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Kennel experience
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Jazz wrote: Anyone else have a kennel experience to share? Is this the norm at kennels? No, but there are a lot of lousy ones out there. And one of the best ones I used to use, many years ago, looked like hell (run-down rural boarding kennel that took spectacular care of my dog). One of the worst ones I've used locally (dog came home with fleas and diarrhea) was spotless if I recall correctly the staff were all wearing lab coats. Looks can be deceiving. I'd ask around at classes, etc., and not go strictly by visuals. There's no substitute for a personal recommendation from someone you trust. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - All you need to know about Social Security "reform": Your in-laws are going to have to live with you |
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... The other thing is, he lost 6 pounds in 6 days. They said he ate. I'm highly doubting it. This isn't necessarily abnormal. Dogs handle stress in different ways. Not eating is one of the more common ways. He may have eaten, just not his usual amount. -- Tara |
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Yes, his own food.
Because I take him to PetSmart once a week and he gets on the scale there...Yes, the same scale every time. I weighed him the usual way. I put him on the scale. The exact same scale every time. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Life is a series of hurdles to get through, and if some fun should come along the way, we should all jump on it. |
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"Jazz" wrote in message ... Hi, I didn't want to do it, but I had to leave my dog at the Kennel's for 6 days. I had checked it out before hand and it was neat, clean and looked well run. Also talked to a couple people who left their dogs there before. When I got my boy back, he had a gouged paw, they say from pawing at the kennel's door and they said it had a piece of the wire sticking up. Well why on earth did they have that there?? Okay, accidents happen, but my boys paw will never be the same. A piece of the pad is gone and it's kind of deep. Healing now, thank heavens. The other thing is, he lost 6 pounds in 6 days. They said he ate. I'm highly doubting it. Anyone else have a kennel experience to share? Is this the norm at kennels? I'm going to have to find another one again. This is the 3rd kennels he's been in and I haven't been satisfied at all with any of them. Am I just too picky? Well, I'm his mom and I love him. Thanks for hearing me out. Sorry your dog had a bad experience. That's not good about the wire, they should have noticed that. Dogs can easily lose weight in a kennel even when they are eating normally. Some stressy dogs will spend all their time running up and down barking. Some dog are a bit down the first couple of days and may not eat much. Alison |
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"Jazz" wrote in message ... | Hi, | I didn't want to do it, but I had to leave my dog at the Kennel's for 6 | days. I had checked it out before hand and it was neat, clean and looked | well run. Also talked to a couple people who left their dogs there before. | When I got my boy back, he had a gouged paw, they say from pawing at the | kennel's door and they said it had a piece of the wire sticking up. Well why | on earth did they have that there?? Okay, accidents happen, but my boys paw | will never be the same. A piece of the pad is gone and it's kind of deep. | Healing now, thank heavens. | The other thing is, he lost 6 pounds in 6 days. They said he ate. I'm highly | doubting it. | Anyone else have a kennel experience to share? Is this the norm at kennels? | I'm going to have to find another one again. This is the 3rd kennels he's | been in and I haven't been satisfied at all with any of them. Am I just too | picky? Well, I'm his mom and I love him. Thanks for hearing me out. | It sounds to me like your dog isn't well suited to kenneling. I can kennel my fellows for two days before they get depressed (and they have each other) so I choose a dog sitter, or a stay at a friends house instead of kenneling when necessary. When possible, we take dogs on vacation. No matter how "clean and nice" the kennel is, they can't MAKE your dog happy there. Perhaps a different type of boarding arrangement would make him happier. |
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Thanks for all your replies!
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I get the feeling that you think I'm lying about something. Yes, I go to
PetSmart because they have a doggie playtime and it allows my dog to socialize with other dogs. He enjoys his time there. They didn't return the leftover food. In my excitement at getting my dog back I didn't think to ask for it. He's a rather large dog. He was 83 pounds and now he is well, let's see, do I know how to do math?? ah..duh...Oh, he's 77 pounds now, or he was when a few days ago. |
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:44:37 GMT, Handsome Jack Morrison
wrote: I say that because I'd rather go to the dentist and have a root canal than take my dogs to PetSmart. No kidding. I can't imagine why I'd want to expose my dogs to some really stupid owners and some really unruly dogs. And since that's what I've seen when *I* have been there (sans dogs of my own), there's not way in hell I'm letting them near my dogs! Of course, the clerks that ask me what kind of dog I have and then stare blankly at me when I tell them, well..... they don't do a lot to assure me that they know squat about dogs. -- Janet B www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:42:58 -0600, "Jazz"
wrote: Hi, I didn't want to do it, but I had to leave my dog at the Kennel's for 6 days. I had checked it out before hand and it was neat, clean and looked well run. Also talked to a couple people who left their dogs there before. When I got my boy back, he had a gouged paw, they say from pawing at the kennel's door and they said it had a piece of the wire sticking up. Well why on earth did they have that there?? Okay, accidents happen, but my boys paw will never be the same. A piece of the pad is gone and it's kind of deep. Healing now, thank heavens. The other thing is, he lost 6 pounds in 6 days. They said he ate. I'm highly doubting it. Anyone else have a kennel experience to share? Is this the norm at kennels? I'm going to have to find another one again. This is the 3rd kennels he's been in and I haven't been satisfied at all with any of them. Am I just too picky? Well, I'm his mom and I love him. Thanks for hearing me out. That hasn't been my experience. I have left my dogs at two different kennels and haven't had a bad experience with either. It may be hard to find a good kennel in your area or it could be that this was a good kennel but you just had bad luck on this stay. -- Paula "The smell of burning rubber chickens and singed roller-skating chimps will teach a man to hate." ---swt |
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We had to do that a few times. My wife insisted on the local "pet country
club" (We had had a terrible experience leaving him once with the vet). Well, it was all they advertised. Several real play periods outside - throwing frisbees and all. A social time inside with people and dogs watching TV! A clean kennel with an outside run. Dog fine when we picked him up. No fleas and clean. Normal greeting for me, and a few final sniffs for the owner. No apparent weight loss and right back to his usual routines like nothing had happened. I don't let them give a bath before we pick them up, I want to see them as they are. I was more than satisfied and the next times we went away I didn't worry a minute about the dogs. It IS quite expensive but worth it to us. They need more than one or two people to get all this done. I'm sure there is a plain old regular kennel around here that does a good job but, as you experienced, how can you find out and be sure? Once you're gone you're gone. You looked it over and had references and it was still bad. Three times! Like you say, it's just like leaving a child somewhere. So it's off to the country club for our spoiled "children" when we're away. "Paula" wrote in message ... On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:42:58 -0600, "Jazz" wrote: Hi, I didn't want to do it, but I had to leave my dog at the Kennel's for 6 days. I had checked it out before hand and it was neat, clean and looked well run. Also talked to a couple people who left their dogs there before. When I got my boy back, he had a gouged paw, they say from pawing at the kennel's door and they said it had a piece of the wire sticking up. Well why on earth did they have that there?? Okay, accidents happen, but my boys paw will never be the same. A piece of the pad is gone and it's kind of deep. Healing now, thank heavens. The other thing is, he lost 6 pounds in 6 days. They said he ate. I'm highly doubting it. Anyone else have a kennel experience to share? Is this the norm at kennels? I'm going to have to find another one again. This is the 3rd kennels he's been in and I haven't been satisfied at all with any of them. Am I just too picky? Well, I'm his mom and I love him. Thanks for hearing me out. That hasn't been my experience. I have left my dogs at two different kennels and haven't had a bad experience with either. It may be hard to find a good kennel in your area or it could be that this was a good kennel but you just had bad luck on this stay. -- Paula "The smell of burning rubber chickens and singed roller-skating chimps will teach a man to hate." ---swt |
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