The Best Dog Kennel Cleaning Equipment

Kennel cleaning is a pain. Just ask professional kennel designer Craig McAllester. In this article in Pet Boarding magazine, McAllester reveals the lengths his clients will go to simplify the cleaning process. Automatic kennel cleaning ideas include running the fire sprinkler system daily to clean, using loose gravel for indoor flooring, and installing an open trench drain at the back of the kennel.

McAllester understands his clients’ wishes, but his response is blunt. “There is NO Self-Cleaning Kennel solution.”

There are ways, however, to simplify the kennel cleaning process. As a designer, McAllister focuses on material and drainage solutions. But there are automatic kennel cleaning equipment choices that can save hours of daily, back breaking labor–even for kennels without central drains.

Why Kennel Cleaning is Important

As unpleasant and physically demanding as the task is, daily kennel cleaning is vital to keeping pets safe. Illnesses like Canine Parvovirus, also known as parvo, are spread through direct or indirect contact with feces. Kennel cough, also called canine infectious respiratory disease, is spread through airborne particles or contaminated food and water bowls. Daily cleaning helps curb the spread of these diseases.

Thorough kennel cleaning is vital for protecting pets. It also protects your business’s reputation. Visibly dirty, malodorous spaces discourage workers and repels potential customers. One kennel owner experienced this firsthand. His newly purchased dog boarding and training business smelled so unpleasant that workers constantly called out sick. He also had trouble booking new clients. “They would take a tour, smile politely, say thanks, and I would never hear back,” he admits.

Automatic Kennel Cleaning Equipment

Better kennel cleaning equipment can turn unpleasant spaces like these around. The owner mentioned above blamed poor results on the kennel cleaning tools. With no integrated drainage system, workers were forced to work with spray bottles, mops, and rags. “My staff were not cleaning but just moving the mess around,” he says.

State-of-the-art kennel cleaning tools, like the No-Touch Cleaning® system from Kaivac, actually remove soils, germs, and dangerous pathogens from the space. These tools work faster than mops and rags. They also make cleaning much easier for staff. Instead of manually scrubbing, wiping, rinsing, and drying the automatic kennel cleaning equipment does the work.

Once the kennel is cleared of animals, food bowls, and toys, employees simply use the No-Touch Cleaning system to:

Spray kennel walls and floors with automatically diluted cleaning solution

Rinse soils and solution to the floor with a freshwater rinse

Vacuum the slurry away, leaving the floor dry and ready to walk (or roll around) on

This system removes the need to bend, crawl, scrub, and wipe. Workers never have to get close to, or touch, unpleasant messes. Plus, the No-Touch Cleaning system is easy to learn and use so even the newest employee can deliver a perfect clean.

Kaivac also offers cleaning chemicals perfect for kennel use. For daily cleaning, Kaivac recommends using Green Seal Certified KaiO™ Multipurpose cleaner. When disinfectant is called for, load the No-Touch Cleaning system with KaiBosh™ Disinfectant cleaner. The automatic kennel cleaning tool dilutes the chemical solutions to the correct strength, eliminating the chance of accidentally using too much, or too little, chemical.

Click here to learn more about kennel cleaning solutions from Kaivac.