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[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

I used to rent my house out on Martha's Vineyard and would allow dogs, but would require a damage deposit. I could not allow cats as I had one that sprayed and it took more than the damage deposit to clean the rug and woodwork.

I've got non-vacation rentals and I always advertise pets allowed. I'm hardly ever vacant, get top dollar rent and very low turnover.

[BoardGirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BoardGirl]

We just got back from a trip. Ten days for Steffi in a kennel suite (she is a princess) and the bill came to $417. Yes, this is darned expensive, but taking her to a resort and leaving her in the unit would not be right, not for us as owners, or the next people in the unit, but also not right for her to be left in an unfamiliar location while we go out and enjoy a day trip.

Do people really leave their dogs in the unit alone?? I would never do that, she always leaves when we do.

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

Do people really leave their dogs in the unit alone?? I would never do that, she always leaves when we do.

Yes, they did. One scratched my door very badly, but the owner sanded it smoothly and restained it.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

Do people really leave their dogs in the unit alone?? I would never do that, she always leaves when we do.

I used to board her at the Disney kennel during the day while we were in the parks but she hated that so eventually we stopped going on vacations with her and my brother took care of her. He travels alot too which required much more coordination on my part.

I don't like to board at the vets because my ex-vet tended to sedate them too much to keep them under control which I found out the hard way with my poodle, who was oversedated, when I came home early from a trip and showed up at the vets office. After that I lost faith in vet boarding.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

Spoken like a true Lawyer.

"In God We Trust. All Others, we Verify".

What the engineer says: "In God we trust. Everyone else needs data."

What the pet owner says: "In dog we trust. Is there anything else?"

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

What the engineer says: "In God we trust. Everyone else needs data."

What the pet owner says: "In dog we trust. Is there anything else?"

..... or as the dyslexic airline captain said: "Dog is my co-pilot"

[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

with so many dog owners no developer has bothered to tackle this market.

You'd need to be able to command premium pricing from dog owners who travel with their pets to make up for the lost market share of people who aren't fond of the idea of sharing their unit with someone else's (possibly ill-mannered) dog. We have two, but we generally do not travel with them because I don't want to worry about having to run home to let the dog out, etc. I love them, but I am on *vacation*. We took our dog with us to the beach *once*. It took forever to find a rental that would accept dogs, we had to compromise on the house we picked, and it was too much work to take care of the dog on vacation to want to repeat it.

I suspect that there is a reason that the vacation-rental market is moving *away* from allowing pets. Note though, that that's very different from the housing-rental market. If I rented my home rather than owned it, I'd absolutely require a unit that allowed pets. I can live without them for a week or two, but am not willing to give them up for good.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Do people really leave their dogs in the unit alone?? I would never do that, she always leaves when we do.

I am thinking where we were in Gatlinburg and most activities were in Pigeon Forge, even a trip to the grocery store gets to be an hour trip, and to leave a house dog in the car isn't a good idea, but at the same time, we couldn't leave her in an unfamiliar timeshare unit either.

I think this is one of the first times that we have picked her up and she still had a voice. Normally there isn't any or very little bark from her. As Steffi gets older (little over 10 years now) she is getting less of the house when we are away. She now gets her pillow beds in the kitchen and a gate locking her out of the rest of the house. She doesn't go in the kennel at home unless she is getting away from noises in the garage when I am woodworking, or if she knows she is getting a bath. She doesn't get locked in her kennel.

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

I have never kenneled my dogs, but do have a house sitter. There is a theological seminary in Newton, Ma. (next town over) and I usually get one of their students or a married couple from there who wants out of the dorm and earn good pay. This is good as I have recourse through the Dean and most theological students aren't the kegger types (from my experience ).

I pay them a tad over what I'd pay a kennel, $100/day for two (total for both) as the kennel charges for every play time, etc. Also, I have the peace of mind that they are in their own home and that my humble abode is being looked out for.
I have never been disappointed.

My late Beagle, Scooter, had a seizure condition and I could not and would not board him.

Sometimes I pay extra if they want to do heavy housework, but that is never expected or required.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

..... or as the dyslexic airline captain said: "Dog is my co-pilot"

Or the PTA parent who wanted to start a local chapter of DAM - Mothers Against Dyslexia.

[falmouth3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close falmouth3]

Never took the dogs to a timeshare. But when my father died suddenly, we threw the dogs in the car and drove 8 hours to Mom's house. We called a hotel and booked two rooms, one for my brother and his wife, and one for us. I asked if we could have dogs there. They said one per room. When we got there to check in, there was a sign that said expressly no dogs allowed. We didn't say anything at checkin since we already had their permission over the phone. The dogs were at my mother's house all day and only were in the room when we slept. The hotel staff had to know that they were there. We walked them every morning and every evening. And my samoyed mix slept curled up on the brown carpet, leaving a white ring in the morning. I was so grateful that they let us stay there with our dogs during that stressful time.

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

Or the PTA parent who wanted to start a local chapter of DAM - Mothers Against Dyslexia.

I suffer from CDO. It's like OCD, but I like to alphabetize everything.

[Hobbitess Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hobbitess]

We've never taken our pets to a TS and likely wouldn't because we have a great pet sitter. When hubby was in the military we took cats to hotels where there wasn't any posting saying not to, without necessarily mentioning the cats, but never to one with "no pets" posted. We've never had an "accident" (the cats usually hid out in the bathroom the whole time we were there anyhow), but once we were in a place where the previous inhabitant's pet sure did.

[Dori Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dori]

Whenever we travel, our "second son" moves in for the duration to housesit and kittysit.. He and our son have been best buds since they were 4 years old. They are now 25. He won't take any money- says this is payback for all the times we took him on vacation, and for the countless meals he enjoyed at our house. I make sure the freezer is full and I bake him his favourites- chocolate chip cookies, lots and lots of them.

We are so grateful to him. We never worry when we are away.

Dori

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

...... It sounds pretty selfish to do as you please and disregard pet rules or any other rules that are in place for many reasons. Most people with this attitude are not nearly as important as they think they are.

Oh, and by the way, rules are made to be broken.

That's why we got attorneys, right Beags?