There was a story in the East Lothian Courier last week which is a cautionary tale about 'cowboy' daycare facilities.
A lady who used a dog daycare in the area left her Siberian Husky/Japanese Akita puppy there only to receive a call to say the dog had died in a freak accident.
Apparently the facility, which on its website warned the dogs would be left unsupervised for periods, had left the puppy in a garden with a choke lead they had put on it after it arrived, and it became caught on a gatepost while it was 'unsupervised' and strangled itself.
An investigation did not find the facility at fault however it is a warning to everyone who considers these daycare facilities to look at the small print.
Thankfully the place Mason goes is staffed at all times and does not use choke leads, ironically the woman who runs my place told me she heard about the incident from the owner of the Akita when she phoned her a month after its death asking if she could look after her new Akita puppy.
She could not because it isn't in her area, however, it begs the question, if you work full time why would you take on a puppy that needs proper training and also, why would you pay someone who admits your dog will be left on its own, when you could leave it alone in your own house???

Marie