Boarding...what do you pay?

[Leigh & Allie]

I just responded to someone else's blog about losing a nanny job. She was saying that she was losing $300 a week to babysit a "demon". I got to thinking.......I am paying an arm and a leg for Allie to stay at a really nice boarding/ daycare center. Now I am paying extra for a private room with a window and day care every day, but it comes up to $62 a day. Do you think she is spoiled? I was going to pay my niece $300 for the week to stay at my house, but she backed out at the last minute. My mom usually keeps Allie but she just moved and is a little stressed, so I did not want to add to it. Therefore, I was a little stuck. How much do you pay for boarding your doodle? I think I should be afraid to ask.......

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

We pay about $42 for her to stay at Daycare.  She is out all day playing with friends and then in a crate at night and she doesn't mind it.

The best news I have had recently is from Teri - Chloe's guardian mom is starting an in-home business of keeping doods (and non-doods) in her home for $20 or something per day.  I have met her and will definitely give her a try sometime soon.

You could drive to Nashville....lol

[Jess and Pippin]

Boarding for Pippin is 25 dollars for 24 hours.  We provide the food.  For both our dogs, 40 dollars for 24 hours. 

[Leslie, Dexter & Kirby]

If we board D&K together it is about $75-78 per night.  Dex has been going to an animal hospital for boarding since his knee surgery so it is ~$40 per day for Dex and $45 per day for Kirby.  $62 per day for 1 dog sounds like a lot to me and we are in a very high cost of living area.  However if you are happy with the place and can afford it then go for it.

[Dot, Maggie and KoKo]

I paid $85 per night for my two doods last January.  We leave next week for another vacation and if I were to send them to the animal hospital for boarding again it would have cost me around $1200.  So I decided to send Maggie to my sister's house for free and she already has a doodle so Maggie will have company.

 

KoKo will be going to a residency program for the two week training program (AKA Boot Camp).  The cost for the two weeks is $1195 and I get more than just boarding, I get a trained doodle.  Maggie and Rosie (my granddaughters doodle) both went through this program with great success.  I felt this was a much better use of my money than just having someone "mind" my doodles.