Schedule a Meet & Greet For Daycare or Boarding
The foundation for our daycare and boarding
A 30-minute Meet & Greet lets you meet us, lets your dog meet us, and gives us a basic insight into your dog's comfort and confidence with us, comfort away from you, comfort in a new place, and social comfort with others.
We assess each dog using the Social Measures of Success criteria to assess each dog's communication with others, social interest, comfort and confidence with us, in our environment and with others, and where they fall in their play style and development.
You don't need to know which program is best for your pup, we'll assess the best fit for your dog during the Meet & Greet.
A Meet & Greet is $20 plus gst.
Your dog only needs to complete one meet & greet. If scheduling to prepare for boarding, we will schedule your dog's first day of daycare and boarding stay upon completion of the Meet & Greet.
Schedule a Meet & Greet
1. Set up an Account
3. Arrive for your Meet & Greet
2. Book a Meet & Greet
You will provide some information about you and each of your dogs and sign our client services agreement.
2. Book a Meet & Greet
3. Arrive for your Meet & Greet
2. Book a Meet & Greet
1. Click on the pet profile for the dog you'd like to book a 30-minute Meet & Greet for
2. Click Start Booking
3. Select Meet & Greets
4. Add any notes you'd like
5. Click on "dates"
6 . Select your desired date
You will receive an email confirmation for your booking.
3. Arrive for your Meet & Greet
3. Arrive for your Meet & Greet
3. Arrive for your Meet & Greet
1. Please have your dog on a harness or flat buckle collar and come ready to ask all the questions you want to ask.
2. We will come greet you to let you in for your appointment time
We'll review the process and then ask you to wait in your vehicle while we conduct the Meet & Greet.
Meet & Greet Process
We proceed at your dog's pace
We proceed at your dog's pace
We proceed at your dog's pace
If, at any point, your dog indicates they're overwhelmed or uncomfortable, we listen to what your dog is communicating and don't compel them into a situation they're uncomfortable with.
We video the Meet & Greet
We proceed at your dog's pace
We proceed at your dog's pace
If we have anything we want to debrief with you, we can show you and walk you through the behaviours we're observing, so you can first-hand see and understand why we're making a specific daycare recommendation.
We make a recommendation
We proceed at your dog's pace
We make a recommendation
We will recommend one of our programs for your dog:
After the Meet & Greet
If your dog passes for a daycare program:
If your dog does not pass for a daycare program.
If your dog does not pass for a daycare program.
If your dog passes for Social or CLASS daycare: If you complete your dog's meet & greet on a morning, we can usually complete your dog's first day of daycare the same day.
If your dog passes for Personal Play program, we can coordinate with you for the best first day.
**If you are doing a Meet & Greet to set up boarding, we can book your dog's boarding dates upon completion of the Meet & Greet
If your dog does not pass for a daycare program.
If your dog does not pass for a daycare program.
If your dog does not pass for a daycare program.
If your dog is not well-suited for any of the daycare programs, we'll review the Meet & Greet video with you for your understanding.
For what reasons wouldn't we pass a dog?
- if your dog exhibits extreme anxiety to the point they shut down or continually exit-seek
- if they are human reactive
- if they have extreme confinement anxiety and cannot safely rest in a 16 sq ft x 6 ft high kennel
Our trainer can then provide any recommendations or guidance or discuss alternative program options with you.
Our Three Daycare Programs
Social Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
For dogs who are confident and comfortable with others and in new environments and enjoy playing and engaging with others. We accept intact dogs over 8 months.
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
For dogs who are anxious or apprehensive in new places or around new people or dogs.
Personal Play Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
Personal Play Daycare
For dogs who become hyper-aroused or overstimulated and don't thrive in a social daycare setting.
Social Measures Of Success
Communication
Comfort & Confidence
Comfort & Confidence
We assess a dog’s ability to communicate, which is both their comprehension of the verbal and non-verbal indicators of other dogs and their ability to clearly and respectfully signal both verbally and non-verbally to others.
Comfort & Confidence
Comfort & Confidence
Comfort & Confidence
We want to ensure that a daycare program adds value, and being comfortable with the new means they’re confident enough to get value from and growth within a social program.
Social Interest
Play Development
Play Development
We observe a dog’s interest in others and receptivity to other dogs’ engagement and overtures. Not at all dogs need to love to play with others or be the life of the party, but we want to ensure your dog’s success and comfort with us, and social interest means being engaged with others in the way they’re comfortable with, which provides value and enrichment to their day.
Play Development
Play Development
Play Development
We evaluate each dog’s learned play behaviours and assess where on the spectrum they may be for social maturity and experience. Dogs learn from their environment and from available play partners, and it’s important for us to know and understand where they are currently in their play style and development so we can best support their development and understand their needs.
Meet & GREET FAQs
Please reach us at info@thehappyhoundplaypark.ca if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Required vaccinations
Puppies under 24 weeks old require:
- two completed sets of Distemper combination vaccine
Dogs over 24 weeks old require:
- three completed sets of Distemper combination vaccine
- Rabies vaccine
Suggested Vaccinations
- Bordetella
- Flea, tick and lice preventive treatment
All dogs who will be attending daycare or boarding must complete a Meet & Greet.
We conduct Meet & Greets seven days a week. If you book an assessment on a morning and your dog passes into one of our programs, you may enroll your dog in daycare for that same day.
First, we want you to meet us, see our place, and interview us to ensure we meet your expectations.
Second, we want to get to know your dog and how they respond to others and to being with us in our space.
Third, we want you to fully understand our programs, our mission and our values and how the work we do with your dog while with us is intended to support your overall goals for your dog.
- A Meet & Greet is 30 minutes long.
- When you first arrive, we'll review our programs, collect additional information from you, and answer any questions you might have.
- Once the assessor takes your dog for the Meet & Greet, we ask that you wait in your car until we wave you back in.
- Our assessors will then spend time with your dog. We let your dog become settled in with us before introducing another dog to observe their engagement and play.
- We video the assessment and will debrief with you after.
If your dog is human reactive, please give us a call to schedule a Training Meet & Greet. 587-787-3713 ext. 3
If you know your dog is dog reactive to other dogs and would like to enrol your dog in our personal play daycare program, we still have you start with a meet & greet.
This allows us to meet your dog and get an idea of their comfort and confidence with us and in our environment. It also gives us an idea of their comfort with resting when not in activity time, which is essential for all our guests.
If your dog is human reactive, exceptionally fearful to the point they shut down or has such significant separation anxiety or confinement anxiety they compromise their own mental health or physical safety.
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