Yappy Days

20/01/2025

We took a trip to Secure Dog Walking Field Kent
We had a great time ❤️

08/01/2025

Good evening!
Jon has just received a text that his op in February has been moved forward to the 22nd of January.
This means we will have to close daycare care on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of January.
I have sent an email but thought I'd post here just incase!

I am very sorry for the short notice and inconvenience!

08/01/2025

DONT PANIC!!!
Day care IS NOT CLOSED today.

Winter throws us the same problems each year. Sometimes it's the fence, some times the water freezes, we run late, floods, ice or snow. We try our best to avoid closing but sometimes it's unavoidable. We aim to let owners know as soon as we know. Sometimes we have to leave day care early if the weather turns, please ensure that we have a way to drop your dog home if you aren't in (keys or an alternative address please!)

Many thanks ❄️🌨️

01/01/2025

Happy new year to you all!!
I've gone through the diary and closed day care on the dates we already know about. There may be a few more to add as we're planning to do some refurbishment on both inside and outside.

Closure dates so far:
Feb 3rd-5th
March 7th
18th - 21st April
5th may
9th may
26th may
21st-23rd July
25th August
24th-28th November
22nd December - 4th January

I will send out an email with the closure dates included.
Thank you all ❤️

20/12/2024

Our last day of the raffle!!
Thank you all so much for the most amazing year, thank you for our wonderful cards and gifts - we are so lucky!!!
I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and New year ❤️

See you in January 🎅❄️🌲🥳🎉

19/12/2024

Thursdays winner!! 🥳🌲❄️🎅🎁

One more day to gooooo 🥰

18/12/2024

Wednesdays wheel 🎅❄️🌲🎉🌟🎁

17/12/2024

Today's wheel was super close!!! 🎁🎉🌟❄️🌲

16/12/2024

We'll be sending the dogs home with some hand made (by Jon!) tree ornaments throughout the week. The ones that were missed today will still be delivered at some point with some treats boxes 🌲❄️🌟🎉🎁

16/12/2024

Emma's been to the doctor's and now has some medication and is feeling much better. Thank you to everyone who's sent well wishes and been so understanding about day care closing today.

As promised, we're giving out a free day of day care every day until Friday!!
☃️🌲❄️🌟🎁

16/12/2024

10/12/2024

***EDIT: Ive posted a list of dog names in the comments that I've got from the booking system, they're all the dogs that have had a booking in the last three months. If your dog isn't on the list please comment for them to be added to the raffle!!!
Thank you ***

Hello everyone!!
Next week's our last week before Christmas and I'm not organised this year (I'll blame baby brain).
So instead of our usual party, we're going to be doing a raffle for a free day care credit, worth a full day.
Monday-friday we'll put every dogs name that's currently on our booking list into a wheel and whoever wins each day, will receive a day care credit on their account.
(The idea was kind of stolen from The Happy Acres Doggy Daycare but different so thank you 😂😂).
We will still be doing Christmas themed games and gifts for the last week but I haven't organised a party, sorry!

Thank you 🌲☃️🐾

16/11/2024

Andddd it's the weekend!
We had a wonderful enrichment week.
We focused on inside activities this week as the weather plays a massive role in the dogs mood and behaviour, *some* of them have started slowing down for the winter and prefer to be inside (and I'm totally ok with that!)

Activities included:

🐾 A whole heap of cardboard boxes (thank you for the donations!)
🐾Treat hiding under bowls for the dogs to sniff out
🐾Blankets with treats
🐾Snuffle mats
🐾Treat and toy finding

We're trying to get hold of some different animal scents so if you have any other pets could you drop me a message please? 🐔🐴🐈

Another reminder that we're closed from the 25th November - 1st December

Have a lovely weekend ❤️

06/11/2024

I will send out an email shortly to everyone booked in 🐾

01/11/2024

How are we in November already??
This week was a bit of a juggling act for us!
Bella was unwell so we were running on less sleep than usual but we tried our best to make Halloween fun for the dogs.
This week we've done:
🦇Bobbing for apples
🦇Leaves in boxes
🦇Glow stick party
🦇Cups on a string (big hit!!)

We are off to collect our new van tomorrow, we cannot wait to get that ready for the dogs. We've had our current van for 5(?) years and although it's done it's job, we're really excited to put all the things we've learnt into the new van to make it perfect for the dogs during collections and drop offs.

Hope you all have a restful weekend and your dogs aren't too effected by the fireworks! 😭😭

26/10/2024

Three years ago we went to see an old tractor shed in a field in Forest Row. We had been looking for a few months and this one felt perfect. The owners were so friendly and were the first ones to not cringe when we mentioned dogs.
I wanted to create a space that was familiar and comfortable, small to avoid big groups. A space where I could spend my days playing and training.
We had so many ideas but it all just seemed so unrealistic but we were determined that we'd be able to do something with this place.
Jon gave up work to start building while I spent a year applying for planning permission. It was an absolute slog, he was only meant to be off work for 6 months 🤣. Without him, this wouldn't have been possible.

It's been the best decision of our lives. It has been so much more than I hoped, we're greeted every day with excited tails and the best owners. I get to buy toys and come up with games and puzzle and then arrange Halloween parties!! I never thought I'd be this lucky.
It's been the best three years, minus a really horrible loss recently 💔

Thank you all for being supportive, kind and encouraging. Day care is just me and Jon so the messages you send, the conversations we have with owners, the things we get up to with the dogs is what we come home and talk about over dinner, it's what we tell our daughters about. They have literally grown up with your dogs and I'm so proud that they get to experience all of this.

Sorry to ramble, I just can't believe it's been three years!!!
You're all amazing, thank you thank you thank you ❤️

***EDIT:: JUST TO BE CLEAR WE DONT KEEP CHILDREN IN CAGES (most of the time) and these pictures are definitely before we started building day care 🤣🤣

25/10/2024

It's Friday!!

Another wonderful busy week.
We welcomed a lovely little scamp, who settled in, in record time and Lottie was back in with us which is always a highlight ❤️

New toys, rocket launchers, heaps more cardboard, some pillows and lots of blankets have entertained them this week. Our afternoon puzzles have included egg box treats and vegetables in ice cubes 🤣

Next week we'll be holding a Halloween themed party on the 31st and 1st, fancy dress is encouraged 👻, there's still 2 spaces available

Also a reminder that we're closed from the 25th-29th November for Jon's birthday 🎉

Enjoy the weekend and we'll see the pups on Monday ❤️

11/10/2024

We had another fantastic week at day care!
We started off with a little adventure to , the dogs loved playing on all the equipment, we will definitely be planning more trips in the future. Then we headed back to day care for more fun (and a nap!)

Indy was back this week, we really missed her, her time away felt like ages! We also said hello to another Indie this week, she settled in brilliantly and all the other dogs thought she was great too.
When introducing a new dog to an already established group, it can be nerve wracking. Usually Rocco is my first dog to introduce to see how they behave but he wasn't in today 😭. Obviously Juno stepped up and if Juno gives the ok then they pass! 🥳

As it's nearly fireworks night and new years, we've been playing fireworks tracks to get them used to the loud bangs, we always start in August in preparation for thunder storms! The dogs haven't been phased so hopefully this helps the pups with the real deal 🎆

This week we've done:
🐾 Walking field
🐾Boxes
🐾Hide and seek
🐾 Group stay training
🐾Pole toy
🐾Brushing
🐾 Hover/mop and umbrella desensitising

Hope you all have a great weekend, we'll see you Monday 😍