June 26: Happy Birthday Jude

Jude (puggle) turns one on Sunday so we threw him a birthday paw-ty! His mom bought him a cake from the dog bakery and he looooooved it. We made sure he shared with his friends though...

Happy Birthday Jude!

Morning walks are done and lunches fed. We'll do round of walks/potty breaks at around 2:30/3 p.m. Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of this blog entry for today's fabulous group photo.

* So what's been going on? We'll start with the birthday boy. Jude has had a super day, playing with his friends, eating cake, wrestling with Tofu (Boston-Bulldog puppy). Tofu has also been playing lots with little Muggles (tiny Maltese puppy) and Umber (chihuahua). Check out the photo of him left, play-fighting with Muggles. Also, that's Jude and Muggles pictured right.

* Buttons (cockapoo) loves birthday parties, and especially loves the cake. She was right in there, waiting for her little slice, and of course singing Happy Birthday to Jude. Er, right - that I'd like to see.

* Bently (Yorkie) and Yuki (Papillon) have been joined at the hip this morning, chasing each other around. We haven't seen Bently here for a while and he sure is a happy, friendly little thing, going up to everyone!

* Bobo (maltipoo) was a very good boy for boarding last night, and has had a super time playing with all his friends yesterday and today. He likes chasing our dogs - Mika and Lexy - around on the carpets at home, too. Tui and Alley have been playing lots with Bobo today. They're getting really playful!

* Scooby (American cocker spaniel) has been playing with Jude and Spike (Yorkie) and LG (Yorkie-shih tzu). Spike and LG love birthday cake so much, in the group photo, they kept inching forward, trying to get closer to the goods. Enid (Jack Russell) was doing the same thing, and when the group photos were done, she was the first one to lunge for the cake!

* We'd like to introduce a new dog to the pack today: Frank (Yorkie-poo). It's his first day so he's a little timid, as expected, but he's in the small room with a few of the littl'uns right now. He feels more comfortable with the laidback dogs but definitely needs more socializing to gain his confidence around other dogs. He's mingling with little Muggles (Maltese), Umber (chi), Bently (Yorkie), Ozzy (Min Pin) and Danger (Maltese).

* Also, exciting news... Muggles is getting a little sister! His mom just bought a little companion for him (pictured right). Isn't she adorable?

* Umber, Muggles and Bently are chasing each other through the blue tunnel right now, wrestling. Umber's also been playing lots with Tofu and Jude. Make sure you scroll down to yesterday's blog entry for the BEST photo of her!

* How do you like this action shot (left) of Ozzy (Min Pin) playing with Maximus (Yorkie)? Maximus is always a happy ball of energy, and has been having lots of fun with Tofu and Heidi (shnoodle) today too.

* Danger's been doing lots of playing with Umber, Heidi's been wrestling Maximus, Sebastian's been playing with Maximus and Yuki... play, play, play...

Did your dog eat lunch?

* Yuki didn't eat breakfast, but worked up an appetite while playing and gobbled up his kibble for lunch.

* Scooby ate all his lunch.

* Buttons ate all.

* Bobo ate lunch.

* Muggles ate.

* Tofu ate all his breakfast. We'll feed him again at dinner time.

* Ozzy ate lunch.

* Danger ate a little lunch.

* Heidi ate all.

* Sebastian ate all.

And here's all Jude's Birthday Paw-ty friends!

June 2: Birthday paw-ty for Charlie!

Happy Birthday Charlie!

As you can see, he loved his birthday cake from the dog bakery... mmm... "Thanks mum!"

Boy, it's hot out there. We have to be careful on the walks that the dogs don't overheat. It's nice and cool in here though, with the fans and air-con cranked.

So what's your dog been up to?

* Let's start with Charlie (shih tzu), who is celebrating his birthday with all of his friends. He loved his cake and has been playing games and sat nicely for the group photo. Scroll down to the bottom of the blog to see the group photo of him with all his friends! We have burned a CD with all the photos of him at the Paw-ty for his family to get a chuckle out of...

* Scooby (American cocker spaniel) has been playing tug of war with Molly and chasing Bobo (maltipoo) and Frankie (Boston Terrier). He ate all of his lunch.

* Yuki (Papillon) was thrilled to see Umber (chihuahua). Pat was holding Umber to greet her hello, and Yuki sat at Pat's feet, waiting and staring up, pleading "Let her down! I want to play!" And then they were off... wrestling and chasing each other around. He's also been playing with Maggie (toy poodle), who he hasn't met before. Yuki wasn't hungry for breakfast but just ate now (lunch).

* This leads us to Umber, who's been pouncing on Yuki (see above for more) and playing with Oliver (chihuahua) and Maggie (toy poodle). She likes wrestling with the littl'uns. That's Yuki and Umber playing in the photo to the left.

* Maggie (toy poodle) has also been part of the Yuki-Umber pack this morning (read above two blurbs). She ate a little bit of her lunch.

* Buttons (cockapoo) loooooved the doggie birthday cake. We only divvy out small pieces, so don't worry - it wasn't a calorie binge! She also ate all of her lunch. Pat took her out for her morning walk quite early, before it got hot, so did get some exercise. The afternoon walks will be quite short (too hot for the pups!).

* Frankie (Boston Terrier) has been playing with Scooby, and just running around with the pack. He's having a fun time with all the dogs, and getting lots of exercise. Nigel gave him a bath yesterday so now he smells like green apple. Ahhh...

* Marley (Havanese) was blasting around the daycare this morning at full speed, chasing Winston (beagle-cross) and wrestling Molly (Min Pin cross), not to mention best buddies Spike and LG! Her BFF Mika is coming down in an hour too.

* Spike and LG have been playing tag-team with Winston (beagle-cross), playing chase and diving head-first into the dog beds for hyperactive wrestle matches. Marley's been joining in, too, so they have this big pack of brown and white fur flying fast...

* Jude's (puggle) girlfriend is here - Yep, you guessed it: Molly (Min Pin-cross)! Jude must be at least six times her size, so it's cute to see them two of them wrestle. He's really gentle with her - and all the other dogs. He's also been playing with Winston and Scooby. Jude ate all of his breakfast.

* Winston's best buds are Spike and LG (read their blurb for more), Jude and Marley (read her blurb above). He's been having a great day, wrestling and playing chase super fast.

* Molly (Min Pin cross) has been burning around the place with everyone. Seriously. She's been wrestling Jude, Ozzy, Milky, Maggie (Cairns Terrier), Scooby... um, everyone. She always has a super time here! She was hungry for lunch, too.

* We have two Maggie's here today. Now I'm going to write about Maggie the Cairns Terrier. She's been having a fun day with her friends at the birthday paw-ty. Maybe it reminds her of her 2nd birthday just a couple months ago. Her best friend today is Molly the Min Pin cross - they've been wrestling lots this morning.

* Ozzy (Min Pin) is missing his buddy Dawson. "Dawson, where for 'art thou?" Well don't worry - he's making due, playing wrestle with Molly (pictured left). He just ate his lunch.

* Milky (Bischon/poodle) has been a blur of white fur, bombing around with two of her white puppy friends - Bobo (maltipoo) and Sebastian (miniature poodle). She's also been wrestling lots with Molly, and ate all of her lunch.

* Enid was hilarious on her walk this morning. Not only did she crawl under the bush to cool down, but she was rolling around in the grass under there. That was before it got too hot out, but we all know dogs love the cool ground. She's been running around with the pack and right now is chilling in the orange bed, watching the Small Paws Daycare Show.

* Oliver (chihuahua) is getting so much braver. We're so proud of him. He's been playing with Maggie (toy poodle) and Umber (chihuahua). He looks a lot like our dog, Lexy (chihuahua-Silky Terrier cross), and turns out the two of them are becoming quite good buddies, too. Yay.

* Sebastian was sooooo happy to see his girlfriend, Milky here. Seriously, he springs to life when she comes through the yellow gates. They've been pouncing around and having the best of times. He wasn't hungry for lunch.

* Bobo (maltipoo) has been part of the Milky-Sebastian pack, blasting around with his friends. He was also chasing Scooby (American cocker spaniel) and it was cute to see him give Milky a loving face wash... :-) He ate most of his lunch.

* Kujo (chihuahua) just arrived for an afternoon of playtime. He was super cute when he came in the door, all squirmy and excited. He's pretty confident, running around right now saying hello to all the dogs. Umber (chihuahua) is really curious and following him around, as is Maggie (Cairns Terrier) and Oliver (chi).

April 21: Happy birthday Buttons & Pat!

We're celebrating two birthdays here at the daycare today: Buttons the cockapoo turns five, and Patricia (our excellent staff member), turns 29! :-) We just threw a little paw-ty for Buttons, complete with doggie birthday cake from the dog bakery. Check out these photos! Also, please note our printer chord bit the dust yesterday and we will need to replace this on the weekend. In the meantime, we will be emailing report cards later each afternoon.

April 15: Happy Birthday Maggie!

Maggie the super-friendly Cairns Terrier celebrated her second birthday with all her friends at daycare today!

I think the pictures say it all...

April 6: Happy Birthday Mika!

It's our little chihuahua's 2nd birthday today. Happy birthday Mika!

Here's a photo of her during a photo shoot she did for The Vancouver Sun newspaper at Halloween last year (you've probably all seen this on our wall at the shop).

Having a great day here at the daycare. The sun is out and the dogs are getting LOTS of walks... any excuse to get outside!

There's a new dog here today called Cassie, who's been playing up a storm all morning.

Here are some more photos:

Bechler, to the left, says: "Hey mom, check out my new hairstyle!"

March 23: Happy Birthday Snoopy!

We've been having a lot of first birthdays lately, but this one really takes the cake (literally!)

Snoopy has just turned 16. As his mom says, he's old enough to drive! And you should see him, trucking along with all the young'uns, getting kisses from the young girls (and boys).

We just had the party. Check out the group photo below!

Also, please note Grooming is moving to Wednesdays as of next week! We have a few spaces left for the Spaw on Weds, April 1. Call 778-370-0456 or email info@smallpaws.ca if you'd like to book.

March 19: Get Twitter-ing

Did you all know we're on Twitter? Follow us at http://twitter.com/smallpaws Twitter's a fun way of keeping in touch with other businesses or people. For example, we're huge fans of Cesar Millan here at Small Paws and we're following his alerts. We also get news alerts from The Vancouver Sun and ones from local pet-related businesses. Anyways, check it out! So it's raining outside and the dogs didn't like their walks as much as usual (shake, shake), but it's nice and warm inside, and Nigel took an AWESOME group photo today: Visit the Small Paws website at http://www.smallpaws.ca/ Small Paws Doggie Daycare is a dog daycare exclusively for small dogs at 491 Sperling Ave (corner of Hastings St) in north Burnaby. We have customers travelling from all over Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Coquitlam and Vancouver, and even West Vancouver and Richmond. For more info about us, visit our website, email info@smallpaws.ca call 778-370-0456.

March 18: Happy Birthday Scooby!

Scooby celebrated his 1st birthday today with lots of his buddies.

He actually turned one on the weekend but his mom and dad bought him a cake and now he's partying it up with his furry friends!

Looks like he liked it... :-)

Visit the Small Paws website at http://www.smallpaws.ca/

Small Paws Doggie Daycare is a dog daycare exclusively for small dogs at 491 Sperling Ave (corner of Hastings St) in north Burnaby. We have customers travelling from all over Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Coquitlam and Vancouver, with some even driving from West Vancouver and Richmond.

For more info about us, visit our website or call 778-370-0456.

March 9: Happy Birthday Chopper!

Chopper, one of the best-smelling dogs at daycare, is three!

His mom and dad bought him a yummy birthday cake from the dog bakery so he could share with all his friends... yum, yum!

Here's a few photos of the birthday boy and his furry friends...

March 3: Max's Birthday Party

The last couple of weeks have been so exciting for us... lots of birthday parties! Max the little Yorkie celebrated his first birthday today with a doggie birthday cake and a few of his good friends. Here are a few photos from this morning. And yep, there is a video on YouTube. Check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gymb8KQKk4A Yappy Birthday Max! Small Paws Doggie Daycare is a dog daycare in Metro Vancouver (north Burnaby) exclusively for small dogs. Visit our website at http://www.smallpaws.ca/ or email us at info@smallpaws.ca for more info. We are located at Hastings & Sperling, with easy access for dog owners living in Port Moody, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Burnaby and Vancouver.