Dogtopia of Waco, TX Blog

Happy September Dogtopians!

We at Dogtopia Waco are SO excited that it is finally September! There are so many great events going on this Fall in our community and we want to share them with you!

September 1st starts our FALL into Savings Pass Special! Now is the perfect time to start thinking ahead to cooler weather and (I know…but I have to say it) the Holidays. Through September when you purchase a 10 day pass you will get a bonus daycare day.  A 20 day pass and you receive TWO bonus daycare days and yes a 30 day pass receives THREE bonus daycare days! These passes are good for one year so you don’t have to worry about using them up quickly.  Did you know that if you purchase a 30 day pass verses paying by the day you save $120 then add three free days to that! What a deal!

September Events

20th-25th Back to the Beach Week! Theme days and Tropical fun all week!

20th-Monday Bouncing Balls on the Beach

21st- Tuesday- Frosty Treats Ice Cream Day

22nd-Wednesday-Our Last Wet N Wild Wed. of the year!

23rd-Thursday-Bubbles on the Beach!

24th-Friday-A Day at the Beach Pictures while in daycare

Friday from 5-7pm Beach Party for Parents and dogs…go ahead and wear that hawaian shirt one more time! What better way to end the summer than with Woofs, Wags, and maybe instead of wine something a little more tropical! Check with us on our Spa Special this week!

25th-Saturday-Join us at City of Waco Puppy Plunge at the Waco Water Park. The Dogs RULE the pool from 1-4pm with games, costume contests, and plenty of splishing and splashing! Social and vaccinated dogs welcome, must have shot records to enter the park.

October

**The entire month of October Dogtopia’s across the nation are joining together for Breast Cancer Awareness. 10% of all daycare spa baths and nail trims will be donated to Susan G. Komen to support breast cancer research and community outreach programs.

11th-Submissions open for Dogtopia Halloween Photo Contest. (watch the blog for details as we get closer)

16th A.M.- Fuzzy Friends “Step Together” Run -See details HERE and there will be more details about the run and Halloween costume contest closer to the event.

16th P.M.-Wine and Food Festival benefiting Waco Humane Society (details and tickets here)

October Week of the 18th-Green and Gold Week! In honor of Baylor Homecoming. Have your four-legged fan show their favorite school colors.

20th-Local Costume Voting Begins!

30th-Dogtopia Annual Halloween Party-mark your calendars, this is a fun and popular event!

We will update the blog and our facebook as we go with more event details. If you know of any dog friendly events happening in our community please let us know at Waco@dogdaycare.com

Hey Mutt Madness fans!

Tomorrow at noon central time voting will close for round 2 of Mutt Madness. Tomorrow being Friday, I most likely will not be available at the computer to approve the comments. Never fear, your votes are going through and will be counted. I am aware that the time displayed when you submit your comment is not correct but I will turn the comments off at noon and everything will be fair.

As of 7pm this evening the standings are as follows
Match Up 1: Buster is the front runner ahead of Piper by approximately 50 votes. Match Up 2: Dexter is in the lead by 41 votes over Coco and 45 over Snowball and Rocky.

We are glad to see everyone taking this important competition to heart, implementing various strategies and campaigns. Good Luck!

Snow. Oh how we Texans get a little crazy when those beautiful white flakes start falling! Typically at the first mention of *Snow* on the weather report everyone launches into crisis mode. This means heading for the grocery store to stock up on those important things like 3 gallons of milk, coffee, and firewood. In all fairness though, as most Central Texans know, snow for us usually means ice if we get anything at all. However, we finally got our Snow Day here in Waco and while the dogs enjoyed the flurries I think the Pack Leaders enjoyed it a bit more. During naptime I was in my office working when a snowball fight erupted in the lobby. Yes, I said LOBBY and it was started by none other than Kim! Using the Evaluation room as her home base she blasted Jade as she arrived for work but Ms. Molly made them take it outside where they waited for Sam to arrive.

It was great fun to see all of the creative snowmen in the neighborhood and all of the pictures on Facebook of dogs in the snow! Here are a few of our pictures from our rare snow day at Dogtopia Waco. There are more pictures on our Facebook page.

Happy Halloween Dogtopians!

GREAT SCOTT! Well the voting has ended and the results are in and I know you’ve been shivering with antici…pation!

Who was the most SPOOKTACULAR?

Pearl Nemec as Dr. Frank-N-Furter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show! Pearl ran away with the Most Original Category AND had the most votes of all of our entries. She is going on to compete against the other Dogtopia Stores for title of Grand Champion and a 5 day daycare pass. So PLEASE go vote for Pearl in our National Competition! Voting starts Oct 29th right here www.dogdaycare.com and goes through Halloween weekend.

Who’s The Cutest of them all? Well…they were ALL pretty darn cute! It was a race to the finish though between Super Troop and Bo the Bunch of Grapes. Bo pulled out ahead just enough to win the Cutest category!

Our next winner cooked up a super showing in the Funniest Category! Belle the Bulldog (aka Belle Belle by the pack leaders here at Dogtopia Waco) and her brother Luke the Lobster were awfully cute, creative, AND funny! Their Mom admits it took a lot of treats to get just the right photo!

Our winners will receive goodie baskets at our Halloween Party on Saturday! Thanks to all that entered the contest this year. I didn’t think it possible to top some of our contestants from last year but you all did an awesome job!

Wow, I can’t believe all of the votes so far! We love reading the comments! Don’t forget that the dog with the most votes will be submitted to compete in the National Dogtopia Competition. Starting October 29th Waco’s winner will go up against dogs in many different states to see who will be the Grand Champion. Last year we had the honor of having Monkey as the Grinch win and of course we would LOVE to have a local Grand Champion again! The winner will receive a 5 day daycare pass to their local Dogtopia. We will let you know when the Nationals begin and remind you to go vote!

In the meantime don’t forget it is Tricks For Treats week at Dogtopia Waco! Every day we are going to have tons of fun going on with drawings for prizes and treats!

Welcome to Dogtopia of Waco’s

2009 HOWL-O-WEEN Contest for Most Original Category

Rules and Regs: You may vote for one dog per category. Simply enter the name of the dog you are voting for in the comments section below. Only one vote will be counted per email address. Voting will end on October 28th. NOTE: Most comments are submitted for approval and therefore may not show up immediately.

Drumroll please!

The Dulocks of OZ…Tracy, EZ, and Ranger

Uncle Austin

Pearl as Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Welcome to Dogtopia of Waco’s

2009 HOWL-O-WEEN Contest for Funniest Category

Rules and Regs: You may vote for one dog per category. Simply enter the name of the dog you are voting for in the comments section below. Only one vote will be counted per email address. Voting will end on October 28th. NOTE: Most comments are submitted for approval and therefore may not show up immediately.

Damon the Lil Devil

Corin the Master WIZard…

Chef Belle and Luke the Lobster

Our grooming department, Jacqui & Brittany, are excited to introduce the BBB Bling Bonanza! So excited, in fact, they want their Facebook & Blog buddies to be the first to preview it!

Ok, I’m sure you are asking what is a BBB Bling Bonanza! The first 5 clients that call and request this preview will receive: a Bath suited to their fuzzy buddy’s skin & coat needs, a fabulous brush out with a fluffing blow dry and nail trim. Their teeth will be brushed with our wonderful new oral gel followed by a minty mouth mist. Then, to top it all off they will dress them up in one of their beautiful new bandannas or pretty little satin bows…for the BLING they are misted down with our new Sparkle Spray! 

There is only room for five and we are also throwing in a plush bone toy for each! So call now for an appointment and ask for the Bling Bonanza Preview!

Hey Dogtopians!

I just received a sample of a holiday scented shampoo and I’m itching to try it out! Soooo….the next customer that calls and books boarding for this holiday weekend (meaning to stay at least one night with us anytime between Friday the 4th-Monday the 6th) will receive a free daycare bath in our Sugar Cookie Shampoo! (It smells YUMMY!) Just call me at 254-776-DOGS and tell me you want the BLOG ONLY SPECIAL!