High Maintenance Charge?
I'm very fortunate to have really great dogs staying with me the vast majority of the time.
However, our family has been pushed to its limit this last month with one of our boarders. He's been a client for just over a year, and has always been a bit of a handful. He's been with us for 14 nights out of the past 17, and we're feeling it. He counter-surfs, plays keep away, demand barks, and is restless. As a trainer, I've got a pretty good handle on how to deal with all these behaviors, but it can be exhausting nonetheless. I've been boarding for 10 years, and he's one of only a handful of dogs like this that I've encountered.
I don't necessarily want to get rid of him as a client, but I'm wondering about charging extra for these high maintenance dogs. Does anyone else do this? I'm concerned that since this charge would be applied based upon my assessment (and not "facts" like age), owners will give me grief about it.
The other very solid option would be to raise my puppy age to two years.