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Daycare Photo Journal
October
2006:
"What a great job you guys have!!" If I could have a dollar for every
time we heard that, we'd be opening up PDX the Island in the Caribbean. Daycare and boarding free
as air, and we'd have charter jets to shuttle your dogs hither and
thither. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts... But my point, yes.
We do have a cool job, but we are ultra-aware of how important it is for
us to be 120% on-the-ball, because the consequences of failure are
unbearable. Daycares can and do lose dogs: to fights, fence-jumping,
escapes due to improper handling procedures... a whole lot of
things can go wrong. And, although we know that bad things can happen to
good people and dogs, our promise to ourselves and our clients is to do
everything possible to ensure that those bad things don't happen, not
here, not on our watch. The key to success is part Operations, part
Facilities, but the biggest part is in our heads: keeping safety our #1
priority, and staying current on All Things Dog. Cases in point: Nancy
has just returned from the
2006 APDT conference
in Kansas City, where she got some great new ideas, as well as
validation for what she's already doing. Robin is apprenticing toward
her trainer certification. Be already has her
CPCT
certification from the American Boarding
Kennel Association. Julie is working toward her
CPDT certification, and already has
trainer credentials from the
Animal Behavior College. Leanne reads everything she can get her
hands on, and Cris
and I (and now the Spawn of Evil,
Cate) continue our
adventures into the performance arena with agility, flyball, rally, and
formal obedience training, teaching, and competition. All together,
we're constantly working to extend our network of contacts, improve our
understanding of dogs, and make PDX of Chattanooga the very best dog
daycare and training enterprise on the planet. Well, second best anyway.
Maybe Nancy will hit the lottery and we'll get that island thing going! --
Bev
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