Best Friends has added two more pet resorts -- All for Doggies in Chicago, IL and Four Star Pet Motel in Lansing, MI -- bringing the chain to a total of 38 properties across 18 states.

"We are delighted to add these two properties to the Best Friends family of pet resorts," said Dennis M. Dolan, President and CEO of Best Friends. "These two well-designed, well-executed concepts fit perfectly with the Best Friends approach of providing the very highest quality care to our pet clients and excellent customer service for their families."

"The addition of All for Doggies expands our presence in Chicagoland, where we already own and operate the American Pet Motel in Prairie View, and allows us to serve pet owners in the city of Chicago. And, with the acquisition of Four Star Pet Motel, we introduce Best Friends to a new market in Lansing MI."

All For Doggies was established in 2000 and rapidly became successful, in part due to the convenient pick-up and drop-off service for pets who attend the day camp program. Each day dogs are shuttled to and from their 25,000-square-foot, indoor-outdoor facility on North Kilbourne Avenue in Chicago.

The facility is equipped with web cams which allow pet owners to look in on their pets during the day. All For Doggies also offers full-service training, agility classes, boarding, grooming and specialty retail items. For more information, go to All for Doggies.

Four Star Pet Motel offers deluxe boarding with their 100 heated indoor-outdoor dog suites and cat condos, in a separate area of the building. There are spacious grassy play yards for group and individual exercise and play. The facility, which opened in 1998, is conveniently located on Airport Services Road at the Capital City Airport in Lansing.

In addition to boarding services, Four Star offers professional dog grooming services, which Best Friends plans to expand to include full spa treatments in the near future. For more information, go to Lansing.