Life does not always go to plan. It is always helpful when developing a business plan to expect the best and plan for the worst. As a result each dog boarding kennels should have a disaster plan. A fire, flood or civil disturbance is highly unlikely, but it does happen from time to time and just as you would expect a hotel to have an evacuation plan for those who stay there any dog owner would want an evacuation plan for their pet they put into the kennels.

There are reports on the internet by staff of one dog boarding kennels saying that the evacuation plan did not include dogs at all.. The dogs were just to be left. As part of your assessment of the kennels it might be instructive if you asked them for a written copy of their disaster management plan. Failing that you could discuss with staff and management how they would handle all the dogs should the worst happen.

Some places such as the US and Australia have major disasters somewhere in the country almost every year. Fires can happen not just in one-off buildings but across wide areas such as occur in Western Australia and the west of the US.. Flooding occurs in Eastern Australia. Major floods have occurred in the UK, Europe and US with hurricane Katrina making us well aware of just how bad it can get. Civil disturbances do occur.

So it is important to know that the dog boarding kennels have a disaster management plan that is well thought out and sufficient to cope with the types of dogs the kennels board. If you are concerned about this then kennels which take smaller numbers of dogs might be more to your liking. It is possible to imagine evacuating 10-20 dogs with reasonable ease, but much less so for 200. Just think of the impressive plan and difficult logistics that would be needed for 200 dogs.