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| - So, this place is convenient and I had to board my dog about 4 days after moving to Pittsburgh from Texas. At the time, it had all excellent reviews. I travel a lot and have boarded my 5 year old large schnauzer there. I don't take him for day care, but he goes to it half the time while being boarded.
He seems to love it there. I even got him groomed there after being told TWICE to pick up my dog because he was too aggressive. Actually, The Dog Stop made me pick him up once too, then I took him back on Benadryl. I was just glad that someone finally groomed him (he has been groomed in TX for 5 years...)
Recently, after a 10 day boarding, I picked up my dog with a terrible, very terrible case of bloody diarrhea. It was 100% blood and the day after I got him. I had to go to the emergency vet to the tune of $160. The following weekend I had a flight and had to board him again when he was still having issues. I picked him up 2 days later and the symptoms were still there. A return to the vet, and another $200 he was better. We believe it was stress colitis, but in 5 years he has never had bloody diarrhea. At this point, I'm afraid to return but I don't know where else to go.
I'm not going to say that there is anything necessarily wrong with The Dog Stop. The people are very nice and it's a cute place. But, I am scared to go back because of the last sickness. I never did figure out what caused it, and the Dog Stop assured me that everything is sanitized, but you never know when that many dogs are mingling.
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