Kennels and lurchers

[Runningdogs3 59]

Put a dog of mine in kennels for 10 days when I went away. Never again. Looked like a toast rack when I got him back. All up the inside of his legs were skinned and bleeding. Apparently he had been climbing over the 7ft fence of his run to get out. How they hadn't noticed the damage this was causing I don't know! Anyway I stick with dog sitters now or stay at home. Even took the kids camping instead of anything else so I could take the dogs too!

[albert64 1,882]

put mine in kennels and he suffered, lost weight and condition

they just dont get the stimulation and exercise

 

so now when i go on my jollies he goes to my pals in lincoln

and he gets plenty of exercise there :whistling:

[Lampalurcher 47]

Put my Great Dane in kennels for 2 weeks lost nearly a stone in weight an had a badly ripped pad were it had been jumping against the door the kennels did offer to give money back an offer to pay for vets but turned them down as the woman had spent hours trying to hand feed the dog but she just refused to eat

[beast 1,884]

if you say the dog has been fine in a different kennels but not this one, then it does suggest a problem with this particular kennel. have a chat with them, point out the problems with the dog. it may be neglect or may be some other cause; perhaps the dog was next to a particularly noisy or aggressive dog which caused stress? or a bitch in season? or some kind of noisey machinery? in any case they should really have noticed and rung you to say they werent happy with the dogs condition, and possibly should have got a vet out to look. they fact they didnt do these things rings alarm bells with me.

anyway a dog thin through illness can take an age to recover, but a dog thin through simple lack of food should put the weight on much more quickly. dont overdo the exercise till the weight is coming back and the diet sounds fine to me; you might want to add raw eggs as they are high in protein, and possibly some animal fat (even lard is good) but really i dont think there is much wrong with what your doing. good luck

[Calli 93]

How about a network of hound sitters? Hounds that they know and are familiar with?

 

I wish..... who would take mine on...