Taking Your Dog To The Pet Hotel

If you are like us, when you get ready to take a
vacation, it's not always feasible to take along
your dog. Or I should say, in our case, "dogs" as
in plural; we have four dogs. When we take a
trip, we of course are not able to take all four
dogs. Sometimes we do take one or two but never
all of them at the same time. If we are not able
to find a friend or relative to come by the house
and take care of the ones left behind, we will
take them to what we call the pet hotel.

Actually, our veterinarian boards canines for
this purpose. We consider it an excellent choice
for keeping our dogs. Not only do we know and
trust the doctors there, they have an excellent
area which is air-conditioned and heated for
keeping the dogs. Each dog has his own run in a
place to himself and they also take the dogs
outside to a fenced in grassy area several times
each day.

The people they have working with the dogs are
excellent. They get to know our dogs and even
remember them upon returning visits. Also, we
use these times for them to give the dogs their
ordinary shots and any other procedures that
they may need to have done. For example, when we
needed to have one of our female dogs spayed over
the summer months. Instead of making a special
trip to the vet in order to do this, we simply
waited until it was time to take the vacation
and when we were going to take the dog for
boarding anyway. This way, while she was there,
they simply did the procedure at their
convenience and when we got home it was all
finished and everything was fine. They of course
had our cell phone number in case they needed to
contact me about anything. But everything went
well and her surgery was fine.

One of the things that most boarding places
require is a shot on a yearly basis for dogs
that stay there. This shot is for what they call
boarding cough. This is a type of virus that is
very contagious among dogs and is prevalent in
places where many strange dogs are kept in close
proximity with each other. It's not a dangerous
virus but it is something that can make your
dogs sick much the same as the typical severe
cold or flu symptoms that humans may get. The
shot does not cost very much. I believe it is in
the range of $10-$15 per dog per year.

When you first take your pet to a new place to
stay, be sure to include any special
instructions such as bringing along any
medications that they require on a daily basis.
For example, one of our dogs must take thyroid
pills every day. The vet is then instructed when
and how to give the dog a pill daily. Also you
can inform the employees there of any quirks or
problems you feel your dog may encounter. For
example, one of our dogs simply does not like
strange female dogs. We tell them to make sure
not to put them next to a female dog in the
runs.

Taking our dogs to the "pet hotel" is a great
way for us to take a vacation. Plus, I actually
think the dogs enjoy it too!

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