Metro Dog East Bay

06/12/2024

05/10/2024

Dumpsky 📸

02/26/2024

Happy 4️⃣th Birthday Lucy 🥳🎉

02/21/2024

Photo Dump 🎞️

02/19/2024

Take advantage of our New Client & Referral Bonus. Now through the end of March.

02/15/2024

This week’s sweethearts 💌❣️

Thanks to all who took part in our first valentines date night and picture event. You can still get a digital Valentine picture through Friday (2/16) for $5 when you come in for a 1/2 or full day of day care ❤️

02/14/2024

Photo Dump 🤳🏽🎞️🫶

02/14/2024

Tomorrow is Valentines Day 💕 Have you taken advantage of our special event?

Bring your pup to Metro Dog for your night out or vacation and add our Sweetheart Photo or Date Night service to their stay 💘💌

02/08/2024

Dog of the Day 🗣️

Meatball 🍝

He’s a 9 year old Staffy who’s been a MetroDog since 2018. Meatball is a very sweet boy and is one our first picks when we need a model for pictures. He’ll pose, wear a hat, sweater, or costume as long as he can have a treat afterwards.

Fun Fact: His brother’s name also starts with an M but it isn’t food related 👀

02/07/2024

Valentine’s Day is in 1 week❗️

Have you asked your sweetheart to be yours 👀?
Bring your pup to Metro Dog for some fun while you enjoy a night out with your heart throb!

Take advantage of our Sweetheart Photo all week or our Date Night Event on Feb. 14💕

02/02/2024

Happy 6️⃣th Birthday Perklesnertz aka Snertz aka Snerkles 🥳

01/26/2024

Staff Member of the Day 🗣️

✨Alexia ✨

She’s been a member of the Metrodog family for 6 years, starting as a handler and is now a part of the management team.

Alexia has a plethora of skills that make her a very important asset to our team. You may see her lovely face while out on a park trip or while your dog is being assessed.

Thank you for all that you do, we deeply appreciate you.

01/25/2024

🎞️ Dump

01/22/2024

New Year, New Client Bonus 👀❗️

Are you or someone you know thinking of becoming a client?

Take advantage of these while you can. The remainder of January through March 🗓️

01/20/2024

Happy 2nd Gotcha Day, Dolly 🤍

01/12/2024

Welcome to the pack Missy! Yesterday was her assessment day. She’s 25% pug, 75% cutie pie 🥰

01/10/2024

Happy 3rd Gotcha Day, Lima 🫘🇵🇪

01/05/2024

Big dog photo dump 📸

12/26/2023

Happy holidays to all our Metro Dog community! It is a privilege for us to care for your dogs. we are ever grateful for your support as we enter our 18th year! Does this mean the dogs can vote now?

12/03/2023

Apologies for the lack of posts. Here’s a dump 🫣 There’s more to come.

11/30/2023

Hi community! I know people are concerned about the alarming reports saturating the news cycle about a mystery respiratory illness in dogs.

I want to encourage calm.

For all to know, Metro Dog has had no dogs coughing.

The veterinary experts really don’t know that there is a new illness or if there is just a larger than normal number of dogs being reported with upper respiratory tract infections that aren’t responsive to typical treatment. Please know there have always been some dogs that develop pneumonia from a URI.

At present, there are no cases confirmed in Northern California. There are lots of stories circulating, but nothing is conclusive. I am in touch with UC Davis and they have seen no cases and encourage calm. Please remember that there is a critical shortage of vets. The veterinary network cannot sustain a panic from their communities over any cough heard. Coughing, especially this time of year, is common.

Please read this piece from the Oregon VMA. Oregon has had one of the largest CIRDC (canine infectious respiratory disease complex) outbreaks. CIRDC is not a single disease, it’s a an umbrella term for the many different viruses and bacteria that can cause URIs.

Dr. Stephen Kochis, the chief medical officer for the Oregon Humane Society, told the New York Times he does not want people to panic because number of cases reported to ODA (Oregon Dept of Agriculture) represents a small number of all the dogs in the state. “We are not seeing an uptick in respiratory disease outside of the ordinary expectation for pets that would get respiratory disease,” he said.

In the article the Oregon VMA recommends that dogs “Avoid playdates with unknown dogs. Socialization is important for your dog, so you might consider creating a playgroup of known dogs that are also vaccinated. “

We’ve got you covered there. We’ve seen so many generations of dogs undersocialized over the past 3 years because of the pandemic. Let’s not do that again! Keep them safely socializing.

How we always keep your dogs safe:

At Metro Dog, we offer a hygienic safe space to socialize in known pods of friends that are healthy and fully vaccinated. We scrub the air for all pathogens, including Covid, and disinfect daily. Water bowls are changed regularly. We don’t have common toys for dogs to play with. We rely on you to make sure your dogs are healthy and showing zero signs of illness when they come to us. If we see illness we do not accept the dog that day, or we isolate, send them home and deep disinfect the areas they were in. We use veterinary grade disinfectants that are safe for your dogs.

We are open and looking forward to seeing your dogs.

Please read and ask any questions below.

-diane livoti, Metro Dog co-founder and owner

November 28, 2023 Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease in Oregon Media Inquiries: Please direct interview requests to the Oregon Department of Agriculture spokesperson.Originally published 8.7.23 | Updated 11.28.23 to add suggested precautions for dog-related businesses. No changes to medical or ca...

11/10/2023

All behavior serves a function. It is our job to figure out what the behavior is providing the animals we live with. What is its function, particularly when we deem it undesirable? Once we understand the behavior and what is reinforcing it we can look at how to change it.

When your dogs are in our care at Metro Dog we create a program that provides routine that they depend on. Dogs love to discern patterns and are masterful at it. It is how they predict the future. Our program is a daily pattern, to which we add soecific handling techniques that do not use pain, threats, or punishment to communicate and shape the behaviors we want to see. What dogs practice becomes habit.

It takes time to shape behavior, and it takes consistency, which is why we recommend a regular schedule of day care for all our dogs. One, Two, three days a week becomes a pattern that they can depend on, and with dependability comes lower stress and with that comes higher learning.

We are a purpose-driven business, and we are honored to support the healthy development of your dog.

We give thanks to you and your pups!

11/07/2023

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11/05/2023

Jonny is the best thing on the internet. He nails the breeds.