All Breed Dog Boarding

We have left our dogs at All Breed a number of times over the past several years for up to a week at a time, without any real problem.

When our younger dog, Henry, was lunging at other dogs and seemed to need training, we talked to Matt Weiner, the owner. He suggested we leave Henry with him for two months, the first he would work with Henry intensively ("I will be the only one interacting with him," he told us), the second month he would teach us the training.

Once a week, we spoke with Matt by phone and he assured us that everything was going smoothly. After a month, we tried to set up our first meeting, but Matt pushed it back several times; it ended up taking place 39 days in. When we arrived, Matt claimed to be sick (though he seemed fine) and pushed the training back again; we asked to see Henry and Matt (reluctantly) agreed.

We were shocked to see that Henry was skin and bones. There had been a mix-up in our feeding instructions and Henry had only been getting half of what we requested for 5 1/2 weeks. When we confronted Matt, he said this was not a big deal; he wanted us to leave Henry with him for another month.

We pulled Henry out that day. It seemed obvious to us that one of two things was the case. Either Matt did not recognize that Henry was starving or (and this seems far more likely) he hadn't been working with him at all and therefore had no idea.

We view this as extreme incompetence, dangerous, in fact, to our dog. We paid 650 dollars to have Henry locked in a cage and slowly starved. (Also, Google "Matt Weiner;" there is a federal lawsuit against him.)