I board my hounds at the RGT kennels , my son races motorbikes at a high level for a professional team and I go to see him , its a dangerous sport and I need to be there ! I have to board my dogs otherwise I cant go . I struggle with this as I take my dogs everywhere with me and desparately miss them when I am away, they are not allowed to come to the race track otherwise they would be with me. I have tried to think of allsorts of options e.g having them in a kennels local to the track we are at so I can go and visit and walk them but the logisitics are difficult as the race meets are all over the UK and there
are 12 rounds so its a big committment to try and arrange local boarding in an area I am not familiar with. My family live all over the world so there are no options there and I feel its too much of a committment for my friends who have offered as its not a one off its 12 weekends of the yeAr and it includes all the BHs.

The RGT kennels are fab and they know my dogs well and are very fond of them but I am conscious they are unsettled at times as they are thoroughly spoilt at home (not to the point they are not trained and have house rules )

This weekend Tom had an accident and they were not sure if Bella had bitten him in the kennel as they are close together and share a bed , or it happened when they were playing in the paddock.

I cant see that Bella bit Tom as they are best buddies at home and show no aggression towards each other. Maybe they were a bit stressed in kennels and behaviour was not as normal ? Looking at the wound which has 10 staples in it , it does not look like a bite but does look like a normal hound tear that could happen through play. I have no issues whatsoever with RGT they do a fantastic job and look after my hounds very well.

Bella also has had them awake at 5 in the morning barking , she does not do this at home but did the last 2 nights in the kennels , they had to put an anti bark muzzle on her but she managed to remove it !

I know there is no real easy solution for this , I could stay at home and not go to the race meetings but I dont want to do this , I prefer to be there and fret at the track rather than at home , between a rock and a hard place huh !

I want to do the best for my dogs and support my son and think they will be fine in the RGT kennels as the team are trying to think of ways to settle Bella more in the night and really do the best for my dogs.

Not really looking for answer here but need to share my thoughts , the woofs are fine today and are snuggled up on the sofa with me as I type, I will focus on the belief that dogs live in the moment and every moment with us is a fabulous one for them !

Thanks Mel , I am really happy with the kennels and they really look after them well , I suppose its just when something happens you want to be there, next race meet is in Scotland and they are coming with us as I will stay at my sisters which is 20 mins from the track and she will look after them on raceday , they know her and the kids due to lots of visits and they settle well there , so thats one less kennel visit ! Thanks for your offer I may just send Bella to you as Axel seems to have a soft spot for her !

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Bella also has had them awake at 5 in the morning barking , she does not do this at home but did the last 2 nights in the kennels , they had to put an anti bark muzzle on her but she managed to remove it !