On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 08:36:56 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:
>
>"Gary" > wrote in message ...
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/21/2016 3:10 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> > On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 1:27:14 PM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Parents are family.
>>> >>
>>> >> ISTR your care of your mother amounts to a phone call once a week.
>>> >> You're nearly 60, aren't you? So she's pushing 80. One phone call a
>>> >> week
>>> >> is your best shot?
>>> >
>>> > My 82-year-old mother is lucky if she hears from me once a month.
>>> > OTOH, I was just over there last week to set up her WIFI network.
>>> >
>>> > Cindy Hamilton
>>> >
>>> At least you are close enough to go over there and help her out when
>>> necessary. 
>>>
>>> Cordova, TN to Dataw Island, SC is not exactly a hop, skip and a jump.
>>> Especially not when driving with a car-sick cat in a carrier in the back
>>> seat. Gary makes it sound like I committed a mortal sin because I
>>> boarded her. Instead, I boarded an airplane.
>>
>> Did you explain to Persia why you were leaving her? Did she understand?
>> And didn't you go back MONTHS later and still drive her car-sick butt
>> back to carolina with you? Could have done that in the first place.
>>
>> That's just you, but not me.
>> Everyone has differences, right Cheri? :-D
>
>Absolutely Gary! There is nothing wrong with boarding a pet when the
>circumstances call for it, many rescues are boarded for long periods when
>waiting to be adopted and they are treated very well in the process.
>
>Cheri
I don't believe in boarding a pet for the purpose of a pleasure such
as a week's vacation or a night out of town for a dinner party but
sometimes emergencies such as caring for a sick relative mandate a pet
be boarded. The only times I've ever boarded a pet was due to it
having elective surgery (neutering/spaying) or it being ill and
requiring professional medical care... spending a day or two as an
in-patient in an animal hospital is really not boarding. The longest
I've ever left my pets home alone is to mow the lawn, and even then
I'd return every few hours.