We have to board our dog for the first time next week. We will be up north at a resort with my family, but we also have a cottage nearby, so we do have the option to shorten her stay a bit with some degree of hassle, if we want to do it.
Dog sitter lady is from Rover. She takes the dogs with her to a horse barn during the day, and then they have free rein at her house at night, if desired. Her kids help walk the dogs. Frankly, it all sounds a little loose and we’re pretty nervous about it, but she’s the best option we had. When we visited, there were a few things I didn’t like… She let another dog just run right up to us right away, and she had this other client dog, running in and out of the electric fences, but she said she would keep our dog on a leash. She has all five star reviews and a lot of experience. The dog might love it… Lots of Dogs to play with in the horse barn?? Who knows.
Anyway… Do you think it makes any difference to a dog, whether it is seven nights, six nights, or five nights?? My husband might welcome the chance to spend a night or two fewer with my entire family at the resort, but I don’t know if it’s worth the hassle of doing that if it doesn’t really make any difference to the dog anyway.
ETA: kind of hard to convey the whole situation, but he could come and check in with us help us unload, have dinner with us the first night, but then go back and sleep at our cottage with the dog and easily knock one night off of her stay. He could even stay a second night, but that would probably be more difficult. But if it really doesn’t matter, it would be easiest to have him just check in and stay and be a part of everything with the family.
We use someone off Rover and it does seem like she gives the dogs free reign of her house and fenced in yard. So that all seems normal except for if the horse barn is not fenced. Our neighbors growing up have both electric fence and dogs, and I haven't heard of an issue, but I'm not super close with them. Do I think it matters to the dog 5 or 6 nights, no I don't think it matters to our dog. She is familiar with the place and likes it there.