I have mixed feelings about dog kennels. RB Max has gone to both good & bad kennels.

A really big & nicelooking kennels Max had gone to several times was good, he wasn't bathed but he wasn't stinky or filthy when we got him back, except for the last time he was there. He was a mess. he smelled horrid & was covered in dirt from nose to tail, he had deep gashes on his lips & scabson his face too. Hes not the type to fight unless someone is getting hurt or a dog is attacking him or another, he always went after the agressor to breakit up. But the kennels didn't tell us anything at all. so we never took him back. & they closed a year later, so something must have been going on, cause it was always full of dogs.

Then in PEI, we wanted to go somewhere for the day & found only 1 kennel open. We drove him there & were a little unsure. The kennels wasn't normally a bording kennel, but it was a personal Shelty kennel.

The lady said yes to us cause we called her, sounded nice & so did Max. the lady wasn't expecting such a large dog & said what she'll do is open all the Shelty outside runs so he can walk around from run to run to run & she'll leave the walking area open to him too. & at night he could sleep in the Shelty House & have the whole space to himself while the Shelties were in their kennels. The space was HUGE & she brought him several large blankets to sleep on.

Her daughtor LOVED Max & we told him he wont run awayso it was safeto bring him to thehay field to run & play with him. The daughtor ended up playing with him the whole time he was there & they all LOVED him so much. Now that I think of it, they were the ones who got usto change his food fron the 2'ed best to the best in Canada at the time, which was Nutro. Her dogs were Lovely & very healthy.

But after Max turned 5 he was just too large for Kennels& there no no more left in our home area. We got ouryoung neighbour to care from him. She would stay with him all day, take him to her friends houses, her house, walks, swimming, watched scarry movies with him, slept in the house with him, brought her female dog over to play with him (she was a fixed mini Scnousar (sp)). Max LOVED staying at home, we knew he was getting town water & was eating his own food (he would get very ill otherwise).

Max wasa good dog so he had the whole house to himself.