Doggy Daycare
 

I am considering sending Lucy to daycare once a week. She is very spoiled and needs to be socialized so I figured it would be a good way for her. My concern is her size; three pounds. She is in perfect health and very sturdy. So I guess I just wanted to hear from others who send their pups to daycare, what do they do there and have your dogs done well there; etc.....

Thanks:):animal36

We are big fans of daycare. My girls go everyday while we are at work. I would think most daycares are similar to ours in that the dogs are separated by size. My two go with the "minis," and they both have a GREAT time and burn off a lot of energy! There should be a handler in each group to step in if there is ever a problem as well. All the dogs are temperament tested before they are officially accepted into the group too.

I've had the same experience as the above post, except take her just 1 afternoon a week. Roxy absolutely loves it there. When we pull in she gets so excited I can hardly manage to get her in the door. She's usually exhausted when I pick her up. Fri she was quite energized for the first time though. Think she's getting more used to it & happy.

The place is clean, well run & someone in with each section milling around with the dogs watching for any trouble. There's equipment to play on, resting spots, & outdoor section for potty breaks, kiddie pools weather permitting & things to climb around on. Dogs free to interact together. Something else I like is they have 5 webcams running. If I'm near my computer I can log in & watch her. Absolutely love this part. Her section has a few dogs larger than I would have thought, but all of them got along so well. At first it scared me.... a lot, but Roxy held her own very well & larger dogs did not bother her at all. If the person in with the dogs sees she was getting tired or overwhelmed, they'll pick her up & hold her for awhile so she could rest. Sometimes put her up on a resting bench. Steps to use for climbing up & down. And it's really close to home. Yea! All dogs are temperment tested & must be current on vaccines, etc.

I've been hearing so much about doggy daycare, but don't think we have anything around here like that. I pay a dogwalker $20 a walk for half an hour. I would love to take my babies to daycare. Does anyone know of any in Rockland County, NY? It seems I hear a lot about it in the south.

$20 for 1/2 hour? Wow! Don't want to make you feel bad, but it's $20 a day for our daycare, $16 for partial day. Of course prices in NY are probably very high compared to here. We aren't in one of the larger cities either.

PS: Meant to add above that for all-day dogs there is naptime from 11:30 - 1:30. Dogs are separated out for their naps. They also board dogs. Seems to be pretty popular place. Don't think there's another one in town.

It sounds wonderful!

I'm jealous. I live in Cloquet, MN and we don't have anything like that here. I have four dogs, Mazie a English Cocker Spaniel , and three Yorkies, Misty, Max, and Mikey. They sure hae a lot of energy and I wish sometimes that I could send them to daycare. I'll pickup the livingroom and 10 minutes later, the toys are all over again. The other day Mikey got a hold of a magazine and started tearing it up. They finally fell asleep but I couldn't get the rest of the magazine cause he fell asleep on it. These pups are a riot!

We don't have so many daycare facilities here, they are around, but not so much. But my MIL takes my pup when neither of us are around (about 2 days a week) and it really stopped her from being so spoilt, was great for her. Plus, she is exhausted when she comes home!

[QUOTE=drabinowitz43;2636346]I've been hearing so much about doggy daycare, but don't think we have anything around here like that. I pay a dogwalker $20 a walk for half an hour. I would love to take my babies to daycare. Does anyone know of any in Rockland County, NY? It seems I hear a lot about it in the south.[/QUOT

We live in Westchester and my daughter does daycare as well as overnight stays for pampered furbabies. PM me if you are interested and I'll have her send you a brochure.

I forgot to mention our daycare has over 10 webcams for the various sections too. It is very fun to peak in during the day and see what is going on! :D

If you buy singles, daycare is $30/day each dog, but you can buy packages at ours (and most I would assume) where you get a price break for buying in bulk.