material.
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- Check our link to our Approved Facilities - It is always better to ensure that the boarding facility you choose for your pet, is subject to some kind of annual inspection process by an authority with set standards. The certificate which is displayed at the boarding facility, is proof that the owner has complied with very stringent specifications.
- Make an appointment to view the boarding facilities
- Don’t hesitate to ask any questions of the owner or management
