My dog left with unexplained injures. Becky is terrible owner. On my dogs last 5 night stay at Balmoral, my small dog left with and injured dew claw (which led to infection) and got an ugly puncture wound on his side. It was a pretty deep puncture that required a vet visit (no stitches) and antibiotics. And, no one can explain to me how his injuries happened. I received two separate phone calls from one of the owners on separate days about his injuries. She said my small dog would be on 'high alert' after the first injury. But then I received the second call from the owner on sixth day and morning I was about to pick up the dogs after their bath. She says that my small dog has a "hole" in his side. She also stated that it was not a dog bite and they are "trained to know the difference." So I asked, "did he get into an altercation with another dog?" She assured me that I would have immediately been alerted if a fight had occurred and that no one can explain how he was injured. She stated that they had rolled back the cameras and could not see how he was injured. One of the workers was pretty sure the puncture wound was not there that last night and the injury had to happen between being in his cabin overnight and his bath that morning. There are no cameras inside the cabins so they don't know when it actually happened. I had chalked up the claw injury to maybe a little rough play or maybe he hit his claw somehow, but how did he get a very noticeable puncture wound on his side? My issue is that no one can explain anything. My hubby picked up the dogs since I was working so I wasn't there to talk to the owner or negotiate fair pay. They had hubby pay the $400 bill before bringing out the dogs. They then brought out my dogs but carrying my small dog while kissing and loving all over him. They showed my husband the injuries and told him the same story that "no one knows how he was injured." He asked, "if the puncture wound happened during his bath that morning or did he bump into something sharp inside the cabin? He was told there is nothing sharp inside the cabin and they just don't know how he was injured. Hubby left knowing I was gonna be pissed and let them know I would be in contact. Once I got home, my dog came to me limping with a swollen dew claw and a very nasty puncture hole in his side with dried blood on the fur surrounding the wound. It was too late to call Camp Bow Wow, so I called after I left the vet the next day. I left a message with the desk worker for the owner to call me. I missed the owners call back but she did leave her cell number for me to call back. I immediately called the owner's cell and gave her the vet update of the infected swollen claw and the "puncture wound." I had her once again try to explain the injuries to my small dog. She stated they could not see anything on the cameras to explain the injuries and that it had to happen in his cabin overnight. My small dog always shares a cabin with our big dog, a German Shepard mix. She is extremely submissive and timid. I always tell people she was born only to give Love. Never any aggression, in fact she is kept in the small to medium dog play area with our small dog all day at Camp Bow Wow due to her being so timid of the big dogs her own size. Our small dog completely dominates our big dog. I only separate the dogs during feeding. So I asked, are you implying that my big dog injured my small dog and did they separate the dogs as I advised during feeding. She says my dogs are separated at feeding and share the same cabin at bedtime. She then states, it's the only reasonable explanation and that siblings do fight. I said, this is the first time the story has changed and if my dog was on such "high alert", then why didn't anyone hear him yelp from such an injury. She then stated that her workers said he had moles and that maybe one came off. I explained that his moles don't grow in that area and the very few moles he has are all intact. I let her know that the vet stated it was not a mole injury but a couple days old "puncture wound." I said, I would probably feel better if you told me the small dog (napoleon syndrome) got into a fight with another dog as this would at least explain the injuries. And, I didn't appreciate her all of a sudden blaming my other dog. It didn't sit well with me that I brought my dogs to Camp Bow Wow and paid $400 for their stay and now I had to go incur a vet bill. I also told her of the many years we have used Camp Bow Wow spending thousands and that I have referred other pet owners and given them good reviews online. So, I then asked, "is there some kind of goodwill or customer loyalty discount that she wanted to extend to me?" Her first response was, "can you tell me how we were at any fault for his injuries?" I was so upset with her not owning up to any responsibility that I could only hang up the phone to keep from thoroughly using expletives. read more