One outbreak can damage your reputation for years. Here's the prevention protocol used by professional boarding and daycare facilities — and how to enforce it automatically.
Non-negotiable for boarding and daycare. Bordetella (intranasal or injectable) within the past 6-12 months.
Kennel-Sol, Rescue, or similar broad-spectrum disinfectants. 10-minute dwell time. Every kennel, every dog.
Kennel cough spreads through airborne droplets. Facilities with fresh-air circulation see dramatically lower outbreak rates.
Any dog with coughing, sneezing, or discharge is isolated immediately. Send home the same day.
Ask about recent exposure, symptoms in the household, and vet visits at every drop-off. Log the answers.
Animal Friends OS flags any dog without a current Bordetella record and blocks the booking automatically.
Store vaccine certificates in the pet profile. Staff verify on check-in — no rifling through paper files.
If an outbreak occurs: notify all clients from the exposure window, deep clean, close briefly if needed. Document everything.
The intranasal form provides protection within 72-96 hours. The injectable form takes 1-2 weeks. Require vaccination at least 1 week before a dog's first boarding stay.
Many facilities do for grooming, since groomers work face-to-face with dogs all day. At minimum, require it for any dog that spends extended time in the facility.
Yes — Bordetella covers the most common strains but not all. Vaccination significantly reduces severity and spread, but isn't 100%. This is why cleaning protocols and intake screening still matter.
By automatically blocking bookings for dogs with expired Bordetella records and requiring digital vaccine verification at check-in — two of the most common failure points.
Rescue (Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide), Kennel-Sol, and Virkon-S are all effective against Bordetella bronchiseptica. Follow the label contact time (typically 5-10 minutes).
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