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Dog sitting

I've done a little bit of dog sitting for my neighbor, who has a beautiful golden retriever. They are some of the most wonderful dogs to own, and I'm thinking about getting one myself.

An

Thanks for joining the Carnival this week! Glad everything went well for Carmie :) We have 6 dogs and normally, pet sitting isn't a problem, my friend comes over and takes care of them and the guys from work come in, so someone is here every couple of hours. She's a certified pet sitter. But, she was also my Matron of Honor in July and we were going to be 560 miles away from home for three weeks. We had a friend of my son's come and stay at the house, it was someone the dogs knew and thankfully, all went well. When we only had D'Artagnan, we stayed at Holiday Inns on the East Coast. More and more hotels, like someone else mentioned are pet friendly now, even the Hard Rock in Orlando. I suggest finding a certified pet sitter if you feel you can't take Carmie next time, but you may get lucky and find a pet friendly hotel :)

Dianna Leach

We wouldn't dare inconvenience our two cats, Putty and Xerox, by kennelling them while we are away or--dare I even say it--think of taking them with us. (Cats don't travel!!!!) Fortunately for us, we currently have a rather nice arrangement with our upstairs neighbors, who also happen to have two cats--Tito and Matteo--where we cat-sit for each other when we travel out-of-town. (So far, we've been lucky in that our scheduled have meshed perfectly--knock on wood!)

FYI: I found an interesting website in my Internet wanderings, though: http://www.doggeek.com.

PetBoogaloo

Have you seen the PetsHotels yet at PetSmart? They currently have about 32 locations, and plan on putting them in 240 stores.

The hotels certainly have a fancy lobby. (You should post a photo of their lobby on your blog). lol They play DVDs in the upgraded rooms. I'd be curious how many dogs actually watch DVDs. :-) My dog has yet to notice the television.

Paula Chapman

One interesting thing you may want to consider is to have your dog evaluated and recieve the AKC Canine Good Citizen Certification. Although it doesn't carry any liability insurances with it, it DOES prove that your animal has been tested for "good manners" as well as being safe around people and other dogs. Primarily, the dog has to have some basic obedience, allow strangers to approach and not freak out when another dog comes over.

Chloe

I can relate to the pet sitter dilema. Like Carmel, Reznor can be picky about his sitters. We once attempted a one night get away, and asked our neighbor to feed him dinner and let him out in the afternoon/evening/morning until we returned. No problem, or so we thought.

We arrived home Sunday afternoon around 2, about 24 hours after we left. Everything seemed fine. Reznor was as excited as ever to see us, and happy to hit the backyard for some laps. When I headed over to the neighbors to gather our key I found out that our sweet Reznor turned into Kujo in our absence. He would not let our neighbor in the door. He stood his ground, growling and barking at her with every hair that could stand at full attention. She even attempted to come over with some steak to win him over, but he wasn't interested! What she didn't know is that Reznor is very good at putting up a front, but very cowardly when you actually test it. Had she just stepped into the house he would have run away whining, tail between his legs. But, she didn't want to push a dog that was so good at appearing to be ready to kill. Can't say I blame her.

The most amazing part was that there was not a drop of anything in the house. Reznor decided to not touch his food, and minimally touch his water, while we were gone. Needless to say, he chowed when we got there.

We have since given up on the neighbor watching thing, and have found a wonderfully reliable, pet loving friend to help out while we are away. Phew!

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