I would definitely take Scout and visit where she'll be boarded ahead of time.
Ken and I have always done this prior to leaving our dogs anywhere.
Do you have any friends or relatives that could watch Scout?

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Tonka & Tucker

SNOBEAR at the Bridge
Dec. 23, 1999-March 27, 2010


SMOOCH at the Bridge.
Feb. 14, 1999-Dec. 7, 2010

In the past I usually have someone stay here or she has stayed with my friend and her labs. However, that was only a few days and my friend is moving. I would prefer her to go be somewhere she can get some energy spent rather than have her sit for three weeks at someone's house. Plus she can get worked with the pro. I feel pretty good about it for the most part.

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You will LOVE Kenya! I almost didn't come home after five weeks there in 1978, but that was also before poaching took its terrible toll on many of the animals. I would suggest getting some tapes to learn a little Swahili, not so much for conversation but because it makes the Kenyans so happy to see someone trying

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Golden retrievers think life is a party thrown especially for them

Scout is squared away to stay with the pro for a few weeks in June and while we are there fiance and I are getting married! Scout will have a daddy when she gets home, but she will always be a mamma's girl.

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Sounds like a marvelous trip for you. And I bet Scout will have a blast at his hunting "summer camp."

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Kathleen, mom to one human, age 17, three canines, and a bunch of fish.