Compassionate Care For Pets
Pet Boarding Checklist and Reminders
When boarding your pet at Northgate Animal Hospital, please ensure you bring their vaccination records—unless they’ve already been administered at our facility. If not, vaccinations will be given when your pet is admitted. It’s important to provide current contact information, including phone numbers, and any necessary medications or supplements, which must be in their original prescription bottles or packaging. Medication administration is available for an additional fee. If your pet has specific dietary needs or you plan to bring their own food, please include detailed feeding instructions. Otherwise, we feed age-appropriate Purina EN food.
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Pet Boarding Policies
Please bring the following:
- Vaccination records if not received at Northgate Animal Hospital, otherwise, your pet(s) will be vaccinated at the time they are admitted for boarding.
- Contact information and phone numbers.
- If your pet requires any medication or supplements, they MUST be in their original prescription bottles or packaging and can be given for an additional fee.
- Feeding instructions if you bring food for your pet or if they require a prescription diet. Normally we feed age-appropriate Purina EN food.
- Remember to remove your pet(s) leash and collar and take them with you.
- You may also want to include a Kong toy, Nylabone or similar toy
- Old T-shirt or small towel to remind your pet of home.
- Don't Forget To Label All Of Your Pet's Items!
We request that you NOT bring the following:
- Rawhide toys or chews
- Toys that can be chewed into smaller pieces
- Real animal bones (may also chip or break teeth)
- These following items are easily soiled, difficult to keep clean & organized, or take up valuable space during your pet's stay with us:
- Beds, blankets, quilts, etc.
- Pet carriers
- Personal food bowls
- Special food treats not normally eaten at home (to avoid digestive upset)
Hospital Boarding Policy
We are unable to accommodate raw diets due to health risks to our staff and other pets.
For the protection of your pet and the other animals presently boarding at our facility, three requirements must be met before leaving your pet in the care of Northgate Animal Hospital.
If we must provide these services, you will incur additional expenses in addition to your boarding charges. Please allow extra time when dropping off and picking up your pet, as we verify your pet's information. Unfortunately, there can be no exceptions.
The following requirements must be met in order to board your pet at Northgate Animal Hospital:
Vaccinations
Please bring your pet(s) vaccination records if they were not vaccinated at our hospital, otherwise your pet(s) will be vaccinated at the time they are admitted for boarding.
Dogs
- Rabies current on a 1 or 3 year
- Canine Distemper/hepatitis within 2 years
- Parvo within 2 years
- Bordetella within 1 year
- Lepto within 1 year
Cats
- Rabies current on a 1 or 3 year
- Feline three-way Distemper within 2 years
- Feline Leukemia within 2 years
Dogs, puppies, cats and kittens must have completed, or be presently receiving their appropriate series of vaccinations.
Pets must have been checked for internal parasites (intestinal worms) within the past six months. If not, they must be checked and treated if positive.
Pets must be checked for ectoparasites (fleas & ticks). If the pet(s) are found to have fleas and/or ticks, they will be treated at an additional expense.
Compassionate & Comprehensive Care
If your pet(s) become ill while boarding with us, a doctor will examine your pet(s) and prescribe necessary treatment to be administered at an additional expense. Owners whose pets were vaccinated and/or received medications due to illness while boarding with us will consult with the doctor at the time the pet is discharged.
Drop-Off & Pick-Up Hours
Pets may be admitted into boarding Monday-Friday between 7:30am and 3:30pm and picked up between 7:30am-4:30pm Monday-Friday.
Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays observed by the hospital