Thanks so much for your interest in making your dog a Diggity Doggy! We can’t wait to meet you and your pup! First, let’s make sure your pup is ready to be a Diggity Doggy!!!

IMPORTANT! We are DIFFERENT than your typical dog daycare and dog boarder; please read the below bullet points before enrolling, so you understand how our program works before spending time filling everything out. THANKS!

Safety, Health, Temperament, Attendance Requirements, and Tour Information:

  • (Temperament & Safety) Dog and people friendly, completely non-aggressive and avoids fighting/biting, non-dominating (mounting, forceful play, ignoring social cues, etc), non-damaging (repetitive marking inside with urine/feces, biting and/or destroying equipment/furniture, etc), and not overly anxious/overexcited while attending (barking, whining, and/or other anxious behaviors). Further details about barking and whining can be found on our daycare tab.
  • (Temperament) Kennel/crate comfortable (free from barking, crying, trying to break out, or other restless/anxious behaviors). This applies for dog daycare in addition to dog boarding, as we have a 2 hour nap time every daycare day and our goal is to have a very quiet, restful, and relaxing experience for all. We even turn down most of the lights and play classical, relaxing music!
  • (Attendance for Daycare Program) As our main focus is teaching and maintaining social skills, safely and as properly as we are able, all dogs that attend for both daycare and overnight boarding (all of our overnight boarders are part of our weekly daycare program, before and after all stays), attend daycare 2-5 times per week on a consistent weekly basis. This consistency helps tremendously with safety, burning off the appropriate amount of energy needed, separation anxiety, with maintaining and obtaining social skills, and is one of the main reasons why it is safer and more comfortable here at Diggity Doggy than at other daycares. We made this change after noticing for many years that the majority of issues were happening with dogs that attended less than twice per week and it has proven to be what’s best for the dogs and the pack. Also, some dogs may be asked to come a specific amount of times per week if energy levels are high and/or there are behaviors to be worked on.
  • (Safety & Health) Minimum age of 12 weeks of age. All puppies need to have all puppy boosters completed for Bordetella and Distemper/Parvo and in their system for at least 3 days before we meet for the first time)
  • (Safety & Health) Current on Bordetella Distemper/Parvo
  • (Safety & Health) Current on Rabies (if five months or older)
  • (Safety & Health) Negative fecal (most recent and within a year)
  • (Safety & Health) Spayed or neutered (if six months or older)
  • (Safety & Health) Free of flea and ticks with current flea/tick prevention in place
  • (Safety) Wearing soft, simple, and standard collar with name tags (snugly fit without loops or chains)
  • Tours: We now wait until the first day (temperament test day) to show our facility to our new customers and we make it visible from our reception area. We no longer do walk through tours, before the first day or otherwise, because when we did, it very much so stressed out our Diggity Doggies, as it’s almost every dog’s instinct to protect their environment. It also took time away from their day. One of our primary goals here at Diggity Doggy is to provide as much of a stress free and enjoyable experience as possible, and this step helps with that a great deal! To see our facility’s play areas, please see our tour page. You can also visit us on Facebook and Instagram; we post 40-80 current pictures of our play areas every day we’re open for daycare, and we also have videos that show all of our areas as well.

Steps involved prior to first attending our program and visiting us:

  1. Complete the Customer Profile and Temperament Test Day Request (see below).
  2. We will reply via email typically within 1 business day, but no later than 2 business days, with a date and time (always on available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays at 7 am; see bottom of Enrollment for further details) for your temperament test. We will request for you to provide a copy of your veterinarian reminder page within 24-48 hours showing your next due dates for all required vaccines (listed above) as well the results of your most recent fecal in order to keep your date scheduled, so please get that ready in advance. Whenever possible, please provide the reminder page rather than submitting all of your vet records; this helps us tremendously with the verification process, as vet records can be an extremely lengthy, difficult, and time consuming read. We will also provide a contract to sign along with detailed instructions for and details regarding the temperament test day. Sometimes this email goes to spam, so please check there if you don’t see our reply within 1-2 business days after you submit this enrollment. If you still don’t see our reply, please call us and let us know. 
  3. Complete and pass temperament test day.

Once any dog passes their temperament test day, they are free to attend!

CUSTOMER PROFILE / TEMPERAMENT TEST DAY & TOUR REQUEST