Well, it's official, Collin is now working and living in York PA. Duncan and I are, unfortunately, still working and living in New Jersey. (Well, I'm working and living here, Duncan is just living!)
This upcoming weekend, I have to go to York to start our apartment hunt. I have set up some appointments for Saturday morning at some dog-friendly complexes. We would like to be out of here by the 1st of July at the latest so we have to get this show on the road!
I planned on taking Duncan with me and just paying the extra cost to keep him at the hotel that Collin's company has put him up at. I called yesterday to see how much the extra charges would be and was floored! They want a $100 deposit and an extra $50 per day!! That would mean a grand total of $250 dollars for us to stay there Friday night from around 11pm until 3pm Sunday. Mind you, I had emailed Collin's boss a few weeks ago with the names of 3 or 4 hotels in York that are pet friendly with no extra charges, including a Quality Inn that was .63 miles from the office! Instead they chose to put him in a place called the Heritage Hills Golf Resort and Conference Center, with a spa, 2 restaurants...Collin said all the cars out front are BMWs and Mercedes and he feels silly in his Dodge! And they didn't even put him in an extended stay room, with a kitchenette or anything...he is just in a regular room. Bad company, BAD!
So long story short, I called to get a room at the other hotels that do take pets but they have nothing available on short notice on Friday. I would prefer to bring Duncan to PA and find a kennel there for him so that I could bust him out during the day and take him with us but I have a 4 hour drive to PA and none of the kennels would be open at that hour of the evening.
I found him a great kennel in Jersey, actually about 1 hour from my house. It's $29 a day including food and 3 playtimes a day. It's a beautiful facility actually but I'm still nervous. And I feel so guilty, I can't even look at Duncan...So I have to drop him off at 7am Friday and then head off to work for the day and then to PA that evening. And I can't pick him up until Monday at 7am! So I will be leaving the house around 5:30am Fri and Mon!!!
I thought about getting him a pet-sitter for the weekend but I don't know how he would be...?He probably would be OK with the person coming in the house but I worry about when they leave the house. Duncan's aggressiveness seems in direct correlation to my proximity. He is not aggressive to strangers when I am not present. But I can't be sure. And I would worry that the pet sitter would allow him too much freedom on his walk and Duncan would bite someone and I can't allow that to happen...I mean I know they are trained and are professionals but I still worry. Hopefully, we will find an apartment this weekend and I won't have to go through this again. On top of all this, I have strep throat, my office is moving and guess who gets to do the actual "moving"...you guessed it, the employees! The stress of it all is killing me and I really need my dog with me!! Maybe I'll try to pass him off as a guide dog....
Edit: the ironic part of all this is that I took Duncan to the vet tonight to get his kennel cough updated and that bill was $145. So if you add that to the $120 for the kennel, we're paying more than the hotel asked!!
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