While many factors come into play when dog and cat owners consider which kennel is best for boarding their precious pets — a high-quality environment tops the list.

A clean, modern, well-organized and attractive facility projects quality and stands out from other local options in a huge way. The color scheme, equipment choices and attention to cleanliness all demonstrate your business’s commitment to pet comfort and customer satisfaction.

You may not have considered this, but color can set the stage for a positive first impression of your facility the minute pet owners walk in the door, whether they see a joyful yellow, healing green, tranquil blue, secure beige or happy orange.

That’s why Direct Animal Products recently expanded its colors for dog and cat kennel designs.

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Pet owner spending is staggering. The American Pet Products Association reported that pet spending is higher than ever, with a forecast of $58.5 Billion in spending for 2014. The report stated, “Pet services showed the largest percentage of growth last year, rising 6.1 percent from 2012, putting spending in that category at $4.41 billion. With grooming, training, boarding and other services on the rise, it’s estimated for highest category growth again over the next year at $4.73 billion in spending.”

Wow, that’s a lot of boarding and daycare clients! Just think — how many of those dollars will head your way.

Last year we helped 536 customers open beautiful new luxury dog boarding and daycare facilities using our stainless steel cages, kennels, grooming bath tubs and other equipment that offer exceptional durability, sanitation and great looks.

While there’s room for everyone to succeed…

we want to show you 5 ways an investment in luxury dog-kennel and grooming equipment will help you STAND OUT as the best boarding facility in town (bringing in loads of business!).

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Did you happen to see Part 1 of this series about how the right kennel flooring can make a WORLD of difference to your dog daycare, animal shelter/humane society or animal control center? Flooring expert Jeff Adney explained how the best dog kennel designs include flooring material that makes your life easy when it comes to daily maintenance, cleanliness and lasting performance.

He noted the five key attributes of your D.R.E.A.M. floor: (D)urability, (R)eturn on investment, (E)nvironmentally friendly, (A)esthetics, and (M)aintenance. From this it was concluded the floor option that best met all five of these attributes was resinous/epoxy-based coatings.

In Part 2, Jeff discusses the kennel flooring pre-purchase and installation decisions you’ll want to consider.

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If you’re building or remodeling a high-quality facility for a doggie daycare, animal shelter/humane society or an animal control center, you’ll want to consider how your kennel flooring and equipment go hand-in-hand for safe and sanitary operation.

The right floor material choice and installation process can make a huge difference in the success of any dog kennel designs — more than you might imagine! That’s why we’re excited to re-post (with permission) a two-part Pet Boarding & Daycare article written by Jeff Adney of Prime Coat Coating Systems.

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Picture this. You’re grooming a dog and you spend an hour bathing, blow drying and clipping the fur so it’s absolutely perfect. Then, you call the dog’s owner to say, “Fluffy’s all set for pick up!” The owner says, “Great! I’ll be there in about an hour.”

So now Fluffy is sitting in a temporary cage, looking beautiful, smelling like a rose and ready to go.

But here’s the problem. Fluffy has to pee. Now. So she does, in the cage.

Yikes! Now you have pee in the cage, ruining all your gorgeous grooming work. Or do you…?

At Direct Animal, we solved the pet pee dilemma with our unique galvanized/stainless steel dog cage that includes a unique subfloor and collection pan.

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If you think dog kennels have to be sterile-looking and seriously dull, we have a surprise for you. You can easily bring a bright and cheery feel into your boarding facility or shelter with today’s colorful dog kennel panels. Color can make your team happier, your clients happier… and who knows? The pets might even be happier.

Perhaps you’d like to have kennels that complement your facility’s logo or décor. Or you’re simply ready to go from drab to delightful. Now you have oodles of options in dog kennel designs and configurations to add a pop of color in all the right places.

See how you can add a pleasing punch to your facility with the 6 color options in our Starlite dog kennel panels.

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Raise your hand if your pet business or animal shelter deals with wiggly, nervous, skittish or even unpredictable dogs and cats. They can be a real challenge, right?

Even though you carefully screen the pets under your care, sometimes dogs or cats can be nervous or spooked by noises and other situations. Or, you may not have the luxury of screening all pets for temperament before taking them in (such as in a no-kill shelter situation).

Therefore, safety is a constant concern for you and your staff… and for the animals in your care.

We understand. That’s why our space-maximizing double-stack dog kennel designs are engineered with 7 safety extras you won’t find anywhere else.

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