Do you board your animals???

[stacwase]

We board Max, but only because he's so big and strong that we don't trust anybody else to take him to his kennel without accidentally letting him loose.

People come over to feed Toby while we're gone.

[CatMama78]

We've never been on vacation since we've had Ori and Wilber. Or on the very rare occassion one of us had to leave town, the other had to stay home. When we go on our honeymoon, I'll have my stepmom come take care of them. She is a pet nanny and is trustworthy. Their will be a couple of days when she will be with us for the wedding, so I've asked her to let me know which Pet Nanny at her company she trusts most and we will have them look in on the guys. I would never board them unless there was NO other option. We boarded them overnight when we moved. That, in my eyes was the lesser of two evils, risk having them run out the door, or have them be very unhappy overnight in a 'pet hotel'?

[almamee]

I have a question...

Well If I want to take my dog will she have to be in The plane with us or what that I don't get i will send you a picture of my puppy that I'm going to take on her first time

[CatMama78]

I also think boarding dogs and boarding cats are two very separate issues. Cause when we were looking for places, there were lots of fancy dog boarding places where it really was the equivalent of staying at a nice hotel. Plus dogs tend to like different people a lot better than cats. Not all dogs and I don't mean to generalize. But from what I found the cat boarding places were not nearly as nice or roomy, and cats do not usually like strangers or new places so they are very scared when boarded.

[isis]

We board our dogs only when we have too. We board them at Salty Dogs Grooming and Boarding. Thats also where They get groomed at. It's a nice place. Each dog gets time to be let out in the back yard to play. and they have a nice big kennel with a dog door that leads to a small enclosed area out side so they can go out whenever they want.





Although I do wish I could take them with me whenever we travel, but we go to competitions once every month sometimes even three times! So it's not like we could be with them even if we took them with us.

[joanofark]

We leave are animals at home and someone comes to our house to play with them and feed them.

[Tonya]

I board my dogs. My good friend owns a boarding facility, so I have no worries. She plays with them and stuff.

[Samantha Puppy]

Samantha would be so unhappy in a kennel. So whenever my husband and I go somewhere, she gets to go to Granmommy and Grandaddy's house to hang out with them and Uncle Sherman. She loves them and they take great care of her, but she's happiest when my husband and I come to take her back home with us.

[G.P.girl]

i've never boarded cadbury, but we're going on vacation and i don't know what i'm going to do with my fish. i don't know any of the neighbors, let alone trust them ehough to give them a key to my house. what do you guys do with your fishies?

[micki76]

There is absolutely no way in H E double hockey stix that I would board my dogs. No way. We always try to take them with us. They have stayed here in our house once when we went out of town for the weekend, with my MIL & FIL visiting several times a day and staying for about 4 hours a day to play and feed/water/medicate them. They have a pet door and a very secure yard, so we had no worries about that. My one concern was my MIL & FIL entering and exiting, so we left one garage door opener with them and explicit instructions NOT to go in and out through the front door. My nightmare is to get a call that they got out and can't be found.

Anyway, they all did great and were no worse for the wear. I was though.

[cocker_luva]

we let jesse stay at out neighbors house. the fish and hermit crabs stay home thou.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I don't think that I'd ever board my cats. They'd be so scared and depressed that they'd probably not even eat. I don't usually go away very often but when I do have friends come over to take care of them.
I'm actually going away this weekend and my co-worker and friend will be pet sitting for me. They know her and love her so there shouldn't be any problems. I even told her that she could stay at my place for the weekend if she'd like since she'd have to come by 2 times a day any way.
Since being a member of Pet Talk, I've also met AmberLee and she lives so close she could also pet sit for me some time. I've been her pet sitter and will be doing this for her in Sept.

[prechrswife]

We board our dogs when we are gone for an extended period of time. They are spoiled rotten by the people at our vet's office. The last time we dropped them off, they were immediately greeted with, "How are the (last name) boys today?" They have been well cared-for.

If we are only going overnight, we get someone to come by to feed/check on the dogs.

We are able to leave the cats with a self-feeder and plenty of water for overnight trips. They do just fine that way. When we are gone for an extended period, we have someone come by to check on them. They get waaaay too stressed if we board them. Besides, can you imagine the cost for boarding 5 animals for a week?

[Truffles]

Hey,

ok i've been on a few but when we go on vacation we leave truffles home we just put out alot of food and alot of water and cover the floor w/ news papers if were gone more than a weekend my brothers live an hour away and come home to check on things.but i never go on vacation not being able to drive is dull and i have no life.the reason i can't drive is cause of my condition i have epilepsy (since birth) so my life is dull.anyway thats what we do when we go on vacation.other wise my parents go everywhere on cruises and to the moutains and leave me home.they take me places on vacation but not often.

they work so they earned it.plus they took care of me and my three brothers for years.so its their turn to have fun take care

marylyn

[teenster3]

I personally would never board my dogs. They would go absolutely crazy if the thought even crossed my mind! I always ask my parents to watch them for me. When Matthew & I were on vacation last week, we had them come to our house and take care of the dogs......they were much happier that way!!!!