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Some things to keep in mind as you watch!

Why Your Dog Might Not Be On Camera
Our daycare play areas are surrounded by our daycare sleepover bedrooms. These bedrooms are also frequently used during the day for breaks. This is one reason our daycare dogs do so well overnight…they are already familiar with our sleeping and play areas. When bedtime comes, they are tired and ready to sleep in a bedroom they are already comfortable in. Below are reasons your dog may in a bedroom.

  • Staff Breaks: Supervising active play is our top priority, for this reason, anytime staff need to leave playgroups the dogs must go into their bedrooms. Our AM and PM shifts each get a 15-minute break. You’ll see the dogs in their bedrooms during this time.

  • Lunch & Nap Time: During approximately 12:45pm – 2:00pm almost all the dogs are put up for naptime (slightly different time on weekends). Dogs that have lunch will be fed at this time. This is also when the staff does their mid day cleaning and their shift change meeting.

  • Quiet Time: Some dogs, especially puppies, have a hard time regulating their own play and would go non-stop if given the chance. 8-hours of active play is too much mentally and physically for most dogs. Bedrooms are used to give them a chance to rest.

  • “Time-Out”: Staff may use our bedrooms to help calm a dog that is showing negative play behavior and just needs a minute to decompress before coming out to play again.

  • Rotations To Control Group Size: Safety and fun are equally important goals for our daycare dogs. For this reason, we limit the number of dogs one supervisor can monitor at a time during active play. Once their group hits this number, the supervisor will begin rotating dogs in and out of the bedrooms throughout the day to ensure a safe number of dogs playing at one time.

  • Severe Weather and Building Maintenance: Anytime our area receives any type of weather warning or advisory all dogs will be put into their bedrooms. Also, if we have maintenance men that have to go into the playgroups for repair work we will put them up then as well. This is to keep the dogs settled when unusual events are happening.

Troubleshooting Webcam Issues
If you are having issues accessing our webcams and need help troubleshooting, please contact John at John@pawtropolis.com.