Daycare Benefits for Dogs and Their Owners
Doggone Fun! Doggy Daycare Center offers many benefits for dogs and their owners. Statistics show that people are becoming more aware of their pet’s welfare including their health and well-being. Pet owners want quality care for their pets that they are unable to give due to their busy schedules. Doggone Fun! is committed to offering pet owners experienced, and caring animal care specialists, a safe and clean supervised play arena and innovative enrichment options for a full day of fun. Our main goal is to provide dogs with a stimulating, caring, clean and safe environment.
Provides Social Interaction
Allowing dogs the opportunity to socialize with other dogs is probably the most important gift you can give yourself and your dog. Dogs, by nature, are highly social animals. They form strong social bonds, which is one of the reasons we form such long-lasing relationships with dogs. The majority of dog behavior can be traced back to their identity as predators that are programmed to be constantly around other dogs to survive. Regular play with other dogs builds your dog’s confidence and improves their ability to communicate and interact. The more dogs your dog interacts with the better their social skills become. Soon your dog will be a “social butterfly” coaxing worried or antisocial dogs to play, appeasing tough dogs and defusing potential fights with subtle body language.
Reduces Problem Behaviors
Many behavior problems occur when pet owners are away from home and their dogs are left alone. These behavior problems include barking, whining, howling, destruction of property and increased frequency urination and defecation. This happens due to the dog’s increased stress level when isolated. Daycare for your dog is one of the best ways to teach your dog good socialization skills and eliminate owner absent behavior problems.
Provides Exercise and Stimulation
Many dogs are severely under challenged in their day to day life. Doggone Fun! provides your dog with a stimulating and enriching environment. We fulfill your dog’s social, mental and physical needs through social interaction with other dogs, plenty of physical exercise in our large play arena and many innovative and creative toys and games to keep your dog’s mind sharp and active. Providing this type of stimulation on a regular basis is a pet owner’s first defense against unwanted behavioral problems.
Facility Overview
Doggone Fun! Doggy Daycare Center offers a 2200 square foot, bright, indoor, air conditioned play arena for your dog to enjoy supervised play with other dogs. The play arena floors are covered with firm rubber matting for your dogs comfort, health and safety. Rest areas are available and equipped with comfortable dog beds for those dogs that need extra rest and solitude. The facility is ventilated with continual air turnover to reduce humidity and maintain a healthy environment.
Meet the Owner
Doggone Fun! Doggy Daycare Center is owned and managed by Cinthia Mitchell.
Cinthia received her Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from the University of Puget Sound in 1989. She has been working in the animal care and training business since 1983. Starting her career as a Staff Biologist for the Point Defiance Zoo& Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington she trained various species of birds and marine mammals for educational demonstrations. In 1990 she moved to Chicago, Illinois to work as an animal care specialist training marine mammals for the Shedd Aquairum. In 1992 she moved to Newport, Oregon where she held a Senior Mammalogist position with the Oregon Coast Aquarium. It was there that she had the honor to work with Keiko the famous killer whale.
In 1999 Cinthia opened Doggone Fun!, one of the first dog daycares in the Portland area. She offers her years of animal care and training experience to help give pet owners an enriching alternative to leaving their dogs home alone while they work.
Cinthia has developed and managed animal husbandry, training and enrichment programs for marine mammals, birds and land mammals. She is a professional member of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA) and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. She also acts as regional reporter for IMATA and has published and presented several papers concerning animal husbandry, training and enrichment methods.
Meet the staff
Groomer/Daycare Attendant – Zarin Karanjia
Zarin is a graduate of Portland State University and has a degree in Psychology. She attended the Arizona Canine Academy to further her education and knowledge of dog care and training. Zarin has been working at Doggone Fun! for over 8 years. She is a daycare attendant and our professional groomer. She also teaches Agility for Fun! Zarin volunteers at the Alzheimer Center in Tigard and enjoys taking her dogs to visit the residents. She loves working with animals and people and finds it especially rewarding when she can help people through her work with animals.
Daycare Attendant – Tori Lambert
One of my favorite things about working at Doggone Fun! is just starting my day. I always get the best greeting from all the dogs. They are always so happy and excited to see me. Now who wouldn’t love that? Since my dream is to become a zoologist, animals are my passion and love in life. This is sure my ideal job and I couldn’t have gotten any better.
Daycare Attendant – Breanne Jaeger
I have only worked at Doggone Fun! for a short time, but the little time I have been here I have enjoyed it. My favorite part about coming to work everyday is the warm welcome I get from the dogs and the staff. I was very lucky to find this place. It is the best place for my first job. I mean, who wouldn’t love walking in to a bunch of happy dogs. I have learned a lot about dogs since working at Doggone Fun!
I love working at this place.
Daycare Attendant – Chantal Chalumeau
I’ve been around dogs my whole life and currently have three of my own. I love coming to work and being able to spend my day around so many furry friends!