But what does that mean?

When you board your pet at an PCSA Accredited boarding kennel, you know that you are dealing with a pet care facility that complies with all of the "Standards of Excellence" required by the PCSA Voluntary Facilities Accreditation Program (VFA Program), the only pet industry program which enables participating boarding kennels to demonstrate their commitment to exceptional pet care.

The VFA Program is administered by the Pet Care Services Association (PCSA), the international trade association for the owners and operators of commercial boarding kennels, and offers you, the pet owner, the comfort of knowing that the accredited facility you are using has earned the PCSA "stamp of approval" by successfully competing this comprehensive program.

Boarding kennels, which participate in the VFA Program, must submit detailed information on their animal care procedures and business policies to PCSA. They must also open their facility to an on-site inspection by trained VFA evaluators, to verify compliance with the Standards of Excellence that the program specifies.

The program standards include over 200 detailed requirements for boarding kennels and were developed by the Pet Care Services Association over a five-year period. These standards reflect the views of kennel operators, veterinarians, pet owners, and humane organizations and thus represent the current "state of the art" in animal care management.