By Fiona Vernon

When travelling for work or travelling for vacation, many individuals choose to bring their pet with them rather than leave them at a boarding facility. However, it’s important to ensure that a pet is properly prepared for the trip before departure. One way in which pet owners can ensure their pet is properly prepared for an upcoming trip is with a full wellness check from Belpar Pet Care Centre. Here, their friendly and knowledgeable veterinary staff can examine a cat or dog and determine if they are well enough to travel outside of their Louisville, Green, or Bolivar area residence. They can also help ensure the pet they examine is up to date on necessary vaccinations before travel. A record of vaccinations and a Certificate of Health if the pet is healthy enough to travel can also be given if required or requested.

When travelling with cats or travelling with dogs, Belpar Pet Care Centre—located at 4835 Fulton Dr. NW in Canton, Ohio—recommends that these pets have a proper form of identification on them. A good and common form of identification for pets to have is a collar I.D. These small pendants should have the pet’s name, the owner’s name, a contact number, and even an address listed on it if possible. Should a pet become lost, this identification can help them be returned to their owner in a timely fashion. However, cats and dogs alike can slip their collars, rendering this form of identification useless. Fortunately, there is one form of identification that a pet cannot slip: a microchip.

Microchipping is something that many pet owners are choosing to invest in when planning to travel with their pet. Although microchipping may sound painful, it is only as painful as their routine vaccinations as the microchip is administered in the same fashion. Even though the microchip is not visible on the pet, many veterinary facilities and shelters across the country are able to scan for it beneath the pet’s skin. Utilizing the information this microchip contains through the scanned microchip’s serial number, the pet can then be reunited with their owners.

As this is a very efficient way to ensure a pet can be identified, Belpar Pet Care Centre encourages pet owners travelling with dogs or travelling with cats this summer to ensure their pet is properly mircochipped before departure at their local animal clinic.  If they have any questions pertaining to the microchipping process, cost, or registration process, their friendly staff will be happy to answer them. They can even provide additional tips on how to keep a pet safe during travel.

Even with the right vaccines, microchipping, and more, travelling with a pet isn’t always a possibility. Often, this is due to a pet’s age, medication requirements, and anxiety levels during travel itself. However, pet owners still want to ensure their cat or dog is taken care of while they are away. For this reason and many others, Belpar Pet Care Centre offers pet boarding services for cats and dogs alike. Through these affordable pet boarding services, they can ensure pets of all ages stay in a cozy, fun, and comfortable environment while their owners are away. Their friendly staff can even administer a pet’s required medication during their stay to ensure they remain healthy and happy until their owner returns from their trip.

To learn more about Belpar Pet Care Centre, visit their website at www.belparvet.com. Otherwise, feel free to call 330.492.8387 to speak with one of their knowledgeable staff members.

Belpar Pet Care Centre
4835 Fulton Dr. NW
Canton, OH 44718
www.belparvet.com
330.492.8387