Many pets are taking winter holidays, too, so go to to canine boarding services suggests the picture of the kennel has modified
They are suites, not kennels.
They could also be dogs, however are known as visitors.
‘Tis the season for a lot of of our four-legged associates to spend a number of days at a boarding kennel whereas pet dad and mom journey for the vacations.
Gone are the times of chilly concrete cell-like cages the place your pet can be remoted for a number of days.
The proprietor of the Sunnidale Boarding Kennels in Angus — positioned about 20 minutes west of Barrie — refers to his institution as a motel for pets with 100 sq. ft of dwelling house.
“We actually need this to be a home away from home for the dogs, but additionally provide freedom from fear for the pet dad and mom. We have full fencing, 50 personal suites, 5 bark parks and personal runs,” stated Mitch Ostapchuk.
It’s the identical philosophy at Barrie’s Dogtopiafamous spokesperson Melissa McKee.
“There are both crates for dogs that are used to that or suite boarding. We are big on open play and feel dogs should be on vacation, too,” she said. “We can handle 100 dogs on 5,400 hundred square feet of land on Cundles Road East. The play parks are indoors so they can be properly sanitized.”
Both resorts agree the typical keep is about 4 nights.
Ostapchuk remembers one canine named Ellis who ended up being boarded for 14 months.
“He was aggressive, so came to us for training then his owner left him here while travelling,” he said. “Soon after, she had a baby and just never took him back. I think, by then, she had spent $22,000 on boarding. Ellis ended up being adopted by our assistant manager.”
Should your pet require some particular consideration, there’s no want to fret, added McKee.
“We’ve finished all of it from placing a particular additive right into a canine’s water, warming some broth to drizzle over kibble to arranging particular cuddle time at evening. We even have story time however all of the books are canine primarily based,” she stated.
When it involves holding pooch dad and mom updated, Dogtopia has high-definition webcams the place pet dad and mom can log in and watch their dogs any time of the day or evening. That means dad and mom “is usually a fly on the wall” and see their canine anytime they select to view the animals enjoying, consuming or sleeping, stated McKee.
“Also, each couple of days, we ship out ‘pupdates’ reporting on how the canine is getting alongside and celebrating breakthroughs or milestones,” she added.
Ostapchuk says they put up footage of the visitors on Facebook, provide story boards and updates, however actually believes “separation anxiety is all about the owners.”
Sunnidale’s proprietor believes dogs are visitors and ought to be handled like household.
“We are blessed to get to hang around with individuals’s greatest associates and we do it three hundred and sixty five days a yr. I reside on the property so on Christmas and New Year’s it will likely be like another day. The dogs nonetheless must be fed, watered and walked,” he stated.
Dogtopia can have workers on web site for morning chores after which the ability is monitored at evening.
McKee says they actually have a New Year’s Eve countdown for the occasion animals full with canine-friendly champagne.
