Out of the Crate

08/22/2024

ACE IS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

The update everyone has been so eagerly waiting for! We are SO happy to share that after receiving a call of a possible sighting earlier this morning in Conshy, it was Ace!!! Ace has been found!!! He is safe & so happy to be reunited with his family.

The best day ever!!!!! Nothing but happy tears over here today!

We wanted to say THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts here at Out of the Crate for everyone’s endless support & assistance in finding Ace. This community is truly incredible. We love you all.

Thank you!

-Mike, Emily & the entire OOTC Team🐾

06/25/2024

✨HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!!!✨

Everyone stop what you’re doing and go wish OOTC Owner, Mike, a very ✨HAPPY BIRTHDAY✨ today!! 🥳🥳🥳

It’s such a pleasure to have a hard-working owner like him keeping this daycare booming!🙌 Everyone who knows Mike knows he will always go above & beyond to help out where needed and loves every dog of our pack as one of his own.

Happy Birthday to the BEST Boss (aside from Emily of course!🤫😉) We love you Mike! 🐶💙🐾✨

05/06/2024

✨MEET OUR PACK MONDAY!✨

• 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Gabby!
• 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧: Norristown, PA
• 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: OOTC Pack Leader🐾 since July of 2023!
• 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝(𝐬): Golden Retrievers and Pitbulls! 🐶
• 𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭: I was a Cheerleader 📣 in High School and made it to Nationals three times!🏅
• 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬? I have two cats— Chloe (12 year old Russian Blue) and Myah (11 year old Orange & White Tabby)🐈‍⬛🐈💕
• 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: I like going to sporting events and enjoying time with friends and family!
• 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲: I love seeing the new dogs break out of their shell and show their goofy personalities!🐕🐾

05/05/2024

✨NATIONAL DOG MOM’S DAY!✨

Did you know National Dog Mom’s Day is this Saturday, May 11th?!!

To celebrate all of our wonderful, amazing, incredible OOTC Dog Moms— every dog who attends daycare ✨THIS FRIDAY MAY 10TH✨will leave with the most adorable paw-print artwork. It’ll make the PAWfect gift for their Dog Mom— you can frame it or hang it on the fridge!🐾

Don’t wait, secure your Dog’s spot by signing them up for Daycare this Friday 5/10! Don’t miss out, spots are limited!

(There is NO additional fee for this event— we do this every year as a token of our appreciation for all of our awesome OOTC Dog Moms!)

04/08/2024

✨HAPPY BIRTHDAY✨ to the best business partner + corgi dog mom — Emily!

For those who don’t know, Emily is the “brains of the operation” here at OOTC. She works behind-the-scenes handling all emails/phone calls, social media, advertising/marketing, scheduling evals and employee interviews. Most importantly, she always gives the best advice when I need it most.

Our pack is so lucky to have you.
Happy Birthday Em!

-Mike 🐾

04/05/2024

✨ONE YEAR @ OOTC!✨

Today we celebrated Dontae & Carley’s ONE YEAR work anniversaries!🥳🎉

Dontae is naturally drawn to the big dog playgroup and loves being around them. Over the past year, he has become a staple to our boarding program and always makes sure our boarders are well taken care of during their sleepovers. Dontae is hands-down one of our most reliable employees; he shows up for every single shift (including Sundays & Holidays!) and always gives 100%. Thank you Dontae.

Next up, Carley. One of our favorite things about Carley is that she brings a different dog each day on break with her to allow for some extra 1:1 time. Carley gets so excited & happy to see all of the dogs each day; she is VERY well-loved by all of our doggos and their humans! Carley brings so much positivity to the day and has been excelling as one of our Shift Leaders. Thank you Carley.

We cannot thank these two enough for all of their hard-work over the past year at OOTC. They have both been such wonderful additions to our pack. Thank you Dontae & Carley!🤩🥰🐶🐾

03/29/2024

✨THE EASTER BUNNY VISITS OOTC!✨

We were so EGG-cited to have the Easter Bunny visit our pack today! We hope everyone has a very HOPPY Easter weekend.
🐰💜🥚🐶🐾💐✨

((Check out our instagram story for a close-up of everyone’s photos! And feel free to download & share your dog’s photo from your Photo Gallery in the Client Portal 📸))

03/24/2024

03/15/2024

To kickoff St. PAWtrick’s Day weekend, ✨Lucky the Leprechaun✨ visited our doggie daycare today!
💚🎉🍀🐾

02/26/2024

✨Oliver turns 4!✨

Happy 4th Birthday to Oliver, the cutest Dachshund + Chihuahua mix!

Oliver has been coming to play with his mini besties since August of 2022, back when he was just 2 years old. It’s pretty neat to think that we’ve known Ollie for over half his life now!😊🥰✨

Whether he’s playing for the day or sleeping over, we absolutely love that we’ve become Oliver’s home away from home. Thanks for coming in to celebrate your 4th birthday, Oliver! We love you!💙🐾

02/24/2024

✨Beau turns 5!✨

The Doodle Brothers celebrated Beau’s 5th Birthday today at OOTC! Beau is actually one of our pack’s original members, joining OOTC just one week after we opened back in 2021! Another year, another birthday party!!🥳😍✨

You’ll often find Beau supervising his little brother, Finn, always making sure he stays out of trouble. Beau has the sweetest soul and we couldn’t imagine our pack without him! (Swipe ➡️ for a collage of some of our favorite photos over the years!)

Thanks for celebrating your big day at your favorite hangout spot, Beau.
We love you!💙🐾

02/22/2024

✨Sadie turns 2!✨

This gorgeous Golden Retriever girl turns TWO today!🤩✨

Happy 2nd birthday to Sadie, who has been coming to play at OOTC every week since she was just a 4-month-old pup, back in June of 2022. (That feels like yesterday!🥹) Sadie also comes for sleepovers with her big sister Sophie, the cutest pair of golden sisters!💛

Thanks for coming in to celebrate your big day with us, sweet Sadie girl!

We love you!!🐾

02/22/2024

✨Violet turns 3!✨

Wishing the sweetest birthday to the sweetest birthday girl— Violet, Conshy’s most popular English Springer Spaniel!
🥳🤩💜✨

Violet turns 3 years old today and of course we had to let her little brother, Louie, crash the pawty! Violet joined the OOTC pack back in July of 2021 when she was just a 5 month old pup!🥹🥰 We have absolutely loved watching her grow over the years and become the best big sister this past year!

Thanks for coming in to celebrate your special day at your favorite hangout spot! We love V!💜🐾✨

02/15/2024

✨Oakley turns One!✨

Everyone stop what you’re doing and go wish this very handsome Golden Retriever a very happy FIRST birthday!!

Oakley has been apart of the OOTC pack since he was 7 months old; his first day was back in September of 2023. Oakley is the perfect dog for doggie daycare — he is extremely playful and gets SO excited to be around all of his friends off-leash! We absolutely love having him apart of our pack.

Thanks for coming in today to celebrate your special day at your favorite hangout spot! We love you Oaks!!🐕❤️🥰🥳🐾✨

02/14/2024

✨KISSING BOOTH PHOTOS: PART 2✨

Wet kisses anyone..?!?

Happy Valentine’s Day!🌹🐶💋🐾✨

02/14/2024

✨KISSING BOOTH PHOTOS PART 1✨

If we had to pick just one holiday… celebrating Valentine’s Day at the daycare is probably our favorite! Our famous Kissing Booth made another appearance for the 4th year in a row. Today was filled with LOTS of yummy treats & LOTS of extra-slobbery kisses!

Thank you for everyone who brought their pups in today, we sure do have the cutest Valentines in town! 🌹🐶💋🐾✨

02/14/2024

✨Lincoln turns 5!✨

Before we get to our Valentine’s Day festivities, we must first celebrate this handsome boy’s birthday — Happy 5th Birthday to OOTC’s very own Lincoln!!

For those who don’t already know, Lincoln is actually the reason behind why we started Out of the Crate in the first place. Our logo was created from one of Linc’s baby photos!

And it’s so fitting for him to be born on Valentine’s day— Lincoln is full of love & the sweetest boy! We love you buddy. Thanks for changing our lives 5 years ago today. Happy Birthday Lincoln!🐶🐾❤️✨

02/09/2024

✨STELLA TURNS 2!✨

Happiest Birthday to the happiest Rottweiler— sweet Stella girl!🥳💜✨

Over the past month, Stella has proven to be the most perfect addition to our pack. Even though she just started at OOTC last month, Stella has quickly become a regular around here. As we’ve gotten to know her, we have found that Stella is fulllll of love, extremely affectionate and always ready to be super silly with her new friends. And her beautiful big smile always brightens up every room she enters!

Thanks for coming in to celebrate your birthday at your new favorite hangout spot, Stella! We love you sweet girl!🐾✨

02/09/2024

✨T-5 Days until Valentine’s Day!✨

This is your friendly reminder to hurry and go book your dog for daycare in the Client Portal for next Wednesday, 2/14!

This is one of our *most popular* photoshoots of the year so do NOT wait to submit your dog’s booking. We WILL hit max capacity! Once we do, please feel free to shoot us an email if you would like for your dog to be added onto the 2/14 waitlist.

Please note: AS ALWAYS, we do NOT charge anything additional for our holiday photoshoots! We LOVE spoiling our doggos! 🐶💋🌹😊❤️🐾

02/08/2024

✨MR. BASIL TURNS 3!✨

Happy 3rd Birthday to one of OOTC’s newest members— Basil the Terrier Mix!

We first met Mr. Basil just two weeks ago and it already feels like he’s been coming to play with his besties for a lot longer than that! We love how much he loves to meet new people and new dogs at every visit.

Thanks for joining the OOTC pack Basil boy! You’ve been a wonderful addition to our playgroups and we can’t wait to see what this year brings. Happy Birthday Handsome boy!💙🐾✨

02/07/2024

✨HAPPY BDAY LUCY x2!✨

Happy Birthday to our two Lucy girls!👯‍♀️

This past week we celebrated Lucy the Hound Mix turning 3 years old and Lucy the Dalmatian turning 5 years old! 💖🤩🥳💕
**And of course Dalmatian Pongo (Lucy’s little bro) had to join in on his sister’s birthday fun!🥰🤪

A crazy coincidence? Both of these adorable Birthday Girls who share the same name & the same birthday week have both been apart of the OOTC pack since November of 2021!

Thanks for celebrating with us Lucy x2! We love you both!!🐾💕

01/31/2024

✨BUSTER BOY TURNS 4!✨

Happy 4th Birthday Buster!! Since Buster is one of our original pack members, his birthday always makes us feel especially OLD!🤪😂 We first met Buster back in March of 2021, shortly after his 1st Birthday. And now 3 short years later, we’re celebrating Birthday #4 with him! So as you can see, in a way, we’ve grown up together!🥹🥰❤️🐾✨

Thanks for coming in to celebrate with us today, Buster! And of course, we had to let Lumi (little sis) partake in the birthday fun! We hope you have an UN-FOUR-GETTABLE day!! 4️⃣

We love you Buster!!
🥳🐶🍦🐕❤️✨

01/31/2024

✨Chelsea turns 11 years old!✨

Happy 11th Birthday to Chelsea the German Shepherd! Just from looking at this beautiful girl, you’d NEVER guess she was 11 years old!🥰🥳🐾✨

What’s her secret you might ask? The answer is having two younger brothers (Blitz & Walter) to keep you feeling young!

Chelsea is part of a triplet sibling team— she often comes to daycare with her two brothers Blitz & Walter! Today, Walter came to daycare to party with his sister so of course we had to let him get in on the birthday fun!🍦✨

Thanks for coming to celebrate such an incredible milestone with us Chelsea! We love having you & your brothers apart of our pack!❤️🐾✨

01/30/2024

✨TWINNING TUESDAY!✨ featuring Husky BFFs Sterling + Tayo!💙🐾

01/30/2024

✨BIG MACK TURNS 3!✨

Happy Birthday to this very handsome English Black Lab — Mack — better known as Big Mack!!!
😍🍔🍟🤩🥳👏❤️✨

We cannot believe Big Mack turns 3 today! He wasn’t always “Big Mack” …In fact, when we first met this adorable fella, he was just a small 4-month old pup. Swipe ➡️ to the last photo of baby Mack on his very first day at OOTC back in April of 2021.

It’s been so much fun watching him grow up over the years. Our big dog group just wouldn’t be the same without Bjg Mack romping around! Thanks for pawtying with us today!!

WE LOVE YOU MACK!3️⃣💙🐾

01/25/2024

CHEERS TO ✨3✨ YEARS!

It’s PAWTY time, and this time it’s our birthday! Three years ago, on this very day, we opened Conshohocken’s very first doggie daycare!
🥳🎉🐶❤️✨

We would like to take this special milestone as an opportunity to thank all of our hardworking & dedicated Pack Leaders— OOTC has grown into the special place it is today because of your unmatched passion for not only working with dogs but for truly loving them as your own. We would simply *not exist* without our incredible team. THANK YOU!🐾

And to our amazing customers (the best dog parents in town!!) we are so very appreciative and grateful for your continued love + support over the years. From tough Covid times to getting completely wiped out by the 2021 flood, the community we have built is truly like no other. Over the years, our customers have turned into our family and we couldn’t ask for more. THANK YOU!🐾

Here’s to another year of success, growth and lots of slobbery kisses + wagging tails!

- Mike & Emily

01/23/2024

✨BIRTHDAY BOY FINN!✨

Happy 2nd Birthday to this adorable Mini Goldendoodle— Finn! (Aka Beau’s little bro/side kick!)

We first met Finn back in June of 2022, when he was just a clumsy 6-month old pup. It feels like just yesterday we were celebrating this adorable trouble-maker’s first birthday. Time flies!!🥹🥰

Happy 2nd Birthday Finn! Thanks for coming in to let us celebrate with you today! We love you buddy!!🤩🥳🎉💙✨

01/10/2024

Despite the rainy weather, it’s still our FAVORITE day of the week! 👅🐾☔️

01/09/2024

✨BIRTHDAY BESTIES!✨

Let the dog PAWTY begin! Apollo the Shiba Inu turns 3 years old today and Myla the Yellow Lab turns 2 years old today!

Apollo has been a regular at OOTC since he joined our pack back in June of 2021, just 6 months after we opened. Myla has been coming to play at OOTC since September of 2022. Coincidentally, these two BFFs are in the same playgroup so of course we had to throw them a combined birthday party!

Thanks for coming to celebrate your birthday together at OOTC! We love you Apollo & Myla! 🥳🐕🥰❤️🐾✨

01/01/2024

✨Hello 2024!✨

We had a lot to celebrate in 2023, and we look forward to all that is to come in 2024.

Happy New Year from all of us at OOTC!
🐾🎉🎊🎆🥰❤️