That’s pretty much what we do- unless he can stay with a select friend or two or have someone come stay at the house (my MIL actually lives with us but isn’t capable of taking care of a dog by herself), we take the dog with us. I may sound crazy but we’re going rock climbing next weekend and got a dog friendly airbnb. We’re having a friend who just is happy to hang out a cool cabin for the weekend come with us to babysit while we are climbing lol
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If my Dad wasn’t available, I’d be forced to do this as well. Thankfully my boys can go stay with their bestie Molly at her house.
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I think that is awesome! Have fun climbing!
@TheJenners who won’t want to dog sit those beauties!
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Because for every cute picture, there are these. My friend went to let them out for me yesterday, and apparently there was something at the bottom of the recycling bag that Eli needed 
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I’d take the dog in to my own vet to get a look over, just in case, and I’d expect the kennel to pay that bill and anything that brews afterwards.
I trusted a place that did boarding (with group play) .
After they put my horse in a horribly dangerous situation (no hay or water overnight, locked in a barn that was locked from the inside) I found out they also, routinely put shock collars on dogs that “bark too much”.
I feel sick every time I think of my dogs and my horse in their care.
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I think there’s too much victim blaming here.
Group play at daycare and boarding is very common now. So OP wanted that boarding service/environment. That doesn’t mean she waives her right and expectation of safety, care, and communication.
If I choose to walk home alone after a night cap, that doesn’t mean I waive my right and expectation to reach my home safely without being assaulted.
To answer, “WWYD?” I would have taken my dog home, assessed the wounds, then taken her to an emergency vet. That’s exactly what I did when my dog was attacked. It took me a little while to realize he needed to go to the vet. That’s normal. Adrenaline, uncertainty, confusion. Once you calm down, you can start to see there is so much more damage underneath the skin.
I am stunned a facility released a dog back to the owner with multiple, bleeding wounds. 
Completely unacceptable. What did they think the outcome would be?
OP, can you post photos? Several days have passed now, so a vet visit may not be justified. Or infection and/or abscesses are forming and a vet visit is still warranted. I would expect the boarding facility to pay for that vet visit and any follow-up care related to the injuries incurred during the dog’s stay. But the more days between, the weaker that argument.
I am so terribly sorry, OP. 
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I hope he found what he was looking for. He seems quite pleased with himself.
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I did dog boarding in my home for about a decade. I was cage free so all dogs were carefully screened and ALWAYS supervised. People really have no clue how difficult the job actually is.
To answer your question I am not really sure what to tell you to do but I can tell you what I would have done had that happened in my care. I would have reported the injury to my insurance company for starters and taken the dog for a medical evaluation at the vet. I would have pulled the dogs from the common areas and kept them separated for the remainder of their stay. Had it been egregious enough I would have called the emergency contact for the offender to come pick the dog up. If that was no possible I would have transferred the offender to the vet for individual boarding. Thankfully nothing even remotely close to that ever happened but wanted to tell you how it should be professionally handled
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I think this is hands-down the correct answer from a boarding business perspective and honestly what I would expect as a client. I get animals are animals, trust me, Eli got Wesley just last night on the eyelid and they live together, much less stranger dogs in a strange place. No action or reaction from the facility at all? Heck no, no excuse.
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I had a previous foster dog (was adopted at the time of the event) that was being boarded at a vet’s office that passed from being overheated. He was let outside on a summer day and they forgot he was out there.
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OMG! That poor dog!
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I know some people are going to call me Karen, but my dog was severely injured by another dog at a groomer’s (I’m actually legally not allowed to get into the particulars) to the point that her life was in danger and she required several operations. The bite did NOT break the skin but it was a severe crushing injury and caused internal damage. These people were beyond irresponsible not calling you and getting the bite checked out by a vet and I absolutely would be threatening them with legal action and blasting them with reviews if they didn’t pay for the vet bills and waive the boarding charge.
Yes, “shit happens,” but a responsible business attempts to stop shit from happening.
I agree as well that communal play situations, unless you know all the dogs involved and have carefully socialized them together, are bad news. Most doggie daycares have “play groups,” versus random boarders. And this isn’t like a barn where horses live together regularly (and there’s usually some attempt to adjust a new horse to the herd).
Even if you agreed to the communal socialization, cynically it sounds like they saw the dog was hurt and hope he’d be healed up enough by the time you picked him up so you wouldn’t notice and any infections or abscesses couldn’t be blamed on them. That’s inexcusable. Also, they should have insurance to cover this sort of thing.
I think if most of us saw a STRAY dog with those injuries, if we could safely do so, we’d try to get the dog to the vet in some way, much less a dog under our care.
Look over your boarding contract to see what it stipulates and goes from there.
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Wow! for the first time in history, I think, I agree with Clanter.
Also, I’d leave honest reviews. They really should have told you about the wound…and as a former dog facility worker, I’m pretty sure they knew about the fight. The racket would have had them come running.
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Oh my God, I love them! They can come stay at my house!
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Oh my God
NAK = Not A Karen. I am so sorry to hear about your dog. I hope your dog has recovered/recovering. That had to have been scary. I am assuming she was picked up and chomped on. (no need to comment back to me.)
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I do agree that victim blaming is not warranted because I have a hard time finding kennels that don’t do this when I travel. It’s crazy to me - especially with dogs that aren’t young sporting breed mixes.
The kennel should’ve notified someone immediately, at the least.
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A four inch gash on her neck and you weren’t notified!!! Did your dog get veterinary care?!
I would be setting a legal fire under their asses so fast they wouldn’t know what hit them.
That is beyond the pale.
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Hello, just an update in case anyone was wondering. Thankfully nothing got infected nor were they quite at a stage for stitches. This weekend she went through the itchy scab falling off stage. Every day last week I found new scabs and scratches it seemed. I never heard from the place so I called and the owner of the place looked at the CC videos (so no sound) and still insisted it was rough play because my dog’s tail was up so she was “happy”. I know my dog, I think that was self defense anger tail up, not play. She, like my last dog, even in anger only does the side air bites, not actual bites. Anyway it was a male of my dogs same breed who was the most bity and she did admit her own dog took a turn too. She also admitted only my dog had wounds, no one else.
I had searched and searched for places and did have her do doggy daycare there once and a one time over night to attempt to make sure things would be okay. And again, my parents have used that place for close to 10 yrs. It’s also 2 hrs from where I live but 10 minutes from their house. My parents dog was actually there with her at the start, but my dad got sick and made my mom go pick her up, leaving my dog on her own. So her older “aunty” wasn’t there anymore. Not sure if that made a difference though, doubt it. She’s not the protective aunty type and finds my dog annoying. Anyway, back to the drawing board for dog care. Thankfully we work more than we vacation I guess.
What does it matter what [anyone deems] the act was? The outcome is the problem. A dog was injured in their care. Client was not notified, injuries were not treated, dog was returned to client with no communication, business failed to follow up with client after they were notified about the injuries.
I don’t care how it happened. The how is irrelevant.
A dog could break a toenail, burn a pad, crack a tooth, get sliced open on a protrusion, etc etc etc. The problem is the dog was injured in their custody and the injuries weren’t communicated or tended.
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