Small Paws voted #2 dog daycare in Vancouver!

We have some exciting news… Small Paws Doggie Daycare has been voted #2 dog daycare in all of Vancouver by some 100,000 voters in The Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver competition, announced today! Thanks to everyone who voted for us. We’re a small, family-run operation and it’s a huge accomplishment for us to gain such recognition in just 1 ½ years. Thanks again for your support! From the Small Paws team: Nigel, Katya, Pat, Judy, Angie & Maori

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And now for today's blog:

* Here's a pic of Max (Yorkie) sticking out his tongue! "Na, na, na, na, na... come 'n get me!" He's been playing lots with Jones (Bishon) this morning. Too cute. Jones has also been chasing Nikko around. Nikko's been having a blast playing with all his furry friends this week.

* Snuggles (shih tzu-cross) has been following Dawson everywhere. She was hilarious on the walk today with Pat and jumped into the mail truck to say hello. Don't worry - we know the mail lady... her dog Tuka comes here.

* Pictured left: Winston & Rupert.

* Buttons (cockapoo) also was really excited to see Tuka's mom on the walk, too, and gave her lots of kisses.

* Jude (puggle) arrived at mid-day and got the pups all re-energized! He's been running around with Winston (beagle-cross), Henna (Boston Terrier), Enzo (miniature dachshound) and Jasper & Casper (Coton de Tulear). Enzo loves wrestling with his buddy Winston!

* Henna has also been playing with Nikko and chasing/tackling Rupert (Maltese puppy). Rupert looooves Henna (the two of them pictured left).

* Dawson (chi) has been in a play-pack with her usual suspects: Ozzy (Min Pin), Mika (chi), Lexy (chi-cross), Rupert and a new contender... Enzo! Dawson has also been playing with her "bigger" buddy, Sebastian (miniature poodle).

* Emma (miniature dachshound) is Enzo's female twin. She was greeted with lots of kisses from her buddies Mika (chi), Lexy and Enzo. She seems really happy today.

* Really like this photo of Winston to the left...

* Oh, forgot to mention there are two Mika's here today. Mika (Maltese) really likes her little Maltese friend, Rupert, and the other Mika (the chihuahua).

Here's today's class photo:

Did your dog eat?

* Buttons ate all her lunch.

* Jasper & Casper ate all their lunch.

* Dawson ate all.

* Henna ate all.

* Ozzy ate about half.

* Rupert wasn't hungry for lunch.

* Mika wasn't hungry.

* Nikko ate all.

* Max ate a little.

* Sebastian wasn't hungry.

Sept. 11: Top of the class

How's this for an adorable class photo? Love this shot above of Maltese puppies Sprokette, Muggles & Rupert. Zipper (also a Maltese pup), Charlie (maltipoo) and Coco (shih-apso with the coolest haircut) have been having a blast with these little guys, too. * Rupert has also been playing with Dawson (chi). His sister, Talula, is getting more confident each visit and has been going around sniffing other dogs and saying hello. Good girl. :-) Okay, so what else has been going on today? Well, it's 12:30 as I start typing this and the morning walks have been done. What an awesome, sunny day for taking the dogs out! Pat is feeding lunches, and the pups are still all running around. * Little Charlie is back after a summer hanging with mom and dad, and we're super happy to see him! He's a squirmy, happy pup, frolicking around with his friends. Right now, he's playing with Pebbles (black maltipoo - she just arrived), and was just trying to play with Chili (chi-cross). * Pictured right: Sheraz chilling out with Chili. * Guess who's also been playing with Chili? Rico! (pug cross). Rico's also been playing tug of war with Gus (Am'n cocker spaniel) and Muggles. * Check out this photo of Gus and Dawson together. Dawson just loooooves him. She follows him around and loves snuggling up to him (like her big brother). She also loves Sebastian (miniature poodle) and gave him lots of kisses earlier. * Frankie (Boston Terrier) has been chasing the littl'uns, Muggles and Dawson, around. * Chopper (chi-pom) paid us a visit this morning. Darn, I missed it. Nigel tells me he was really excited to come in and visit everyone. * Snoopy's here today! We call him "Hef," short for Hugh Hefner, because he's an old guy but the ladies love him, and always follow him around and lather him with kisses. The boys love him too, as you can tell in this photo with Muggles. * And then we have our Very Good Girl club: Buttons (cockapoo), Sheraz (miniature shnauzer) and Mico (shih tzu). * What else is going on? Linus (miniature dachshund) is chilling out right now, Spike and LG have been playing with Muggles and chasing after the ball, and Cookie & Donut (pomeranians) have been wrestling with each other and hanging out with the pack. * Pictured left: Donut, Coco and Talula getting cozy on the camping chair. Did your dog eat? * Gus (cocker) ate all his lunch. * Snoopy is eating right now. * Dawson ate all. * Rupert wasn't hungry. * Rico ate all. * Coco ate lunch. We'll feed him again at dinner time. * Frankie gobbled up all his lunch. * Cookie and Donut ate some treats. We'll feed them again at dinner time. * Sebastian ate half his lunch. * Charlie (maltipoo) ate a little for lunch.

* Buttons ate all her lunch.

* Muggles, Zipper & Sprokette ate breakfast and lunch.