The day
The daily routine
The same rhythm every day, on your dog's own suite row.
Most of a boarding day looks like nothing happening, which is rather the point. Ten fixed points run through it, and the one that surprises people most comes in the early afternoon: the building goes quiet and almost every dog is asleep.
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6.30am
Lights up. The overnight keeper has already been round twice; this is when the day staff arrive and the first feeds go out.
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7am
Breakfast, on your dog's own schedule and your dog's own food. The lobby opens.
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8am
First yard turn, by suite row, four or five dogs at a time who already know each other.
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10am
Suites cleaned and bedding checked while the dogs are out. Anything damp is changed, not dried.
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11.30am
Second turn, and the one-to-one walks for the dogs booked in for them.
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1pm
The quiet block. Blinds down on the yard side, nobody in the corridor, and almost every dog asleep.
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3pm
Third turn. The photograph most owners get is taken somewhere in this hour.
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5pm
Evening feed, and medication for the dogs that have it, checked against what your vet wrote down.
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6.30pm
Last turn of the day, shorter and calmer on purpose.
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8pm
Lights down. The overnight keeper comes on and stays until half past six.
Are those dates free?
The calendar shows every night, for every suite class, with how many are left and what that night costs. Nothing is paid on this website: you pay when you collect.