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Post by Mike & Laura on Oct 3, 2011 12:16:34 GMT
We have just recently taken Josie on and we have a holiday booked to Centre Parcs in Spring next year - where we go quite a lot. The original plan was to settle her in for a few months before we went away again and put her in the kennels. Now we are so attached to her already we can't bear the thought of her a) being looked after by someone else b) put back in the kennel when she's used to a nice warm duvet and lots of 1-2-1 attention c) fear that she will be traumatised even staying a week in the kennel and think we have abandoned her. Has anyone any experience of Centre Parcs specifically with dog(s) or have a view on holidays with dogs in general? What should we do? Thanks Mike & Laura
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Post by sueb on Oct 3, 2011 12:49:30 GMT
Hi Mike & Laura Never been to Centre Parcs, so can't comment about that, I'm afraid. We have 2 greys, one still nervous of new situations and one (who we've had more recently) much more confident. We've taken them to both to our own holiday home and a cottage in devon, and they've been fine.
I'm sure Josie will be completely settled by next spring and well used to her routines and would take a holiday in her stride- as long as they're not of a nervous disposition, I do think greys are very adaptable. Like you I would not want to leave them in kennels, but it's just a personal thing (and my Mum is now too frail to come and dog sit as she used to in days gone by). I think some people have used kennels and their hounds have been ok. They'd probably get on better than we'd anticipate, it's just that if we were worrying about them it may spoil the holiday. We recenlty were in the west country and walking in Bude and one of the many poeple who stopped to see our hounds wanted to cuddle them, as she was on holiday and her 2 whippets were in kennels and she was so desperate to get home and see them, she was thinking of going home before the holiday ended.
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Post by patricksparents on Oct 3, 2011 13:50:09 GMT
Hi Mike and Lara We are the same with Patrick and indeed all our dogs have always come on holiday with us. We wouldn't leave him in a kennels for exactly the same reason as you (even as good as some of them are) and we had a bad experience with an animal home sitting service. As long as you take her bedding and any toys there is no reason why Josie shouldn't have a fab holiday. I always take time to check out local eateries which are dog friendly, take local vet's details etc.
One thing like Sue said - the hounds always get lots of attention so be prepared for any outing to take twice as long as you expect.
I've only been on day trips to the Spa at Centre Parcs so can't comment but the facilities always look fab there.
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Post by rachael on Oct 3, 2011 18:35:18 GMT
I have never been to Centre Parcs but did take Simon to a cottage on a farm this summer. He hated it!! It did not have an enclosed garden/yard and Simon did not enjoy doing his "toilet" on his lead. I therefore spent most of the holiday standing around saying "do a wee wee"!! or being worried that he was going to mess in the cottage! He also didn't like being away from home and although we brought his bed and toys his tail remained firmly between his legs the whole time.
If we go away again we shall only take him somewhere with an enclosed garden. Otherwise I will either put him and our other dog Lyra in kennels or leave them with friends.
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Post by Ian on Oct 3, 2011 18:38:22 GMT
Like others we always take Seaney on holiday with us since he loves going out, if it was a choice of food or lead, he'd always choose the lead. He's never any bother and always provides a good talking point with other holiday makers. We've never done a Centre Parcs, but some friends love it, they have kids but no dog. When Sue was on holiday 'sueb' who's written above they all called into our house since they were staying close to where we live. All hounds were good as gold and fortunately our cats kept a low profile!
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Post by penny's shell on Oct 3, 2011 20:57:46 GMT
We generally take penny with us wherever we go if we can! The last three years we have been camping in the lake district and penny absolutely loves it. She will settle anywhere and if we go into dog friendly pubs she always lies down! As others have said she draws so much attention from people and laps it up! I hate not being able to take her but we are lucky that both my parents and my sister have dogs and don't mind an extra mouth if we can't take her with us so we never even think about kennels.
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Post by nicky on Oct 4, 2011 16:08:46 GMT
I have never been to centre parcs but we have taken Betty with us on holiday. As everyone says they are a good talking point and outings take ages. She is also used to going into pubs which she enjoys . We put went away after only having Betty for two months and she was quite happy in kennels. I was worried she might have forgotten us when we went to collect her but I needn't have been as she was very happy to see us and hadn't forgotten us at all. By next spring Josie will be settled and you'll have more idea what would be best. Nicky
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shirley
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Post by shirley on Oct 22, 2011 20:33:40 GMT
We have just recently taken Josie on and we have a holiday booked to Centre Parcs in Spring next year - where we go quite a lot. The original plan was to settle her in for a few months before we went away again and put her in the kennels. Now we are so attached to her already we can't bear the thought of her a) being looked after by someone else b) put back in the kennel when she's used to a nice warm duvet and lots of 1-2-1 attention c) fear that she will be traumatised even staying a week in the kennel and think we have abandoned her. Has anyone any experience of Centre Parcs specifically with dog(s) or have a view on holidays with dogs in general? What should we do? Thanks Mike & Laura
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Post by shirley on Oct 22, 2011 20:41:23 GMT
Hi, We have just got Fletcher AKA Dave the Duck & Rosy AKA Wrightys Babe out of kennels after a week away,I must admit to being so worried that they wouldn't be happy when we got back as we have only had Fletcher since July and Rosy since September but they were both perfectly OK with no ill effects at all. We WOULD put them in again with confidence.By the way it's so nice to see Josie has now been rehomed she was one of the young ladies that Fletcher looked over when we were after our second houndy,but he was determined his lady was to be Rosy. Good Luck with your lovely lady.Shirley.
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Post by nuttysarahbunny on Nov 17, 2011 15:10:42 GMT
We've been to Centre Parcs a couple of times but that was before we had the bozos (not that we can remember what a houndie free house was like! ) However we always went with friends and they used to bring their 2 labradors along and the set up seemed to suit pooches fine (and in truth our houndies are generally much more easy going than 'normal' dogs anyway!) I think they used to charge about £50 per dog though - and can't remember if that was per night They have special 'dog toileting areas' too (if I remember rightly - I can't say I was checking them out! ) There is (of course) plenty of room for 'walkies' We are very lucky and have had our caravan by the seaside for just over a year which has been an absolute godsend as not only do Banana Brain and Muppet come with us (and they love their second home) but out 9 rats too It means all the "family" are together! It was part of the reason behind the purchase. Regardless of this though - I don't think we could go on holiday without our two as Gracie Lu definitely couldn't cope without at least one of us around - ok and I admit it - we couldn't cope with the two of them being away from us! Oh and fab news re Josie - isn't her picture (your avatar) exceptionally cute!
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Post by olivers on Jan 1, 2012 23:01:49 GMT
yes...we took our old greyhound to CenterParcs. I would not return with a greyhound as the place was full of rabbits, baby ducklings etc. We couldn't get our dog to settle, she was on a mission when we took her out for a walk.
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