Traveling can be stressful enough without worrying about how your canine or feline companion will fare without you. After all, nobody knows Buster or Fluffy like you do. Fortunately, we've found several area kennels you can trust.

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Kennels

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Kennels Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Kennels.

• Subscriber from FOX RIVER GROVE, GA wrote Another Kennel: Very satisfied with this Kennel........
• Subscriber from LONG GROVE, IL wrote Another Kennel: They did not have dogs clean at pre-arranged pick-up time. The dogs were filthy and..........
• Subscriber from HINSDALE, IL wrote Another Kennel: Would not be able to recommend this place! Check-in woman at desk (this was all..........
• Subscriber from NORTHBROOK, IL wrote Another Kennel: Had an older dog that required bedding. They refused to allow. Finally they put in..........
• Subscriber from EVANSTON, IL wrote Another Kennel: Do not provide detailed bills and do not accept credit cards........
• Subscriber from GURNEE, IL wrote Another Kennel: My only issue is that they did not let us know ahead of time that..........
• Subscriber from GLENVIEW, IL wrote Another Kennel: Dog came home from grooming looking as if he had not been groomed........
• Subscriber from OSWEGO, IL wrote Another Kennel: MY dogs are always happy and have been taken good care of.......
• Subscriber from LEMONT, IL wrote Another Kennel: Staff turn-over seems to be quite high. Generally, we have been pleased with their service..........
• Subscriber from HINSDALE, IL wrote Another Kennel: Our dog seems happy here. Always comes back in good condition. Clean, bright facility. Nice..........
• Subscriber from SOUTH HOLLAND, IL wrote Another Kennel: The Best.......
• Subscriber from WHEATON, IL wrote Another Kennel: They really like dogs!!! They are concerned!.......
• Subscriber from NAPERVILLE, IL wrote Another Kennel: We were very disappointed when we picked up our dog. We had him groomed at..........
• Subscriber from HINSDALE, IL wrote Another Kennel: Very dirty, spider web-y facility. Mean, unfriendly people. Our dog came back with eye infection........
• Subscriber from LYONS, IL wrote Another Kennel: The only thing I didn't like is they had my dog playing inside (ok, it..........
• Subscriber from GURNEE, IL wrote Another Kennel: Good comfort level with leaving my pets there. Very reliable. My dogs seem to love..........
• Subscriber from WESTMONT, IL wrote Another Kennel: Facility appears (and smells) clean, staff are friendly, enthusiastic and clearly proud of their operation...........
• Subscriber from ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL wrote Another Kennel: We have two big scary looking dogs. These people treat them like cuddly little spaniel..........
• Subscriber from NAPERVILLE, IL wrote Another Kennel: Found this place ten years ago after my dog died. They are great. I bought..........
• Subscriber from GRAYSLAKE, IL wrote Another Kennel: You can tell the owners really care about pets........
• Subscriber from GENEVA, IL wrote Another Kennel: We have boarded two dogs at their facilities several times for one or more weeks,..........