Rates & Policy Details

Special Needs Animals

- Most special care is included in the daily price; for "extra" special needs care additional charges may be required; these will be assessed prior to your pets stay.

- For insulin injections a charge of $5 per each sub-Q injection.

 

 

Boarding Discounts

• Stays 10 - 20 days: 10% discount (10th night free!)
• Stays 21 - 28 days: 15% discount
• Stays 29 - 35 days: 20% discount
• Stays 36 - 44 days: 25% discount
• Stays 45 days or longer: 30% discount
• Additional discounts for multi species from the same family

Drop-off, Pick-up and Tour Times
All drop-off, pick-up and tour times MUST be scheduled before coming out.

Mt View Dog Ranch hrs
By appt only, call 425-397-2000 ranch, 206-409-0299 cell   (Mt View Directions)
- We will support most any time that works with your schedule but please come within 20 minutes of your scheduled time. We understand traffic and life may cause delays but we have dogs to take on hikes and errands to run, so if you are delayed please call to let us know. If you arrive outside of your scheduled time we may be away from the ranch.
- When you arrive at Mt View our gate may be closed, it is not locked during the day so go ahead and open it and drive up to the barn (please close behind you).


Mystic Mt Retreat Hrs
Please let us know when you will be coming, we will have caregivers per the below hrs; all other times only by appt.
360-794-6388 ranch, 425-971-3527 cindy cell (Mystic Mt Directions)
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 5:45 or by appt
Saturday: 11:00 - 5:30 or by appt
Sunday: 11:00 - 5:30 or by appt (late pickup by between 8:30 - 9:00pm; by appt only)
Pick-up after 5:45 may be charged a day rate of $30/45/60 for dogs and $20/25/30 for cats.

Mystic Mt Tours by appt only (Mystic Mt Directions)

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday between 12:00 - 3:00
• Other days and times dependent per our schedule

 

Dog Training At Mystic Mt (manners and confidence)

Add on manners and confidence training during normal boarding (contact Cindy for information)

30 minutes/ $30; four 15 minute sessions $50; each additional session $10
(training is broken into 15 – 30 minutes sessions depending on your pups needs, age, amount of training, and length of boarding)

Payment

• Cash, checks or money order. Sorry, no credit cards at this time
• For stays longer then 20 days, we require a 50% deposit at time of check-in.

Shuttle Service

Mystic Mountain Retreat and Mt View Dog Ranch has coordinated with a couple of  taxi services to get your animals to camp if you are unable to bring them yourself.    Please click here for more info.  

Health and Vaccinations

• Mystic Mountain Retreat & Mt View Dog Ranch is dedicated to providing a safe and healthy place for your animals friends and believes in a holistic approach, including vaccinations, worming, and flea control. To support this approach we do not require that vaccines be given every year and consider that first year vaccinations create lifelong immunity.
• We do require that all guests follow a vaccination, flea, and worming plan; either allopathic or holistic supervised by their veterinarian. (For the vaccination plan that Cindy, Mark & Zuzi follows for their own animals see: http://www.mercyvet.com/vaccines.htm ).
  
• All dog guests must provide a negative fecal test within the last 6 months as they share our play field (cats are not required as they use personal litter boxes).
• The Truth about Pet Vaccinations by Dr. Larry Siegler   http://www.healthypetjournal.com/default.aspx?tabid=17929 , to read more great articles by Dr. Larry click on the link at the bottom of the article.
• Kennel cough vaccinations are up to the owner and their veterinarian, as dogs can get infected with the virus even if they have had the vaccination and as signs of a dog with kennel cough may take days - weeks there is no way to fully ensure guests won't come in contact with the virus at dog camp, at the dog park or even walking down the street; this is similar to kids getting a cold or the flu at school or while playing with other kids. We spray our fields every week with a cleaner, fully clean all rooms and bedding between guests, wash bowls every day and provide good air flow and even air cleaners to reduce the spread of colds between the guests.

Paperwork
To fully support guests, a history form and agreement will need to be filled out and signed before your animals stay or during check-in
(forms available upon request or at the ranch).

 

Additional visits an "every trip" form will need to be filled out, either during check-in or email for the current form.

What to bring?
We provide beds, bowls, towels, blankets, toys, rice based canned food for enhancement and chicken treats. (If your pup is a shredder please provide your own bedding, additional charges may apply if our bedding is torn beyond normal use.)

You will need to provide:

• All food, supplements, bones, and medications (we have lots of room to store raw food and veggies)
• Any special treats (we provide chicken jerky)
• Something with home smells on it (un-washed bedding or towels/t-shirts from mom or dad)
• Any behavior tools you use at home such as gentle leaders/halters, prong collars, or barking control collars
• Anything that will help your fur-kids have a happy stay including toys, crates, beds, blankets etc.
  (soiled bedding may be washed and can be miss-placed so please don't bring any favorites )
• Please no bowls as they get washed 2x a day and can be miss-placed
• Leashes may also get misplaced so either take them home or leave favorites at home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tours & Visits
Please call or email for an appointment and driving directions (Mystic Mt Directions) (Mt View Directions) . Please no unscheduled visits as we may be out on hikes with the dogs or running errands.

Dog Training Methods
Mystic Mountain Retreat, Loving Dog Training; utilizes a combination of positive feedback, natural training, communication, and energy balancing for our training processes.  While dogs are very special individuals who understand many levels of being, they are also canine's with their own behaviors that are separate from us humans. Thus during your pups stay we will work with them to understand the rules which will ensure the safety for other guests, the caretakers and your pup.  If you would like to discuss our processes please contact Cindy.

Barking
Mystic Mountain Retreat is a commercial kennel so we must adhere to county regulations regarding noise.   Specifically, we cannot have a "repetitive barker". The county defines a repetitive barker as a dog who barks continuously for 10 minutes of any 30 minute time frame.   Repetitive barking not only bothers the human neighbors but also other guest dogs and even themselves as it may cause stress to their digestive system.

If your dog is a repetitive barker, we will use only humane methods to quiet them. First we use communication to determine if anything is wrong and to let them know the rules and why barking is inappropriate behavior.

 

If the barking continues we utilize various techniques and tools to help with their training depending on the pups individual needs:

 

- Water spray bottles are our first tool after communication for quick corrections

- Sonic devices that creates a sound

- Lemon collar that sprays a quick burst of lemon near the dog's nose when he/she barks (many dogs don't like the smell and will eventually figure out that it only happens when he/she is barking, some dogs seem to like the smell).

- Stimulation/bark collars that starts with a small level of stimulation and slowly increases. When the pup stop barking the collar automatically is reset to the lowest level. If for some reason the barking continues the collar is deactivated to ensure the stimulation is only for training. We only use the highest quality training collars to ensure all corrections are fair and accurate.

 

Once the pup has figured out barking is not appropriate we step backwards in the process so most pups are trained not to bark without any aids. The dogs we have had to use these aids on have not been stressed out by them and have continued to have a great time while at Mystic Mountain Retreat, Loving Dog Boarding

We reserve the right to refuse service for any animal, per Mystic Mountain Retreat’s and Mt View Dog Ranch's discretion.