errr got a problem - Page 1

have to go away for a few days, my boarding kennel refuse to listen to instructions and follow their own protocols which are good for most dogs. i want my dogs locked in a kennel with a padlock and chain and not approached or moved. they can throw some food into the kennel.

they have a lot of kids on minimum wage, my 4 dogs i can not 100% say they will not bite, not saying they will just for the record. it potentially could get real hazardous ending up bad for the dogs and perhaps some person.

regardless of temperament, training socialization yada, yada how to folks with potentially civil working dogs deal with boarding kennels.

any tips would be greatly appreciatted.

I let the kennel know what they were dealing with, and let them handle the situation as the professionals they are, if they even agreed to take your dog in. Telling them how to do their job is not the way to go, IMHO. Provide for alternative scenarios the best you can. 

The dogs will survive. Let the people survive, too.

 

Honestly, you will be hard pressed to find a boarding kennel that will follow those instructions. I, for one, would not 99.9 percent of the time, unless the dogs were absolutely positively maniacal, which I have yet to encounter, and I have handled many many aggressive breeds, PPDs. The fact is that most dogs (not all) in a different environment are easier to handle, as long as the staff is familiar with this type of dog. I would not board dogs like that in a facility that was staffed with mainly inexperienced kids though. Also, there are boarding facilities that have runs specifically for hard to handle dogs, with doors for the indoor/outdoor runs that can be opened and shut from outside the run, so the staff can go in and clean safely. Realistically, if there was a fire and the run or cage was chained and padlocked, your dogs would go up in flames. The vast majority of dogs don't require that, truly.
Find a boarding facility that has experienced staff and indoor outdoor runs.
Good luck,
Theresa

thanks, i will say they are good enough people. i have made great effort to pre-make my raw for dogs in the past and different staff get on and they just feed what they feed every other dog and my pre-made meals just sit there. a friend had an aggressive dog in that let them put him in the day run but when they tried to take him out he snarled at them so some genius hosed the dog with a garden hose which was to achieve what i don't know, the owner was pissed. the kennel owner was not happy either with the employee but he can not be their 24/7.

I would find a doggy/house sitter to come in your place.  Boarding although sometimes necessary is always hazardous;  don't expect anyone to do anything outside their normal care as it will probably NOT get done.  good luck  Nan

Poor dogs.....................................


 

My best advice, keep them in your own kennels and hire someone to care for them, it will probably be safer and cheaper, just spend some time training your caretaker..
 

VK most places have a cleaning policy. It's not sound nor healthy for dogs to be standing in their waste for days, eating off the dirty kennel floor. Plus the factor of just plain stinking up the place. I worked for a vet the boarded the local police dog. Who i have no shame in saying are disgusting animals. Every time we took one out to have some exercise and potty break they came right back in and pissed on the walls of their runs and shit all over the freshly cleaned floors. Then the dogs made of point of stomping on their crap and bouncing off all 4 walls. I don't know how europen dog importers keep their dogs, but i can say i don't like the results. Most of the dogs got shuffled from kennel to kennel at least 4 or 5 times a day. Just so we could keep it clean. Several were really nasty about being moved. And we didn't have split kennels runs. So they had to tolerate young men moving them. 99% of the dogs did fine, some we had to really watch out for. But we never had an incident.
If you can't fine a place with split (In door/out door kennels runs) Your just going to have to be specific. Leave a nicely written note, maybe ask to speak to the kennel manager. Because really no one wants to be bitten and no one wants your dog standing in crap for days.
Best of luck!
Fry

There are many boarding facilities for special handle dogs. W/ slide in food trays and inside outside runs. one person entices dog to one side or other and then slides door shut to  safely clean waste 2x 3x 4x daily. Maybe they arent as prevalent in Australia. If thats the case why not talk with one of your decoys or trainers and have them bored the dog while you are away.

I know the club i was in before moving  we all watched each others dogs when we were away. We would just spend a few days prior acquainting the dogs to the person watching them prior to leaving if they hadnt watched them before.



 

Best of luck to you. Too many dumb asses with the mind set "dogs just like me I have a way with dogs' , AND THE GET BIT or just mess with your dogs instead of just leaving them alone. When I leave town I hire someone to do the job and show them the camera. I give instruction and expect them to follow them or they do not get paid. A general rule with me; if you want to pet a dog go buy your own.