Daycare daily schedule
8am-8:30am
Open up
Open car park, main gate, poly tunnel and top gate
Turn on water and electric
Get lead tags ready, post it notes and a pen ready
Top up all spray bottles and set out metal correction bowls
830am - 9am
AM arrivals
Have water spray on hand by the gates when dogs come in as altercations occur at the fences/gates during arrivals. Pre-Amp any altercations judging by the dogs body language/queues
Dogs begin to arrive. Bring each dog through into the front field where they will remain for the morning
Make sure every lead is tagged and every meal has a post it note on with the dogs name
Check all dogs for existing injuries (notify manager if any found)
9AM
Close the car park gate
move leads
Car park shouldn't be used by clients between 9AM-4PM due to licensing agreement. Move the 1:30pm departure dogs leads up to the top gate ready to be collected with their dog from the top gate at 1:30
930-1230
Monitor calm play
Ensure all dogs are playing nicely and not showing any undesirable behaviour ie. Racing each other down, rough play, tailing, humping, pinning, third wheeling, biting the neck or nipping/pecking
11AM-12PM
Dog Walk Dogs May Arrive
Usually between 11AM-12PM dog walk dogs may also arrive. Dog walk dogs to be brought round to the back field to settle before bringing into the front field following integration process. (Integration is introducing one/two dogs at a time, not letting the next dog in until those two are ignoring each other/finished greeting)
Make sure all dogs end up back in front field once they’ve all been integrated ready for PM arrivals at 1PM
12PM
Lunches
Get all dogs who need to be fed ready in the crates and the rest of the pack shut away inside one of the indoor sections to avoid resource guarding before you start plating up. The dogs are less likely to go into crates or inside when we need them to if you plate up before you have all the dogs in place and it can cause fall outs, so please make sure dogs are in place before preparing the bowls. One person plating up in the office passing over the bowls to the helper who will be standing in the front area to deliver to the dogs in the crates waiting for their meals
Please don’t forget to remove any dogs out of the area who are not receiving a feed to ensure no resource guarding causing any altercations. We see a lot of fights take place during feeding time from dogs outside of the crates if they are too close to the food and in proximity of one another
Feed the dogs
Wash up bowls after lunch feed
Check dogs again for any injuries they may have sustained during the morning one by one before you let them out of the crate/indoor area (Notify manager if any injuries found).
1PM
Arrivals
Bring any PM arrivals into the back field. Once all PM dogs have arrived, start sending in one/two dogs at a time to integrate slowly following the integration process
Wash PM departure dogs ready for pick up at 130PM
130PM
PM departures
Deliver dogs back to their owners making a fuss about how much of a fun day they’ve had ensuring they are up to date on any goings on through the day and have collected their leads and containers
2PM
Open the fields up!
Now that the dogs are all together, open up the back field and let the dogs have full roam monitoring play
Open car park gate again
2PM - 4PM
Usually any time between 2pm - 4pm dog walk dogs will be collected, contact Hayley and Alice to let you know when they’re on the way back and which dogs they need you to wash ready for them when they collect them
4PM -
Wash remaining dogs
Wash the rest of the dogs ready for pick up and bring them inside so they don’t get dirty again
430PM - 6PM
Last dogs leave
Clean down for the day
Wash walls, sides, sweep floors, sweep Astro in front and outside, change out dirty bedding for clean, empty bin, tidy office, put fresh b in bags on the pop scoops, empty water basin and pools and wash down, sweep paths, general tidy up and poo scoop
When all the dogs have gone
Close up
Lock top gate, turn off electric and water, shut the middle gate, lock up the tunnel, lock entrance lock and lock car park gate
Open up
Open car park, main gate, poly tunnel and top gate
Turn on water and electric
Get lead tags ready, post it notes and a pen ready
Top up all spray bottles and set out metal correction bowls
830am - 9am
AM arrivals
Have water spray on hand by the gates when dogs come in as altercations occur at the fences/gates during arrivals. Pre-Amp any altercations judging by the dogs body language/queues
Dogs begin to arrive. Bring each dog through into the front field where they will remain for the morning
Make sure every lead is tagged and every meal has a post it note on with the dogs name
Check all dogs for existing injuries (notify manager if any found)
9AM
Close the car park gate
move leads
Car park shouldn't be used by clients between 9AM-4PM due to licensing agreement. Move the 1:30pm departure dogs leads up to the top gate ready to be collected with their dog from the top gate at 1:30
930-1230
Monitor calm play
Ensure all dogs are playing nicely and not showing any undesirable behaviour ie. Racing each other down, rough play, tailing, humping, pinning, third wheeling, biting the neck or nipping/pecking
11AM-12PM
Dog Walk Dogs May Arrive
Usually between 11AM-12PM dog walk dogs may also arrive. Dog walk dogs to be brought round to the back field to settle before bringing into the front field following integration process. (Integration is introducing one/two dogs at a time, not letting the next dog in until those two are ignoring each other/finished greeting)
Make sure all dogs end up back in front field once they’ve all been integrated ready for PM arrivals at 1PM
12PM
Lunches
Get all dogs who need to be fed ready in the crates and the rest of the pack shut away inside one of the indoor sections to avoid resource guarding before you start plating up. The dogs are less likely to go into crates or inside when we need them to if you plate up before you have all the dogs in place and it can cause fall outs, so please make sure dogs are in place before preparing the bowls. One person plating up in the office passing over the bowls to the helper who will be standing in the front area to deliver to the dogs in the crates waiting for their meals
Please don’t forget to remove any dogs out of the area who are not receiving a feed to ensure no resource guarding causing any altercations. We see a lot of fights take place during feeding time from dogs outside of the crates if they are too close to the food and in proximity of one another
Feed the dogs
Wash up bowls after lunch feed
Check dogs again for any injuries they may have sustained during the morning one by one before you let them out of the crate/indoor area (Notify manager if any injuries found).
1PM
Arrivals
Bring any PM arrivals into the back field. Once all PM dogs have arrived, start sending in one/two dogs at a time to integrate slowly following the integration process
Wash PM departure dogs ready for pick up at 130PM
130PM
PM departures
Deliver dogs back to their owners making a fuss about how much of a fun day they’ve had ensuring they are up to date on any goings on through the day and have collected their leads and containers
2PM
Open the fields up!
Now that the dogs are all together, open up the back field and let the dogs have full roam monitoring play
Open car park gate again
2PM - 4PM
Usually any time between 2pm - 4pm dog walk dogs will be collected, contact Hayley and Alice to let you know when they’re on the way back and which dogs they need you to wash ready for them when they collect them
4PM -
Wash remaining dogs
Wash the rest of the dogs ready for pick up and bring them inside so they don’t get dirty again
430PM - 6PM
Last dogs leave
Clean down for the day
Wash walls, sides, sweep floors, sweep Astro in front and outside, change out dirty bedding for clean, empty bin, tidy office, put fresh b in bags on the pop scoops, empty water basin and pools and wash down, sweep paths, general tidy up and poo scoop
When all the dogs have gone
Close up
Lock top gate, turn off electric and water, shut the middle gate, lock up the tunnel, lock entrance lock and lock car park gate
