question regarding boarding ? - Page 2

i do have weights for both, from nov 12th 80.2 today 68.6, thats alot of weight & i can tell you he was fine before he was boarded, no diehrea( i clean his kennel)no vomiting,he was eating fine, no health problem as i said before, i was just asking if you- as kennel owners, would have called or taken him to the vet  ???? sunsilver as you said these people brought her in to help- hodie you tried things to get that dog to eat, when i picked him up they said all was well, if that is true-were is the weight ??   i know a dog does not loose that much weight & show no signs .

If I'm understanding you correctly, Vmom, you are saying the dog was 80 lbs having had a complete work up of tests just before being kennelled? And he had no symptoms of digestive distress before kennelling? So then you are saying you took a perfectly healthy dog (which you can document) and got back a dog 12 pounds lighter in less than two weeks?

I think these people are lying through their teeth. If a dog is stressed enough to loose more than six pounds a week they are going to have some symptoms. They don't eat, drink, poop solid and keep everything down and then loose 12 pounds.

Absolutely not.

Venosmom:

I cannot tell if what your kennel did was neglect, but I can tell you that when I boarded my 3 gsd's in August, I received a phone call from the owner on the second day stating Falon had not eaten yet and that they were concerned.  They wanted to know if I had a preference on can food that they could try to encourage her to eat and offered to run out to the pet store to purchase it for me.  They also called me back that same day to tell me that she had eaten, and seemed to be doing better.  Two of my brothers had gsd 's that did not eat for an entire week while being boarded and ended up bloating the night they came home.  Unfortunately my brothers were not cautious on what they fed them when they got home and contributed to the problem by feeding them big meals and allowing them gulp down water.  Luckily they realized there was a problem and got them to the vet in time for surgery and they both survived.  I think some dogs just don't do well in kennel environments, but I at least appreciate being notified when something is wrong.  I would not be happy if I picked up my dogs and they lost that much weight and had not been advised.

I hope your boy is ok.

Cheryl

yes, dawg that is EXACTLY what im am saying !!!!   HE WAS THERE FOR 12 DAYS TOTAL & NOT SICK WHEN I LEFT HIM !! Reno, thank you, we are going back to the vet tommorrow for more fluid & hopefully he'll be feeling better soon & that was my point, can someone say this could happen & not notice anything ??       not even a call to me or vet ?                             gsdlvr2

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sorry hit the wrong button, gsdlvr2 of course you can ad your 2 cents it cant hurt. 

You said your dog is a pacer. Stress can also do this to your dog. I had a male that I kept for a short time in a 10x10 kennel run. He paced constantly, would try to climb the fence, would jump and try to pull the roof in trying to escape. He was in constant motion looking for a way out. He lost weight in just a few days. I started feeding him 3 x times what he would normally eat, he still lost weight.  In 2 weeks time he looked alot  worse then the photos of your dog. Even though my dog was eating and eating well he still lost weight because he was so stressed.  I would think any good kennel should have notified you or your Vet if there was a problem though. 

I can not imagine what this would be like. Everyone hates to leave their dog to begin with and then to return to this? I would be a wreck.