Boarding costs vs Day Care Costs various scenarios- How do you bill the owner?

Pat,

Have you read the answers to your other question that both Deb and I responded to? If you would, then you would see that the first scenario, where a dog is booked for one night of boarding, with pickup apparently at 6 pm the next day, would pay for one night of boarding plus one of daycare, which would be the same amount as your second scenario, albeit the dogs will have spent different amount of time in your home.

You cannot look at it with an hourly perspective because the dog who boarded slept for at least 8 hours and you didn't need to provide any hands-on care during the night. With daycare, you need to supervise, play and walk the pets. Moreover, in the pet care biz, looking at the implied per hour rate for boarding/daycare would be too depressing.