Kistler Kennels

You ever have a vacation where you wonder if your dogs are having a better vacation than you? You probably had them at Kistler Kennels. We forgot about them after seeing the daily pictures. (Look at their Facebook page). This is super comforting knowing we are looking for permanent vacation property in the area. We will be regulars. Home away from home for the dogs.

I’m not sure if this was just a one off type of thing, but I will NOT be back. I chose this Kennel because they had great reviews, but I was very disappointed. I dropped my two dogs off for the day while I was camping in Ludington with my family to go sightseeing seeing for the day. When I picked my dogs up, they were completely soaked in pee from their hips down…didn’t bother to say anything about it or feel the need to address it before they jumped in my car and all over my family. They handed my dogs to me in a hurry and told me to pay via the invoice sent to email. These dogs get boarded at another facility a lot, and they never act the way they both acted when I got them back. I shouldn’t have gave these people a bent penny….beware.

If I could leave a negative 50 I would. Was told they would take our dog, explained she is an American bully but is a normal 1 year old pup. She loves on our kids ranging from 1 to 10 and no issues with other dogs at all. Set up a meet and greet. My husband left on the designated day, called and said he was on the way did the time still work? Was told by owner 10 minutes before the scheduled time that they would not take her because of her breed. They did not even see her and did not let us know ahead of time as we scheduled the meeting days ahead of time. Sad they breed discriminate. Found a much better place with Applewood kennels. Thank God not all people are this unprofessional and am happy they did not get our baby as they obviously would have not treated her with the love we do. Th

This was the best place to take our dogs while we went out on the sand dunes. Our dogs were well cared for and happy! We ran into a problem and we’re not able to get back to Kistler kennels when we thought and they were amazing and made us feel so much better! Thank you everyone at Kistler kennels for being so gracious and loving our pups!!

Our first experience with overnight boarding with our 10 month old pup. Mrs. Visscher and family treated her like she was their own and she was just as excited being with them. That certainly helped us with "our" separation anxiety! We'll definitely use them again during future trips up to Michigan.