I leave Kimchee at the day care once a month (a day out just for me and my husband). Kimchee is excited to go there since I know he likes the people there who play with him. I pay extra for personal play time (30 mins), and I don't let Kimchee play in the doggie day camp in which he was bitten by a fox terrier when he was younger one time. So everytime when we check him in, we will make sure a stamp says 'Individual' is placed on the check in sheet. He always comes home happy.
I used to leave him at a vet in which they have boarding service. I found that Kimchee was very stressed out every time I picked him up, so I use PetsHotel's service.
Last summer I went back to Toronto, Canada to visit my parents, so my husband left him for day care every day for 7 days. Kimchee actually made some human friends there and he would run to his friend before my husband took him into the petshotel to check in. This is the petshotel that is closer to my husband's office (not the one we usually leave him once a month), so I am sure personnel is an important factor to make your baby feels happy about the stay.
Last Christmas we left Kimchee for 6 days overnight since we went for vacation. Kimchee looked happy when we picked him up. However, they did not clean his eyes' poop poop which I specially requested; it made me a little bit unhappy about their service. However, other than that special requrest, I would say they did a good job in taking good care of my baby.
My advice is pay a bit extra for a personal one-on-one play time so that your baby can have some individual attention and stay away from the doggie day camp which comes with the day care/overnight stay (they mix big and small dogs together). |