Boarding....
By glgcpa
@glgcpa (143)
United States
June 14, 2007 8:48am CST
When you go on vacation do you board your pets or do you take them with you? If you board your pets, how did you find a good place?
The last time we went on vacation we boarded our puppy at our vet's office, because we trust our vet. When we got him back he was limping and just not himself at all for several weeks. The vet looked at him for free and said he was fine. In a week or so his limping stopped, so it wasn't anything that serious.
Now we're thinking of going on vacation again and I kind of want to take him with us. What's it like traveling with pets?
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@winky73 (1404)
• United States
14 Jun 07
Traveling can be very stressful for your dog and if you are planning on staying at a hotel.....you have to check and make sure that they allow dogs.
Some Vets offer boarding and if they don't they can usually recomend a good place for you.
I always go check the place out before I would board my dog.Just show up and don't let them know you are comming....this way you can get a first hand look at how they keep the animals.
The other option you have is leaving your dog with friends or even leaving him at home and just have someone come stay at your house....this way your dog is not alone and you have someone watching over your house while you are gone.
well I hope this helps a little.
@glgcpa (143)
• United States
14 Jun 07
Thanks for your response winky! I love that picture.
Last time we did board him at the vet and it didn't turn out that well. Since we assumed the vet would be the best place we are afraid to think of what would happen at another boarding location.
A lot of hotels seem to allow pets (especially small ones), so I'm not worried about that. He loves to ride in the car, so that will be alright, but we'll be in the car longer than he's use to - we'll have to stop more often and let him out to play.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
14 Jun 07
I have 3 ferrets and always find a "baby sitter" for them. My son who also has ferrets is usually the one to do it. There is no way I could ever travel with them. They need too much care. I would think long and hard before taking a puppy on vacation with you. If you don't want to board him maybe you could find someone willing to take care of him. Good luck no matter what you end up doing.
@glgcpa (143)
• United States
14 Jun 07
There ferrets! That is a lot of work. My roommate in college had a ferret and he was into, under and over everything! It's like having a toddler!
I don't know of anyone who would want to take care of a dog while I was gone, so I'll keep searching and looking. Thanks for your response.
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
15 Jun 07
I always take my cats. They will miss us and get lonely, not that we won't either. On occassion, we have left them home with a trusted person to come in and play with them, change the litter daily, and feed them. I think that is a better choice, than bording them. The feel rejected there. And, they don't get the exercise, causing the limps and get flees and other things.
