Pampered Pooch Playground has teamed up with Lucky Dog Pet Care to present the Canine Carnival on Saturday, May 18th from 10-1 at Urban Eatery. Come hang out on the dog friendly patio right across from Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis and play games with your pooch!
Proceeds from carnival games and raffle benefit The Pet Project!
First-come first-serve dog-friendly patio seating
Fun carnival atmosphere – Carnival barker & Tarot card reader
Carnival games & prizes
Special adult Carnival Cocktail
Doggie Beer Bar
Free samples from Barkley’s Bistro (fresh and local – 98% locally sourced products)!
Free samples from Nutri-Source (high-quality pet foods that you can trust)
Raffle and Carnival Game proceeds benefit The Pet Project.
Saturday 18 May 2013
10 am – 1 pm
Location: Urban Eatery’s dog-friendly patio
On-leash dogs only please
This is a free event – suggested donations for raffle and carnival games benefit The Pet Project
No reservations required, seating is first come, first served. please watch the Pampered Pooch Playground Facebook page if weather looks like it will be an issue.
I can’t tell you how excited I am for the 2013 season of Beer With Your Buddy to kick off! Join us this Saturday from 3-5:30 at the Nomad Pub in Minneapolis. You can buy tickets online by clicking here. Pampered Pooch Playground and Bubbly Paws are a sponsor of this great Minneapolis dog event powered by the K9-Connection.
Name: Lexi
Length of time working here: Since October of 2011
Do you have any pets?
I have three American Quarter Horses that I ride and show in the summers- Fransis, Zeke and Randy. I also just got a new Welsh Corgi puppy named Z! (or Topaz, or Turbo, or whatever nickname he gets next!)
What do you do in your spare time?
I’m currently finishing my masters degree in flute performance at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. I graduate on April 26th and I couldn’t be more excited! I hope to eventually get my doctorate and have a flute studio at a college somewhere. When I’m not practicing or playing with the pups at PPP I spend most of my time having fun with friends or my horses. I also love spending time and working on my family’s 300 cow dairy farm in northern Wisconsin!
What is your favorite part about working at PPP?
Growing up on a dairy farm turned me into a real animal person! A few weeks off the farm and not around animals is like the dementor to my Harry Potter. Working at PPP helped me out a lot in this aspect. No matter how crazy the dogs get, it’s so nice to get away from school and hang out with some sweet pups for a while.
I’ve also found some really great friends in some of my coworkers at the Pooch! We have a lot of fun working together and when it’s been a rough day, I’m always there crackin’ a joke or ten to get everybody laughing again.
Funniest PPP moment:
I’d have to say the funniest PPP moment for me took place just a couple months ago when I was in Waggers on a Monday morning. There weren’t very many dogs there yet, but there were three Frenchies- Benson, Frankie and STEVE. I LOVE making crazy voices and doing silly things to get the Frenchies riled up because they have the most hilarious snorting noises and they get SO CRAZY. So Im standing there trying to get these three as snorty as three frenchies can get and I start saying “Steve” over and over, kind of like this…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFhNJ8ozDBk
And these dogs are just going nuts. All of the sudden, in the midst of all of our carrying on, Keith walks in and is just staring at me with the most terror stricken look on his face. (there also may have been some crazy dance move involved too… I’m not sure)
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life!
How long have you been at Pampered Pooch Playground?
Since October of 2011
What Pets do you have?
I have a 3 year old cat named Garbage and a 4 year old goldfish named Tybalt!
When not working at Pampered Pooch Playground, what do you like to do?
Theatre, theatre, theatre! Theatre is my passion so all my free time is spent preparing for my life on the stage! Currently, I’m in a musical called “Into the Woods” with Eat Street Players so that is taking up all my time now! (Dates: April 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 7:30 and 14th at 1:00) 
What do you love most about working at Doggy Daycare?
My favorite thing about working at PPP is getting to know the dogs! They all have such different personalities that it’s fun to know them all! I always try to cater to the dogs we have that day. For instance, we have a lot of dogs that like to be pet and scratched but not when other dogs are around so when there is a moment when all the other dogs are on the other side of the room, I’ll sneak over to the shy dogs for a quick cuddle session!
What is your favorite moment at Pampered Pooch Playground?
When memebers of the staff dared me to eat canned dog food? You can watch the video by clicking here.
Since Pampered Pooch Playground opened we have always tried to stay ahead of technology when so many doggy daycares lag behind. Part of it is because of my love of technology and how I use it in my personal life. Today I came across a great article on Mashable about some great smart phone apps that you can put on your phone. From doggy dating, to your pets records there is something out there. Click Here to see the article and click through the apps!
Have a good night!
Keith
About 6 months ago we asked one of of our good friends, Jessie Marianello from Stray Dog Arts to paint another picture of Roxy. I guess a proud doggy poppa can never have too many paintings of Roxy! Jessie was one of our first doggy daycare customers and she also painted the large picture of Roxy that is hanging in the lobby. Just a few days ago, Jessie dropped off the new painting of Roxy, and it is so AMAZING! Jessie does such a great job of capturing Roxy’s personality and putting into her paintings. I don’t know what else to say, but we are so happy for our amazing new piece of art that is now hanging in our house!
Jessie puts this same about of love and energy into all of her paintings. WE also had Jessie paint a picture of Trycia’s sisters dog, Roman, for Christmas 2 years ago! About 2 years ago I remember when she came running into our lobby to tell us that her work was featured in Bark and Modern Dog Magazine. I am so proud of all of her success and proud to call her a good friend of ours!
Have a good night!
Keith
Trycia was featured talking about Pampered Pooch Playground and Bubbly Paws Dog Wash in the latest edition of Pet Age magazine (an industry publication). You can read the story below (click the image to make it bigger).
Gustav loved having his picture taken while at doggy daycare!
Meet Gustav, one of the regular dogs that loves to hang out in the Canine Cove at doggy daycare! Last week Gustav’s dad signed him up for Poochie Pix, which is a new service we just started. Trycia will have a mini photo session with your pooch while they are at doggy daycare! Gustav was our first client and he did awesome!
On a side note, Gustav’s dad showed up to one of our kickball games last summer with some of his homemade beer! Wow!! It was amazing!
Have a good night!
Keith
You’ve probably seen all the viral Harlem Shake videos that have been going around youtube. Our personal favorites are the one at Sea World and the Puppy Edition, but we decided to attempt to make our own version of the Harlem Shake video with our doggy daycare dogs! Check out the Pampered Pooch Playground version below!
Here are the rules to make your own Harlem Shake:
