Dog Trainer Warning
- Thread starter crazedACD
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That is so incredibly sad. 
It's SHOCKING how many kennels and boot camps give dogs the most horrendous, deplorable care and charge thousands of dollars. People must do their research and demand complete tours, to see exactly where their dogs are, and watch the trainer work with their dogs.
A local "Dog Resort" whose owner is the self-proclaimed "dog whisperer of northern california" is similar to this. The general population of dogs are kept in kennels, but sick dogs, boot camp dogs, barking dogs, etc are kept in small airline crates upstairs in a hot room - and kennel cough spreads constantly, because they have no quarantine area and poor cleaning practices. They put shock collars on any dog who barks in their kennel, doesn't get along with other dogs outside, and any dog in boot camp, without EVER telling the owners! This place has been voted #1 boarding kennel in Sacramento for several years. I know all of this because my good friend who is a trainer worked there, discovered all of this, and quit. One of the regular clients at our hotel took her Lab there for boot camp... she came home violently ill, and died a few days later! This dog came to our hotel every day for a year for daycare, and was never sick a day in her life. If you ask for a tour of the facility they will only show you the front area, because everything else is filthy, dogs are being abused, and people just seem fine with a 1 minute tour. I made a point to show people every inch of the hotel that I worked at when I took them on a tour, so that they knew nothing abusive was going on.
It's SHOCKING how many kennels and boot camps give dogs the most horrendous, deplorable care and charge thousands of dollars. People must do their research and demand complete tours, to see exactly where their dogs are, and watch the trainer work with their dogs.A local "Dog Resort" whose owner is the self-proclaimed "dog whisperer of northern california" is similar to this. The general population of dogs are kept in kennels, but sick dogs, boot camp dogs, barking dogs, etc are kept in small airline crates upstairs in a hot room - and kennel cough spreads constantly, because they have no quarantine area and poor cleaning practices. They put shock collars on any dog who barks in their kennel, doesn't get along with other dogs outside, and any dog in boot camp, without EVER telling the owners! This place has been voted #1 boarding kennel in Sacramento for several years. I know all of this because my good friend who is a trainer worked there, discovered all of this, and quit. One of the regular clients at our hotel took her Lab there for boot camp... she came home violently ill, and died a few days later! This dog came to our hotel every day for a year for daycare, and was never sick a day in her life. If you ask for a tour of the facility they will only show you the front area, because everything else is filthy, dogs are being abused, and people just seem fine with a 1 minute tour. I made a point to show people every inch of the hotel that I worked at when I took them on a tour, so that they knew nothing abusive was going on.