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I am taking a few days off in October to visit Manhattan for some good food, people watching and Jazz clubs and have to board Smokey for the first time since I adopted her. Since she was in a shelter for about 10 months I decided that I didn't want to board her at my vet since all they have are the same kind of cages that the shelter had, and I don't want her to feel like she is back in the shelter again, it would probably really upset her. Petsmart has these pet Hotels, and I called them and the place where they keep the dogs looks like a small room.
http://www.petsmart.com/PETsHOTEL/landing/atlanta.shtml
There is someone there 24/7 and they have organized play time a couple of times a day. I am worried about the play time a bit, since she was bitten on the foot in the park a couple of weeks ago. I realize that something like that can happen really quickly and when she is running around in a room with a group of other dogs, I would hate for her to get injured by some dog that was less than friendly. For this reason, I was thinking of telling them that I don't want her to participate in the group play time since I would only be gone for 3 days. Do you think I am over reacting to the possiblity of her being injured by another dog? My vet said that he has had dogs that did come back from day care or overnight group play scenarios with bite marks on them......
I guess I feel guilty about leaving her for a couple of days and almost considered cancelling the trip ......
http://www.petsmart.com/PETsHOTEL/landing/atlanta.shtml
There is someone there 24/7 and they have organized play time a couple of times a day. I am worried about the play time a bit, since she was bitten on the foot in the park a couple of weeks ago. I realize that something like that can happen really quickly and when she is running around in a room with a group of other dogs, I would hate for her to get injured by some dog that was less than friendly. For this reason, I was thinking of telling them that I don't want her to participate in the group play time since I would only be gone for 3 days. Do you think I am over reacting to the possiblity of her being injured by another dog? My vet said that he has had dogs that did come back from day care or overnight group play scenarios with bite marks on them......
I guess I feel guilty about leaving her for a couple of days and almost considered cancelling the trip ......