Enrollment – Diggity Doggy

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 (see below bullet point for limited time overnight boarding exception offer), 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.
(LIMITED TIME OFFER FOR OVERNIGHT BOARDING) We are now taking well behaved, peaceful (completely non-aggressive), and easy to work with dogs that fit in well with our daycare pack members, pass our temperament test, and have a temperament that follows the above listed bullet point requirements for temperament, even if they don’t regularly attend and aren’t part of our daycare program. If approved, that approval will last as long as the temperament is approved, even when/if this limited time offer for boarding expires. Each new stay will first need a temperament test day to determine that nothing has changed, however, unless the next stay is 2 months or less from a previous stay and there weren’t any issues during that previous stay.
Prior to each boarding stay, after our temperament test, each new dog and non-regular attending dog, may be asked to do the following before officially qualifying for an overnight stay, depending on what we see during the temperament test:

1. Possibly attend daycare 3-6 days before an overnight stay within 2 weeks before the overnight stay for further evaluation and/or to increase comfortability.

2. Possibly spend one test night with us (after at least 3 successful days of daycare) to get an idea of how that would go.

For those that want their dog to achieve a MUCH more relaxed and safer stay, we HIGHLY recommend the previous 2 steps, regardless. They each help a great deal with overall comfort and make the stress of an overnight stay much more bearable once that time eventually comes. Overnight stays are very hard on all dogs, but especially dogs that aren’t used to being away from home, and even more so when that place is new to them. Please feel free to ask questions anywhere below about this if you’d like us to contact you to explain this matter further. Our goal at Diggity Doggy is always maximum comfort and safety!
(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:

Complete the Customer Profile and Temperament Test Day Request (see below).
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.
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

Customer Name(s)

Cell Number(s)

Preferred Email

Home Address (Street Address, City, State, & Zip)

Veterinarian

Veterinarian's Phone Number

Emergency Contact

Emergency Contact Phone Number

How did you hear of us? Please mention each source if there is more than one.

How many times per week were you thinking to have your dog(s) attend daycare? (Please see attendance policy above)

Desired Dates of Overnight Boarding (if applicable)

*Please see daycare attendance requirements above. Assuming there is overnight boarding availability, we will reserve your stay per the boarding dates you enter above (pending a passed temperament test day and your confirmation within 48 hours after the temperament test day)

Dog Information:

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Overall, how is your dog with other dogs and people?

Any aggression/dominating issues with other dogs and/or people (past and present)? Some examples of this are fighting, biting, snapping, mounting/humping, dominating play, ignoring social cues, growling, barking, raised lip, etc. Please see above temperament requirements and list all aggression/dominating issues that apply.

Any signs of anxiety and/or overexcitement issues? Some examples of this are barking while playing, separation anxiety, whining/crying, constant whining/crying, uncontrollable whining/crying, barking, constant barking, uncontrollable barking, ignoring social cues, fear, etc. Please see above temperament requirements and list all anxiety/overexcitement issues that apply.

Any signs of anxiety or aggression in a kennel/crate? Some examples of this are whining/crying, barking, won’t lay down, can’t seem to relax, panting, drooling, growling, snapping, etc. Please see above temperament requirements and list all anxiety issues in a crate that apply.

Anything else you think we should know?

Desired Temperament Test Day (please see below for time/days and list more than one day, if possible, in case your preferred day isn't available)

All temperament test dogs are dropped off at 7am, so the new dog of the day is the first to come in and he/she can meet each daycare dog one at a time sporadically as they come in for the day. This makes for a much less stressful and more enjoyable first day for the new pup! Temperament tests are scheduled in advance on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Temperament tests cost $35 per dog. If all goes well and we don't have any issues that require an early pick-up, your dog will get a complimentary day of daycare on the same day of the temperament test (immediately following the main "meet and greet" portion of the temperament test that happens between 7-10 am). Pick up will be between 5-6 pm for this day only (typically it is 4-6 pm). This allows your dog to have a full day of fun and allows us a chance for further evaluation. You will see your dog introduced in our daily Facebook video/pics and/or our Instagram videos. New customers usually get a big kick out of that! We usually post between 4-6 pm.

If we have any serious issues at any time during the temperament test day, we will contact you and your dog may unfortunately need to be picked up right away. Please be prepared for that possibility.