Very Important Puppy

Outside of this quick picture post, since I did the original post about sending Kairo to daycare, I don't think I ever provided an update on daycare. We send Kairo to daycare two to three time a week. In spring through early fall, when daylight savings is in effect and it stays light later, we only send him twice a week. During winter, it's three. With the days so short in the winter, it's nearly impossible to get home in time to exercise him before it's pitch black (and depressing).

Snuggling

"Pelted"

We have been sending Kairo to the same place since he was six months old and couldn't be happier with them. The staff has been pretty much the same for the past 2+ years, so they know him and know us. A typical day at daycare for Kairo involves playtime in the morning until noon, a mandatory nap from noon to 2pm, following by more playtime until we pick him up. The mandatory nap is key, because like small children, tired dogs can get "cranky" and a cranky dog sometimes starts playing sloppy. During nap time, the dogs that will sleep with other dogs are moved into a separate room with a few of the humans. In true Kairo fashion, we know he "claims" some of the humans to sleep on/snuggle during nap time since he sometimes comes home with a perfume smell on him. Spoiled.

One of ladies, Felicia, loves Kairo so much that when G$ and Kairo entered one morning, she exclaimed, "My boo is here!"*  That immediately caused Kairo to do his frantic-butt-shaking-tail-wag over to her, followed by a quick sit for a treat.
 *For those of you who don't know, "boo" is a term of a endearment, usually referring to boyfriend or girlfriend. 

Desperately need to paint the window and door frames.

As I mentioned, Kairo's is a "regular" and has been going there for quite some time. As a little background, there are two separate rooms -- the sweet side and the salty side. They split the dogs up, not by size, but by how they interact with other dogs. The salty side tends to be more rambunctious from what we are told. Kairo, despite being a high energy dog, prefers the sweet side. They've tried putting him on the salty side, but was a bit intimidated and overwhelmed, causing him to not really play with the other dogs. In addition to the different rooms, they also put different colored collars on the dogs -- red, yellow, green -- to indicate to the room monitors which dogs to keep a closer eye on.

Well, last week, G$ dropped the K-Man off at daycare and someone new was working, so they asked Felicia which room Kairo should be put in and what color collar he needed. Felicia quickly responded, "The sweet side and he's doesn't need a collar, he's VIP!" That is how we found out that Kairo is both well-known AND a perfect angel.** G$ and I both have had numerous staff members tell us how sweet he is, which makes us very pleased to hear.
**Just a little puppy-parent bragging.  We know he's not a perfect angel... all the time. :)

Enjoying some spring-like weather this weekend

<3
K$