I love dogs. My dogs are my life. I have a 16 year old boy at home who is very busy so my husband and I are very attentive to our dogs. We live on a farm and I walk my dogs twice a day. We usually put on a total of 6 miles. My dogs have the run of the house. They are truly a part of our family. I would treat your dog the same way. We just lost our chocolate lab in Oct, she was just shy of 15, in the spring we lost our yellow lab to brain cancer, she was 12. I understand how hard it is to board your dog, especially when they are elderly. We never did it, I couldn't do that to our dogs. We now have two new dogs who have filled our lives with joy once again.