Dog chewed through the power cord to the air conditioner.
Time to run power lines through iron pipe.
Common sense and the most meager knowledge of dogs would have seen that done, already.
So how long to fix it, an hour?
These folks were putting on a front, knowing that the dogs would not tell on them... except, well, they did.
We have one dog at a time and they all have had different personalities. The one we have now is a chewer. When we leave we put remotes, etc. up where she can’t get them or she will chew them up. She chewed up a comforter in the guest room so now I make sure the door is closed.
What kind of people don’t foresee boarding a dog that is a chewer?
About 30 years ago, I had a waterbed. Waterbeds have a heating element under the mattress to keep the water from getting too cold. It connects to a dial usually mounted to the frame that allows the user to select the temperature. I remember being overly cold one night, so I drowsily reached down to the dial, only to receive a nasty shock. My dog at the time (a Sheltie) had chewed clean through the connecting cord and I had reached down and touched the bare wire. Dunno how she survived the shock.