Sorry. You can’t take your pet into Yesterland. So board your pet at the Ken-L Land Pet Motel.

While you enjoy lunch inside the park at a restaurant such as the Casa de Fritos, your pet will feast on “Ken-L Ration Meal, for All Breeds of Dogs.”

Now, sing along...

My dog’s bigger than your dog;
My dog’s bigger than yours;
My dog’s bigger cause he gets Ken-L Ration;
My dog’s bigger than yours.

At Disneyland, the Ken-L Land Pet Motel lasted until 1968. There’s still a pet boarding facility. Over the years, five different pet food brands sponsored the pet boarding facility. The location remains the same, but the name, signage, and appearance changed with each new sponsor.

Under the original sponsor, Ken-L Ration, the name was “Ken-L Land.”

When Kal Kan took over in 1968, it became the “Kennel Club.” According to the Disneyland Guide, Summer 1975:

PET CARE
You may leave your pet in an airy, individual enclosure at a cost of only 50¢ for the entire day. This charge includes a choice of Kal Kan pet food. This facility, sponsored by Kal Kan, is located to the right of the Main Gate Ticket Booths. Sorry, pets cannot be left overnight.

Kal Kan’s sponsorship ran until 1977. From 1986 until 1991, Gaines sponsored the “Pet Care Kennel.” In 1993, Friskies, brought back the name “Kennel Club.”

The current sponsor is Purina. According to the Disneyland official web site, Summer 2002:

Kennel
Indoor Kennel facilities available for a charge of $10.00. Kennel is located to the right of the Main Entrance of Disneyland park. Sorry, there are no facilities for overnight accommodations.

By 2006, the price had risen to $15. In August 2006, the rules became more complicated.

According to the Disneyland official web site, January 2008:

Do you have pet accommodations?
 
The Disneyland® Kennel Club is available for day use. The cost is $20.00 per pet, per day and reservations are not necessary. No overnight accommodations are available. Please note the Hotels of the Disneyland® Resort do not permit pets.
 
The Disneyland® Kennel Club and County of Orange requires rabies, distemper, and hepatitis vaccination certificates from your vet in order to board dogs over four months of age. Cats over four months old need proof of vaccination for rabies, distemper, hepatitis, panleulaopenia, rhinotracheitus and calcivirus.
 
For further information or questions, please contact Disneyland® Resort Guest Information at (714) 781-7290.

Using an online U.S. Consumer Price Index calculator, 50¢ in 1975 is equivalent to $1.92 in 2007. So the 2007 price of $20.00 substantially exceeds inflation over that period.

The cartoon sign near the doorbells has only a dog and a cat, but the Disneyland Kennel Club takes other pets as well. So if you feel a need to take your guinea pigs with you when you spend the day at Disneyland Park or Disney’s California Adventure, you can leave them at the Kennel Club (although why anyone would want to do so is another question). If your pet is poisonous, forget it.

How about taking a dog into either of the parks? Sorry. Dogs are not permitted. There are two exceptions. Service animals are welcome. And so is Pluto.

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Photograph of Ken-L Land Pet Motel: 1967 by Werner Weiss.
Photograph of Disneyland Kennel Club at night: 2002 by Werner Weiss.
Photograph of November 2007 Disneyland Kennel Club pricing sign: 2007 by Werner Weiss.
Photograph of woman walking dog to Disneyland Kennel Club: 2007 by Werner Weiss.
Photograph of dog and cat drawing at Disneyland Kennel Club: 2007 by Werner Weiss.
Photograph of Pluto on a Main Street Bus: 1974 by Werner Weiss.
Source of sponsorship details: Smith, Dave. Disney A to Z (New York: Hyperion, 1996)