• vanishing_spies
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    1 year ago

    Has anyone got any dog sitter/boarding kennel recommendations or horror stories they wanna share?

    I wanna go with my partner to their home country for a max of 2 weeks next early year, but we have a dog and no friends/family who would be able to take him or stay at our house with him.

    I’m hesitant because he’s a tiny bit screwed up due to a couple occasions where off-leash dogs attacked him, but sometimes he’s really good with other dogs - it just depends. He absolutely loves people though… Unfortunately I’ll probably end up just not going for the trip but we’ll see

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      1 year ago

      There’s also apps like Pawshake that could be worth checking out.

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        1 year ago

        I just took a look through Pawshake, i had only heard of Mad Paws but I suppose there’s alot of similarities and overlap. My main concern with these apps are whether people will even wanna walk the little shit haha he can be a little bit of a pain (absolutely working on it but its taking time) And since he’s an active dog he’d definitely need to be walked at some point over the one-two week period haha

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      1 year ago

      I used Aussie Housesitters once and it worked out really well. Our dog at the time was elderly and a bit arthritic and wouldn’t have coped well in a kennel, was better for him to have the comfort of his own home. Look for sitters with good reviews, and you can ask a potential house sitter for a video call before hand to see if you click. I think if I was to do again I’d offer the house sitter a payment or go through a paid service, because I was so grateful that our dog was well looked after.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t actually realise Aussie Housesitters wasn’t necessarily a paid service, that’s interesting (though like I said in another comment reply, I genuinely don’t mind paying any amount as long as I’m sure the dog is being taken care of properly). I would much rather have someone come to our home and stay with him, and we also have cats but they’re much easier to sort care out for (they just want a full food bowl tbh). I’ll take another look through the site cheers for the suggestion

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      1 year ago

      Granite Hill out past Pakey. They’ve been excellent every time we’ve gone. And my kelpie is a bit… weird. Hallam pet resort were also very good.

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        1 year ago

        I might give Granite Hill another look at. This is the one my grandma used exclusively for her pets, but those pets and granny herself are long gone so I wasn’t sure how it is these days. I’ll take a look at the Hallam one too. I don’t mind pricing or anything, I just wanna come home to a happy and healthy dog 😬

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          1 year ago

          both’ll do that. Like I said my Kelpie is highly strung, and even he seems to have a good time. Edit: you can also call and check on them at any point.