{"id":506,"date":"2011-05-18T19:15:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T23:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/pointer\/?p=506"},"modified":"2021-08-13T05:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T09:52:21","slug":"boarding-a-pointer-the-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/blog\/boarding-a-pointer-the-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Look for When You&#8217;re Boarding Your Pointer &#8211; The Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I run a boarding kennel, and I think I do a pretty good job of it. I work hard, but I enjoy being around all the dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Some of my customers board their dogs whenever they leave town and they&#8217;re old hands, but others have never done it before and I need to explain how things work when they first come in. If you&#8217;ve never boarded your Pointer before, you might not even know what to look for in a boarding kennel. I can help you with that.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, there are two types of dog boarding kennels. The first type provides what I call &#8220;the basics&#8221;, and then there&#8217;s the type that likes to call itself a &#8220;doggy spa&#8221;, a &#8220;dog vacation resort&#8221; or something similar.<\/p>\n<p>In this post I&#8217;ll list &#8220;the basics&#8221; to look for. I&#8217;ll tell you about &#8220;doggy spa&#8221; boarding kennels in a separate post.<\/p>\n<p>Look for these basics in any boarding kennel you&#8217;re considering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cleanliness. You shouldn&#8217;t see any dog &#8220;messes&#8221; anywhere &#8211; not in the areas where the dogs are kept and not in the exercise yards. Food and water bowls should also be kept scrupulously clean.<\/li>\n<li> Safety and security. All areas should be safely fenced in so escape is impossible, and dogs should be separated from each other so there&#8217;s no chance of squabbles (not normally a problem with Pointers).<\/li>\n<li> Spaciousness. Dogs must be kept in runs that give them enough room to walk around freely, and exercise yards should be large enough to let them run.<\/li>\n<li> Climate control. All dog runs should be cooled and heated as required by the outside temperature.<\/li>\n<li> Vaccinations required. All owners must prove their dogs have received rabies, Bordetella and DHLPP vaccinations within the prior year. All boarded dogs should also be on a flea and tick control program and be free of worms.<\/li>\n<li> A trained, knowledgeable staff. You want your Pointer being cared for by people who know what they&#8217;re doing with dogs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of my customers board their dogs whenever they leave town and they&#8217;re old hands, but others have never done it before and I need to explain how things work when they first come in. If you&#8217;ve never boarded your Pointer before, you might not even know what to look for in a boarding kennel. I can help you with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,18,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointertrainingadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}