At the Happy Hound Play Park, we know what it takes to make an amazing stay. Our sleepover stays support your dog's wellbeing throughout the day and night. Whether you need one day, a week, or a month, our overnight boarding care supports your dog's wellbeing and offers you the peace of mind you deserve.
With almost 20 years' experience in the dog care industry, certified trainers and a facility designed specifically to offer the best care, we offer a dog boarding experience unique to Edmonton.
During the day, your dog participates in our dog daycare program, and for night we offer several sleep options, including home-style crates or kennel spaces ranging between 16 sq ft to 32 sq ft.
Each guest has a private space for sleeping and for meals, and siblings can share sleep spaces (based on availability).
We offer dog boarding for all sizes of dogs and customize for the needs of each. We meet your dog's emotional, psychological, physical and relational needs to promote their wellbeing and support your relationship with them.
We accept intact dogs of any age and have options for social dogs, nervous dogs or dogs who aren't social with others.
Small numbers means very personalized care in the most stress-free environment possible.
We have small play groups so your dog can truly settle in and play in safety, and accept limited numbers overnight to ensure best supervision and comfort.
We offer private sleep and eating spaces for all our guests in 16 sq ft, 24 sq ft or 32 sq ft kennels that are 5 ft tall and fully enclosed for safety. We also have standard crates available for dogs who prefer smaller sleep spaces.
We can accommodate shared sleeping space for family members, based on availability and size of dogs.
During the day, your dogs participate in a daycare and enrichment program personalized to them.
We have large dog parks, a splash pool, ball pits and loads of enrichment and games we play with the dogs during the day.
We track how much your dog eats for every meal and notify you with any concerns or if we need to use toppers or other enticement to ensure they're getting proper nutrition.
We also track and monitor how your dog is sleeping each night or resting during teh day.
We accept intact dogs over 8 months old.
Medication administration is included in your boarding stay. We also have a Life Essentials Medication protocol we follow to ensure you have complete peace of mind your dog is receiving their medication.
Day supervision:
We have educated and experienced specialists hands-on engaging and supervising each play group.
Overnight supervision
You can rest easy knowing your pup is being watched and cared for in-person 24/7.
Sleep monitoring: Our overnight specialist compiles a sleep log overnight so we know how your pup is doing and sleeping.
Food tracking: Nutrition is so important. We track food consumption every day as well. If we note your dog has a decreased appetite or isn't eating, we will notify you.
Your dog will enjoy large indoor/outdoor parks, bright natural light, and separate play areas for little dogs and larger dogs.
We have loads of fun additional options including splash play, ball pit play, agility, training sessions, one-on-one cuddles and brushes or sniffaris.
Your dog participates in their personal daycare program while with us.
We offer social boarding, confidence-building boarding and personal play boarding.
Each dog is assigned a private sleep space, ranging from home-style crates to 16 sq ft, 24 sq ft or 32 sq ft kennels. Sleep spaces are separate from the play spaces for best rest.
Each day your dog is with us, we'll send you an email update of how they're doing! We post photos every day to our Facebook and Instagram as well, but you can also add on an emailed photo to your daily update.
For dogs in who participate in social daycare. Your dog will play with friends that match their size, energy, and play style, and who we know they fit well with.
For dogs in our CLASS daycare program, your dog will participate daily in their confidence-building program with play opportunities with others and our attendants.
For dogs who are reactive, need medical watch or otherwise can't be with other dogs or require one-on-one with another dog.
We offer boarding for intact dogs over 8 months who regularly attend Social, CLASS or Personal Play daycare with us.
Includes extra specialized care for the unique needs of puppies. Applies to puppies under 24 weeks old.
Includes your dog's individual daycare program, daily training sessions and daily email update on training progress with weekly video.
Please reach us at info@thehappyhoundplaypark.ca if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Vaccinations MUST be administered a minimum of SEVEN days in advance of a boarding start date. This allows your dog's system time to respond to the vaccination and allows you time to monitor for adverse reactions.
Required vaccinations
Puppies under 24 weeks old require:
Dogs over 24 weeks old require:
Suggested Vaccinations
We do! We have an attendant supervising and monitoring all dogs 24/7, including in-person in-building overnight monitoring.
Timing depends a little on number of boarding guests we have. Each guest participates in the daycare program determined by their Meet & Greet and First Day of Daycare (Social, CLASS, or Personal Play):
5-6 am: First bathroom breaks
6-8 am: Breakfast and morning rest
8-11 am: Morning play programs
11 - 12:30 pm: Mid-day rest, lunches, one-on-one play, enrichment sessions & training
1 - 3:30 pm: Afternoon play programs
3:30 - 6:30 pm: Dinner and rest
6:30 - 8:30 pm: Evening activity and final bathroom breaks
We have private 5 ft tall fully-enclosed kennels ranging between 16 sq ft and 32 sq ft and home-style crates as well. Each kennel has a sound dampening roof and sound dampening dividers for privacy and comfort.
We put safety first always and will set your dog up with the accommodations that support their safety and comfort.
We accept dogs of all sizes.
See our prices list for discounts for multi-dog stays
We do! We accept puppies for boarding who are over 12 weeks old. Puppies must have completed two series of Distemper-combination vaccine.
We accept intact dogs for boarding. Intact dogs over 8 months must attend daycare regularly with us (at least once a week) so we are familiar with their play program and are suited for our social daycare or CLASS daycare. For intact dogs new to us, we may refer them to our Personal Play boarding option to begin, with adjustment to Social or CLASS possible once we are familiar with them.
No, we do not. A price is a price for our service, regardless of peak demand.
A 50% deposit is due at time of booking to confirm boarding. The deposit, less a 3% administrative fee and 3% card processing fee, is refundable if the boarding booking is cancelled more than 7 days in advance of the boarding start date. If cancelled less than 7 days in advance, the deposit, less 3% administrative fee, is placed as a credit to be used within the following 90 days. If cancelled less than 24 hours in advanced of the boarding start date, the deposit is non-refundable or transferable.
Holiday cancellation: deposit can be refunded, less 3% administrative fee and 3% card processing fee, if cancelled more than 14 days in advance of boarding start date. For less than 14 days' notice, deposit less 3% administrative fee, is transferable to a credit to be used within 90 days. For less than 7 days notice, deposit is non-refundable or transferrable. Holiday cancellation applies to dates overlapping and weekends adjacent to a stat holiday, March spring break, Christmas and New Year's season of Dec 18 - Jan 4.
Please see your client services agreement for full terms and conditions.
We are unable to accept dogs in heat for boarding. If your dog begins their heat while with us, they will be required to be picked up.
Copyright © 2024 The Happy Hound Play Park - All Rights Reserved.
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.