Would boarding be traumatic to new pup?

[SisMorphine]

I'll be honest (I have worked at vet clinics that board as well as one vet clinic that had a large attached boarding facility) - there is NO way your dog will be walked enough to make sure it retains housebreaking (because your dog will be in a cage, a run, or a room and not 100% supervised at all times), and likely will have to do a 12 hour night or so once in awhile. That being said, many dogs do just fine even with that

Vet's offices seem to be set up like that, but the two non-vet boarding facilities I've worked at were completely different. Both were staffed 24/7, and the runs go out every hour and a half, so accidents really don't happen (we've only had 2 urine accidents at the place I work now, and I've been there for 4 months and we have at least 50 dogs there each weekday). The place I work at now insists that the dogs training isn't set back by staying with us (we are a training facility first and foremost), so the overnight person will set an alarm to get up and let out the puppies (and the older dogs who can't hold it 8 hours), the dogs are not allowed to pull on leash and they must sit at every door. Many of our client's dogs go home with better manners than they arrived with!

So for everyone, boarding doesn't have to mean a cement run with little human contact and the knowledge that you'll come home to a dog who is worse for wear. It should be a vacation for your dog, a fun place for them to go, where you know your dog is being cared for correctly, and may even come home a little bit better behaved!