FAITHFUL K9: Dogs were always barking

I’m so grateful that Faithful K9 boarding was shut down. Our business shares a fence with them. Those dogs in their care were outside most of the time, barking, crying, whining, NOT PLAYING with each other. JUST plain unhappy. I called them one winter day, when it was so frigid, on the news, they were telling people to not have your pets outside and to not be outside for any length of time.

When I got to our business, there was a bunch of dogs outside, standing on ice in this enclosure that they have. I was concerned for the safety of the dogs, worried that their feet might freeze. They didn’t seem very concerned and said they only leave them out there for a short time. The dogs at this facility barked all day long, literally all day, in the heat, in the cold, in the snow, in the pouring rain, in the wind and rain standing in mud. I wondered what condition these animals were in when they were picked up by their owners each night and wondered if people complained or just didn’t do anything.

I wish I had called Animal Control myself. I guess I just felt like nobody would do anything. No excuse, I wish I had called, next time I will. I’m heartbroken for the people that lost their dog from heatstroke. I hope the people who ran the facility are charged with whatever is possible. I fear for any pet they may own.

CAROL FOLDA

Coeur d’Alene