The holidays are the busiest stretch of the year for dog boarding — and the least forgiving. Miss the window? There isn’t another Thanksgiving to catch. Yet most pet care businesses approach it the way they approach every other season: they wait for the phone to ring, for someone to search Google, for inquiries to land in the inbox.
The facilities that fill first don’t wait. They pull last year’s list and start calling — reaching pet parents who already trust them, before those pet parents start comparing options.