DennasMom
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We have a kennel boarding facility around here that will take all dogs, fixed or not - but it's concrete and chain link... not somewhere I'd want my puppy to stay for a week.
Our boarding facility of choice is more daycare than boarding... and they require dogs over 6 months be fixed, too.
We had our puppy stay at our dog-walker's house when she was ~6 months old. That worked well for us - not so sure it worked for them... lots of work! If I had to do it today, I'd start interviewing dog-sitters... Dog Boarding & Dog Sitters | Rover.com has a list of people - or check with the vet if they know anyone that could house-sit for you and take care of puppy at the same time... get references and interview them well. Maybe have them do some dog-walks to get acquainted with the puppy before you leave him alone with the 'stranger'. If you were in our neighborhood (Seattle area), maybe the puppy could stay with us!
For food - our boarder can take raw, but only 3 or 4 days worth... so we'll have to supplement with a freeze-dried raw version that they can reconstitute. There are a number of options for that style out there. We'll probably get Denna acclimated to that before we go, too.
Good luck. If you can, find someone that will send you text and picture updates - that always helps me not worry (too much) when we're away.
Our boarding facility of choice is more daycare than boarding... and they require dogs over 6 months be fixed, too.
We had our puppy stay at our dog-walker's house when she was ~6 months old. That worked well for us - not so sure it worked for them... lots of work! If I had to do it today, I'd start interviewing dog-sitters... Dog Boarding & Dog Sitters | Rover.com has a list of people - or check with the vet if they know anyone that could house-sit for you and take care of puppy at the same time... get references and interview them well. Maybe have them do some dog-walks to get acquainted with the puppy before you leave him alone with the 'stranger'. If you were in our neighborhood (Seattle area), maybe the puppy could stay with us!
For food - our boarder can take raw, but only 3 or 4 days worth... so we'll have to supplement with a freeze-dried raw version that they can reconstitute. There are a number of options for that style out there. We'll probably get Denna acclimated to that before we go, too.
Good luck. If you can, find someone that will send you text and picture updates - that always helps me not worry (too much) when we're away.