Happy Hound Play & Daycare

06/05/2024

In honor of International Corgi Day, just a few of our favorite Happy Hound shorties of the corgi variety. 🐾

06/02/2024

This month at Happy Hound:
- 6/2 Sunday Reinforcement Class
- 6/4 Agility Class
- 6/13 Vaccine Clinic
- 6/15 National Dog Dad Day
- 6/20 Summer Series: Doga in the Park w/The Iron Mat

05/28/2024

With appreciation and gratitude this Memorial Day 🇺🇸

05/26/2024

We ❤️ fountain season. Our Barks & Recreation Park’s bone-shaped splash pool is purpose-built to bring unbounded joy to water-loving happy hounds. The pool functions as a hot belly cooler, a multi-speed drive-thru coat rinse, a quick and cool drink of water, and a thrilling addition to your run-of-the-mill zoomies.

Come find out why !

05/24/2024

Whew, that was a party! Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated with us! Hopalong dogs were adopted (Hooray for Tobi + Cheeni!). Clarissa of The Iron Mat led a super fun doga flow session. Sky Dogs Training and company, with a whole pack of good dogs, wowed us with amazing feats of agility. Knee Baby'z Eatery brought that smoky goodness. We all got down to the the NOLA vibe brought by The Bonafides, and the fun tunes shared by The Succulents. Sunshine, dogs, fountain - what a day.

05/21/2024

Nominations have been tallied and we’ve made the finals for both Best of Oakland and Best of the East Bay, thank you!

Next up, vote!

🥇Best of Oakland:
☑︎ Best Dog Training Service
☑︎ Best Pet Grooming Service
☑︎ Best Place to Board Pets

🥇Best of the East Bay:
☑︎ Best Dog Trainer
☑︎ Best Doggie Day Care
☑︎ Best Place to Board Your Pets

Nominations can be made at the link in our bio.

05/18/2024

See you at the party, Hopalong! More details about our 20th Anniversary celebration right here - https://happyhound.com/2024/04/happy-hounds-20th-anniversary-celebration/

We have two mobile events tomorrow, Saturday! These adorable pups will be at from 11-2pm looking for a home! Happy Hound is celebrating their 20-year anniversary, and we are so excited for them! Come meet these sweet dogs who are looking for a home! It'll be a big fun party!!!!

Happy Hound is located at: 2101 Mandela Pkwy, Oakland, CA 94607

If we don't see you at Happy Hound, we will see you at San Rafael! Woo!

05/17/2024

We have two mobile events tomorrow, Saturday! These adorable pups will be at from 11-2pm looking for a home! Happy Hound is celebrating their 20-year anniversary, and we are so excited for them! Come meet these sweet dogs who are looking for a home! It’ll be a big fun party!!!!

Happy Hound is located at: 2101 Mandela Pkwy, Oakland, CA 94607

If we don’t see you at Happy Hound, we will see you at San Rafael! Woo!






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We’re excited to have our friends coming to our big anniversary tomorrow… with adoptable dogs!

05/15/2024

Because we know you needed more dogs in your feed 😁
Important things:

#1️⃣ Our big ol’ 20th Anniversary celebration is this Saturday, May 18 11am - 4pm:




FREE park play + live music with The Succulents and The Bonafides. Dog yoga with Clarissa of The Iron Mat. And a raffle to benefit .

#2️⃣ You still have time to vote for us in Oakland Magazine’s readers’ poll, vote here - https://www.oaklandmagazine.com/best-of-oakland-ballot/ #/gallery/?group=479800

✔︎ Best Dog Training Service
✔︎ Best Pet Grooming Service
✔︎ Best Places to Board Pets

#3️⃣ Agility Fundamentals begins Tuesday, June 4, sign up for this fin and energetic class in your client portal!

05/14/2024

We can’t wait to see show off their collective mad skills at our 20th anniversary party this Saturday! We have it on good authority that the following talented and clever doggos will be performing their feats of wonder for us:

* Sky, 8 year old Australian cattle dog,
* Mira, 3 year old border collie
* Tilikum, aka “Tilly”, 2 year old Beauceron
* Eden, 2 year old American bully (with her person, Brayanna)

2 performances:
11:30am and 3:30pm
Happy Hound Play & Daycare - https://happyhound.com/2024/04/happy-hounds-20th-anniversary-celebration/

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05/10/2024

To the mothers, mamas, mommies, moms, mawms, and mahms: it’s your very special weekend. 💐 Here’s hoping your happy cup overflows and there are always doggos underfoot 💗🐾

05/09/2024

We’re celebrating 20 years of Happy Hound and happy hounds - and we want to party with you!

Saturday, May 18, 2024�
11am – 4pm

• 11:30 am – Agility performance by Sky Dogs Training
• 12:30 pm – Dog Yoga with Clarissa (Misty’s mawm) The Iron Mat
• 1-3:00 pm – Live music with The Succulents and The Bonafides
• 1-3:00 pm – Free play time in our Barks & Recreation Center dog park
• 3:30 pm – Agility performance by Sky Dogs Training

Adoptable dogs from Hopalong.

Bbq and soul food onsite by Knee Baby'z Eatery.

Raffle to benefit Friends of Oakland Animal Services. Prizes include a pair of Oakland A’s tickets, a $500 Southwest Airlines voucher, restaurant gift cards, and movie vouchers.

05/04/2024

Hello to all you fine Happy Hound Training graduates! Just a reminder that tomorrow 5/5 is our monthly Sunday Reinforcement Class. Our awesome training staff provides this free monthly group training session that’s accessible to graduates of most of our training programs.

Sign up today in the client portal - https://happyhound.portal.gingrapp.com/ #/public/login

Date: Sunday 5/5
Time: 1pm
Location: Happy Hound’s Barks & Rec dog park

05/04/2024

Going away for Memorial Day? Request a boarding reservation for your happy hound from the winner of the 2023 East Bay Express “Best Dog Daycare” AND “Boarding” awards!

And don’t forget to nominate us in round one of this year’s East Bay Express readers’ poll (https://eastbayexpress.com/best-of-ballot/ ) in the following categories, thank you 🐾

🥇Best Doggie Day Care
🥇Best Place to Board Your Pets
🥇Best Dog Trainer

05/01/2024

It’s May! Here’s what we have coming up this month @ Happy Hound Play & Daycare:

5 - Sunday Reinforcement Class
11 - Dog Mom Day
13 - Vaccine Clinic
18 - 20th Anniversary Party
27 - Memorial Day

04/30/2024

It’s springtime in the Bay Area, which means it’s also readers’ poll season! The nomination rounds for and are closing soon and we would *love* your consideration in the daycare, boarding, and training categories. Thank you!

04/30/2024

Tomorrow is National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day! In honor of the day, here are some of our amazing happy hounds that got to their furever homes via a shelter, rescue, or foster group. Here’s to the people who love the dogs, and the dogs who love the people🐾💗

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04/27/2024

We’re proud to be celebrating 20 years in business this year, so of course we’re throwing a party! Come out and play on Saturday, May 18th, from 11-4, and catch all this fun:

• Bbq and soul food onsite by
• A passel of adoptable doggos from
• 11:30 & 3:30 Agility performances by
• 12:30 Paws and Poses Dog Yoga w/Annie
• 1-3 Free park play + live music with The Succulents and The Bonafides

Don’t forget to check out our raffle for Friends of Oakland Animal Services. Awesome prizes include a pair of Oakland A’s tickets, a $500 Southwest Airlines voucher, and much more!

Check out the party page here: https://happyhound.com/2024/04/happy-hounds-20th-anniversary-celebration/

04/24/2024

Baxter, Jackson, Max, and Tobi: the four current members of our Happy Hound Foster Crew. These fun-making, big-loving, smile-inducing doggos are out here making the best of this wild and crazy world and waiting patiently for their new besties to come running. Please do a double-whammy community service today and share this with any dog-deficient folks in your life. Let’s make some matches - https://happyhound.com/dog-foster-program/

Oakland Animal Services
Hopalong

04/23/2024

Here’s to our happy hounds of the bulldog variety. We hope you were all well-celebrated on your special day - 4/21 was National Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day!

04/20/2024

Happy hounds know how to party. Monthly client appreciation shindig, right here. Barks & Rec Social Hour is back 🤩 See you next month!

04/18/2024

Omg. Tobi is here 😍
Fosterfluff Tobi McToberson is here and ready to add some floofing joy to someone’s life. Yours?

04/16/2024

We ❤️ dogs, can you tell?

Nominate Happy Hound for Best of Oakland - https://www.oaklandmagazine.com/best-of-oakland-ballot/ #/gallery/?group=479800

04/13/2024

Check out these happy hounds growing and learning while engaged in our Board & Train programs. Work hard, play hard, wear a snazzy purple hat.

Learn more about our training programs here - https://happyhound.com/dog-training-programs/.

04/11/2024

Thursday, April 18, from 4:30-5:30 pm is the 2024 Barks & Rec Social Hour season opener! If you didn’t make it out for one of these last year, we highly recommend it. Barks & Rec Social Hour is a free monthly client appreciation event we host in our dog park, Happy Hound’s Barks & Recreation Center.

This month’s social hour will see the return of the bubble machine, blowing peanut butter, maple bacon, and bubble gum-flavored dog-safe edible bubbles. We’ll also take our new park speakers for a spin with a disco playlist to add a sparkly, festive vibe to the afternoon.

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024
Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Cost: Free

04/09/2024

Want to show your happy hound more love this Dog Appreciation Month? Our Vaccine Clinic is this Thursday. If *someone* needs s-h-o-t-s, sign them up in your client portal. More info here - https://happyhound.com/veterinary-resources/

04/05/2024

Sunday looks like a great day to bring your Happy Hound Training graduate down for our monthly reinforcement class. This free monthly group training session is available to graduates of most of our training programs and is led by our stellar team of trainers.

Sign up today for you and your happy hound to take a free mini refresher course to catch up on core training principles and practical tips, all taught in a fun and supportive environment. The Happy Hound way 😉

Login to your client portal and sign up for our next free session, Sunday 4/7 at 1pm.

04/04/2024

Chief is definitely one of the cool kids 😎