Doggie Minder

I attended the mandatory «intro» session/​visit and was not too impressed. The facilities seem to be ok, but the staff/​owner seem a bit too militant for my liking. I was berated for having my dog fixed (which I was lectured on) getting the traditional shots for my dog (they don’t think it is necessary and add some type of additive to the dog water to prevent illness) feeding him commercial dog food (apparently I should be feeding him raw meat only) Was again lectured on the length of my dogs nails (he had just had them clipped at Petsmart the weekend before) and the overalll health and wellbeing of my dog (he got a clean bill of health at the vet’s office two weeks before)
I get that they are «dog people», but just as I hated people telling me what to do and lecturing me when my kids were babies, I don’t appreciate it with the dog. The application form was larger and more detailed then the one I was required to fill out for my kids’ daycare! They will also make you sign a waiver that allows them to clip your dogs nails, feed them their expensive food and provide other treatment that they deem necessary then charge you for it when you return to pick up your dog!!!
I go by the advice of my vet, who sucessfully completed years of training, not a dog trainer with no formal qualifications…
In short, the attitudes scared me off. If you are the kind of person that treats their pet like a surrogate child, then this is place for you. If you are a «regular» person and treat your dog like a dog… then you may want to save yourself the lectures…