Taurus Training & Doggy Play
(512) 832-1012
12419 Metric Blvd
Austin,
TX
78758
30.4113
-97.6922
Last updated 6.22.09
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Your canine friend will love you for a day or more at Taurus Training @ Doggy Play Day in Austin.
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shaft28
November 14, 2008
We had gone to the Metric location for bout 6 months for the occassional play day but mostly for vacations where we couldn't watch out lab. She's 3, loves people, dogs and playing; a wonderful dog. The last few times we went she reacted kind of funny when we were dropping her off, she wouldn't leave my side. The last visit she had her tail tucked and ran for the front door to escape with me...and this dog has always loved doggie day care in the past but obviously was freaking out. She still seemed a little amped when we picked her up too. We tried someplace new and she LOVES it - happy to go and exhausted to come home. My guess is she spent too much time in the crate at Taurus or may be an individual there which seem highly unlikely as they have always been nice. Anyway, my dog now can roam all day, loves the place and staff and it's cheaper too (just drive 3 more miles). Sorry to say we won't be back to Taurus but the dog knows.
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Anonymous
September 08, 2008
For 2008, Taurus Metric has LOST its luster. We used Taurus several times this year for week-long vacations and, each time, one of our dogs came back with an injury or were sick. One of our dogs came back with a paw that was bitten and Taurus, despite several calls about not eating, never detected the bite and subsequent abscess. We ended up having to get vet care after the week stay and the dog needed be on antibiotics. In another stay, we requested that our dogs be kept away from the other dogs. Two of our dogs came back vomiting for several days. We're guessing that they had access to some plants in the yard or had gotten sick from the shared yard where other sick dogs were playing. We're questioning how sanitary the conditions are at the Metric facility. In the last stay, our 9 year old was distressed enough that she was chewing on her crate and had metal shavings in her gums according to her dentist a few days after we picked her up. To Taurus' defense, they did detect that one of the dogs had bloody stools. Now we know why. For all of the lip service that Taurus provides on added services, we think that the level of care and monitoring is not adequate. When you drop several dogs and pay over a $1000/week for someone to watch your dogs, you don't expect these things to happen. The bottom line is that WE ARE NOT comfortable leaving our dogs with Taurus Metric and it's time to find another dog sitter. They need more people staffing the location, they also need more qualified people there, they need to increase their sanitary procedures in the kennels and in the yard, they need to better monitor and inspect for the health of the animals in their keeping, and they need to keep MUCH better records of issues/incidents. When questioned, they were not been able to provide details or anything other than a scrap of paper regarding issues that they had sought fit to
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