OK. Maybe I'm being ridiculous, but I'm aggravated so I figured I'd vent it here because if I talk about my dog any more with my friends they may institutionali
ze me.
I've been involved with a production of the musical CATS for the last 6 months, it just ended. That's 6 long months of some of the worst music you've ever heard for those of you who aren't familiar with the show. At any rate, this past weekend we finally closed the show in Concord NH. I had to stay up there for the weekend and needed to board Sadie. I had an acquaintance from doing theater who boards dogs with her husband on a huge farm and the dogs are kept in the house and treated as family rather than put in a kennel. I thought this would be much better for Sadie since she's used to being the center of the world
We agreed on $35 per day when I brought Sadie by to look at the place which is more expensive than most places around here by $8 or so, but I figured she'd be well taken care of and it was worth it. They asked for detailed instructions about diet and behaviors, which I willingly gave them. I was very up front about the fact that she needs to be supervised constantly or confined to a place where she can't get into trouble. They asked me where she slept and I said she sleeps in a crate. They asked me to bring the crate with her.
You may be able to tell from my posts (
) that Sadie is a bit of a handful and I am a bit of an overprotective mother. So when I called to check in on Saturday morning I was informed that Sadie had demolished their study in the middle of the night (in other words, she ripped up lots of books
). I asked why she wasn't in her crate and they said she had just settled in with the other dogs so they didn't want to separate her. When I went to pick her up, they charged me the "puppy rate" because of the books - the first I heard about them having a puppy rate and I don't know why they wouldn't have asked for it up front considering she's 6 months old and I flat out told them she's a little terror. It amounts to $10 more per day than we agreed to and I have to tell you I was a bit ticked off. Why ask me to bring a crate and then not use it and then make me pay extra because you didn't follow the instructions? It would be one thing if they said, this is where the dogs sleep, that's it. But they asked where I'd prefer her to sleep and I said she needs to be in a crate. I'd never have left her there if I knew she'd be out all night. Although, to tell you the truth I was more proud of her for not having an accident sleeping outside of the crate than anything else! Then the proceeded to tell me I shouldn't 'let her' jump on counters. I said I don't "let her", she does it and gets corrected every single time. Unfortunately she's as stubborn as an ox and was probably testing boundaries in her new environment. I was just so aggravated with these people. I wouldn't have minded paying the puppy rate as I have a PUPPY but just tell me that up front you know what I mean? Am I being unreasonable?
Anyway, I'm very glad to have more time for BPO, I feel like I've missed so much. And I'm glad to be home with my kiddos. I missed them SOOOO much this weekend, I felt like a psycho!!! And the cast totally did NOT understand like you guys do. Hope you're all well. When I have time to upload pictures, you can all laugh your behinds off at me made up as a kitty.
