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Our two dogs, Don Vito (2y/o) and Carmine (1y/o) are well socialized with all ages and sizes of dogs, they regularly play with the neighborhood dogs, indoor/outdoor dog park regulars, road trips to friends and family members home with dogs & cats and LOVE going on outings to dog friendly breweries and patios. For first timers, we suggest an intro play date and sniff session at our place to help ensure your pup will feel comfortable at our home, we will only take in dogs from one household at a time to ensure your family member is comfortable while you are away. We’ll share daily photos and video updates, we also have indoor Wyze cameras in the living room and near Carmine’s crate so we can keep a watchful eye on the pups whenever we’re out or overnight. We have a fully fenced in backyard and can crate your dog if needed and follow their crate schedule. We also have baby gates to help keep your dog from the stairs and bedroom areas. One side of our backyard has a lower fence–if your dog is a jumper, they would land in our neighbor’s fence yard, not an open area. Our backyard provides plenty of opportunities for squirrel watching, our Australian Sheppard Blue, used to LOVE chasing them up the tree and into the neighbor’s yard. When the dogs are outside, we keep a close eye on them to help ensure they are safe, happy and have plenty of time to potty. Our pups LOVE to play with toys, Carmine is a heavy chewer so we keep the softer toys separate, he will definitely destroy them

A typical week day starts around 6:30a/7a with breakfast for our pups followed by some play time where the dogs play outside with a long potty break. I start working about 8a, our pups then know that is nap time on their couches. At lunch time, we head back outside for play and a walk around the neighborhood, checking for squirrels. We wrap up the workday, M-F around 4pm, our pups have their dinner by 5pm, then there are more walks, toys and playing in the yard. Carmine is still pretty young and will signal to us it's his bedtime around 10pm. On weekends, our pups still have the same eating schedule and we like to take them to parks, dog friendly public places or road trips. While your pups are staying with us we will stick to their normal schedule so they feel at home, Vito and Carmine are very adaptable, except for breakfast and dinner time they don’t like for us to be late with feedings.