rwbeagles-Irregardless of breed,

I am with you in a huge way on that score, Gina! I don't even leave my own dogs together when no one is home. When we board them, I usually get them a "suite" so they can be together but it always makes me nervous (though nothing bad has ever happened except they get covered in each other's hair). I would never ever ever want them together with dogs they don't know unattended. A little dog day care action supervised during the days? Yes, if I could afford that I'd board them where that was a possibility. But left to interact with one another when no humans are around? Yikes. Let me say that a little louder: YIKES! When the humans go home for the day I really think the dogs need to go to their own rooms.

yep, the "stupid human tricks" continue to make the news as a "dog problem"....sad event.

This is why I board at my vet's..... 

I'm starting to wonder about the boarding kennels here. There was also that story not long ago about the poor woman who left her dog at a kennel and they BURNED the dog's neck with a bark collar they left it on so long! GEEEZE!

I too, board thru our vet...even if they screw up help is not far away! They're great tho....sensible!

Yeah, our vet actually has a policy against kenneling two dogs in the same pen, even if they are from the same family.  I would be fit to be tied if my boarding kennel housed either one of my dogs with a strange dog--it's just a bad idea.  Our barn occasionally houses horses for weekend/vacation stays and we never, ever mix those horses with strange horses, even in a large turnout area. 

I just read the article and OH MY GOODNESS, why do I continue to be surprised by the stupidity of people? I dont know where to start with this one there are just so many things wrong with this story. Even if a dog has never shown aggression the stresses of being  away from home, its family, in a strange place with a strange dog is a bit overwhelming. I have a pit bull whom I trust dearly but that dosnt mean I'd set her up for failure. Its like...."my dog will let me take food out of her mouth and toys away but I'm not gonna go above and beyond as to disrepect her and put her in a position to test all the time or with strangers"

Thank you all for being diplomatic about the breeds but as humans we cant let our emotions or love for dogs to over rule common sense. I'm sure the pittie and chow are excellent dogs at home in their secure place but its like if you drop your child off at daycare with a bunch of other screaming kids with unknown background sI'm sure they'll act out too. Heck I would....poor guys, this is all humans doing and it saddens me that the kennel owner is what society calls a "dog person".

Geesh, I don't even leave my own two dogs out together over night!  They both sleep in our room, so we can easily hear if there's an altercation.  We've left them out in the house together for a few practice runs.  Ironically, I'm glad I've seen them get into a few minor spits before because I know how it ends (usually Coke gets too pushy with Kenya, she curls her lip, he ignores her, she give him a little nip, he gets the point and walks away). 

That is terrible!

Whenever we board the dogs we secure enough room for all three to have their own runs right next to each other.