I have a 6 month Whaeton Terrier who was boarded at a kennel for 2 weeks while we were on vacation. Before Bailey went into the kennel I had him completely checked out to make sure all was OK. When I icked him up from the kennel, he was completely covered in open wounds and scabs. I took him immediately to the vet and he thinks it is probably a massive infestation of mites so he is now being treated for sarcoptic mange. Its a really pittiful site to watch him as he constantly scratches himself.
Bailey is now on AdvantageMulti 55 to kill the mites, Cephalexin (an antibotic) at a dose of 375 mg in the morning and the same at night as well as Prednisine at a dosage of 10 mg in the morning and the same again at night.
The kennel says they never saw any indication that anything was wrong, however, to my point of view, this further convinces me that they were completely negligent in Bailey's care. If they had paid any attention at all, they would have had to see him practically mutilating himself.
He also spent 2 full days and evengings in the clinic by the way. At he moment he is still scratching furiously around his face and he wears a cone to prevent any further scratching. He's about 50% better but its still very uncomfortable for him.
my point is this, now matter how good or clean a kennel looks there are still serious risks in placing your furry family member in a kennel. The next time we have to go away, you can be sure I'll hire a live in sitter to stay with Bailey, full time. My hope is that this clears up soon and doesn't become a recurring theme for Bailey. Wheatons are know to have skin issues but this is ridiculous. Once his biopsy results come in next Tuesday, if it does turn out that the root cause was the kennel, they and I will have a serious discussion. In the meantime, I still hold them responsible. If they had been paying attention to Bailey as they should have, they could have called their vet or mine and nipped this in the bud when Bailey first started showing signs of discomfort. I guess I just had to get this off my chest. I am so guilt ridden and angry at the kennel at the same time.

I would be really upset also. I got my GSD from a Kennel, and although he was 12 wks. old and seemed fine, he was really ill. It cost me around $1000.00 to get him well. I didn't know anything because first of all, I didn't even know that there were dog forums out here!!
As for the skin problem, you could start adding vegatable oil to his food, it can't hurt. Man, I would be soooo mad if that happened to either of my dogs.:x