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Thanks for the reminder CT I have just done that as well - never has there been a more appropriately named forum user, she is completely (to use an appropriate AAD metaphor) barking....
Local council, don't make me laff, I am not an unlicensed kennels or breeding operation.
As amymay says, people offering home boarding do have to be licensed and meet quite stringent conditions if they are charging . I think perhaps you need to make this your last home boarding exercise unless you are prepared to comply with the regulations.
Somebody here near me has been fined £500 for home boarding without a licence and she said it was only her friends dogs and was a one off. She still got fined.
It came to head when her friends dog was injured in her care. Friend or no friend she wanted vet bills paying and the boarder in question had no licence or insurance so she contacted the council and reported her friend.
Somebody here near me has been fined £500 for home boarding without a licence and she said it was only her friends dogs and was a one off. She still got fined.
It came to head when her friends dog was injured in her care. Friend or no friend she wanted vet bills paying and the boarder in question had no licence or insurance so she contacted the council and reported her friend.
That's nice, not sure why people get so intense about things which do not concern them and there is no question of lack of facilities etc etc,
My SIL still has a cat or two who came for a week and stayed, she did cat sitting for years, mostly visiting in their own homes, which is what I originally suggested, the owner agreed to pay any bills, for food and for vet.
Quite, people aren't getting intense about it they are just trying to avoid you getting yourself into hot water Bonkers, particularly as you seem to have enough issues with your other business without adding to them.
I dont understand given the issues you have had with some of your gardening clients paying and the stress it causes you why you have allowed these dogs to stay without a payment agreement in place?
My boarding insurance covers vets bills for any condition that occurs whist boarding (obviously not pre existing conditions the same as any policy) with no excess.Well, these people are trustworthy, that is the difference, it was all done in a rush to be honest, I think its best not to charge as gunnerdog is going to report me, for reasons best known to himself. Good luck with that!
Anyway thanks for the replies I got which clarified things.
I can easily add animal care to my insurance, but any insurance will not just hand on cash on demand, and there is always an excess / surcharge, so best I let them sign that they will take care of any untoward costs and if they don't like it they can take pooches to kennels, where once again they will not find it easy to get any vet bills paid.
A lot of people look after animals when their owners area way, often not as part of a business, and I doubt HMCE ever see many of those transactions.
Bonkers, I mean this nicely, but if you don't want the dogs again, or like them then tell the owner. I would hate for my dog to be with someone who didn't really want him about especially if I was paying for the privilege.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=c...=A1XEV_OiC-vLgAbAirXwBw#imgrc=6fVXXhYSWkbz_M:Lévrier;13353103 said:Thanks for the reminder CT I have just done that as well - never has there been a more appropriately named forum user, she is completely (to use an appropriate AAD metaphor) barking....
Short of the low life in the back streets of towns and cities, no one intends the dog in their care to bite anyone, yet, it happens on a regular basis according to the news, which only reports the serious attacks, and frighteningly they are all to many. It doesn't need to be a pit bull, a nip from a chihuahua could land the owner/carer in deep water these days. You said yourself you wore thick gloves to handle the dog because it could be aggressive.
As for under your control at all times, no one can guarantee that, accidental escapes happen.
I can't decide if you are sat at home making up stories about gardening and dogs etc to deliberately get a rise out of forum members, for entertainment purposes/because you're a fantasist,
or whether you are totally unhinged and its all actually happening, in which case the people who entrust their property and pets with you must be equally bonkers.
Well. Someone suggested I change my business model, and someone else suggested I get a job .................
The dogs are under my control at all times, they wont bite someone, they are not pit bulls.
I asked how much to charge overnight, instead I get an inquisition.
Cat and dogs are not sharing a bed. They are used to cats.
Bonkers, I mean this nicely, but if you don't want the dogs again, or like them then tell the owner. I would hate for my dog to be with someone who didn't really want him about especially if I was paying for the privilege.
Agreed!
You know Bonkers2 I sadly begin to think no hope you are a troll .
Looking at local authority website, I do not seem to need pp, and as I say, it must be something new, as it was not needed when I worked in Licensing.
To my mind, a social media website is not the real world, more of a sounding board.....
http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/business/licences/animals/boarding-animals
Ive just had a look at my council just out of interest and was staggered to see they charge this and it covers home boarding, admittedly this is the first licence and would be cheaper the following year but am amazed. There is no sliding scale so if you kenneled 200 dogs a week or just 1 the fee would be the same.
Bonkers, who is your local council as someone could probably look it up for you?
I did think if they haven't asked you already re the wedding, and assuming it is something they have had planned for a long time, I wouldn't presume they want you to have the dogs for that.