Kelly’s Creature Comforts

I have been bringing my spoiled 4 year old lab blue healer to Kelly’s for over 2 Years maybe longer. I love Kelly’s. I know my dog won’t be locked up. She will get her exercise which she needs (our dog is an athlete) and will be loved and cared for by one of the best in this area.
Both my daughter’s bring there dogs there and love it.

Kelly is absolutely wonderful! I have taken both of my puppies to her since they were about 6 months old. They love going to daycare, and I know that they are safe and happy. Anytime I leave town Kelly is always my first choice for boarding. I love the homelike atmosphere, and Kelly even texts me updates if I request them. There’s really no better person to trust your best friends with than Kelly! :)

After an initial phone call with Kelly (the owner) I decided to have a meet and greet. During the initial conversation on the phone I gave an extensive background on how we treat our dog as family. I made it clear to her that we have had him for 6 of his 7 years and he has never been spanked nor will he ever. I informed her of how his first owner treated him very poorly. Kelly made it seem as though she was compassionate and loved the dogs. Upon arriving Kelly was folding blankets and cleaning up dog hair while approx 8 dogs were playing outside. My first impression with her was not pleasing as she consistently made comments about how I am wrong in raising my boy the way I have. My dog is the only dog who gets hikes everyday, and is spoiled rotten with love and cuddles, has been fixed and goes to the vet for routine checkups. How is this wrong? My dog hasn’t been raised around other dogs and gets nervous around them. Kelly made a comment that its my negative energy causing this and not that he is nervous. She then proceeded to allow Luke to meet the other dogs. When I mentioned perhaps we should start with one dog at a time, she ignored me and opened up the door to allow all 8 of the dogs to come running up to Luke which naturally made him more nervous. Every time Luke would try to sniff at a dog Kelly would grit her teeth and swat Luke with a plastic ball thrower. I made it clear we don’t hit him; besides who does she think she is by doing so? It made me concerned that if she is going to ignore what I have to say and hit him in front of me what will she do when I am not around? I wasn’t even there for 10 minutes and she swatted at him 3 times so I left with my English Pointer making it clear why I was leaving. Her response to me was «I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings». No my feelings weren’t hurt, she’s just incredibly unprofessional and I don’t trust her with my dog.