San Diego Dog Vacay provides kennel-free overnight boarding in Santee's Carlton Hills neighborhood, housing guest dogs inside a residential property on Galston Drive near Santee Lakes. The fully fenced yard connects to indoor living spaces through a doggy-door system that allows free roaming throughout the day, an exercise-forward layout that builds on the off-leash socialization available at Santee Dog Park on Carlton Hills Boulevard. Guest dogs range from puppies to seniors, with no kenneling or crating — all animals share communal sleeping areas stocked with dog beds, blankets, and rotating toy sets. Owners receive photo updates during each stay documenting feeding times, outdoor play sessions, and resting behavior. The home-boarding model eliminates the multi-dog kennel environment, a format suited to anxious or first-time-boarded dogs whose owners source specialized diets from independent retailers including Hawthorne Country Store Santee on Woodside Avenue. The fenced outdoor space accommodates dogs of every size class from toy breeds through extra-large working dogs, with a doggy-door circulation system maintaining continuous indoor-outdoor access year-round.