Doggie Day Care – Why Outdoor Play Space is Important
Whether it’s doggie day care or overnight care we think dogs need to play outside. We know that in San Francisco, and perhaps elsewhere, that there are pet care facilities providing both doggie day care and lodging (what used to be called dog boarding or a dog kennel) where the dogs never get to go…
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Pet Care: What is Doggy Day Care? – Pet Camp
What differentiates Pet Camp from any other pet care facility, both in San Fransisco and beyond, is that we designed Pet Camp for dogs and cats. Whether it’s the massive outdoor space we built for the dogs. The safari solarium we built for cats. The HVAC system that moves the air every four and a half…
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What’s in a Name?
A friend from, Fit’N’Furry, another lodging facility, recently forwarded me a blog post (Disowning the Term “Pet Owner”) in which a veterinarian frets about what to call herself vis-a-vis her relationship with her pet. She explains why she has rejected owner, guardian, and mother and settled on “care giver.” At Pet Camp we too moved away from “owner”…
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Dogs & Cats Caught in the Middle of a Regulatory Battle
Dogs, cats, families, pet parents and veterinarians are getting caught in the middle of a fight between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the makers of mouse and rat poison (rodenticides). Here’s why: In 2008 EPA issued final risk mitigation reforms addressing rodenticides. The changes, which were enacted in 2011, called for changes in the…
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No Bling In Playgroup Please
When a pet parent checks their dog into Pet Camp, we always ask “can you please remove your leash & collar after we put on one of our name bands and slip leads.” First time pet parents almost always ask, “Why? Doesn’t he/she need his/her collar?” We gently explain that we don’t want anything to…
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Talking to New Pet Parents
Just like with new human parents, new pet parents have a lot to learn about their new young one. As both a human dad and a pet parent, there were, and I guess still are, times when I felt that everyone I met walking around San Francisco was the “expert” on human kid care, dog…
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