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K9 Holidays
One of my last blogs was about booking holiday accomodation or sitters for Max or your dog.
We have ben through this and have a few recommendations -
1, know your dog - try your dog out in a kennel for a night and day, see if they will cope with it or come back traumatised. If your dog like Max wont go near kennels or crates, it is not for them.
2, Do loads of research to find sitters and kennels - quality, cost, availability and services offered vary hugely. We had a quote for £40 a day plus travel from Kent to have Max at his home (Expensive) to £16 a day for Max to live in a house with other dogs. We looked more into taking Max to stay with a family and found that the rayes of about £16 to £21 a day is about right.
Max did a day and a weekend (2 visits) with the lady we used and he loved it. He came back after his holiday and spent as long as I did asleep… doggie jet lag or just catching p on all those missed hours of sleeping on our bed!
When I went to collect Max he was hairing round the garden with the owners dog and I was told had made lots of human and doggie friends who would really miss him.
3, Check out the other dogs. Max would be 1 of 2 dogs (him & the oswners dog) staying over night while he was booked in and would join a friendly bunch for doggie day care during the day.
Max can be quite dominant, he is a yound dog who is use to being the boss of other dogs in his friendship pack, so when we left him for his trial night we wanted to ensure he got on with the owners dog and the other dogs that came to visit. Which he did.
At 1 of the places we visited the lady had 2 of her own dogs a thin over full garden and was edgy towards Max which put us on edge and Max, so he did not settle on our 1st visit so we did not go back.
Take advise, look at your optiond and I can not stress enough book early… people book for their summer holidays a year inn advance and I would suggest a tentative booking at least 6 months out for even a special weekend away you may find issues in finding space.
V x
My.DogsBlog Profile: My name is Vici I live in Hampshire (UK) with my partner Marcus, Max the dog and a cat called Barney. We rescued Max from a rescue in Somerset in August 2006. Our lives have not been the same since. Max is a big part of our lives, he is intelligent, fun and most of all you never know what the next day will bring. Him and his brother Barney get on really well and this blog tells a little of what Max the collie gets up to with or without Barney. :)!Last 5 posts by Vici
- Routine - October 31st, 2007
- The Joy of Dogs - October 31st, 2007
- Long Time No Blogging :) - October 30th, 2007
- We're all Going on Summer Holidays.... - May 4th, 2007
- Salty Sea Dogs on the Marshes - April 25th, 2007
