I have a story to share which should serve as a warning to anybody who is planning to board their dog, especially if it's with a new kennel. My cousin and his wife left for a trip to Canada and they had to board their Chihuahua at a kennel. They checked it out ahead of time, it was clean and the people there seemed to be good people and animal lovers, so they boarded their precious baby there. But midway through their trip, tragedy struck. Their Chihuahua was in it's pen by itself and a Standard Poodle was in an adjoing pen. The Poodle somehow managed to jump the tall fence between the pens and killed the Chihuahua. Shook it and broke it's neck. The kennel called my cousins parents and they had the fun task of calling my cousin and breaking the news. They were absolutely devastated and cut their trip short. Can you imagine the grief? To make a long story short, the kennel claimed it wasn't their fault, my cousin had signed a waiver and they were going to charge him for boarding the dog and having to dispose of it's remains.Â
GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! My cousin is a law student and my Uncle is a Superior Court Judge so you can imagine the kind of litigation they were going to slap this kennel with. The kennel, with their tail between their legs, backed off and paid my cousin $600 for the cost of their dog. So if you are going to board your dog, especially if it's with a new kennel, think about this tragedy and make sure they have secure pens and they separate dogs with different sizes and temperments. I know this would be a different situation had their dog been a Newf or a Great Dane, but they can still be hurt badly by other dogs. Hope you guys never have to deal with this.
