doggie daycare

disclaimer: i realize lots of my posts have been about my dog.  don't judge.  fly boy has been out flying for the last couple of weeks. he's back now though, so hopefully i'll have more material than just lil' lucy.  this is not a blog solely about dogs.  i promise.

last weekend while fly boy was hanging out in the sandbox, i decided to head home to syracuse.  i love living in delaware and being able to just pop down to roanoke or up to syracuse for the weekend.  it's the best.  there was a slight glitch in my plans though.  i have an hour commute to work everyday.  an hour north.  as in an hour towards syracuse.  i don't get off until 7pm, and really didn't want to drive an hour south to pick up lucy, just to turn around and drive right back.  it was a problem.

solution: take lucy with me to work and drop her off at doggie day care.

i researched a few doggie day cares in the area, and narrowed my search down to two options.
option 1: cheaper.  by $2.  they were also only 0.3 miles from work. 
option 2: has nicer web site.  has web-cams in every room so you can watch your dog.
as i looked more into the sites, i found that option 1 charges you $1/minute you are late dropping your dog off or picking your dog up.  fail.  option 2 would allow me to drop lucy off anytime during the day, AND after i went through the "interview," found that even if i was late picking lucy up at night, it would be just fine.  score.

so lucy spent her first afternoon at doggie day care last friday.  i was nervous.  lucy was excited.  when i dropped her off, i thought they might let me go back with her, watch her interact with the dogs, make sure hew as ok, like any concerned parent would want.  they didn't.  lucy disappeared behind the back door, and i was left standing in the foyer. alone.  (sidenote: i know lucy is a dog, not a child. i just thought they would do something for your first visit.  apparently not.)  when i came to pick lucy up, i asked how she did, they said fine.  that was it.  i was expecting a little more. i didn't get any other feedback.

but all my concerns aside, lucy LOVED it.  everyone loved lucy.  and she slept the entire drive from delaware to syracuse.  thank you dogtopia.  you have saved me 4 hours of driving anytime i want to go home for the weekend.

ps: lucy is feeling much better after her "surgery." she has perked up, even spent some time chasing her tail this morning.