Meg's Mum
Sorry, I forgot to answer this for you.
So the price is different everywhere...we just moved from Chicago, huge city, doggie daycare every 2 miles...I swear there were 6 of them in a 5 mile radius!!! Of course this is Chicago, a city and very dog friendly with lots of dog parks...
Here in Southern California, where I just moved to, it was VERY hard to find a day care...weird hu??? you think they would be everywhere...but not where we are at...we have to travel from Newport Beach were we live to Huntington Beach (or Laguna Beach) a few miles up (but with trafic it takes 15mins) to get a 24 hour day care...but they are so dog friendly there with a dog beach, multiple dog parks, and malls here will let dogs in too..crazy hu?
For 1 dog...daycare from 7am to 7pm is $25 a day...overnight with the day care is $35 a day...we use them about 5x a month and when we are on vacation...prices are about the same in Chicago where we came from but in Chitown the dogs were left alone from 7p to 7a...so it is worth it to have someone there 24 hours a day
House Sitting is popular here, someone will come into the home, you give them the key and they will walk your dog and feed them..but I would much rather have my dogs in full supervision when Im not there...
They are all trained in dog "CPR" and if anything bad happens they will take them to the vet immediately..I feel so comfortable on vacation or working overnight b/c I know someone is with them all the time.
With that being said, I only leave them alone 6 -8 hours at a time..we only use them when needed...like a 12 hour shift at the same time for us both.
I couldnt have dogs if it wasnt for the doggie daycare..I dont have a yard and rent, but still we are talking about beagles, and you cant leave them alone b/c they follow the nose and will run and you will never see them again
If you have any more ? just let me know...i have lots of dealings with doggie day cares...