Berkshire Pup People

08/18/2024

Tiff had her volunteer orientation today at
Are you looking to add a new best friend to your family? Fill out an application and give one of these sweet pups a chance.
All of these pups deserve a good home full of love

08/17/2024

Very Demure, Very Mindful 🐾

08/07/2024

We’re excited to say we’re making progress and hope to be in the building soon! So far, we’ve finished our business plan, gotten our special permit from the zoning board, raised almost $20,000, worked with Terra Design Build (a fellow EforAll Berkshire County alum) to draw up the floor plans, been approved for a business loan, and gotten preliminary approval from the town for the building’s use change.

All that’s left is to finalize the lease and move in! The lease is with the lawyers now, and we’re aiming for a September 1 move in date. If all goes quickly, we should be selling daycare preregistrations soon!

As always, thank you for all of your support!
Love,
Tiff + Michelle

For the past two years, we’ve been traveling northern Berkshire County… Michelle Marrocco needs your support for Help Berkshire Pup People Open the Pup Place!

07/26/2024

Let us watch your Cats too!🐾

07/17/2024

We're going! See you there?

Have you ever wanted to learn how to help your pet in an emergency? Now is the time!

This Sunday, you can attend a Pet CPR & First Aid course--(you may remember we hosted this very course last year!)

"This class is designed for anyone with an interest in “pawtecting” the safety and wellness of animals! The class is taught by a 30+ year seasoned pre-hospital emergency medical care provider and educator that emphasizes "take your pet to the vet" throughout the class. This highly interactive training (NO videos or slides) features an emphasis on HANDS-ON skills practice to ensure proficiency in the life saving skills taught!"

Roxie’s Barkery will be hosting this class taught by Paws N Claws 911 at Hotel Downstreet in North Adams Ma on July 21st. The class is $60 per person and includes a handbook, your certificate, and an emergency muzzle.

*Pre-registration and payment is required. No on site registration or payment is accepted.

*With the exception of bonafide service dogs, no live pets are permitted in class. Every student will be provided with a demo pet and the proper training tools.

Secure your seats (up to 6 per registration) Book your spot here!

https://www.pawsnclaws911.com/service-page/pet-cpr-first-aid-7-21-2024?referral=service_list_widget

07/16/2024

It's another hot one out there! Where do you take your pups to cool off?

07/11/2024

The dog days of summer are upon us! (Yes, I think I'm funny...) It's been a warm few weeks and our pups are ready to have a place to play and romp around that's safe for their paws. Honestly, we're ready to have a home base where we can take clients and control the environment!

We just submitted our Change of Use application to the town this morning – they assured us it would only take a few days. Then, we just need to finalize the details of the lease! Send us speedy vibes, please!

Love,
Tiff + Michelle

PS – Enjoy some hot dog photos!

07/06/2024

Sometimes you have to stop and smell the flowers
*Sniff Sniff*

Ft... Cassidy🌼

06/23/2024

Do you know these pups? We found them on route two by Phelps Ave. They're very friendly and jumped right in the car

Eta brought them to the North Adams police department

06/17/2024

Good morning!

We need good vibes this week to keep things moving. There's not a whole lot to report, HOWEVER, we do expect to get our change of use report from the architect this week! Because the building we're looking to rent used to be a restaurant, the town requires us to submit a report outlining what changes need to be made for the space to be appropriate for a dog daycare. Fortunately, we don't need to make many changes. The biggest updates to the space are flooring and the fence, so once we get the report approval from the town shouldn't take long. Then most of the pieces should be in place for the daycare!

Love,
Tiff + Michelle

05/08/2024

Thank you Deb Schneer, Megan Karlen, Kimberly Lanier, Marra Jessica, Tom and Hoa Aldous, Madi Lark, and Tom Goodbody for your generous donations and for helping us open The Pup Place! We couldn't do this without all of you!

05/07/2024

We've been quiet for a bit because we've been sorting out lease details. To make it up to you, here's an extra cute photo dump!

04/17/2024

We're almost 2/3 of the way to our funding goal! Help us make The Pup Place a reality!

04/16/2024

Do you know this pup? We found him wandering alone but Margaret Lindley Park in Williamstown. We brought him to the Williamstown police station.

04/15/2024

We're only $55 away for $19k! That means, we've almost covered the cost of the fence!

04/12/2024

Happy birthday to this guy! Ed is one of our OG walkers and is loved by all of the dogs and our clients:

"Ed is wonderful and we are so happy to know that when our dogs are with him, they are always well-taken care of. They love seeing him at the door!"

04/11/2024

Happy National Pet Day!

04/08/2024

Who's excited for today's eclipse? Friendly reminder to (1) not look directly at the sun/eclipse, and (2) keep your animals inside for the duration of the eclipse!

Sun: “It's me, hi, I'm the brightest, it's me.”

You: “I’ll stare directly at the sun but never without solar filters.”

Good plan! At time, everybody agrees, the only safe way to look directly at the sun during an eclipse is through special-purpose solar filters, like eclipse glasses or handheld solar viewers. Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun.

Solar filters should have:

🌞An ISO 12312-2:2015 certification
🌞The manufacturer's name and address printed somewhere on the product

Do not use solar filters that are:

🌞Missing ISO certification information
🌞Torn, scratched, or have wrinkled lenses
🌞Coming loose from their frames
🌞Made before 2015

Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/articles/eclipsesafety.htm

Images: A ranger wearing protective solar glasses at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

04/05/2024

Pups at the Park is back this weekend! Sunday at 1pm at the North Adams Dog Park

04/03/2024

We've raised over 60% of our funding goal! Shout out to our most recent donors Aldona Adams and Joe Davis for their contributions. Thank you all so much for your support!

For the past two years, we’ve been traveling northern Berkshire County… Michelle Marrocco needs your support for Help Berkshire Pup People Open the Pup Place!

04/02/2024

Ok, so this is brilliant and adorable!

Could you be LUCKY number 13??

Now's your chance to enter our FREE second chance drawing to have your pet featured in caricature form! We have one more spot on each of our vans and we're raffling them off to people who provide us a valid email address* to https://berkshirehumane.org/free-2nd-chance-wrap-raffle/
One entry per person. No purchase necessary.
Deadline for entries is Sunday April 14th. Drawing will be held April 15th!

Good luck!

*Entrants agree to receive Berkshire Humane Society electronic newsletter and general emails.

04/01/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who's donated so far! We've come up with a series of gifts to express our gratitude:

$25 – Sticker pack drawn by Michelle Marrocco
$50 – Tote bag w/cute dog (also drawn by Michelle)
$100 – Special Edition Moon Dog Tee designed by .andthe.seymonster
$200 – Special Edition Adventure Dog Hoodie designed by Bri
$500 – One-Year Park Pass
$1,000 – Commemorate your pup by dedicating a Zen Zone to them
$2,500 – Life-Time Park Pass
$5,000 – Unlimited Daycare Membership for 1 Year

03/30/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far!!! You've made as happy as Thor in the snow!

Bridget Balawender Michael D. Miller Laura Mooney Sandra Thomas Francesca Olsen Anne Donati Barbara Baran Rita Ciola Kayla Servin Destinee Manning Chris X Daly Ross Betti Ciara Lynn Peter Hopkins Michele Butler Justin Hopkins Eric Rogers Daria Gagliardi Melissa Holland Damon Tracey Lynne Jeanine Marrocco Michaela Dino Dale Junior .marrocco

03/28/2024

Thank you iBerkshires.com for the coverage!

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The former Taconic Restaurant building on Cold Spring Road is on track to be used as a dog daycare and training facility.   Michelle Marrocco last week...

03/27/2024

All the fun of a sniffari PLUS coupons!

We’re egg-cited for our very first Pet Easter Egg Hunt this week!🥚🧺🐾

Starting tomorrow until Saturday bring your pups in and while your shopping let them sniff around the store for some treat filled eggs! If they find a treat filled golden egg you’ll get to enjoy the coupon inside!🤩

Our in-store Pet Easter Egg Hunt is designed to be a great mental enrichment activity for your pups! Using their nose and their brains to forage through the store to find some treats and hopefully a coupon for you to use on your purchase!🐶 (they’re bound to pick out lots of goodies while they’re on their sniffari😉)

Eggs will be hidden all day Wednesday-Saturday so don’t worry about missing out! Your pups can enjoy our egg hunt anytime during our regular hours Wednesday-Saturday!🥚🧺

If you come in to shop and there’s another pup sniffing for some eggs please kindly wait your turn! We’ll re-hide eggs for your pup to have their egg-citing egg hunt time!🐶🐾

03/25/2024

Meet .andthe.seymonster! Bri is the local artist behind our special edition Moon Dog Tee and Adventure Dog Hoodie! She created these pieces in collaboration with Berkshire Pup People to pay homage to her late soul dog, Seymore, who always inspired her to grow as an artist and as a person.

Bri is a mixed media artist and creator with a deep passion for all creatures and for the outdoors. Much of her inspiration is drawn from the organic free forms and colors the natural world has to offer.

https://gofund.me/9cf9fbea

03/21/2024

Today's the day we go to the Williamstown Zoning Board for our special permit! Wish us luck and/or come support us!

03/20/2024

Ever wished there was somewhere you could take your pup off leash and know they'd be safe? Somewhere they could run without worry of unknown people or dogs. SAME! That's why a private dog park is a key component of our daycare plans!

Contribute $500 to our crowdfunding campaign and get one year of park membership! Members can stop by for drop-in hours or by appointment for uninterupted play. That means even reactive dogs can SAFELY play off-leash!

03/18/2024

This is my (Michelle Marrocco) pup Leroy! Every so often we do what I call a "Dog Day" – a full day of everything Leroy loves. Usually that includes a hike, a visit to Bright Ideas Brewing North Adams and The Plant Connector, sniffing everything in sight, and meeting new friends. What would you do during a dog day?