Puppy Socialization at Pet Camp
Got a new puppy or know someone who couldn’t resist and has a new puppy? Our weekly Puppy Socialization sessions will ensure that your puppy or your friend’s puppy become healthy and happy dogs. Pawfect solution so that your dog and theirs can play together in the future! What’s Pet Camp’s Puppy Socialization? A Puppy…
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5 Reasons to Bring Your Dog to Doggie Daycare
We know this year has been like none other and you have a lot going on. Maybe you’re working from home, maybe you’re being both parent and teacher, all while trying to get in 8 hours of work a day, maybe you turned your kitchen into a classroom and your family room into a gym…
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What Covid-19 Has Taught Us About Dog Vaccines
Pet Camp requires all dog campers to be up to date on 4 vaccines: Rabies DHPP (sometimes referred to as distemper) Bordetella (for canine cough) CIV (dog flu) We think requiring dogs to be current on these vaccines is essential for their health and safety as well as the health and safety of the dogs…
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Tigger vs. Eeyore: Life as a Small Business Owner During A Global Pandemic
Virginia and I opened Pet Camp in May 1997. In the 20 plus years since then, we’ve confronted a lot of headwinds: The Dot Com Bust of 1999, 9-11, The Great Recession, and now a Global Pandemic. Running a small business takes hard work, lots of luck, amazing people (our counselors), an ego (you’ve got…
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Pet Camp is San Francisco’s Most Honored Pet Care Facility but Still a Start Up
I know, Pet Camp has been around for over 20 years; how can we possibly be a startup now? Well, just like all our lives have needed to be re-configured this year, we’ve made so many changes to Pet Camp that it’s like we’ve started over. Here are just some of the changes we’ve made…
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Excitedness Mitigation or How to Train Impulse Control?
Last week, we got a call from a pet parent who was working from home and wanted to bring her dog in for doggie day care and some à la carte K9 Enrichment. During K9 Enrichment she wanted us to focus on “excitedness mitigation.” It took us a minute to translate “excitedness mitigation” into “impulse…
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