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It's a vacation ritual that many pet-owners have: the day before their flight, they take their beloved pooch down to the kennel to wait eagerly for your arrival. Cats are a different story. People tend to envision cats as more entitled and frenetic creatures, that can't handle the transportation or change to their routine with the same grace and dignity as the family dog; instead of having them boarded like our rough-and-tumble canines, we usually just have someone stop in to clean their litter box, feed them, and maybe toss the old' catnip mouse around for a bit. However, this is a logical fallacy-the fact that cats are fairly independent creatures does not necessarily mean that they would rather hang around an empty home than be welcomed into a community like a kennel. Cat boarding is a good idea because of a cat's general independence. A cat's seeming indifference to humans is part of their general psychology. By ignoring you, they invite fawning and doting behavior that they can have whenever they want. People want what they can't have, and cats let this fact inform their dealings with humans; while they seem indifferent, cats crave love like any living creature.
Luckily people are beginning to realize this and, like anything else, the market is rushing to fill this need. Cat boarding is becoming more and more popular, and when you think about it, it's strange that it didn't happen sooner. Cats show off their fussiness to us while we're with them, but when we go out of town, we leave them to the devices of a neighborhood friend instead of a pet care professional? The dog that's happy with two bowls of kibble and a couple throws of the ball gets better than that at a kennel! Well, a few dedicated and reliable cat lovers stepped in to fill this void in out-of-town pet care. Cat-boarding facilities are becoming as standard as dog kennels, with perhaps even greater attention to detail. There are now even "cat hotels" where your cat will get the royal treatment that you give it while you're home. Everything from kitty jungle gyms to specially designed diets to a cats' independence and favorability towards other cats is taken into account.
Take heed, however, that you get what you pay for. As with a dog kennel, you should really look at a place before sending your cat off there. Cats are very sensitive, and could suffer some very real psychological damage if they're put in a poor environment. Some cats can shrug off pretty much anything, but many of them are much more psychologically susceptible to neglect than dogs.
Written by Robert Gold, a writer for a cat boarding facility in Chicago, IL.
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