Charlene Teets
Update 9/26/25 - At this point cookie has had many half days full days a week and even longer when we left the states. She absolutely loves Gizmos! We pay for the puppy update and she never looks sad lol. Update - Cookie had her first half day! They said she did well and when we got home she was completely drained. Slept for the rest of the day but was back to normal the following day. I don't think she could handle a longer day at the moment but she came back in perfect health. They also let us see the facilities through the front desk camera system since they don't offer tours. It looks very nice, clean and organized. I liked the boarding area and the play areas were a nice size as well. ------------------- Today Cookie did her meet and greet and it went very well. From the pickup report it sounded like she started to want to play at the end of the hour. Looking forward to ramping her up slowly to a half day. I would really like to do a tour of the place to see inside but it seemed like a hard ask during peak hours. The front desk area was very nice and clean and for what I could see through the window into the dog area it looked nice. Questions I asked beforehand... How long are the dogs supervised? - 24/7 How would you deal with an emergency like a fire. - seemed like they had a plan. Do the employees go through dog body language training? -The main woman has many years of experience in it and the other staff get training. How would you deal with a dog being aggressive? - With the meet and greet/ temperament test all the dogs at the daycare are friendly or show no aggression. What is the human to dog ratio? - For the small dogs it's 1:15 How do you handle feedings? - for daycare lunches the owners will bring in the dogs food and the dog will be taken into a independent pod to get fed.
