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which boarding facility?
BIL was supposed to watch Mendel & Bella next weekend, but has backed out at the last minute =( I did some research on boarding facilities in our area, narrowed it down to 6 to visit and now I'm deciding b/w 2 .... help me decide pesties!
Option 1:
-A ranch owned by a vet who boards horses & dogs. When I went to visit yesterday, I was not greeted by anyone and had to ring a bell to alert someone I was there. A young girl (HS age I think) came by and acted like it was odd/an inconvenience to give me a small tour of the facility.
-Dogs are taken out to play with each other for 15minutes 4-6times/day
-large 8x4 indoor wire kennels. Our 2 dogs could share a kennel.
-Only 6 dogs were there.
concerns: staff didn't seem to care much about the dogs.
Option 2:
- A boarding facility owned by AKC certified poodle breeders. Everyone had their dog at work with them. This was the larger of the 2 facilities. Warmly greeted and immediately shown everything
-Dogs have indoor/outdoor kennels (indoor is 4/4 and can get to the 8x8 outdoor kennel via doggie door). Kennels are separated by cinder block walls and have wire door/gates.
-our dogs would not be able to share a kennel, but would be in kennels across from each other (so they can see each other) and taken out to play together.
-dogs are taken out for 15minutes 4x/day (if its too hot they will be taken out more frequently for a shorter period of time)
-concerns: dogs can not be in the same kennel
I would really like to board them somewhere where they can do doggie daycare but it is just too expensive to do that with 2 dogs ($100 total). They above options are $55 total
Re: which boarding facility?
They both sound like good options.
I would go with #2 just for the customer service aspect of it.
I also wouldn't be concerned that they wouldn't be in the same kennel. In fact, I strongly dislike boarding two dogs in the same run/kennel. It is a new situation/circumstance, and there is too much that can go wrong, particularly with dogs who might turn on one another with misdirected aggression.
Thanks ladies! #2 it is....
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