We took a holiday to the islands for ten days. It was our first time to go anywhere without Tizane. I found a great cage-free facility near me where the dogs sleep in rooms with beds and/or couches with one to two other dogs. It's a small ranch run by a retired peace officer. Lots of room to run. Ponds and ducks, geese and horses (behind fences of course.) She got on really great with the other dogs, loved all the people who volunteer and/or work at the ranch. The only problem was she refused to sleep with any of the dogs. The owner told me he put her in a room with the dog she had seemed to enjoy playing with the most. But she started screaming and would not stop. Thankfully he lives on site and brought her out to hang with him for a bit. He decided she had anxiety being away from people, so my dog had the best bed at the ranch...sleeping with the owner.
He did try to room her with two other vizslas a couple days later but once you've slept in the best bed, well you get the picture. Thankfully when we went over to pick her up, she still wanted to come home with us. And she hasn't let us out of her sight yet. Thank goodness we have a few more days before we get back to work. But I don't think we'll have any problems taking her back to the ranch the next time vacation comes around, because apparently she had a great time there. She slept all day yesterday after we brought her home.
P.S. No one warned me how much I was going to miss my little red dog being away from her for ten long days. Next vacation the dog is definitely coming along.
P.S. No one warned me how much I was going to miss my little red dog being away from her for ten long days. Next vacation the dog is definitely coming along.