Re: Boarding Kennels
Originally Posted by
realspeed
->
Relying on behalf of Barry.
Some kennels may phone your vet for proof of vaccination and some will insist on a card. As for kennel cough vaccine this also depends on the kennel, some want it others don't. If it is needed it should really be done at least 2 weeks before boarding. Here where we live we have to have it done but when we ran the kennels we did not insist on it
As it is August I would expect a lot of the kennels would be full and if not why not! You should really go and have look if there is space just to satisfy yourself as to conditions.
That's what I said too RS.
I don't ever kennel mine, but if I did I wouldn't dream of leaving them unless I had been shown around thoroughly first.
One place I worked at happily escorted people round and answered their questons.
Another place was dead dodgy though. If anyone had the audacity to ask to look around the bloke would tell them to bugger off elsewhere then!
He was licenced to board 200 dogs, but took more.
He used to put several strange dogs in together, they never went out, no exercise paddocks or runs whatsoever.
They were deep bedded on straw and would have to pee and poo in the straw they then had to sleep on.
And the icing on the cake was . . . . he was also a dirty old man! I left after a very short time!
And Pauline, this is why we say look where your dogs will be kept and exercised before you leave them.