Doggie Daycare

[Darth Denkay]

Thank you so much for your supportive words about Norah. My girlfriend was the one who picked her up from the last horrendous boarding at the vet clinic, and I think it's a good thing. I am a VERY laid-back person - but I would have lost it had I been there. They are damn lucky that I wasn't. On a side note, I will continue to go there for medical treatment. There are several excellent vets there, and hell, I was there for 10 years. I did tell my boss - rather, the boss since I guess he isn't mine anymore - and I trust that he has dealt with it in an appropriate way. I don't believe he would allow this sort of treatment to continue.

Very cool about the doggie day care - falling asleep standing up sounds like a good thing to me! We only have one here - well, actually we might have more - but the one I know of I'm really good friends with the owner - she was a client at the vet clinic while I was there - plus it's been around a while so they have dogs of every possible size. You know, I need to quit talking about it and go see how she does...

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Hi, Wicket W. Warrick.

You make a really good point and it makes a lot of sense to me. At a vet clinic the focus would be on taking care of animals that come in for appointments and for the sick animals that are staying there overnight. It makes sense that since the primary mission of the facility is to take care of sick animals, that the healthy boarding animals could be unconsciously lost in the shuffle.

However, reading about how Norah was most likely treated hurt my heart. Not paying as much attention to the boarders in an unconscious way (due to the main mission of the facility being something else), is one thing, being unkind is another. I am so sorry that Norah may have not been treated well.

I, personally, am very fortunate that I have two neighbors who take care of my guy if I am gone for an overnight (they come next door and hang in my house for a few hours, put my guy in their yard, take him for LONG , etc.) and I have retired parents that will watch him when I go away for several days. I am very, very lucky.

It sounds like the place you found now is utterly fantastic. I can imagine how glad you are to have found that place.

On a related note....after my dog's first full day of daycare yesterday, he was falling asleep on the way home while STANDING UP (strapped into his seat belt, of course!) I would say that he had fun!

I actually had an interview set up for him at another doggie daycare for this morning, but due to snow in rush hour traffic (and I didn't need to go out of the house for any other reason), I decided to wait and do it next week. There is nothing wrong with the first daycare, it is just that it is a new facility and there are not too many small dogs for him to play with, so I was considering somewhere else (yesterday there were 7 dogs there...I think that 3-4 dogs is a more common. The other place usually has about 20 dogs, per the receptionist).

Again, I am so glad that Norah now has a safe and fun place to go and that your heart can be at peace when you send her there!