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I am new to this forum, I am learning much information and enjoy reading the various posts and threads. I am looking for suggestions and advice on whether we should board our dogs or find someone to stay at our home while my wife and I travel to two different destination weddings that we must attend this summer. Some background on our dogs....
Piper is an 11 year old Shepherd/Lab mix. We got her as a rescue from the local animal shelter nine years ago. She was returned to the shelter twice before we adopted her. We worked through the separation/anxiety issues with Piper when we would leave the house to go to work and go shopping on the weekends. My wife and I never really traveled. We would drive to see family in a neighboring state and always took Piper with us. She travels well and the family loves her. Ten months ago a coworker approached me and said that the 10 month old King Shepherd that her and her husband adopted as a pup was too much for them and they wanted to place him in a good home. We did a meet and greet at a neutral site with Piper and brought Kash to our home two weeks after that. Piper and Kash get along fine for the most part. He always wants to play and she will growl or snap when she is tired of the youngster always trying to put a toy in her face to play with him. Although she is wagging her tail while she runs at him and growls. They do well on walks together and share food bowls. We keep Kash gated in the kitchen and Piper runs the rest of the house when we are working or shopping during the day. The dogs are with each other when we are home with minimal growling from Piper towards Kash. Again, the growling is always from Piper towards Kash when she has enough of him wanting to play. The issue at hand is.... What would be the best thing to do with the dogs when we have to travel this summer to two different weddings. We must fly so taking them is not an option. We do not have anyone that lives close to us that we could easily have stay at our home when we travel. We did get a few business cards from our Vet of folks that will house sit in your home with the dogs. I am not real thrilled with that idea. We also got the business cards of a few boarding kennels near us. I am thinking that boarding the dogs is the best option for us. Having said that.... what should we look at or be looking for when we visit these kennels? I have called two kennels in the area and they offer one price for boarding the two dogs in the same kennel and a separate price for boarding them in separate kennels. I am thinking that we board them in the same kennel for the fact that Piper has never been alone. I am hoping that she and Kash will get along alright even though my wife and I will not be with them. Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated.
Piper is an 11 year old Shepherd/Lab mix. We got her as a rescue from the local animal shelter nine years ago. She was returned to the shelter twice before we adopted her. We worked through the separation/anxiety issues with Piper when we would leave the house to go to work and go shopping on the weekends. My wife and I never really traveled. We would drive to see family in a neighboring state and always took Piper with us. She travels well and the family loves her. Ten months ago a coworker approached me and said that the 10 month old King Shepherd that her and her husband adopted as a pup was too much for them and they wanted to place him in a good home. We did a meet and greet at a neutral site with Piper and brought Kash to our home two weeks after that. Piper and Kash get along fine for the most part. He always wants to play and she will growl or snap when she is tired of the youngster always trying to put a toy in her face to play with him. Although she is wagging her tail while she runs at him and growls. They do well on walks together and share food bowls. We keep Kash gated in the kitchen and Piper runs the rest of the house when we are working or shopping during the day. The dogs are with each other when we are home with minimal growling from Piper towards Kash. Again, the growling is always from Piper towards Kash when she has enough of him wanting to play. The issue at hand is.... What would be the best thing to do with the dogs when we have to travel this summer to two different weddings. We must fly so taking them is not an option. We do not have anyone that lives close to us that we could easily have stay at our home when we travel. We did get a few business cards from our Vet of folks that will house sit in your home with the dogs. I am not real thrilled with that idea. We also got the business cards of a few boarding kennels near us. I am thinking that boarding the dogs is the best option for us. Having said that.... what should we look at or be looking for when we visit these kennels? I have called two kennels in the area and they offer one price for boarding the two dogs in the same kennel and a separate price for boarding them in separate kennels. I am thinking that we board them in the same kennel for the fact that Piper has never been alone. I am hoping that she and Kash will get along alright even though my wife and I will not be with them. Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated.