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Do any of your shelters/rescues utilize boarding kennels to give dogs a break from the shelter?  What about board & train?  If so, when do you use them?  For how long?  

For those that don't or used to, why not?

#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment

The best of all  win-win worlds is to be a boarding kennel combined with a rescue. They are out there. Ask the industry voice, IBPSA ( international Boarding and Pet Services Association), to write up a request for help in its magazine to see if kennels will respond with advice how to get a collaboration started in your community.

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Augusta Farley
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-28-2024 07:21 PM
From: Anonymous Member
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

Do any of your shelters/rescues utilize boarding kennels to give dogs a break from the shelter?  What about board & train?  If so, when do you use them?  For how long?  

For those that don't or used to, why not?

#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment

We are a boarding kennel combined with a rescue.  Our rescue was built on the values of training from our Board Training business.  The training will break down if there are too many dogs.  Our rescue teaches foster's how to train with the dog in a home environment, when we can find a foster to do so. We only have 2 fosters at the moment.  We have all the other dogs in our home (the training business) with no employees or volunteers. No, we do not take a cut of the rescue to pay ourselves. Just throwing that out there.  We originally offered this to the existing rescue community last year. No one wanted it. We did it ourselves. We use lure training and clicker training in case you want to know what method of training we do.

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Kim Jackson
Dog Trainer
For The Puppies Foundation Inc
MS
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-30-2024 07:35 AM
From: Augusta Farley (She/Her)
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

The best of all  win-win worlds is to be a boarding kennel combined with a rescue. They are out there. Ask the industry voice, IBPSA ( international Boarding and Pet Services Association), to write up a request for help in its magazine to see if kennels will respond with advice how to get a collaboration started in your community.

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Augusta Farley

Original Message:
Sent: 10-28-2024 07:21 PM
From: Anonymous Member
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

Do any of your shelters/rescues utilize boarding kennels to give dogs a break from the shelter?  What about board & train?  If so, when do you use them?  For how long?  

For those that don't or used to, why not?

#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment

We have used board and train for dogs needing intensive training.  It is expensive but helps us get those really hard, behaviorally challenged dogs what they need and adopted.  The board and train facility we use offers great follow-up with fosters and/or adopters!

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Sabrina Hill
Aide 2 Adoption Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-28-2024 07:21 PM
From: Anonymous Member
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

Do any of your shelters/rescues utilize boarding kennels to give dogs a break from the shelter?  What about board & train?  If so, when do you use them?  For how long?  

For those that don't or used to, why not?

#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment

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For those of you using board & train or just kennels for a break, how long do you keep a dog in these programs?  Where does the dog go afterwards?  As a municipal shelter that euthanizes for space, we struggle with using these programs and then what to do with the dog when their time in the program is complete.  Naturally, it would be great for them to get adopted or go to a foster home, but that has been difficult.  Bringing the dog back to the shelter where staff/volunteers are not able to spend time reinforcing anything learned has been difficult.  We have spent a lot of money putting dogs through these programs with no timely pathway out of our system.  They either return to the shelter (which does not help) or they sit longer in board and train (which is costly).

Original Message:
Sent: 10-31-2024 07:47 AM
From: Sabrina Hill
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

We have used board and train for dogs needing intensive training.  It is expensive but helps us get those really hard, behaviorally challenged dogs what they need and adopted.  The board and train facility we use offers great follow-up with fosters and/or adopters!

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Sabrina Hill
Aide 2 Adoption Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 10-28-2024 07:21 PM
From: Anonymous Member
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

Do any of your shelters/rescues utilize boarding kennels to give dogs a break from the shelter?  What about board & train?  If so, when do you use them?  For how long?  

For those that don't or used to, why not?

#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment

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I am not part of the shelter but know that our local municipal shelter uses a rescue/board and train. The dogs do not return to the shelter. They are transferred to the rescue, which will either adopt them out or keep them. I don't know how many dogs get adopted, but the board and train are balanced, so they use positive and aversive techniques, such as shock collars. I am not sure how sustainable this process is if the rescue truly keeps the dogs that they don't adopt out. 

Original Message:
Sent: 11-09-2024 10:30 AM
From: Anonymous Member
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

For those of you using board & train or just kennels for a break, how long do you keep a dog in these programs?  Where does the dog go afterwards?  As a municipal shelter that euthanizes for space, we struggle with using these programs and then what to do with the dog when their time in the program is complete.  Naturally, it would be great for them to get adopted or go to a foster home, but that has been difficult.  Bringing the dog back to the shelter where staff/volunteers are not able to spend time reinforcing anything learned has been difficult.  We have spent a lot of money putting dogs through these programs with no timely pathway out of our system.  They either return to the shelter (which does not help) or they sit longer in board and train (which is costly).

Original Message:
Sent: 10-31-2024 07:47 AM
From: Sabrina Hill
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

We have used board and train for dogs needing intensive training.  It is expensive but helps us get those really hard, behaviorally challenged dogs what they need and adopted.  The board and train facility we use offers great follow-up with fosters and/or adopters!

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Sabrina Hill
Aide 2 Adoption Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 10-28-2024 07:21 PM
From: Anonymous Member
Subject: Boarding kennels...board & train

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

Do any of your shelters/rescues utilize boarding kennels to give dogs a break from the shelter?  What about board & train?  If so, when do you use them?  For how long?  

For those that don't or used to, why not?

#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment