Est. 2005

I would dream about pursuing a new career working with dogs. Growing up in Sweden, we had three dogs. One Labrador Retriever named Sandy, and two toy poodles named Mimmi and Snuttis. They lived 15 to 17 happy years and also move to Canada with the family in 1979. They were a huge part of our family growing up. I was 7 years old when we started forming a pack. Within a year we had all three dogs. The poodles raised Sandy the Lab, to be a very respectful young male dog. And I watched them do it.

I really missed that in our life, and I knew the girls would love to have a dog. So my brother Jake rescued Alfina from a shelter in Alberta about 7 years ago and gave her to us for Christmas. That’s when my life changed forever!

The concept of starting the dog daycare came about at an entrepreneur business training session, watching last years ‘entrepreneur of the year award winner’ on DVD receive her award. She ran a dog daycare from her home, situated on an acre, and she had a yellow school bus (with paw prints all over it) using it to transport dogs to and from her daycare, covering most of the Fraser Valley. Genius!

She was my mentor through my first years of running the daycare. I was so thrilled when I realized I had all the makings to create a daycare center for dogs at my home. We had a dog and I was thrilled that I could create a job where I could spend my whole day with her and other great dogs. I was so fortunate to have been able to start this business .  A huge ‘Thank you!’ for my aunt & uncles help.

We are licensed and have Insurance coverage for injury and veterinary costs. We also earned a Pet First Aid Certificate, as well as I studied to be a dog trainer, and am now a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (C.P.D.T). I have also studied behavioral issues working and assessing many, many dogs in daycare over the last seven years, as well as observing our family pack at home.

I live and work at home so I am able to provide emergency service for my members, at any time, day or night. That’s an invaluable backup for any dog owner.

I’m the alpha in our pack! And I’m always here.

The thought of having a large group of dogs didn’t work for me. I wasn’t comfortable with large groups and it could be a very stressful environment. Dogs don’t live in packs of 30-40 dogs in the wild, so why put them through so much stress, when they could be relaxed and having fun. While doing my R & D for my business plan, I discovered that North Surrey had no dog daycare centers at all, and still to this day (fall of 2011), we are the only doggy daycare center here in Surrey.

I run the daycare on my own with help from my youngest daughter Gabriella, and it’s a thriving business. We get to enjoy the company of Alfina and Spike, and get to hang out with all the wonderful members of the daycare… every day!
Woof!

I think we have the best job ever…

”You become responsible forever for what you have tamed.”

- Antoine de Saint Exupery

DOGGY DOOLI’L DAYCARE

Video, By Blair Michael McIntyre