Baseball has gone to the dogs!
Opening Day Follies at Chicopee’s Premier Dog Daycare & Pet “Spaw”
While Red Sox fans across Western Massachusetts watched or listened as the Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 14 to 3 at the season’s home opener, good dogs from the area were having their own kind of baseball fun at The Good Dog Spot, Inc., located at 40 Old James Street in Chicopee.
Daycare dogs at The Good Dog Spot, Inc. participated in baseball games, ate hot dogs and listened to the game during their nap/rest time. Each dog was given a souvenir Red Sox bandana and mini Red Sox helmet filled with Gourmet Herbal Dog Biscuits by Deb Rusenko (in the shape of baseballs) to take home with them. When asked about the day’s festivities, co-owners Elizabeth Powers and Lisa Peloquin just smile. “We love what we do!” says Peloquin, “and we love happy dogs. We wanted to do something fun and stimulating with the dogs and being New England natives, celebrating the Red Sox Home Opener was a no brainer! Our baseball games help reinforce basic commands such as ‘sit’ and ‘stay’ at the base and ‘come’ to the next base”
Powers states that the Opening Day Celebration is just one of many planned events for the dogs in their daycare. “We recently held an Easter Bone Hunt where our daycare attendees were allowed to search for hidden homemade Easter Bones. So many people think of their dogs as their children; our goal is operate as much like a child daycare as possible and this is just one way that we’re making that happen.”Opening Day Follies at Chicopee’s Premier Dog Daycare & Pet “Spaw”
While Red Sox fans across Western Massachusetts watched or listened as the Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 14 to 3 at the season’s home opener, good dogs from the area were having their own kind of baseball fun at The Good Dog Spot, Inc., located at 40 Old James Street in Chicopee.
Daycare dogs at The Good Dog Spot, Inc. participated in baseball games, ate hot dogs and listened to the game during their nap/rest time. Each dog was given a souvenir Red Sox bandana and mini Red Sox helmet filled with Gourmet Herbal Dog Biscuits by Deb Rusenko (in the shape of baseballs) to take home with them. When asked about the day’s festivities, co-owners Elizabeth Powers and Lisa Peloquin just smile. “We love what we do!” says Peloquin, “and we love happy dogs. We wanted to do something fun and stimulating with the dogs and being New England natives, celebrating the Red Sox Home Opener was a no brainer! Our baseball games help reinforce basic commands such as ‘sit’ and ‘stay’ at the base and ‘come’ to the next base”
Offering dog daycare, professional pet grooming at the “Pet Spaw” as well as training and socialization classes, The Good Dog Spot, Inc. is proving to be the spot to be for good dogs in the Pioneer Valley. The daycare facility consists of two indoor play areas and an outdoor play area, in order to help segregate the dogs according to size and play style. The “Pet Spaw” is outfitted with state-of-the-art grooming equipment including a HydroSurge bathing unit that provides a therapeutic massaging action during the bathing process. Grooming services are available for both dogs and cats and can be scheduled on their own or in conjunction with a daycare session.
Lisa Peloquin is an experienced pet groomer and an Advanced Certified Pet Care Technician (ACPCT). She is currently studying to become a certified pet dog trainer (CPDT). Elizabeth Powers is currently the only Certified Kennel Operator (CKO) in Western Massachusetts and also holds the role of Region 1 Director for ABKA, the national trade association for the pet care industry, of which the facility is a member. Both women are certified in Pet First Aid & CPR through the American Red Cross.
For more information on any of the services provided by The Good Dog Spot, Inc. or about the new line of Gourmet Herbal Dog Biscuits by Deb Rusenko, please call (413) 534-1333 or visit the website at www.gooddogspot.net
