Boarding

Vacation & Day Boarding

Are you heading out of town for a day or a week and your pet can’t go with you?

We offer full service boarding for your pet. Your pet does not need to be a patient of Atlantic Veterinary Hospital to board with us.

We will treat your pet with the care and affection it deserves. All pets receive individual care and personal attention throughout the day from our caring staff members, and our doctors are available to supervise your pet’s stay and address any health concerns.

All vacation guests receive the following:

  • Indoor, individual boarding accommodations, with large indoor “runs” for dogs and a quiet, private kennel for cats.
  • Multiple outside walks for dogs and indoor play time for cats (who desire it).
  • Hill’s Sensitive Stomach Diet fed to your specifications. We are also happy to feed any diet you provide at no extra charge.
  • Comfortable, clean bedding — you may bring your pet’s bedding from home but please do so at your own risk, as personal items may get misplaced or chewed.
  • Lots of love, care, and attention.
  • Text, e-mail or phone updates while you travel, if you desire.

For an additional fee, we offer the following services:

  • Medication administration (see our Boarding Policies)
  • Bathing and grooming
  • Additional play time for cats
  • Additional longer walks for dogs who like extra exercise

Day Boarding

We also offer Day Boarding for those times when the carpet cleaner or painter is coming, or any other reason your pet needs a safe, comfortable place to be during the day.

For your convenience, you can schedule veterinary services for your pet while he or she is staying with us, including your pet’s routine physical exam, vaccinations, laboratory tests, and pet dentistry services.

Making a Boarding Reservation

For more information about boarding your pet, to make a reservation, or to schedule a tour, please review the following Boarding Policies, and then call us at 206-323-4433.

Boarding Policies

We require all boarding pets to be current on vaccinations and intestinal parasite control and in good general health.

  • If vaccines or recent parasite screening were performed elsewhere, we require documentation from the hospital that administered the vaccines.
  • If your pet is due for any vaccines, our veterinary staff is available to provide them on the day you check-in for your stay.

Please note: some exceptions will be made regarding vaccine requirements (but not intestinal parasite control) depending on the circumstances of the pet (i.e. age or health status) and require doctor approval prior to check-in.

Please discuss this with our staff when you are making your boarding reservations and we will arrange for one of our doctors to review your pet’s medical records and call you to discuss your pet.

Please call at least two business days before your pet’s scheduled reservation to ensure our doctors have time to review your request.

All pets on a medication or age 10 years or older require a boarding check-in exam with one of our doctors so that we may familiarize ourselves with any current special needs your pet may have. This requirement may be waived on a case-by-case basis if the pet has been seen by a doctor at Atlantic Veterinary Hospital in the past 60 days. Please call ahead so that we may discuss this before your travel date.

For the safety of all pets, we check all boarders for fleas before admitting them to our boarding facilities. If your pet has fleas, prescription flea treatment will be administered and a fee charged for application.

Download our Boarding Admission Form.