To comment on Stefano C's ""tip"": I have utilized Best Friends in Avon for years. I not only have gone to events they sponsor at their facility for rescue foundations and local arts and crafts talents, I have boarded my dog there, had my dog groomed there, and dropped my dog off for Daycamp with other dogs. I have obviously seen the kennels where the dogs sleep over because good owners go ask to see the place and ask what the daily routine is for feeding and cleaning. That area Stefano C mentions as the area where the dogs are thrown together while their kennels are being cleaned is actually the Daycamp area where the dogs play all day who are dropped off for the day NOT a holding area for dogs while their kennels are cleaned. \r
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Personally, I don't care where other people board their dogs. Every owner should go and tour as many kennels are they can before making a decision where to board. I checked three places before I chose Best Friends. Go there and look for yourself. Ask all the questions you want. If you don't like how it looks or like their routine, then don't leave your dog there. Don't base your decision on someone's post who has misinformation. \r
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This comment by Stefano C is interesting: "" In speaking with some friends who live in the area of this daycare, I was told that on more than one occassion there was a dog that was roaming thier neighborhood becasue the dog somehow managed to escape the daycare.""\r
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How do the neighbors know that the ""missing dogs"" are from that kennel? From that Daycare? I have seen a few dogs roaming around my home neighborhood in West Hartford. That doesn't mean those dogs escaped from the kennel a half mile from my house.
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