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| - I had a very similar experience to Christine M. I went to do a meet and greet with Bethany and Nita after scheduling it a few days before with them via phone. When I showed up on time.. Nita didn't seem to know who i was or indicate that she was expecting me. She actually looked like she was on her way out... so needless to say, we met outside. There were a lot of dogs barking and going crazy inside and I couldn't even get my dogs to want to go inside. It was really uncomfortable to say the least, but with some tugging, I managed to get my freaked out crew inside to take a look around. Like Christine pointed out, the house was very dirty, junk all over the place, really ran down... definitely not a place i'd want to hang out or leave my dogs. I was really taken back, too because they scheduled the meet and greet at a time good for THEM so I'd at least expect them to clean up for that.. kind of fake it if they had to.. though i'm very glad they didn't so I could see what it REALLY would be like to stay there. Again, there were about 10 dogs ranging in sizes... 3 in crates (two large ones in one crate, 1 in another), the others free roam of the house. Everyone was barking and it seemed like a very stressful environment. My dogs have very specific needs that didn't seem to be taken seriously or addressed in any real way.. example, my dogs MUST be fed separate. One is a puppy and hasn't learned boundaries yet, so he eats the other dogs food... which, causes my other dog to choke (he's been rushed to the emergency room due to this twice) and my third dog needs more time to eat because she gets slightly more food + medicine in her food and is food aggressive when bothered. Nita just brushed it off and was like, we have plenty of corners to feed everyone in. Well, I don't need corners, I need separate confined areas so they are comfortable and not rushed or bothered. I also told her that my one dog tends to be toy aggressive, as well as aggressive and defensive with larger breed dogs as a result of being attacked and almost killed about 4 years ago at a dog park. Again, I got the brush off, and she said "yeah, so is she..." and pointed to a 130lb. female dog staying there (my dog is a mere 15lbs.. if they fought, i don't think the outcome would be very good). I too, wanted a look around. The back yard was horrible.. filled with dog poop. I could tell she was worried about showing me because she tried to explain away what I would see before she opened the door. It didn't look like it had been cleaned in about a week. I know, I have three dogs and I know how much poop that produces on a daily basis. Next, there were about 5 water bowls in sight between the house and yard and not a single bowl had any water in it Seriously.. I looked in each one... not a drop. Just that white residue line indicating they hadn't seen water in a while, nor been cleaned. Very concerning. I also found it strange she never asked me about vaccines to make sure my dogs were utd on their shots and healthy. I'm looking for a legit place.. so those types of requirements are important to me. I want to know the dogs my dogs will be around are safe and healthy too. She also thought it was a-ok to tell me people were in and out of the house all the time so there'd always be someone there. That's not a ok to me. First of all, I want to know who exactly is watch my dogs. I want to meet them, talk to them, discuss with them, make a plan. Second, with as disorganized and flustered she was.. i can imagine how disorganized more then one person must be at that household. Plus, I can't imagine every detail of my care requests will be followed and/or passed on to "all the people in and out of the house". for any price, these conditions are unacceptable, but for $900+ it's a joke. I can get better boarding at petsmart and I'd rate them an F and cancel my trip before leaving them there. My dogs will NOT be staying here. I leave in two weeks and now am frantically looking for other arrangements. Can't recommend this place except to recommend the owners look at their "business" and make A LOT of changes.
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