We recently boarded our two dogs at Canine Comfort Corner for the first (and last) time. Our dogs have been boarded a number of times before at other kennels. They do not like being boarded but they do OK. When we picked them up this time after boarding them for 9 days,we have never seen them in that kind of shape. I don't know what happened to them while they were there (I just have suspicions I can not prove) but it took them nearly a week to get back to normal.\r
They were thin, exhausted, filthy dirty, lethargic, and very thirsty and hungry. The website information sounded wonderful... they sleep in their crates and play outside most of the day. I don't think that is what happened. I don't think they had water easily accessible and I am inclined to think they were left shut in the crates for most of the day.\r
One of them is a picky eater so we brought our own food (dry and canned) for them to eat. There was almost none of the dry food used by the time we picked them up. When I e-mailed during our trip I was told that both were being picky eaters so she was ""changing their food every couple of days. It wasn't helping much and both were having diarrhea"".... duh.... they don't do well when their food is changed!\r
We will never board them there again. The place is very unprofessional in appearance and in practice. I think they might even drug the dogs to keep them quieter (again...no proof, just suspicions). I don't think the experience they provide for the dogs is anything like they note on their website.
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