Spring break for the area I work at starts Saturday. We have been booked to capacity for boarding for about a week now. Because we put boarding dogs in daycare (not my idea but it's how we do it), we've had to severely limit daycare, and have put up signs and sent email announcements about this for a few weeks now.
It is just stunning how people gave no thought to their dog's care when planning a vacation. I get no pleasure out of turning people away, and I'm so tired of fielding constant emails and phone calls and being met with indignation. "But we're going on vacation!!! We've had this planned for months!" Well, you could have booked boarding months ago, then? I don't know what to tell you, the inn is full.
Not to mention that I'm dreading having such a full house. Not for safety reasons, just... Ugh, so much barking, poop, the dogs that refuse to eat, the cage aggressive dogs, the poor dogs that get weird while being boarded... Wwwhhhhhhhyyyyyy? And of course I'm working 6 day weeks for the next two weeks.