How long has it been since you got her back?

I had a foster who was like this. (Could be genetic in his case). It is definitely possible to work through this as Cameron has. But it will take a long time, you will get great results if you go slow and don't try to push her. You can try Rescue Remedy or Relora to help her with the anxiety while you are working on it.

Did this so-called boarding kennel take your money? I would be reporting them to the Better Business Bureau among other things. File complaints that they mistreated your dog and did not try to make good on what happened. Tell your breeder (if the breeder is local) about this place so she can warn puppy customers. Spread the word far and wide.

I think that if they were a good kennel they would have been up front about what happened, apologized, say that the person had been fired and they took steps that it would never happen again. Instead, they were secretive and tried to hide it like nothing happened. grrr!!!

I would file a complaint with the BBB, as Angela said, and file a complaint at the local PD about your dog being mistreated while there. Apparently it wasn't the first time that the fired staff member got "aggressive" with a dog that was boarded there. (S)he may not be the only one there that is.

There is absolutely NO reason that the owner should let it go so easily. They should be kissing your ass and giving you a refund. Not letting it go and saying that the problem has been taken care of and the bad staff member is gone now.

You need to report it, and do it soon. The person who did this to your dog shouldn't be working with animals and shouldn't be let off so easy.

Ooooh this makes me mad!

see if you can get a description of the person who abused your dog. your dog may harbor a longstanding grudge against any one who even looks like the nob who abused him. watch out for any signs of aggression from your dog towards people smilar in appearance.

my GSD used to growl and become very aggressive towards any tall men wearing black hats... which was how the trainer had dressed who 'helicoptered' her and choked her air off when she was aggressive towards him (at age 18 months... )

needless to say that trainer and i quickly parted company -- though he is still being used by some local GSD kennels of international reknown in this town...

Two of my dogs can be left home with someone to come and check on them, I have a dog door and they are trustworthy in the house and yard.
Yote has to be kenneled if we will are going to be gone, so I use the Vet. I trust them more than any other boarding facility or random dogsitter.

I once had a dog sitter quit on me halfway through a week long vacation.

It isn't fancy, but they are fed, watered, taken out to potty and watched for any medical issues while they are there. They also have a separate area for contagious dogs under their care and a separate general boarding and recovery area so I don't worry about him getting sick while he is with them.

That is shame. I'm sorry about what happen to Lexxi and Cameron's dog. I used to work with dogs and cats at boarding facility. It was run by a veterinarian.

When I worked there, I thought it was a great boarding facility. We were not allowed to interact with owners' dogs that much. We have had some dogs who had serious issues with people aggression/fearful did come back with us because owners liked how we treat their dogs. We don't pay attention, give eye contacts, attempt to pet, or play with their dogs. We went in to feed, clean, and then take it out for walk. That is pretty much what we do sometimes owners do request one of us to give them a bath. Sometime I hate to say it can be a problem.

Dogs who have issues that were pretty familiar with us, didn't seem to feel threat by us. We were supposed to get in their runs and clean out. Soon as it's done, we leave them alone. We checked on them once in a while to make sure everything is ok and ensure that run is being clean all the time.

We were told to limit how much interactions we have with their dogs because the vet felt that they were already stressful being away from home. He thinks that giving too much attention and love only make them more anxiety.

I have to disagree with your vet Lindsay, with the right interaction all dogs stress can be relieved with strange surroundings and routine. It takes knowing and caring handlers, but it can be done.
I wouldn't think of leaving my dog for days at a time without exercise or interaction outside of a cage. That being said, I have a kennel reasonably close thats run by someone I can trust, if I really, REALLY needed to leave the dog behind. They feed raw, and most importantly.....know dogs.
This whole business of piling dogs up in kennels. Ugh.

Randy