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03-01-2007, 10:41 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 109
| Need advice on boarding vs. staying home with visitors? I have turned into a huge lurker but now have a question and I was hoping you could all give me advice... I am pregnant and will deliver within the next two weeks. My DH insists on staying in the hospital with me, even though I would rather he come home at night to be with Oliver. I can't blame him for that though! Anyway, Oliver gets crated during the day from 7:45 until 4 pm. And then he is crated at night to sleep. I am not worried about those times but am worried about the time between 4 pm and 10 pm when we are usually home with him. I would love to have him come to the hospital at night - I was admitted in August and he spent 3 days in the hospital with me and was fine. I just don't know if they will allow dogs on the maternity ward... or if it will be too stressful for him because there will be a new baby there and it's not his territory. Here's my question: Should be board him or just have people over to check up on him and play with him? He's still technically a puppy so he does get really excited when people come over, which may make it hard to take him to the bathroom and play with him. I also worry that people will be wanting to come see the baby at the hspital and not the dog. We have never boarded him before so I am not sure what to think about it. I know plenty of people do it and we would board him at our vet who says they take the dogs out to be walked 4 times a day. I guess I just worry that he will be alone in the pen with all those barking dogs nearby. Obviously Oliver is my "real" baby at the moment and I know that he is pretty adaptable. I am sure he would be okay home alone (with visitors) for 2 days but I still worry that he'll be lonely. Also, we plan on going to Europe to see my grandparents in September and will maybe need to board him then and don't know if this would be a good introduction to the place for him. So any advice? Have you boarded your Yorkie? Was it a positive experience? Would he be okay home with visitors? What would you do? |
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03-01-2007, 10:55 AM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: nc
Posts: 403
| boarding fur baby congats on the new baby (both). I can understand your concern about leaving your furbaby alone for such a long period of time. You might contact your vet and ask about recommendations for boarding your yorkie...you will also need the paperwork from the vet that says everything including Bordetella is up to date. Please be careful if your dog isn't up to date on all vaccines as Parvo and bordetella (kennel cough) is very contagious and they don't actually have to be near the other dog to catch them...bordetella is airborne and parvo can live on surfaces for many months unless bleached (or similar disinfectant). too bad you don't live near one of us (lol) we here at yorkietalk would make excellent puppysitters!. roxanne in nc |
03-01-2007, 02:55 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 109
| Actually our vet has boarding at their offices. Any more suggestions? |
03-01-2007, 03:20 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: louisiana
Posts: 28
| I think if you are going to have to board him eventually now would be a good time to start . He will think that this is a possibility occasionally. My vets office also has boarding services and they beg me to board mine once and awhile which i don't but it makes me feel better that they would love to have him sometimes. What I'm saying is if you would feel comfortable with him being there then it probably would be fine , you know the atmosphere there. Good Luck on your decision!!!! |
03-01-2007, 05:29 PM | #5 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South
Posts: 196
| Congrats on your baby! I have boarded my boys. They seemed thin when they came home. But i didn't have any choice but to board them. They board with their vet too. I think you're wise to leave your furbaby for a short time first before the longer September trip.
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03-01-2007, 06:46 PM | #6 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fishers, IN
Posts: 101
| house/yorkie sitter We have always had a young adult that we trusted stay when we needed to be away. It gave them extra cash and our dog got to stay at home. We have probably used 20 different ones over the years and have never had a bad experience. Don't know if that is an option but might be worth looking into. |
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