Dog Boarding Facilities in Michigan

J.H. says:
2010-04-28 13:08:36

I found this place online and brought my dog here while we were going to be on vacation in the area. The website seemed nice. But when I arrived there with my dog, the guy at the desk seemed hesitant to take me to see where my dog would be staying when I requested that. The "kennel" area was rows of narrow kennels, where dogs were separated by chainlink fence--no solid walls and then a fence on... view full comment

I found this place online and brought my dog here while we were going to be on vacation in the area. The website seemed nice. But when I arrived there with my dog, the guy at the desk seemed hesitant to take me to see where my dog would be staying when I requested that. The "kennel" area was rows of narrow kennels, where dogs were separated by chainlink fence--no solid walls and then a fence on top like I would expect. The dogs could reach each other through the fence if they wanted to bite or urinate on each other. My dog tucked his tail and had to be dragged into the kennel, where he was placed next to aggressively-barking, large German Shepherd. It did not look or smell clean (I expected some doggy odors, but not that much). I was almost crying when I left my dog there. Fortunately, as we were driving back to where we were staying, we came upon much better kennel (Pooch Palace in Rapid City, MI), and we walked in, asked if they had vacancies (they did), and we turned around, and picked up my dog and brought him back to Pooch Palace--it was completely different. Clean, walls separated the dogs, they had access to the outside runs, and you didn't have to pay extra for playtime for the dogs like you do at Bokhara. My dog didn't act scared when I brought him into Pooch Palace. And the owner was much more friendly. I'm glad he only had to stay at Bokhara for 2 hours and I was fortunate enough to find a better place for him. view short comment