I'm pretty sure I've talked about this before but I'm coming up on the end of a long weekend so I'm going to talk about it again.
I treat boarding dogs like they are at a sleep away summer camp, or at least what I think one is like. Yeah we work on skills, but my primary objective is to make sure it's fun and the dog is having a good time.
I plan activities around what each dog enjoys. I put a lot of focus on making sure they are both safe and comfortable. For my nervous dogs, it's low pressure things and they usually end up becoming my little shadow. For more active dogs it's incorporating play with skills - I love improving recalls through play.
It's really important to me that I'm not just providing the basics but an above and beyond experience for the dog. Often times being in a new place without their people can be stressful and I want to reduce that as much as I can.
I genuinely care for all my client dogs, but there's an extra special soft place in my heart for the ones who stay with me. They are in my home so they are getting the premium experience.
