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Find out more about Sharon: Sharon, a lifelong Los Angeles resident, has always lived within one square mile of her childhood home. Seeking to broaden her horizons, she has joined us to share the tales (and tails) of her adventures with her newly adopted maltipoo, Angel. Angel was recently adopted from a local rescue organization and has opened a new chapter of Sharon's life. Join Sharon as she shares her experiences with you! |
I boarded Angel for Thanksgiving weekend, because I was headed out of town and fabulous Southwest Airlines does not allow dogs other than service animals on their flights.
Besides, Reno is probably not the funfest for a dog that it is for a human, so off she went to boarding for a couple of days. This is the first time spending a night away from home at doggie camp, so I made sure all her needs were met - I provided contact information to reach me, and plenty of food to keep her content for the days I was gone.
When I picked her up yesterday to bring her home, I was informed she had run out of her dog food. They brought me out a bag of food which was different from her own food that she had been fed. Apparently, the instructions which I left had not been followed - I told the boarding folks to give her 1/2 cup of kibble per day. They fed her 1/2 a cup in the morning and 1/2 a cup at night.... so of course she ran out of her food! They fed her some other food she hadn't had before once she ran out of her own. Believe me, my dog is not one to pass up food if offered to her, so she ate the equivalent of a Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings (and seconds!) for several days.
Needless to say, my puppy came home sick as a dog. I'm not sure whether it was the overeating or the new food or both, but poor Angel might as well have eaten the Thanksgiving turkey for the misery she's gone through in the past 24 hours. She's slowly showing signs of improvement, but it makes me wonder... how hard is it to follow feeding instructions? and if there was some question about the clarity of the instructions, wouldn't you think a phone call might've been a good idea?
Generally, the place I take her is really terrific and very caring towards their dog patrons, but I am really surprised that simple instructions weren't followed, resulting in impaired health.
If you have any boarding stories to share, or know of a great place to take a dog where instructions are actually followed, please let me know!
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