What do you look for when you're going to have a look round a kennels for the first time? What kind of questions should a dog owner be asking the proprietor? Have you used a kennels and been really pleased - would you like to recommend them to other K9-ers? Please reply to this thread :thumbsup:
I think whippets tend to not do so well in a kennel environment because they aren't an 'active all day' type of breed. They can also worry more than some other breeds. When in kennels there is activity all day, and rather than sleeping the day away like they would at home, there is excitement and activity, and they burn a lot more energy than they would at home. Because they have little body fat, and therefore no reserves, this means that they will burn off what they have, and can lose some serious weight in kennels.~Helen~ said:
I've used Little Revel End kennels at Redbourn, mine were happy thereCleopatra said:
Just a word of warning to all! Two years ago I boarded two of our dogs ( Basset and Norfolk Terrier) for one week whilst we went on holiday. I had used the kennels once before and had no complaints. On my return I picked the dogs up and returned home. A distance of five miles. It was obvious that Poppy, the basset was not well. Within two hours she was at the vets with gastric torsion. She had gastro enteritis and despite surgery and excellent veterinary care died the next day. The following day Perry the Norfolk had really bad diarrhoea and vomiting. He was taken straight to the vets and was diagnosed with the same gastro enteritis. Fortunately he recovered after a week on a drip and antibiotics. Stool samples were taken from both dogs and the same strain of infection was identified. I took out an insurance offered by the kennels for their stay to cover all veterinary expenses. To cut a long story short I received nothing. The kennels said that they must have contracted it before their stay! Unlikely, as my vet told me. Both dogs would have shown symptoms of diarrhoea previous to my collecting them and neither received the veterinary attention they needed. I will never forgive myself for placing them in their care and it will haunt me always. I know that this is probably an isolated incident and most kennels care for our dogs as we do. Despite my complaints to the local authority these people are still operating and have shown no remorse at all. Animal lovers? I think not. Just i it for the money.doris said:
Was this at the above mentioned Kennels please ?? would be nice to know and serve as a warning to others.artemis said:
yes, I'd like to know that too, especially as I've just said that I'd use them again!!Janimal said:
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