Wednesday, March 23, 2011

We're Baaack

Somewhat different report from the Kennel Guy this time. Bender was a bit jumpy with particular noises, but was mainly good. Bender is sometimes sensitive to noises and sometimes not, so I think it makes the guy a little confused about him. He has always been an inconsistient dog!

Barbie this time got LAZY written on her report card. She wanders around a bit, sniffs a bit, then goes back to sleep. Yep, she is now treating the kennel like home!

I've begun to consider putting them in a kennel for the 6 weeks we are in Europe instead of leaving them with a housesitter. I still want the kittehs to be housesat because they don't deal as well with being shoved into new environments, but if the dogs are in the kennels it means they have no chance to develop bad habits at home. It's always an option if we don't find the right person/people to look after the entire clan. The Kennel Guy said he had a couple of dogs stay with him for a whole year while their family went travelling, and it took the dogs a couple of minutes to recognise their owners when they came back!

I couldn't imagine leaving my pups for a whole year!

I will do a non-dog holiday post tonight - with some AMAZING waterfall footage :)

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Glad to hear everything went well at the kennels for Bender and Barbie. It is always nice to know when they are taken well care of and behave themselves. Maybe Barbie was so quiet because she missed you. :(
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hah they both missed us! Bender jumped and jumped and squeaked when he saw us. I haven't heard him squeak like that since he was a young dog, and we took him back to visit the woman who bottlefed him for the first 4 weeks of his life. He remembered her, and squeaked in excitement ;)
yeah I think some greys probably have bad associations with kennels! They have been now for a 4 day, 7 day and the last 4 day stay and they seem to be fine. Barbie is so well grounded I doubt that being kennelled is a problem for her - she loves being around the other dogs. My worry with housesitters is that for example, hardly anyone in Australia crates their dogs... and Barbie sleeps in her crate... I wouldn't let a housesitter have them off leash because I don't think Barbie's recall would work for anyone other than me and Nic... etc etc etc...

So really, in terms of housesitting, finding one who would be suitable and trustworthy for Barbie is an issue, whereas a long kennel stay might be more of an issue for Bender who does have neurotic tendencies.
Yes, it's a problem what to do with the kids when going away if you can't take them. Beryl and Frankie spent 1 day at the GAP kennels when I was doing a working bee there (Frankie has boarded there a couple of times) and Frankie had a great time playing with other dogs and Beryl stood at the gate all day wanting to go home!

Six weeks is a long time but at least you would probably worry less if they were kenneled than with a house sitter?

Looking forward to waterfalls photos:)
I could probably leave Seven for a year :-P, but not my Riley girl! :-) Yeah, I'd probably lean towards using the kennel since they don't seem to mind too much. Just safer. Less likely to be lost, more supervision, and like you said... no bad habits developed at home.
It was really nice to hear you from your side after so many times. Hope bender remain as he is but Barbie was little upset may she was missing you or ma be there is something else going with her. Anyhow it is really nice to read your buy essay cheap post after so many days. Keep posting in the coming days as well.

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