(E.B.W.) Critter Corner
Feature:
No Ruffin’ It At Pet Palace
“Fanny is done ruffin’ it.
…She’s my hiking pal, the golden
retriever with the big swishy tail, soft brown eyes, & floppy ears. She
bounded in the other day with that, ‘I need a vacation’ look…
The latest dish at the dog park is
all about L’Hotel Balto & its Salon de Beaute, a 5-star establishment in
Vaudreuil-Dorion with overnight rooms & suites, a boutique, daycare, &
a grooming care.
This is a top- dog place. It offers
limo service in a Cadillac Escalade…Pet guests who request early check-in or
late checkout can relax in VIP lounges with leather sofas & comfy plaid
throws. And there are 27 well-appointed spaces for dogs & 12 for cats.
Assistant manager Briana Berman runs the front desk…
All of the canine guests have heated
floors & small, medium, or large 4-poster wrought iron beds with Hotel
Balto’s insignia on the headboard. Each chamber has an armoire for personal
effects & a flat-screen television…Plus, there is maid service several
times a day, fresh sheets when required & frequent exercise in the
fenced-in-yard…Pet-owners bring their own food.
The bow- wow factor here is that all
rooms have cameras so that Berman can monitor the goings-on constantly. And Balto
supplies pet owners with Milestone software with which they can access the
real-time images, too, even if they are traveling internationally.
Fanny sniffed around the hotel
&, go figure, she chose the Royal Dog Suite on the penthouse floor…which is
extra large with lots of window exposure.
Then Berman set up appointments for
Fanny’s hair & nails with…Balto’s expert groomer & stylist. The Salon
de Beaute is equipped with all the essentials- hair dryers, nail polish, &
ribbons for that girlie look…
Balto is not only about dogs.
The cats vacation in a separate
section. 3 suites for felines have televisions & 7-foot climbing posts,
& large spaces for multiple cats from the same family.
There also is a cattery, with
smaller cages, toy mice, a 2-metre climbing post & radio as entertainment…
Hotel Balto is owned by Diane
Levesque, who is wild about animals & also happens to work in construction
& real estate…The accommodations have windows, & floors of riverstone,
marble or tile, wrought iron gates, & little crystal chandeliers hanging
from 7-foot ceilings. Many have windows.
Hotel Balto also shelters animals
available for adoption. When Fanny & I visited, we met Poupette the
Dachshund & Zach & Zoe, brother & sister Schnauzers. Levesque also
fosters about 30 dogs at her ranch.”
Rochelle
Lash
Montreal Gazette
Oct.
12/2013
Cute Critter Pic
Weekly Chuckle
Canadian Links:
Humane Society: https://www.humanesociety.com/
International Fund for Animal Welfare: www.ifaw.org/canada/
Canadian SPCA: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/.../the-canadian-spcala-spca-canadienne/ 
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