Welcome to Alden's Kennels Your Best Friend's Home Away from Home. We have served dogs and cats from all walks of life in the McHenry County area; from professional basketball players to doctors and welders. For over 25 years Aldens Kennels has provided excellent professional dog and pet boarding and training in the McHenry area and throughout Northern Illinois.

For Alden and Janet Domrase, creating a safe, happy environment for dogs and cats is their life calling. As the owners and hands-on managers of Alden's Kennels, it's their passion for pets that makes Alden's the place to turn to for all of your dog training and dog or cat boarding needs.

Experience Matters

And that's exactly what Alden and Janet bring to every pet interaction - experience. Nearly 35 years' in the pet industry to be exact.

In fact, for Alden, it's even more than that. Having grown up on a 160-acre farm in northeast Michigan, he's been involved in animal care, training and husbandry nearly his entire life. He left the farm to serve in the Army's 173 Airborne during Vietnam. When he returned, he gained valuable experience working for both Ford Motor Company and Plote Construction before he and Janet turned their focus to animal care and breeding.

Despite growing up in the city, Janet is right at home in the care and nurture of animals today. She explains, "Alden and I were pen pals during his time in Vietnam. We only knew each other six weeks when we got married. Here we are 49 years later. I was from the city and couldn't have any animals. He gave me every animal I could ever ask for.