We have used Antler Creek twice with two different dogs for a couple hours of daycare a few years apart while kayaking the AuSable River out of Mio. We always provide health records when leaving a dog, and because we travel a lot, we always make sure our dogs have every vaccination under the sun and that they are up-to-date.
The facilities at Antler Creek are what we would expect with a kennel, but sadly, both times our dog came down with bordetella after being left at the kennel. Fortunately, it was mild each time, because our dogs had been vaccinated, but they still got sick. It is possible that each time the dog got bordetella somewhere else, and it is called "kennel cough" for a reason; but it is quite a coincidence that our dog caught bordetella both times we used this kennel several years apart and the incubation period was right for the kennel to have been the source. It is a guess, but although we cannot be sure, we suspect the runs are not cleaned between "guests".
The first time we left our dog for about 8 hours, and he could hardly get out of the run before he peed and pooped. Apparently he had never been let out of the indoor run the entire time he was there, and he was just expected to eliminate in the concrete floored run.
Sadly, we have found nowhere else to leave our dog in the Mio area, so now when we are kayaking the AuSable, we just leave our dog with a trusted dog sitter near our home for a few days.
This review is unfortunate, because we think with just a little effort, this kennel could be very nice, and it seems to be the only place to leave a dog in the Mio area. read more