DOG LOVERS PLEASE READ!!! So, Wednesday around 3:00pm Lindsey and I dropped Mongo our Dane off at the local "doggie hotel" with three bags of dog food (one for Wed. night, Thurs. morning, and Thurs. night) with plans of picking him up Friday morning. When dropping him off I gave the keeper his food, gave a 10-12 minute explanation of why he eats a certain food and his schedule, and watched her type the instructions into the computer. When we went to pick him up, the lady (which I've never seen before) gave me back one bag of food. I asked, "why does he have a bag left over?" She said she didn't know, that she had fed him that morning (Friday AM) and Thursday evening. Meaning, my dog went from Wed. AM when I fed him until Thurs. evening when she fed him 36hrs no food. When I started asking questions she had no answers only that she wasn't there. I told her I needed an owner to call me ASAP. When she called her excuse was that he was fed some food off the shelf that they had and assured me he had been fed. I then questioned who fed him and low and behold it was the same woman I had given the explicit instructions to on how and when to feed him (remember that when I gave these instruction it was less than 2 hours before feeding time.) I told the manager/owner that I call bullshit that there is no way she forgot about our 10 minute conversation on his feeding schedule and about his grain allergy that she forgot in two hours about our conversation. Remember, we aren't talking about an average dog, Mongo is always the biggest dog there, not like you would confuse him real easy. When I told her that I didn't believe her, that it sounds like they were trying to cover their ass, all she could say was how understaffed they were and how hard it was to find good help. I'm sorry, but if I was trying to assure a customer of no wrong doing, the last thing I would tell them is how poorly staffed we are! I would assure the customer that there was no wrong doing and provide an explanation (sorry but to me this screams negligence) . Not even a sorry for ALLEGEDLY feeding my dog some shit food after my explicit instructions. Also, had another time (same place) they were going to let us pick up our dog when the night walker showed up and guess what, THEY NEVER DID! this means my dog did not get let out (or any of the other dogs) from the time they closed until the AM walker came in. It is hard enough to find a decent place to take care of a large breed and it seems to have gotten a little harder. I know many of my friends have ties to this place but when things don't add up then their is a problem in the values somewhere. I would love to put their name in this but since I have no solid evidence, only a bunch of statements that don't add up I won't. Just use caution when choosing a chateau for your dog to stay in because it appears they screwed the pooch. read more