Guide to choosing daycare for our dogs before leaving on a trip

When the holidays come, who we live with pets, we may have to make a very important decision: travel with them or find out who and how will take care of them during this period.

We can ask for help from family and friends, take care of our animals but the decision that it is an excessive or very heavy responsibility forces us to choose a boarding house or crèche, trying to choose the most appropriate and practical for the care of our close ailments.

This selection is neither a simple decision nor of little importance since it involves a great responsibility and one enormous commitment, if we’re talking about those of us who think dogs and cats are part of the family.

For this reason, choosing where to leave them requires some time and some of awareness.

Let’s not be guided the Internet, their pages or their networks. don’t even accept recommendations personal information of people we trust, because it is essential to be able to choose visit personally the place where we will deposit our close animal affections.

The most consistent suggestion, if possible, is to generate short stays in the chosen place; first one morning, then one day, to assess, in the same way as we did with our children and their kindergarten, the adaptation of our animals in this place and its surroundings.

There will be dogs that will adapt to all sorts of situations, and will even enjoy being in a place where they will likely have more space to run and play. But, in other cases, it will cost them separationhe new transient environment and the new and different coexistence.

It is essential to check how many animals are housed in the place and in what condition are the facilities.

A series of outstanding points to assess are the general atmosphere, there cleaningthere leisure offerTHE mounted internal, the sizehe design there material of the canil.

We have to inspect the appearance of the water drink, which must be clean and fresh and try to have the food provided by us so as not to change any food routine.

There organization of the nursery is very important, being a factor in favor of the existence of Lockerscubicles or something similar for each housed dog, where their personal effects, their food, their file, the telephone number to locate the guardian and that of their trusted veterinarian are kept, for any eventuality.

Of course, it is necessary to know who and how many will be the recreational activities, especially with very active dogs that need exercise.

It is a very good practice that the institution to which we require the care services of our animals sends us periodically photos or videos of them in order to corroborate their normality and state of health.

Specific details such as medications, special or prescriptive diets, or any characteristic that is important to highlight, it is necessary to communicate it beforehand to the staff of the nursery.

In addition, one must also know firsthand the character of the dog and his attitude with strangers to be adequately prepared for any eventuality.

*Prof Dr Juan Enrique Romero @drromerook is a veterinarian. University education specialist. Master in Psychoimmunoneuroendocrinology. Former director of the Hospital Escuela de Animales Pequeños (UNLPam). University professor in various Argentine universities. International speaker.

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