Do you board your animals???

We just boarded our dog at a nice kennel a few weeks ago because we were gone for a whole week.We left the cats at home and let my friend take care of them.When we're only gone for a few days,we leave the dog and cats at home with my friend.

We don't go away often and usually only for two or three days, but I do board my cats, some cats would be fine taking on vacation with you, and that is what i would prefer, but my two would not adjust at all, I think the cattery is the kinder, safer option.

I have a cattery just down the road, but I choose to travel out to the country, as I have found an excellent facility, they always come back looking happy and healthy, and he has umbrellas outside for shade in the summer for the kitties, its always smells so clean too., it cost 14 dollars a day for two cats in standard accomodation.

However I have never boarded my Lexie, I have a real dilemma with her, she is such my companion, and follows me everywhere, she and I enjoy each others company , and she is a skittish cat, frightened easily, i am afraid she will pine so much for me if I leave her, hence I have chosen not to go away since I have owned her over a year now, but I do long to get away for a short break, I will have to cross this bridge soon, and I am dreading it.

Does anyone else share my feelings?

I've never boarded them, and they've never been away from home (without being with us..like going to the cottage)

I would board if needed though. My dad never leaves the island so he really doesn't stay away from home so the dogs always have someone there with them. If he happens to go out for work or golf (over night) or something then I'm almost always home for them. If I do happen to travel, which I do, they just stay at home with him :)

We just had our 3 at a kennel for 6 days. I would rather not board them, but nobody can take 3 cats. My daughter would have stayed with them at our house but we have no public transportation and she works on the other side of town.Our late cat, Patty, was fine in a kennel, she was a really outgoing, love-everybody cat. Louis we found cowering behind the litter box - hope he wasn't there for 6 days. All three were sneezing when we got them home. This is a very posh kennel, highly recommended by the vet. It has large kennels with picture windows and lots of climbing platforms. Let's face it, most cats hate any kind of change.

They were perfectly OK five minutes after we got them home so I guess they haven't suffered any permanent damage.

my dogs always come on Vacation w/ the family. or eles I wont go. simple as that. The rats usually stay w/ a friend.... .

I board my dogs at the boarding facility that I am manager of. It is not a typical kennel. Honestly none of the dogs or cats that come ever seem to sulk or be depressed. I'll take pictures tomorrow and post them.

Other then my dogs, everyone else stays at home and my sister-in-law stays at the house while we are away. We simply can't transport all our crew, so we have no choice but to have a house sitter.

I can't remember the last time we had a "REAL" vacation:o

On the rare occassion that we go away for a couple of days, grandma & grandpa have come over. They come twice a day. They let them out in the morning and feed and play with them, then they come back over and play with them again & let them in to go to bed.

I would love to have a real petsitter, but I haven't been able to find one. Plus right now I'd never go away and leave Angus for more than a day or two.