While we were in Dallas for the wedding, we decided to give Clementine’s groomers a try at boarding her. We figured play time with other doggies and the salt water pool would be better than being stuck in a hotel room while we were boozing it up.
Unfortunately, we didn’t double check their hours on Sunday and were shocked and saddened when we rolled back into town at 4:30 only to find that they’re open from 9-12 on Sundays, which, made absolutely no sense to us as if you’re boarding your dog, it’s probably because you’re going out of town and who gets back from an out-of-town trip by noon? So we spent the rest of the evening reading every bad review of the place we could find to feed our fears that she was miserable and mistreated and would hold it against us for the rest of our lives and grow up to be rebellious and get stupid tattoos and dye her fur funny colors.
Well, she’s fine. With no obvious signs of distress, other than a funny smell to her (it seems to be a combination of bubble-gum-ish doggie perfume and piss). She was ecstatic to see me and even more excited to be home, quickly running to her squirrel-watching post on the couch before hopping from couch to couch, making sure everything still smelled the same.
They were a little expensive (in my unemployed opinion) - $36/night + $17 Saturday daycare + $30 bath - so for that amount, I may suggest we just pay a friend to watch her and take her to the dog park next time.
I would watch her. Already have three dogs in a huge house with an even bigger backyard. Next time let me know. Reasonable rates ; P
