If I could give Cedar Lanes more than 5 stars I would! ?We have a 12 year old and a 7 year old German Shepherd. ?It has been many years since they have been boarded, and the old boarder is no longer in business (and was also very far). ?My 12 year old is my retired K-9 and is very focused on it just being me and him. ?Not only am I VERY particular with who would watch him, with his background and training, it does take a special ""outsider"" to know how to handle him. ?We needed our dogs watched because we were going out of town for 6 days. ?Cedar Lanes is practically in our back yard and ?read so many good reviews, we decided to board our dogs there. ?We initially did a scouting trip to look at the facility and talk to Peter. ?It is very clean, spacious and the quality of care is obvious. ?Peter (the owner) is amazing!!! ?We feed our dogs RAW (which is chicken, beef, etc) and Peter had no problem with this. ?He asked many questions to get to know our dogs, wanted to know what we expected, and we talked until everything was discussed and we were very comfortable with him. ?It all started when it came time for them to be boarded and Peter took my head strong 12 year old, he trotted right next to Peter with not a care in the world! ?I've never seen him go that easily or comfortably with someone. ?We agreed for 30 mins a day play time, snacks and grooming on the last day. ?Fast forward to pickup day. ?They were both groomed and placed in the grooming kennel when we came to pick them up (and Peter was right on time with having them ready). ?I went to get the 12 year old first, and when I called him, he was so relaxed in the kennel it took him a few to get up, then as he was headed to me he sniffed Peter in a friendly way before coming back to me! ?I was slightly offended he wasn't more excited to see me and was more concerned with saying bye to Peter. ?LOL!!! ?The grooming was amazing, they looked like brand new dogs, they were shedding very bad before. ?Peter gave us a debrief as to how they did and said they were very well behaved. ?So I highly recommend Peter, and believe me we are about the pickiest when it comes to care for our dogs. Between value, quality of staff and facility and the way we know our dogs were cared for, we will ALWAYS use Cedar Lanes!
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