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Kinnick is a Bernese Mountain Dog puppy who loves the cold and snow and if it was up to him, he would sit outside for hours. Last week when there was fresh snow, Kinnick had so much fun running and playing in it! I felt bad bringing him in.
Trycia just added some new pictures to the December photo gallery.
Sorry to cut this short, but Trycia and I are off to take some winter pictures with Sarah Beth in the fresh snow.
Keith
Today was another big day for our dog daycare and hotel guests. The day started out with our hotel dogs helping me shovel our outside play area. We shovel an area for some of our smaller dogs or dogs that don’t like the snow. It was great to see the happiness in the dogs when they ran outside and saw all of the snow. Then later in the morning, Trycia and I bundled up and brought the daycare dogs outside for a long play session. They had so much fun tearing it up in the snow. We put a few videos on our facebook fan page.
Did you catch us on the FOX 9 Morning News today? M.A. Rosco stopped out to show off what it was like to do doga. If you missed the clip, you can watch it by clicking here.
Ember and Weenie love the new red beds that we just picked up. Both dogs come for doggie daycare 3 times a week and love spending some time on the bed together.
Some great news from the weekend events. The food drive we did for the Pet Project raised over 10,000 pounds of food and over $800 in cash. The Minnesota boxer rescue raised $1000. We were so proud to be part of both events, and are amazed with the turnout! If you want to see some of the pictures, Modern Life Photo put them on their blog.
This wednesday, MA Rosco from the FOX 9 morning news will air her feature on DOGA which was shot at Pampered Pooch Playground. Don’t worry, if you can’t watch it, we will have all the clips on our website. Speaking of Doga, the next session is this Saturday morning, details are on our events page.
Looking for a fun holiday website, check out the Singing Ugly Dog website.
Have a great night.
Keith
Eloise, the westie is all ready for the Holidays. Yesterday she came in for doggy daycare wearing her favorite winter bandanna and she also has a snowman t-shirt that she enjoys wearing. Today it was fun being with some of the bigger dogs, watching them play outside in the dusting of snow.
Speaking of the Holidays, this Saturday we have pictures with Santa at 2 different locations:
- Fetch Delivers form 11-4 at their warehouse in N.E. Minneapolis. Trycia and I will be at this location. We are asking for pet food donations to benefit the Pet Project.
- Pampered Pooch Playground form 10-1. There is a $10 cost, and the money raised goes to the Minnesota Boxer Rescue.
For more information on these events, just visit our events page. No reservations needed, just show up.
Have a good weekend.
Keith
This morning I received a frantic call from Max and Luxy’s mom (Max is the black dog and Lucy is the brown one in the picture). The other day she was telling me about Max and how he learned to open the front door of her house (including the deadbolt). Today, he opened it and was sitting outside when her neighbor called. Then she decided that Max and Lucy needed to come to doggy daycare today. Max has not figured out how to open our doors yet 
Have a good night!
Keith
This past weekend, 2 Shar-pei’s spent Thanksgiving with is. Penny Lane is the tan one, and Jude is the black one. Jude gets really, really excited when I walk into the daycare room, he is the first one to run up and say hello! Once you start petting these 2, they don’t let you stop. Over the weekend, we were sitting on some of the equipment in the Zen Den and Jude was right there next to me. It takes these guys a little while to open up with new people, but the minute they open up, they are all love!!
Today, we sent out a friendly reminder to make reservations for the holidays. We are 99% full for the 25th, so hurry and make that reservation.
Have a good night!
Keith
Yesterday (Thanksgiving), I went to work to check on everything and make sure everything was running smooth, which it was. Our hotel is full and they were so behaved yesterday and had tuns of fun playing on Thanksgiving. I spent about 6 hours with the dogs yesterday and enjoyed every minute of it, and I know that the dogs did as well. On the holidays, we are closed for drop off and pick up, but for the dogs staying over it is just a regular day of play. Many other boarding places in the Twin Cities have ver limited play hours on holidays, and we did not think this was fair for the dogs (or the customers, since you are paying for it). We would much rather pay our staff a little more, and make it a regular day for the dogs. Yesterday, Ash, one of our managers brought out the bubbles and Jackaroo really got into the fun! Watch the video below.
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Today we spent most of the day making sure everything is ready for the Thanksgiving weekend. Our hotel is full and we went through today to make sure everything was in place for all of the dogs checking in. If you are looking for boarding between now and January 1st make sure to make a reservation ASAP, since we fill up fast.
Are you on our email list? Did you get the email with our Black Friday deals? If not, they are on our daycare page. These deals are good on Friday, only.
In the picture, are Duncan (mastiff) and Mila (Australian Sheppard mix). They took some time out from playing to rest next to each other.
Have a good night.
This past Saturday night was the Pet Haven Fall Benefit and since we were one of the big sponsors of the event, we had a table for 10 people. We took our managers, and a few of our close friends with us. I felt it was really important to take our managers to show them where all of their hard work with our foster dogs goes (in the picture are Vanessa, Ash and Erin). As many of you know we always foster 2 dogs for Pet Haven, and one of our foster dogs, Trevor was in their doggy fashion show. He looked so awesome in his little top hat and bow tie. Sarah Beth Photography was there taking lots of pictures and she will have them up soon.
This weekend we also had a booth at The Affair that we shared with some of our Sidewalk Dog friends. It was a great event, and thanks to all of our customers who came out.
Have a good night.
Keith
Say “hello” to Jack who really enjoys doggy daycare at the PPP. Today we wanted to give “The Zen Den” a trial run and the dogs seemed to enjoy it. We did have some minor construction work taking place in one of our playrooms and the dogs enjoyed watching all the fun from the new play area. The high speed webcams are now streaming for “The Zen Den” and soon we will be updating our iPhone app to include this room. We are just waiting for one of our new play structures to be built and then we can use it all the time! We can’t wait and know the dogs will love it!
Have a good night!
Keith
Pampered Pooch Playground - Locally Owned - Doggy Daycare, Boarding, Grooming and Training in Minneapolis,MN
Phone - (952) 922-8183 - Email Us - Text - (612) 568-8006
7020 Walker St, St Louis Park, MN 55426
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