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Boarding Dilemma

DH & I are going to Vegas this summer to visit his parents. We will most likely have to leave our baby (1.5 Rottie mix) at a boarding facility. I'm trying to look at all the options. The last thing I want is a place that's going to throw him in a kennel and ignore him for 5 days. 

Any opinions on boarding at people's houses? http://www.cagelessboarding.com/ is a site that connects you to "pet host families" in my area. Would this be a better alternative, in your opinion, to a regular boarding facility? 

I have mixed feelings about both types of places... any recommendations? I'm already really sad about leaving our pup at home, ugh. 

Re: Boarding Dilemma

  • I would look for a doggy daycare type place that also offers night boarding. I probably wouldn't trust a stranger to take care of my pets unless they had business insurance, etc. and even at that, I would take my dogs there a couple of times before we

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  • I've never boarded at another person's house but I would definitely recommend a doggy daycare type place.  Ask to tour the facility before you board and ask questions about their practices.  The place we board our dog lets the dogs run around

  • We boarded at someone's home through DogVacay.com. I was really nervous about it, but our two dogs' personalities are so different, doggie daycare-type boarding wouldn't work in our situation -- one of my dogs loves to play with other dogs; the other i

  • PP's suggestions are great.

    You can also look into someone staying at your house. They'll be there to take care of your pup, and also bring in the paper/mail, keep and eye on the house, etc. My sister & BIL did this once. The girl would come

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