Big City Bird Dog Co.

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Big City Bird Dog Co.

Dog Boarding and Snuffle Mats
(Toronto, Ontario) Welcome to Big City Bird Dog Co! is inspired by my dogs Berkeley and Elly the brittanys!
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We provide dog boarding in our home in the St Clair West area of Toronto, Ontario and make snuffle mats and tugs for dogs. Dog Boarding Highlights:
* dog-savvy dog boarding
* positive reinforcement based environment
* securely fenced backyard
* regular walks and potty breaks
* supervised play
* enrichment activities
* maintenance of basic manners/training
* kibble and raw friendly
* flexible drop

-off and pick-up times
* see pinned post for current rates

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Big City Bird Dog Co. We love the city, but also take any chance we get to go on adventures hiking, kayaking, and camping across Ontario! Berkeley was the first dog I've raised and trained as an adult. I grew up on a farm on the east coast with lots of animals around all the time, but I quickly discovered that owning and raising an active dog in the big city is a different story! A sporting or working dog in the big city needs lots of physical and mental stimulation. Berkeley and Elly love to learn and I strive to keep them active, happy, and engaged through training, enrichment games, interactive play, and participation in a range of dog sports (barn hunt, field training, nosework, tracking, rally-obedience, agility). This philosophy is the foundation of our approach to boarding at Big City Bird Dog Co. You can also occasionally find our snuffle mats and tugs at local markets, dog sport events, and dog training facilities across Ontario. Follow us on FB and Instagram for updates!

08/26/2024

Happy International Dog Day!!! 🐶🐶

07/02/2024

Dog people - this is so cool!

The amazing Paws in Motion Canine Rehabilitation is now working with WIMBA to provide custom braces for dogs in Ontario!

Keep these in mind if your dog needs support in the future!

06/13/2024

We are hanging out at Northern Derby Agility Club all weekend helping out our friends Renegade Rope Leads and The Dog Nerd Designs! 🐶

Come visit and maybe even add a gorgeous homemade leash or collar or two to your collection! 🛍️

Elly is giving out free snuggles and singing songs to all of her new friends!

06/11/2024

*** Vacation Alert: Big City Bird Dog Co is on vacation June 11th - 19th. We will respond to emails and messages when we return****

12/18/2023

Berk is feeling festive! Counting down the days until Santa Paws arrives! 🐶🐾🎅

*** We’re on vacation until Dec 28th! We will return messages at that time. ***

12/15/2023

🐶🏡 Updated Dog Boarding Rates for 2024 are now available 🏡🐶

We review our rates annually and adjust as appropriate to allow us to give the best care to our guests. Thank you to all of our amazing boarding clients for trusting us with your dogs in 2023!

📝 New Boarding Inquiry? Please complete our Boarding Request Intake Form. This helps us determine if your dog is a good fit for boarding with us! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf98uWD07RZnRe-xK1yzHxqZMgcUIx-H2Q79uEKX63YYEXfVQ/viewform

❓ DM or email [email protected] with any questions

📷 Follow us on Instagram

* 2023 rates remain in effect until Dec 31, 2023

11/01/2023

Lumber-britts strike again! 🐶🐶🪓🌲

We hope all of our friends had a very Happy Halloween! 🎃👻😈

09/28/2023

*** VACATION ALERT *** Big City Bird Dog Co is on vacation! We will respond to messages on October 11th! 🐶🐶🏕️🥾🐾🐾🛶🌳🌲

08/31/2023

*** VACATION ALERT ***

Big City Bird Dog Co is on vacation! We will respond to messages on September 18th! 🐶🐶🏕️🥾🐾🐾🛶🌳🌲

08/25/2023

Did you know❓

We are Pet First Aid certified via Walks 'N' Wags Pet First Aid! (Aug 2023, 3-year certification) 🐶⛑️🩹

Elly and Berkeley were excellent practice dogs for all the important first aid skills, so they got certificates too!

Highly recommend this course for all pet owners and professionals. Available online and in-person!

We are also insured by PROfur - Business Insurance for Pet Care Professionals.

These are just a couple of the steps we take to ensure your dogs are comfortable and safe during their stay with us!

08/13/2023

*** Vacation Alert ***

Big City Bird Dog Co is on vacation until Monday, August 21st! We will respond to messages when we return.

06/17/2023

Elly is ready to take your Renegade Rope Leads, The Dog Nerd Designs and Big City Bird Dog Co. orders at AAC Regionals this morning! 🐶🛍️

Your dog definitely needs fun new collars, leashes, and a snuffle mat! Custom colours and styles available! 🌈

Come visit us at Oro-Mendonte Fairgrounds!!

06/15/2023

Come visit us at the Agility Association of Canada All-Ontario Regional Championships at the Oro-Mendonte Fairgrounds this weekend! 🐶🐶

You can find us at the Renegade Rope Leads booth, with amazing paracord and biothane leashes and collars, and snuffle mats galore!

We’ll call this a “working vacation,” regionals during the day and camping/kayaking the rest of the weekend!

There are LOTS of amazing vendors to visit and superstars to watch in the FOUR agility rings! Plus, there will be an adorable bulldog puppy to snuggle (plus the britts!) at the Renegade booth!

Let us know if you will be stopping by!

05/20/2023

We are a bit behind on replying to emails and messages! (have been a little under the weather over the past two weeks)

Replies and confirmations should all be sent this weekend (by EOD Monday). Thank you for your patience!

05/04/2023

Best leashes and collars!!! Everyone needs more biothane for wet springtime adventures!

Love our fellow small business friends Renegade Rope Leads!

Don't miss out!

04/29/2023

The britts had a mini photo shoot with Paw-parazzi Photography a few weeks ago!

I love these so much! 🐶💜🐶

03/04/2023

Snow Day!!! 🐶🐶❄️❄️☃️☃️

We haven’t posted in awhile, but we have been busy having a blast playing in the snow with all our wonderful boarding dogs!

11/06/2022

A few favs of the Big City Bird Dog Co. team from this summer! 🐶🧡🐶

📸 Kelly Hodder Photography

11/02/2022

🐶🏡 Updated Dog Boarding Rates for 2023 are now available

We review our rates annually and adjust to reflect the time and effort required to give the best care to our guests. Thank you to all of our amazing boarding clients for trusting us with your dogs in 2022!

📝 New Boarding Inquiry? Please complete our Boarding Request Intake Form. This helps us determine if your dog is a good fit for boarding with us! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf98uWD07RZnRe-xK1yzHxqZMgcUIx-H2Q79uEKX63YYEXfVQ/viewform

❓ DM or email [email protected] with any questions

📷 Follow us on Instagram

* 2022 rates remain in effect until Dec 31, 2022

10/31/2022

Happy Halloween!!! 🐶🎃👻😈

10/30/2022

It’s a 4 britt day! 🐶🐶🐶🐶

09/23/2022

🐶🏡 2022 Dog Boarding Rates and Info

📝 New Boarding Inquiry? Please complete our Boarding Request Intake Form. This helps us determine if your dog is a good fit for boarding with us! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf98uWD07RZnRe-xK1yzHxqZMgcUIx-H2Q79uEKX63YYEXfVQ/viewform

❓ DM or email [email protected] with any questions

📷 Follow us on Instagram

09/21/2022

Our annual camping adventures got sidetracked by torrential rain and blue-green algae. 🐶🏕️😢

But! We still got to spend some time in nature and with wonderful friends, and now we will be adventuring closer to home for the rest of our vacation time! 🐶🥾🛶

This means, we are back online intermittently and accepting boarding requests for October to December! 🐶🏡

09/14/2022

*** Vacation Alert ! *** Big City Bird Dog Co. is officially on vacation!

Follow us on instagram for hiking and camping adventure pics! 🐶🐶🥾🏕

We will reply to messages and boarding inquiries beginning Oct 2nd and we can’t wait to have lots of fun with our boarding guests this Fall! 🐶🍂

Thank you!

Cheryl, Berkeley, and Elly

09/12/2022

We have had a VERY busy summer at our backyard bird dog camp! A little snapshot of our amazing summer boarding friends! 🐶🐶🐶

07/16/2022

*** We are on a mini summer vacation this week! We will respond to messages when we are back in the city next week! 🐶☀️💦 ****

06/25/2022

New snuffle mats going up in the Etsy shop this weekend! 🐶

Send us a message if you are one of our local friends and want to arrange purchase with local pick up!

04/30/2022

Elly is in a commercial! 🐶🎉

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04/15/2022

Happy long weekend! 🐶🐶🐶🐶

04/02/2022

Bird dog day! 🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦

Enjoying the spring sunshine! ☀️🌸🌿🌼

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Toronto, ON

Website

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Videos

Isn’t Luigi the cutest snuffler!?! 🐶💜 We apparently specialize in boarding for all the urban bird dogs now! 🐶🐦 This is our very first #lagottoromagnolo friend!

Training time with Hugo! 🐶 Hugo’s family told me that he likes to counter surf (like many adolescent dogs!), so we spent some time practicing NOT counter surfing for increasingly delicious treats on the counter! 🦴🍖🍗🥩 Hugo did GREAT! 5x speed video so you can see the progression!

Stay practice with Hugo part 2!!! 🐶 We’re working on a platform to start, to help it be very clear to Hugo what the criteria is (stay on the platform). And, today worked on minor, but manageable, distractions like me walking around, locking/unlocking the front door (behind the camera), and me waving a toy around a bit. Hugo aced them all! We will keep working at this level with a variety of distractions until Hugo is super confident, then will try removing the platform and working without any distractions and building back up to staying with distractions!

We are almost all booked up for February and March dog boarding, so we stocked up on some special chews from BullySticks.ca to share with our guests! Berk seems to think he needs to taste test them all first though! 😂

Snowwwww Day in Toronto!!! 🐶☃️ Stay safe and warm out there friends!

Bowie the brittany is here for a visit and got to test out a snuffle mat of course! 🐶

More from Hugo’s visit last week, learning how to snuffle for dinner! 🐶 Hugo’s humans even got him his very own snuffle mat to take home with him!

Impulse Control Games with Hugo the Brittany

We always work on some training with boarding dogs, especially the puppies! 🐶 Hugo the the brittany practiced impulse control games while he was here last week! (with Elly standing by for moral support of course!)

Today Elly started her official training as a Big City Bird Dog Co snuffle mat tester! 🐶😂💜 Like all BCBDC dogs, she will definitely be working for her meals!