Psychotomy

So, I didn’t post about this at the time b/c it really pissed me off. Then for two weeks we were out of town on vacation (different post).

We went to kiir’s cousin’s wedding and left K at camp/overnight whilst we were gone. B/c he couldn’t really just chill at the house, he could run out of water or hurt himself (ok, so except for a hamstring pull while he’s chasing something in his sleep, it’s unlikely, but he could choke or something).

When I dropped him off, they told me they don’t allow plush toys anymore, b/c the dogs could rip them open (check), pull out the stuffing (with me so far?), and choke on it … uh … gee, he’s never done that before … but they let him take his toy for the weekend b/c we didn’t know about the rules change

Additional things we didn’t know: The manager we liked? quit. The new managers? corporate yes men (well, the asst manager. I have yet to see the new manager manager ; and our manager quit ~3mo ago it seems ; we thought she’d just been on vacation or just in at different times). The staff we liked? gone. Toys they’re allowed to bring: None. All they can have is nylabones and kongs (hard rubber). Oi.

So, when we went to pick him up we found out new stuff.

K-Line has been permanently banned from camp. Because he apparently bit another staff member (it’s happened a few times lately, the trainer’s been trying to work with him). “He bit her on the way up this time” wtf does that even mean? Upon futher investigation, he jumped up, and his mouth hit her pants, left no mark inside her pants, and probably wouldn’t've been noted at all except i think the new asst was watching.

But K is too “agressive” for camp. He’s “dangerous” to have around other dogs. When I asked about that one, she pointed out that a month ago they called us b/c he got into a fight with another dog. “Uh, from what I understood, the other dog antagonized him, and he just defended himself” “Well, yeah” “Uh?” “Some dogs would have just laid down and taken it” … so he’s in trouble for not being a complete pushover?

And as for the people, this is why he’s always supposed to be taken out of camp first by your predecessors rules, so this DOESN’T happen. But apparently someone else was checking out and they just figured it wouldn’t be a problem. Uh? Well, what about the option of tieing him up while you get the other dog out, since that was the other standard option for restraining him? APPARENTLY they can’t take the time to tie him up every time someone comes in or out (i guess they have a constant stream or something? I never realized they had people in and out that often. and as he doesn’t give a shit if you don’t try to close the door, stepping into the attached and enclosed bathroom for the mop isn’t a problem unless you try to close the door and leave)

Of course, the trainer had trained most of the old staff on how to act and how to control K verbally. Apparently the new manager decided they didn’t need no stinking training when they could just ban dogs that didn’t just lay there.

Bleah. And I had to take him in for our vacation, since this all occurred two weeks prior, so there wasn’t any time to look for an alternative (mmmm 12 days stuck in a fucking room ; we got him a couple “double play” sessions (one hour of playtime … it used to be either 2 1-hr chunks or 2 30-min chunks; i think it started at 2 1′s and then became 2 30′s, and then they recently (new management) combined them into a single 1hr chunk … which causes me to question the term “double” play …), and asked the trainer to “work” with him whenever she had time (that was also the first she’d learned of his banishment, and she knows it isn’t K))

He’s gotta go back this weekend (christening event), mid november (baby naming), end of november (t-day) b/c there just isn’t time to find an alternative really. Although i may try ringing up the trainer, seeing if she’d take him for the same $$$, since i know he’ll get more fun there :o (and the old trainer was taking him before the hotel opened up)

But 23$26$/night is outrageous for him to sit there, IMO. yeah, it was 39$/day for him to have the overnight and 8hrs of play, but at least it would run him down. without the play, i can get it cheaper IMO. And they raised prices apparently.

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