The last time Esther was professionally boarded, we took her to the doggy daycare that she'd been attending regularly for some time. That way, she could run all day with the big dogs and sleep very well at night. They even let her share a kennel at night with my daughter's miniature schnauzer, who was being boarded at the same time, so he wouldn't get lonesome.
Since then, our solution has been to just not ever go anywhere but, if the need arose, I'd use the day-care again.
Since then, our solution has been to just not ever go anywhere but, if the need arose, I'd use the day-care again.