We off to a great start!

You can tell that the world has returned to normal after the holidays, and it is great to be back to normal. One of the dogs that comes to daycare everyday is Boogey who is also known as "that big white dog in the little dog play room". Boogey enjoyed his break, but he was really happy to see me again!

What else is going on? Well, we are working an doing some minor remodeling in the next few weeks. These should be some exciting changes, but we are not exactly sure what we will be doing yet, but when we know I will clue you in. Also, Ash who has been one of our employees since July or August (I can't remember how long it has been), will now be the assistant manager on Sunday and Mondays.

Have a good night.

Keith

Tiny Tails Day

Today we had our first Tiny Tails Social Club of 2009. This is a great way for smaller dogs (20 pounds or less) to get together and play in our training room. Ash, one of our staff members supervised the play group and all the dogs had so much fun. We do this every Sunday at 1pm and we ask that you make a reservation.

Henry is the dog that is in the picture. Ash tells me that Henry did great and had so much fun playing! Most of our holiday dogs have gone home now, so that will mean that we have more room for the daycare dogs. We limit the number of dogs that come in the play areas because we want to make sure each dog has enough room to play and to rest. You can alwas call 952-922-8183 to see if there is space for daycare, or make a reservation online.

Have a good night.

Keith

Are you bored at work today?

I know everyone slacks at work on Fridays, and really who is working today? I have been swamped doing year end paperwork for the daycare, and I found out that I get more done at home than when I am with the dogs. It is just too tempting to put things off and go play with all the dogs.
So I started to look up Pampered Pooch Playground on the internet, and was shocked that we had a few reviews on Google. That is really cool! Then I started to think that it would be great to have more.... Help us out and write an honest rating of Pampered Pooch Playground on Google. Click Here to go to our reviews page. Be open, Be Honest ;)

Maybe if I get all the stuff done, I will do another blog with a fun game or something else you can waste time with.

Happy Friday!

Keith

A Cute Video to start the day

We have a bunch of bulldogs that come to the daycare on a regular basis (Boss, Titan, Bryan and others). This morning I was watching the Today show and saw the cutest video. Click Here to watch it. Maybe one day, one of our bulldogs can do that!

Stay warm, it is cold outside today!

Keith

Happy 2K9

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Years eve. We had a bunch of hotel guests last night, and Trisha and I came in early to play with the dogs today! Gus, a shih tzu puppy has been with us for about 5 nights. His dad is one of the Gopher football coaches and they had to travel to the bowl game. We kept petting Gus for good luck in the game, but we lost. Oh well, Gus did great with all the dogs and had so much fun. I am so sad to see him go home today!

Oh, we added some new pictures to the photo album for January. I guess we don't waste any time!

Have a good day!

Keith

Shhhhh.... Dogs Napping!

Yesterday I was blogging about our group nap time and today someone asked what it looked like. Foster, Bailey and Trixy all enjoyed a nap today! This afternoon all the dogs enjoyed watching the snow fall outside and they love to run and play in it, Especially Princess Lea!


We sent out an email to everyone on our email list today.
- Tiny Tails Social Club - Starts this Sunday at 1pm. Click Here for details.
- Save $10 - Heather just announced her next round of training classes. Click here to save $10 on your next class. (who said the price of everything is going up.. hehe)
- Stay Warm- We now brew Caribou Coffee in the lobby starting at 7am. Enjoy!

Loki

Loki is one of the dogs that has been hanging out in the smaller dog play room the past few days! Loki is a sweetie and plays so well with everyone and he loves to eat lunch everyday! He knows when it is lunch time, and he starts to do a little dance!

I am writing this blog as all the dogs are napping. When it is nap time, I try to stay out of the play areas because a new face can rile up the dogs and then they start to play again. We have found that our group nap time has been working great and all of the dogs really like it. I think it is much better than putting all the dogs in a cage for a nap!

Have a good afternoon!

Keith

New Artwork

Today was another action packed day with all of the dogs. We had about 5 customers call yesterday saying that their flight was canceled! I felt bad for all of those people, and all the dogs had to stay over an extra night, and we gave them an extra treat!! Everyone was so behaved and the morning flew past! We hung up some new artwork in the lobby, which is a photo that was taken by Sarah Beth Photography. That name might ring a bell because she was also the person taking the pictures at our Halloween party. She was nice enough to loan us that picture for the lobby, and a few more (that will be up soon) that will line the hallways to the training room. She is a great photographer!

There were so many of the overnight Hotel dogs that were going home today and we were so busy giving all of them a bath (oh, did I mention that when a dog stays 5 or more nights we give them a free bath??). Embry, Riley, and Lucy all had fun playing today!

Hopefully everyone is able to enjoy some nice weather today.

Keith

Louie and Ella

Louie and Ella are 2 regular faces at Pampered Pooch Playground Doggy Daycare, and every now and then they will spend the night in the hotel. Ella is still a puppy, and Louie loves to watch over her and keep her out of trouble. Louie and Ella spend most of their time in the small dog playroom and they both play so well with all the dogs! Ella was adopted from Pet Haven. Their mom, Jessie, does some really cool paintings, make sure you check out her website.

Have a good night.

Christmas with the pooches

This morning Trisha and I drive back nice and early from Wisconsin so we could spend the afternoon with the dogs! (Our staff did a wonderful job taking care of everything while we were away). All the dogs had a great day today playing and some of them even had special holiday meals and treats. Bella (on the right) and Herschel (left) had lots of fun playing today!

We hope everyone had a great holiday!

Happy Holidays!

We decided to dress up Trisha's mom's dog for the party tonight. Bonnie is a toy poodle and dachshund mix.

Ok, enough of the sappy holiday letters and stuff like that! Trisha and I just want to thank everyone for a great 2008 and we are so glad that we have gotten to meet so many great dogs (and customers).

Have a great Holiday and we will be back at the daycare tomorrow to party with the dogs!!

Keith

A fun winter day

Trisha and I are in Wisconsin visiting her family until Christmas Day (we are driving back at 8am on Christmas so we can play with the dogs in the afternoon). We are very lucky to be able to trust the daycare to our wonderful staff and we check in all the time ;) We got about 4 inches of snow here last night, and Roxy has been having a blast running and playing in it.

Have a great afternoon!

Keith