Late March/Easter Update/Summer notes

Spring is here, longer days, fickle weather and more upcoming holidays.

Easter, we are now full.

Good Friday we are open AM only. Monday, normal hours, AM and PM

No shows and late cancellations

Every long weekend or holiday we have a few cancellations. Our cancellation policy is quite clear, if you cancel when we are full, $50. Paying the fee, we “Erase” the cancellation. By not paying the fee, we will not accept a reservation from you without a deposit if we feel we might be full.

If we are not turning people away, we don’t charge a cancellation fee.

Summer Long Weekends

We will take no single night bookings over any of the May/Canada Day/August long weekends.

Summer Availability

Middle of August we will under book the 13-23 as I will be away and will not want to over burden the staff.

Typically we will fill up most dates a few days before. If you know your dates – book them, they can be adjusted later if necessary.

March 1 update

March Break: We are full March 8 to 17. Daycare will be suspended during this time. Any cancellations over these dates are subject to the $50 cancellation fee.

We will take a waiting list for these dates for bookings of five days or longer.

Easter – March 29-April 1. We will be open AM only on Good Friday. Saturday/Sunday/Monday will be normal non holiday hours. We have a bunch of space remaining for Easter, with a 2 night minimum at the moment.

Summer – Over the past few weeks we have received several summer bookings. If you know your dates, reserve them. We don’t mind later adjustments if needed.

Difficult dogs – Once the ground thaws we will carve out another separate area to create Area 5! Our goal is to get all the dogs out at once and by adding an extra separate exercise area outside we can have up to five groups. Typically 75% are in the main group. 20% are the smalls and the shy, leaving 2 areas at any given time for the difficult or aggressive. A fifth area will allow us to add another group or difficult dog at any given time.

Mid February update

There are a few upcoming dates to be aware of.

  • Family Day Weekend: We are full. Holiday hours are in effect for the Monday, 4pm to 6pm only on February 19
  • March Break. We have a bit of remaining space for dates between March 8 and March 17. Daycare will be suspended during those days. A minimum number of nights will be required.
  • Easter: March 29 to to April 1. We will be open AM Only on Good Friday. The rest of the weekend we will have our full hours. Monday we will be open AM and PM.

As soon as the ground thaws we will be repurposing a bit of dead space in the back fields and wiring a fifth area; another high security area for dogs that are anti-social, escape risks or for another group of small dogs!

While it is early, we have received our first Christmas booking and some are reserving summer dates. We take reservations for all dates all the time. My guideline remains, that if you know your dates, book them. If need be, they can be adjusted closer to the date.

Our busiest times are summer weekends and the last two weeks of July and the first two weeks of August.

The days are getting longer!

-David

January 2024 update

Welcome to 2024. Hope everyone had a great Holiday Season.

Things went very smoothly with zero help from the weather. It is rare this time of year to have 7 days consecutive with no frost; the ground got mushy. -5 remains the perfect temperature for large groups of dogs in the winter months! Ground is frozen and the snow doesn’t stick as much!

Things settle down after the first week of January and we are back to normal; with a couple of notes to pass along.

The next holiday is the Family Day weekend. As per any long weekend, we will not accept single night bookings.

The March break period for most is March 9 to 17. We will not take any single night bookings for those dates and probably a minimum of at least three nights.

In addition, we will under book a bit for that time as I will be away for a couple of days and I hate to over burden the staff.

Christmas/New Years Reservations

Updated December 19

Daycare will be suspended December 23 until January 3

Any cancellations will forfeit the deposit.

Website changes/Thanksgiving

  • Over the next few days I am playing with the website; No links will be changed for those that save the links. This is more about format and trying to get people to read the information provided!
  • We are full for the Thanksgiving Weekeend.
  • Regular hours Sunday 4pm to 6pm only.
  • Holiday hours Monday 4pm to 6pm only.

End of September/Thanksgiving update

We are full for the September 29th weekend. Three pens are out of service as they get “Refurbished” – The last to have poured concrete bases and rough pine.

We are full for the Thanksgiving weekend.

Our camera was having focusing issues and has been replaced.

We do still have space for Christmas; there are limits to the number of new dogs and number of antisocial dogs we will accept.

In addition there is a minimum stay of at least four nights and a $100 non refundable deposit is required (full deposit details are under the Reservations menu heading)

For those with anti social, fear reactive, or will eat strange humans, dogs; We will typically only take a maximum of two at any given time. We are planning on carving out a fifth separate exercise outside which would give us a bit more flexibility.

We have added a new staff person. Brooke is new, a dog owner and it will take her a few months to get up to speed in dealing with the humans – be patient if necessary. With the dogs, no problem!

End of August update

First, we are full through the Labour Day weekend. We are not taking any more reservation requests until September 5.

September is still rather busy for us but at the moment there are no other dates in which we are full.

It has been a exceptionally busy summer and the next couple months will be spent incrementally repairing all the damage your Lovelies have done!

Going forward we are roughly 1/3 booked for Christmas. All Christmas reservations require a $100 non refundable deposit. The full details are on the deposit page under the Reservations heading.

We are roughly half full for the Thanksgiving period.

A note that we will not take all dogs for busy periods, we will have three main groups (Shy/smalls/main) which leaves one or two spaces for solo dogs. This way we get all the dogs out at once.

November 1, the single dog rate will rise from $37 to $38 per day (before taxes). A 2.7% increase. All other rates will remain the same.

We have added a new staff person. Brooke-Lynn (I am told just Brooke is okay) is a dog owner, whose parents have boarded two dogs with us over the last several years.

Mid August update

Availability

  • August 16 to 21: Full
  • August 25 to 28: Full
  • September 1 to September 4: Full – waiting list available.
  • After Labor Day weekend, space is largely open!

Other notes…

  • A general reminder as mentioned in the contacts section: we typically do not reply to Facebook messages. We only use Facebook to display photos. Email us.
  • Email keeps all our requests in one spot so that all staff can see it!
  • A reminder that all Christmas bookings will require a $100 non refundable deposit. Details of the deposit rule are under the Reservations menu heading!

Early August update

Availability

We are full for the August 11-13 weekend. No more waiting list. No chance of a last minute booking. Full!

We are full for the August 18-20 weekend but would still accept bookings for a waiting list; though chances are slim.

We are approaching full for the Labor Day Weekend, September 1-4.

We will not accept any single night bookings for Labor Day weekend.

Currently the kennel is 75% booked for Labor day. Aside from the dates noted above, we have space all other dates.