Dog and cat boarding near Vallejo

Vallejo is the Bay Area side of the I-80 corridor, and the drive to the kennel is a single straight run up the freeway, past Fairfield, with a short turn onto Midway Road at the end.

Quick facts

• About 50 minutes and 35.8 miles
• 28.8 miles on Interstate 80
• Same-day tours, no appointment

Mostly Interstate 80

From Vallejo the route is almost entirely Interstate 80 for 28.8 miles, with local roads around Tennessee Street at the start and Midway Road at the end. The 50-minute estimate has no traffic.

Plan the pick-up for the afternoon window, 2:00 to 5:00 PM, if you expect to be coming back through Fairfield at rush hour.

A large city with older homes

Vallejo has about 124,300 residents in about 44,800 households. The median age is about 41, the median year a home was built is 1975, about 57 percent of households own their home and about 30 percent have children. National AVMA shares suggest about 20,400 dog households and 14,400 cat households, an estimate.

Boarding demand follows trips: long weekends, holidays and summer travel. Look at the Thanksgiving and summer vacation pages for early-booking advice.

Shelters and parks

Vallejo's animal sheltering is provided by the Humane Society of the North Bay at 1121 Sonoma Boulevard and by Solano County Animal Care at 2510 Clay Bank Road in Fairfield, which serves Vallejo with Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City and Vacaville.

Wherever you get your license, the rabies certificate is the same record that the kennel needs before a first stay.

Prices and run choices

On the 2026 rates a night is $52 in Economy, $59 in Business Class and $72 in First Class, with a second dog sharing paying $44, $50 or $61. Cats are $35 a night. Medications and walks are included. If you are on active duty or in a military family, the military rate is about 10 percent lower.

Visiting first

Because the drive is not short, a tour is worth planning on a day you are passing through. Tours run daily from 9 to 11 AM and 2 to 4 PM without an appointment.

Booking

Request a stay online or call 707-678-6600; the kennel confirms every reservation and a boarding agreement is signed once. Dogs from 16 weeks are welcome, neutered or intact, all breeds.