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Gone to the Dogs Daycare and Training

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Gone to the Dogs Daycare and Training

Sit, Stay Play! Gone to the Dogs Dog Daycare and Training! Home of Rehabbing the Reactive Training It's easy to join the GTTD daycare pack!

Call to set up a free 2 hour first visit! We will introduce your dog to daycare and evaluate how your furry pal likes it. Please bring in updated vaccination records showing current Rabies, Distemper and Bordatella (Kennel Cough) status. Your dog must be spayed or neutured if it is older than 5 months.

01/08/2024

It seems that the weather is calling for schools to close tomorrow, Tues 1/9. After much thought, we have decided
GTTD WILL BE CLOSED as well. We do not want to risk the well being of our clients, their pets, or our staff members. We will be back on Wed, 1/10. We apologize for any inconvenience, and hope you all stay safe and warm!

01/04/2024

Sit, Stay Play! Gone to the Dogs Dog Daycare and Training! Home of Rehabbing the Reactive Training

01/03/2024

Life is better with a well trained dog.

12/30/2023

All of us at GTTD hopes everyone’s holiday was a good one! And that your pups got all the squeakies they wished for ✨
WE NEED HELP to start 2024. We have one of our superb employees retiring and another branching out into the world of retail pet sales. I am just thrilled for them both!!

If you are able to learn to interpret dog behavior, have great customer service PEOPLE skills, aren’t afraid of some thorough daily cleaning, and just love dogs❤️, please send your resume or work history c/o Sami Scott, 2270 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL 60115 Or feel free to drop it off.

We need two new employees, both will pay the current minimum wage $14/hr (2024) and involve between 25-35 hours a week.

We hope to have our new employees ready to go by Feb 1. Ok, yes, I own GTTD, and yes I’ve been here for 15 years, but for the right person YES! Working with 25 dogs a day is a blast!! Thanks, Michelle

Sit, Stay Play! Gone to the Dogs Dog Daycare and Training! Home of Rehabbing the Reactive Training

12/25/2023

Thank you everyone who came to our Holiday Party on Friday! This is probably one of the best photo shoots we've ever done!

Edit: Wanted to give a special thanks to Paw Lickin' Good Treats for making the cute cookies we used for props/rewards for the dogs being such good boys and girls

12/21/2023

Just some holiday themed games to practice our obedience skills with!

12/19/2023

It looks like we will have a full house for our Christmas Party this Friday the 22nd! We are completely booked and cannot take anymore dogs for the party.

Also, Last reminder that ALL SECRET SANTA PRESENTS are due this week by Thursday 12/21.

12/13/2023

GTTD Will be closed Monday, Dec 25th- Monday, Jan 1st for Christmas and New Years. We will re-open Tuesday, Jan 2nd

Please make sure all Secret Santa Gifts are turned in next week by 12/21 so we can be sure presents are ready to go out/ be picked up on Friday 12/22.

Thank You!

12/07/2023

It is rude for a dog to run up on another dog, this can cause a lot of negative experiences with others, therefore, it's super important our dogs can show impulse control and have calm behaviors in close proximity of others.

Check out our Obedience and Manners class every Wednesday at 630pm.

12/01/2023

Join us Friday, Dec 22nd for our annual Christmas Party!

Pictures will take place between 1:30 and 3pm. All we ask is to bring a bag of treats to pass.

As always parties are RESERVATION ONLY. We hope toe see you there!

12/01/2023

Need something to do tomorrow?

Trainer Katie is doing Santa photos in Rochelle for the Vince Carney Community Theater fundraiser.

This event is appointment only so that reactive dogs can also attend. If you'd like to attend please schedule an appointment at the link listed in the original post.

Today is the last day to schedule your picture appointment with Santa at the Vince Carney Community Theater in Rochelle.

Come see us tomorrow! This event is also reactive dog friendly.

Sign up below 👇

http://www.vcctrochelle.org/pet-photos.html

11/30/2023

Happy Graduation, Piper! We loved watching you grow.

Hope to see you in Terrible Teens 🎓🎓

11/30/2023

11/28/2023

Exciting news for Secret Santa Participants!
Paw Lickin' Good Treats is offering 20% Off to clients who bring in their Secret Santa Sheet to shop there! They have a lot of cute toys, homemade treats, and much more. Definitely check them out!

11/27/2023

It's That time of year again for SECRET SANTA!

How it works: Fill out a form for your pup in the lobby. Once filled out we will give you an already filled out form to take home for Secret Santa!

Secret Santa will be going on from Today Nov 27th - Wednesday December 20th. $25 Limit.

**All Gifts must be turned into us on/by Thursday December 21st**

11/23/2023

Hi everyone! Because Gone to the Dogs is licensed with the state of IL, I just received an email from the IL Dept of Agriculture regarding the (probable) bacterial infection spreading among dog populations. So far, NO CASES IN ILLINOIS! We have a lot to be grateful for this year, but we need to remain vigilent 🩷. Michelle

Good evening,

On behalf of the State Veterinarian and Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare, this message provides information to licensees about the mounting reports of canine respiratory disease illness. While there is heightened concern amongst veterinary professionals across Illinois, no suspect cases have been confirmed. To confirm a potential emerging disease, all tests for known diseases (Mycoplasma and all strains of canine influenza) should be negative to rule out those diseases. At this time, we are aware of the illness being reported in up to 11 states across the nation, some of which are border states to Illinois. States affected are working with their state and national diagnostic laboratories to identify the potential causative agent.

If you have questions or concerns about the animals at your facility, please contact your veterinarian. If your veterinarian believes they have results indicative of a potential case after all rule-outs, they should contact the Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare. We recommend evaluating your current vaccine requirements and biosecurity practices as well as your policies and protocols surrounding the acceptance and movement of animals, especially interstate movements. We are continually monitoring this situation and will provide updates as needed.

SANDRA G. GILMORE, DVM | Emergency Programs Coordinator
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Division of Food Safety & Animal Protection
John R. Block Building | 801 E. Sangamon, P.O. Box 19281 | Springfield, IL 62794 - 9281
(o) 217-785-8109 | (c) 217-299-7223 | (f) 217-558-6033 |

11/20/2023

Hello all GTTD clients. I have had several questions and concerns regarding the new Respiratory Illness in dogs. Vets and Researchers are not quite sure what it is yet, but they are working hard to figure it out. From our understanding it’s very similar to Kennel Cough. The symptoms include green discharge from eyes, runny nose, and a cough. If left untreated it can quickly turn into Pneumonia. It seems to be affecting senior dogs and puppies the most. Spreading within 2-3 days of contact and can take a few weeks to go away. We do not have any cases of it at our facility. With Holiday season right around the corner a lot of pet owners will be boarding their dogs. We ask that ALL pet owners who are boarding to please keep their pet from daycare for a week after bringing them home to ensure no symptoms pop up, and help stop the spread of whatever this may be. As for us, we will be cleaning tirelessly as always ensuring that all equipment used, and water dishes drank out of are cleaned thoroughly and daily. We’ve always taken pride in how clean our facility is, and we won’t let up now.
Please do not hesitate to call and ask with any questions. We will do our best to answer them, but this is new to all of us.

Thank You
Sami & Michelle

11/17/2023

“Still life with Little D***y Animals”

11/15/2023

GTTD Will be closed Thursday, 23rd and Friday the 24th for Thanksgiving. We will reopen Monday Nov, 27th.

We apologize for any inconvenience and hope everyone has a wonderful time with their family!

11/15/2023

Don't forget no training class this week and next week.

Enjoy your Holiday!

Reminder: there are no classes the rest of this week and no class next week!

Continue to work on your skills and have fun with your dogs. 🐾

11/13/2023

The Holiday season is upon us. Here is the Forever K9 Training schedule.

Please note starting THIS Wednesday the 15th there are no classes until November 29th.

11/10/2023

Get ready!! This is my little Gracie! Don and I adopted her a few weeks ago. She’s a sweetheart and a cuddler,BUT, I will be doing her trial day and judging her feelings about daycare (I won’t be that hard!). She’s just so cute the staff would pass her anyway, right, Diane, Kara, Sami, Matti, Alexia and Mad?? 😂. Look for Grace in January 🩷. And Jax too?!!! Thank you everyone for sticking with GTTD, Michelle

11/10/2023

Teddy giving us a little cheesecake “over-the-shoulder” snap! 😂❤️

11/10/2023

Gussie found the perfect Meach-shaped bed the other day! Happy times at daycare!

11/06/2023

We celebrated Mazie's 2nd Birthday last week!

11/01/2023

Just a reminder there are NO training classes tonight November 1st.

We will see you next week.

Address

2270 Barber Greene Road
Dekalb, IL
60115

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 6pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 6pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 6pm
Thursday	7:30am - 6pm
Friday	7:30am - 6pm

Telephone

(815) 758-7877

Website

http://Gonetothedogs.net/

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Videos

Ellie and Izzy have a Teeth Game!

Ellie and Izzy look a little scary playing the Teeth Game, but that slow motion biting with great big teeth means they are having a blast!! Both dogs are showing relaxed body language—Ellie is on her back even! So much fun to watch ❤️

The wind blew the red door open on the little house, but don't worry! Lily Potato was there to save us all from it!

Our new girl Daphne enjoying the pool!

New GTTD member, River, LOVES the pool!!!

This one was a great one to watch! We have Graham play-stalking MazieB. “Play” but we were watching those two tails!Mazie is ready to go and we loved how the other dogs sat and watched this roll out. And then, everyone runs!! Yay!!

We would like to wish everyone a very Happy Valentines Day! Thank you to everyone who came for the party on Friday! We hope you enjoyed your valentine as much we enjoyed making them!

Welcome to daycare, new baby Bruno!! The only hitch today was this antique iron door stop. It just wouldn’t give Bruno any good body language. And Bruno tried to be friendly—like really tried! 😊😍🥰

So House-Pug (Otis) was raised here between Tails staff (back when Tails was a good shelter) and GTTD staff. He’s seen and done it all at daycare for his whole 12 years. BUT. Matti got his reaction to the barking today and we just fell to the floor laughing! 🐶❤️

Little dog on a big bed, big dog on a little bed! Whatever works for them is fine with us 🐶🐶❤️

Happy National Australia Shepard Day!

Remi and Remy sittin in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G! So cute!!

Auggie and Teddy being silly 😜🐶. Just so adorable!!!

Heavenly Coco on the floor 💕

Just have to show you this. Great play is a must at GTTD. We are trained to spot it AND to spot it NOT happening 😊. This is Ludo playing perfectly with little Deklyn. He matches his play style to her perfectly. We are happy!!

So House Pug (Otis❤️) is joyfully pointing out that Nike is completely out on this gorgeous day. He’s like that you know 😍

Remi knows the ONLY real way to say what you mean is to HOWL!!!!

We love you Chase!

With a little encouragement from Sami, our little poochie Pancho discovered that the pool is very interesting!!!

Daily Group Howl #497 😁👍

Obedience 5/11/22

Working on loose leash walking and leash manners! Obedience and Manners is an all ages class. It is an open enrollment class meaning you can start at any point of time! PM us for more details!

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We’re NOT going anywhere!! Gone to the Dogs--Our Story!

It's easy to join the GTTD daycare pack! Call to set up a free 2 hour first visit! We will introduce your dog to daycare and evaluate how your furry pal likes it. Please bring in updated vaccination records showing current Rabies, Distemper and Bordetella (Kennel Cough) status. Your dog must be spayed or neutered if it is older than 5 months.

Gone to the Dogs was established May 4, 2010 by Michelle Bejbl and her daughter Kathleen Meyer. GTTD is housed in a building donated to Tails by Michelle and Kathleen, with a perpetual lease to GTTD. The building also provided much-needed veterinary space, and dog training space for Tails once the daycare is finished for the day. Since 2010, GTTD has developed a booming grooming service under Professional Groomer Josie Belmont and a cutting-edge training program with Certified Trainers Katie Morgan and Dan Velasquez.

Gone to the Dogs offers dogs a wonderful place to Play for the Day! Inside the building there is a 3500 square foot daycare floor that we also use for our training classes in the evenings. There is an equally large outside completely contained play area that the dogs absolutely love hanging out in! We also have a large grooming salon with plenty of room to work, so the grooming dogs don’t feel stressed while they get clean and beautiful. Training classes take place in on the large daycare floor, giving our trainers plenty of room to spread out and provide individual attention to all the dogs in class.

GTTD is reaching our ninth anniversary at this writing and we couldn't be more proud and content. Working with dogs is very fulfilling! The staff members at GTTD are some of the very best dog people on the planet! If you’d like to come and see our business please contact us at 815-758-7877.