I have personally never used a kennel, however, I did visit a number of them when I was trying to decide what to do with mine when I was going away. Most of the kennels admitted that dogs backslide on housetraining when they come home. This is because a lot of kennels force the dogs to go in their enclosure and then just clean it up. I would make sure the kennel is letting them out a number of times a day- at least equal to the amount of times they are used to going out. I was also very nervous about leaving my dog in that environment and in the end opted for an in home sitter instead. This way mine have one on one attention and are kept to their same schedule/ routine, in a familiar place. No matter how long I am gone, the dogs are always exactly the same when I come home.
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