We're planning to board Homer

We're planning to board Homer while we are in Brazil, so we looked at two places today. Both Triple Crown and Dog Boy's came recommended from people at work and although they are very different from each other, they both appealed to us.

Tripel Crown has this incredible state of the art facility. They kennels are immaculately clean and very well maintained. They offer all sorts of training (obedience, agility, K9, Schutzhund, etc.) and pretty much every weekend some event is going on at their facilities. Today we witnessed a Flyball tournament and Schutzhund trials. All those things are open to public and we may make a trip there to watch some day.

Dog Boy's has a much homier feel to it. It's out in the country and grew out of a home business. The really nice thing we like about Dog Boy's is that compatible dogs get to spend the day together in play groups. Homer would really dig that.

In the end, we've decided to go with Triple Crown. We'll have Homer spend the two weeks under the In-Kennel Training program. This means that he'll go through obedience training three times a day - that should keep him occupied and I bet he'll improve his manners tremendously. The trainer Kim Kelly was highly recomended by Jason and Mystique and we liked him in person as well. Homer will be in good hands.