Cherokee Kennels

We love Cherokee Kennels. We've been using them for about 25 years for all three of our dogs. Our current dog is more sensitive than the other two and they take special care to make sure he's comfortable by putting him in a quieter area and things like that. I can tell they really care about the animals and are happy to see them, and vice-versa... our dogs have always been happy to go there, even the sensitive one. :-) True it's not one of those fancy resort-type kennels but that's fine with us. It's a high quality kennel in a nice setting and the price is very fair.

We have boarded 2 differant dogs over the past 10 years and very much like the staff and the service. The kennel is clean and the people there are exellant with the dogs. I like the fact that they provide everything, food, blankets and toys for the dogs if you don't want to bring your own from home. Our lab is always on some sort of medication for ear infections or alergies and they always make sure he gets it. Last summer we didn't send enough allergy tablets along and Kim went to our vet clinic and picked some more up for us. We have always felt comfortable taking Duke to Cherokee and he enjoys it too!

Being a lab, he loves the outdoors, and that is one of the reasons we like Cherokee so much, the dogs get to spend so much time outside.



Dee

I took my dogs here for an overnight (thankfully not longer). When I spoke with the nice man on the phone earlier in the week, he told me they would take them out 3 x per day and everything sounded great. When we dropped off, the first thing I heard was a young teenage girl yelling at a dog. And when we took our dogs to the kennel they were to stay in had to walk by every dog, barking loudly of course. The setup is like a dog pound. I asked her where they took them to the bathroom and she said they just go through the dog door and go on the cement slab attached to each kennel. My dogs are not trained to go on cement, but on grass or snow. I asked about taking them out and she asked if I wanted to pay for a playtime (1.00 per dog, cheap enough). Needless to say when we picked up our traumatized dogs the next morning, the food bag was obviously not even opened as their canned food was still there unopened, same with the treats. They do provide dry food but my dogs do not eat that kind. All around a very bad experience. They are inexpensive but you know what they say, you get what you pay for! I'll take them back to 4 paws next time or get someone to come in.