First Day of Daycare

Yesterday the girls spent their first full day of doggie daycare and it was their second test to make sure they are able to spend the night next weekend. The dogs have not been allowed in the Audi, but since this place is only 10 minutes from my work we put down the seat protectors and piled the girls in the back seat of my car. They had no idea where they were going, but Izzy laid down to enjoy the long ride and Madison proceeded to stare out the window the whole time while her wet nose was pressed against the window leaving her nose print behind. I was able to get the girls from the car and into Born to Run without any issues as they were cooperating with me on this fine morning. I went inside and they immediately took the girls from me and they had to of remembered this place because they were completely excited once they got inside. They were so excited they went with the lady behind the desk no questions asked. They didn’t even care that I was dropping them off. Weren’t they going to miss me all day? Weren’t they wondering if I was even coming back to get them? That is when I realized that I was acting like a mother who was dropping off her kid for the first day of kindergarten, but I didn’t care. I went to work and come afternoon I was hoping the girls were having fun, making friends and most importantly tiring themselves out. I arrived back at Born to Run to pick up the girls just after 5pm and I was waiting in the front room with two other ladies while they go and get the girls. One hyper dog came barreling through the door and the lady went to go get her dog. It was a boxer just like Izzy and completely hyper just like Izzy. There was this loud noise on the other side of the door and a lot of banging around. The other lady in the front room looked at me embarrassed and said “That’s probably my dog coming through.” I said “No big deal because I have two dogs like that.” I am expecting a big dog to barrel through that door just like the boxer did, but here comes a barely 10 pound dog through that door…just a tiny little thing. I told the lady that I expected a much bigger dog to come out from the noise he made. She just laughed and of course this dog is just as hyper and out-going as the boxer that came through a couple minutes earlier and just like Madison and Izzy. This made me feel better that our dogs aren’t the only out-of-control hyper dogs out there. This made me less embarrassed when they came and told me it would only be a couple more minutes because Izzy decided to play in the mud and they were cleaning her off. I said “of course she did.” That’s Izzy, she likes to play in mud. A few minutes later two tired pups came walking through that door. Izzy still had a little mud on her snout which was evidence of her fun at daycare. I get the dogs to the car and they just stood there in the doorway while I had to lift them in because they were just too tired to get in themselves. I didn’t even pull out of the parking lot and Izzy was already out cold in the back seat. Madison was trying her hardest to stay awake and watch everything out the window, but by the time I hit the highway she was with Izzy sleeping in the backseat. These two babies slept the rest of the night. It was a great day at doggie daycare and it ended up being a great night for us. They passed their second test at daycare and they are welcome to stay a night. Good thing because we already have them booked for next weekend.