Molly just got dropped off from her weekly visit to the Bone-A-Fide ranch, and I’ve never seen her with a bigger smile on her face. She loves that place for doggie daycare!
We checked out some of the in-city options (Barking Lounge, Downtown Dog Lounge, etc…), but got such a better feeling when we headed out to Snohomish to do our visit with Bone-A-Fide; it is a huge open area (as opposed to indoors), the dogs all looked like they were playing the full time (as opposed to some play, some crated, as the others have due to numbers of dogs there), and even better – they do pickups and drop offs, along with having boarding available.
Ian, the driver, says Molly is really cute during the whole experience.
She loves running around in the van – there are 12 dogs together on the ride up (which takes a half-hour) – and is one of the best of the bunch – she stares out the window, then plays, then goes back to staring out the window – just like at home.
At the ranch, she’s apparently quite a digger (which we’ve also seen at the local dog parks – we’ve gone to Golden Gardens and Woodland Park) – she loves digging up a pile, than jumping back trying to catch the dirt – I’ll have to get a video the next time she does this at the dog park. She’s apparently quite the teacher, and gets other dogs excited to start digging as well! It’s pretty cute 
On the way back, she tends to sleep a bunch, according to Ian, but as soon as they turn into Queen Anne, Molly perks up, seemingly saying: “I know this place!” and gets pretty excited as they approach the house.
She also runs around a bunch while she’s there – which explains why she just ran into the house, came up to me, licked my face, and immediately jumped on her bed to go to sleep! As they say on the Animal Planet shows – “A tired dog is a happy dog!”
Highly recommend any Seattle dog owners check out this place.
Tags: bone-a-fide, dog, dog park, doggie day care, seattle
May 5, 2008 at 5:32 PM |
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