Spencer Kennel

My experience with Spencer was fantastic! After «the other cheap guys» in MO (Roesslers, Roeslers, or Roesners; whatever they’re calling themselves these days) left me stranded when they canceled my reservation out of the blue, I thought I was screwed. Most local kennels wanted $ 25 – 50 a night.
Not Spencer! It was pure luck that I found them, and they’re dirt cheap! After my bad experience elsewhere, I made sure to tour their facilities and ask lots of questions. Everything checked out (no stacking dogs on each other, no shock collars, no crate-​sized kennels, and so on), so I made my reservation.
Everyone I dealt with was pleasant and on the same page, and it was obvious they cared about my little guy. One employee even mentioned that if friends or family were in town, with my permission they could come socialize with my dog while I was away. If he were having problems going #2, they’d give him extra outside time– something most kennels will charge out the azz for or simply not offer at all. And I was welcome to call any time to see how he was doing.
I’ll definitely use Spencer in the future, and I recommend you do, to! $ 16 a night is hard to beat!

We use Spencer Kennel for our furry family members when we need to go out of town.
I was surprised that the second time we used them they remembered our pets names and temperament.
They even recommended separate lodgings for our cats since our youngest was a little to aggressive for our laid back cat. And they noticed our laid back cat was not enjoying the living arrangements.
We are very happy with Spencer Kennel and would recommend this caring local business to anyone who needs a kennel for their furry family members.

Let me start by saying I use to take my very important family member to a different groomer and had some very bad experiences. Brady is a shin tzu, so he has to be groomed or his hair will just grow till it matts up.
After reading about many places and asking people about their personal experiences we ended up at Spencer’s. What a great time my puppy had. He becomes very nervous when not with our family and freaks out if put in a kennel. The staff took extra time with him and made sure he felt safe and happy. This means the world to me, Brady is a much older dog.
We have added a new member to the family that cam from a rescue and have now also trusted Spencer’s with him. I would recommend them to anyone with a pet that is a family member. They truly love animals and want the best for them.

We adopted a puppy here over 4 months ago and he’s a doll. The adoption fee is reasonable ($ 150 which includes shots and getting the dog fixed). We were treated just fine on that day but one lady bad mouthed other potential owners left and right saying things like «They’re crazy if they think I’m going to let them walk out of here with a pet. They’re too young/​poor/​have kids/​etc.» which is just unprofessional.
When we took our puppy back in for his shots, they couldn’t find our paperwork anywhere so they made a post-​it note to record his last booster, saying they’d add it to his file when they found it. They gave me a post-​it note with the info as well.
A few months later, we called to schedule his neutering and they chided us for not doing his booster (obviously they never added the post-​it note to his paperwork and thankfully I kept it to show them).
They told us to drop him off at 7:30am and pick him up the following day by 7pm.
The morning of (yesterday), I start getting phone calls at 7:05 and 7:10 with a very rude woman snapping at me about why our dog isn’t there yet and repeatedly hanging up on me! (My husband was on his way and got there by 7:20…10 minutes earlier than what they’d told us). She called my husband and did the same. Apparently, the staff (much of which is volunteer) mixed up the times and drop off is at 7, pickup at 7:30 but she wouldn’t even let my husband explain. She snatched our dog from him and stormed out the door.
Does she love animals? Yes, I really believe she does. But she’s also incredibly rude and unprofessional and apparently doesn’t realize the impact word of mouth can have on a business. It’s too bad since we’re very loyal customers to business/​causes that are kind and professional.

I have been working with the owner, Michelle, and she is such a wonderful person. I would be happy to take my pet to her anytime I was in the area. I recommend Spencer Kennel & Pet Rescue to everyone.

Great place. Adopted my dog from them a few years back. You could tell that they took great care of the animals. Adoption fee wasn’t too much, and now my best buddy is with me! Adopt from them if possible!

The facility is clean and there are a lot of pets to adopt. However, I could not believe how rude I was treated by the woman at the front desk. When I mentioned that our dog was not neutered she came unglued and started yelling at my wife and I. I’ll never go back. The only reason I didn’t give it one star is because the other staff member was helpful and informative.

I have taken my 8 year old GSD to Spencer Kennel several times, and each experience was excellent. The staff at Spencer Kennel is friendly, the facility is very clean and their love for all animals is evident in everything they do. Additionally, I greatly respect the significant effort they put forth in the name of homeless, abused and neglected animals. As an animal lover, I feel giving them my business is the right thing to do.

I love Spencer Pet Rescue for the great work they do taking in homeless dogs and cats and finding them homes.
I adopted my two dogs from Spencer. Spencer is very easy to work with, and adoption was a breeze. Of course, you need to submit an application and be chosen as a match to get your new pet.
They post their available pets on PetFinder so you can look over the animals available for adoption before coming for a visit.
I haven’t used Spencer Kennel’s boarding services yet, but I’ll update if I do.