Dog boarding question

[Meeka]

I have a 1.5 year old lab who loves food( what is new all labs love good I am told) I found this lovely family to take care of my dog .. They have a very responsible and mature 16 year old daughter who keeps my dog at their house sometimes.. last time my dog had bad diarrhea when she came back and I asked them what they had fed her.. the girl told me that she gave her too many treats.. I requested to not give her too many as her tummy is sensitive.. this weekend she went and again she came back with upset tummy and bad diarrhea.. Now I am little upset as I had asked them to not give her too many treats.. I am in a dilemma is it worth talking to them again or just not send my dog again there. My dog loooves the girl and enjoys playing with their dog.. I feel if I talk to her again she might feel I am blaming her.. she is only 16 after All and I don’t want to come across as harsh.. I am looking f for advice


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[SunDance]

To my way of thinking, someone who is truly "responsible and mature" would not have gone against what you already told her you didn't want her to do. If you decide to let your dog go there again, saying something to her AGAIN is not harsh....and what she did that second time is, in fact, her fault. If you really think she can be trusted to not go against your wishes AGAIN, you do need to say something. This is the health of your dog you're dealing with....that she is ignoring.

My mama bear instinct says that I wouldn't be letting my dog go back.

[Meeka]

To my way of thinking, someone who is truly "responsible and mature" would not have gone against what you already told her you didn't want her to do. If you decide to let your dog go there again, saying something to her AGAIN is not harsh....and what she did that second time is, in fact, her fault. If you really think she can be trusted to not go against your wishes AGAIN, you do need to say something. This is the health of your dog you're dealing with....that she is ignoring.

My mama bear instinct says that I wouldn't be letting my dog go back.

I know I too feel I should not send her back.. what a shame! My dog loves going there and they truly love my dog but you are right someone who is truly responsible would make sure to not do that again.. you are 100% correct


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[Sue-Ram]

Did you speak to the parents and the girl last time? As the girl is only 16, I would speak to the parents as they are the ones who are responsible for your dog while at their house, if you want to leave your dog there again. Do you think that maybe the upset stomach could have also been from being in a different house and away from you?

Maybe you could tell them not to give her any treats while your dog is there.

[Berna]

I'm with Barb.

[Snowshoe]

16 is plenty old enough to be responsible and mature. But, do you give a counted number of treats and specify how many are allowed a day? Ditto food. Do they maybe have another dog, or cat, and free feed one or both and your dog can get into it? If there is no logical reason other than deliberate overfeeding then I would not go back.

[Meeka]

16 is plenty old enough to be responsible and mature. But, do you give a counted number of treats and specify how many are allowed a day? Ditto food. Do they maybe have another dog, or cat, and free feed one or both and your dog can get into it? If there is no logical reason other than deliberate overfeeding then I would not go back.

I did tell her not to give too many treats as the family admitted they found my dog very cute and gave her extra treats.. this time I told them to not give he many but I didn’t Specify the number.. if I send her back I will specify the number.. they have a black lab who I think they free feed but we are strict at home with my dog’s treats and Clint and give it to her.. usually her treats include carrots , cucumbers and apples.. we don’t give her too many dog treats ..


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[Meeka]

Did you speak to the parents and the girl last time? As the girl is only 16, I would speak to the parents as they are the ones who are responsible for your dog while at their house, if you want to leave your dog there again. Do you think that maybe the upset stomach could have also been from being in a different house and away from you?

Maybe you could tell them not to give her any treats while your dog is there.

Yes I will if she goes back.. I have another issue that has happened before.. I will probably not send her back.. the girl is very good to jasmine but it seems she is still too young to be fully responsible for the dog alone . Her mom leaves it completely on the girl it seems


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[JenC]

she's 16. Talk to her, it's time to learn responsibility. If she wants to keep doing her "job" then she needs to understand what's wrong or else she doesn't get her dog sitting jobs anymore.