A little bit of slow motion fun today with our Friday crew!
Because our Friday pups have wonderful recall, call off’s, name recognition and consistency with their playmates we can allow them a little group tug and destroy session. This is NOT something I would recommend to do with just any group of dogs, this takes years of time, effort and consistency in order to trust this group of dogs enough to simply enjoy the game! The ability to share the toy and play with it in a high intensity yet controlled way was the goal and our pups always share well :)
Poor Jack (the Halloween decoration getting ripped up) didn’t stand a chance!
Singing practice with Stanley!
A big happy 3rd birthday to this big goofy gal Scout!
Scout, or Scoots as we like to call her, has been with us for quite a while now, she is happy go lucky and the bounciest lab I think I have ever met!
We are so lucky to have Scout visit us throughout the years!
Happy Birthday Sunshine! Thanks for being you :)
Easter dates:
We will be closed Friday April 7th for the stat holiday but we will be open Monday April 10th back to our regular hours. Monday daycare pups, please let us know if your pup will not be attending daycare that Monday.
Another down time video, these make me happy as it’s just another way for pups to recharge but also learn how to “do nothing” and be ok with that! Obviously little Winston (little black poodle mix in the back) is still adjusting to the nap time schedule :)
Oh Miss Berty! We have learned to not watch Berty during play, it’s a special moment that must be captured, like an eclipse, you can’t look directly at it haha
What should play look like?
We get asked that a lot, and the answer, is reciprocal. Every dog has a different way of playing or engaging with others, some don’t do a good job and some are experts. These two big beautiful creatures are good examples of this. Alice, the big short coat long snout pup is a little awkward when engaging and playing but Murphy the big long coat newfy is good at reading her signs and accepting the play invitation but maybe wasn’t quite ready for the over exuberant shove from Alice haha.
Alice isn’t much a player these days so it takes a special someone to encourage her to play no matter how rammy she is!
Truly, this is a good example of engagement and less so about play but we can create these scenarios with the “awkward players” like Alice by having consistent play groups and alot of structure.
It’s a treat to see Alice engage with others even tho she’s a little rusty, she can feel comfortable doing so here!
Nap time at daycare!
Nap time is important so pups can recharge and relax during the day. We don’t force nap time, but we are consistent with schedules and every day tends to nap somewhere between 1-3pm.
Some people find it hard to believe that all our dogs nap everyday out together but it’s true!
Delilah got a early and very wonderful gift from an equally wonderful human! Needless to say she was very excited for the unwrapping!
Thank you again Hannah!
We have some new classes starting in January new basic obedience classes, puppy class and a new class geared towards kids and their pups! Stay tuned!
Reminder:
We will be closed the week of December 26th to 30th and will be observing the stat of January 2nd as well. We will be open to our regular hours Tuesday January 3rd!
Something about a floppy faced hound in slow no just makes the heart happy!!
I guess this Christmas tree ornament won’t be making it on the tree this year.
When two best friends get couch time together and are supposed to be napping
Storm Update:
We will be watching the storm closely throughout the night and hopefully we can get out of out driveways. As of now, we will be open at our regular time tomorrow, if this should change, you will be updated early tomorrow morning.
I video of Roman and Hank for your enjoyment. Hope everyone has a safe night and morning.
