Boarding Blues

We went to Wisconsin for the weekend, hanging it with my fiancé's family for a first birthday party. I wanted to take the dogs to class on Friday night, so we had to take a super early flight Saturday morning. That meant our regular short-term boarding facility was closed.

An agility friend was kind enough to provide doggie taxi services. He lives near us, and had class Saturday morning anyway, so he was to pick the pups up after his class and drop them off at the kennel. Poor guy ended up not feeling well, but drove over for the dogs anyway. Thank you, DL!

So the dogs are spending Saturday through Monday at Best Friends Pet Care. They are kenneled together and get a few hours of group play each day. What drove me crazy when I set up the boarding, is that I had to pay extra for the dogs to go outside to potty! Are you kidding me? I have zero desire for them to learn (or re-learn, in Maxwell's case) that going to the bathroom indoors is acceptable.

Sadie isn't the biggest fan of group play, but does okay. I'm guessing Maxwell is having more fun. Hopefully he found a few really well-matched friends to run and rough-house with. I any case, the dogs seem to be doing well enough. The kennel sent us a picture of them during play time.

It looks like Sadie is saying Please take me home? You can see Maxwell in the background, tail high, looking happily alert.

I pick the pups up tomorrow after work. They should be bathed, nails trimmed, ears cleaned. And Maxwell is getting his feet trimmed. Bye-bye furry toes! Neither dog loves being groomed, but Sadie was getting a bit smelly. And they both needed some serious fur removal. Hooray for shedding season, right?

I miss the doggies, and it'll be quiet in the apartment tonight.