Welcome to our family - at Waggy Warehouse Shropshire!
The only daycare in Shrewsbury to offer a controlled social environment – very different to the typical ‘lightly supervised’ daycares. Our centre offers maximum safety whilst reinforcing positive social behaviour and training.
Conveniently located close to Shrewsbury centre, Waggy Warehouse Shropshire is your dog’s home away from home with over 12,000sq. ft of indoor/outdoor doggy fun. It’s the perfect place for your dog to make new friends, learn new social skills, develop independence and have fun.
Our staff provide the very best in personalised care, socialisation, mental/physical fitness and training for all shapes and sizes.
Our daycare is the ONLY one to offer complete transparency through LIVE Facebook streams and personalised videos for owners, so you’ll never need to worry about your dog.
Free Assessment
When you get in touch with us, we’ll request to see your dog’s vaccines first (Please have this information available)
We’ll ask for some basic information about your dog and then invite you in to meet us all.
We like to invite newcomers whilst we are still running daycare. This way, you’ll see it for yourself.
During your first visit, we’ll take your dog to meet some of our assessment gang (dogs who regularly meet newcomers and are very good with shy or nervous dogs)
We’ll then handover our assessment and show you around whilst your dog has a play with his/her new buddy.
Our staff will advice you which day your dog would best suit a trial morning
Trial Mornings
Once you’ve had an initial assessment with your dog, you can arrange a trial morning. (8-noon)
Trial mornings are a great way for us to get to know your dog. We also take this opportunity to assess his/her needs whilst with us and put a plan in place.
Some dogs sail straight into daycare whilst others take more time to settle in. Don’t worry! our staff will discuss an Integration Plan with our more nervous starters.
Trial mornings can be quite daunting for some owners but don’t worry, we’ll call you straight away if there are any issues. We’ll also send videos on request throughout the morning. You can also watch us LIVE on Facebook.
We recommend arranging trials on days when you can be around to collect (just in case your dog tells us that they’d rather go home)
We only ask for payment of £14 (if your dog enjoys the morning)
Nap Time
During a normal day at Waggy Warehouse, dogs are offered the opportunity for uninterrupted rest or sleep. During the hours of 12:00 – 2:00 our centre closes for nap time. All dogs are provided with their own personal space, a cosy handmade bed and fresh water.
The lights go off and soothing music is played to ensure that all our dogs have an opportunity to relax or sleep without disruption.
This is a crucial part of the day as grumpy, tired dogs are more likely to fight or scuffle in the afternoon.
We run LIVE feeds every nap time so that our owners can see that their dogs are happy and settled with us.
If your dog doesn’t cope, we’ll tell you straight away
Benefits Of Daycare
What does my dog get out of daycare?
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Your dog gets up to 10.5hrs a day in a safe, fun and fully dog proof crèche to play, learn, make friends and burn up that excess energy.
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Dogs learn how to "speak" dog and how to play appropriately with a variety of breeds.
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We teach basic manners, distraction recalls and more, all with force free positive training methods.
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We have separate play areas and quiet zones for puppy nursery and our senior clientele.
What You Get Out Of Daycare
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You can watch your dog on our LIVE streams.
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You will not need to walk your dog after a busy day at work.
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We always train and handle our dogs with force free, positive training methods.
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We promote good manners within a calm but happy structure throughout the day.
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We will also teach your dogs to play beautifully and help guide owners on our positive training methods, should they need any help.
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We contact you straight away if your dog is not enjoying having fun
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We can offer training and 1:1 support
Puppy Creche
If you’re looking for care for your precious pup during the working week, we’ve got you covered!
Your little one will be looked after as part of our extended family. We work hard to make training fun with your pup in crèche to properly socialise them, train in manners, perfect their recall and let them experience a fun filled day with all their new friends.
Dog daycare is especially beneficially for puppies as it offers that crucial early socialisation in a safe environment.
Daycare isn’t just about social exposure but exposure to new experiences, noises, people, smells and sounds.
Studies have shown that puppies are more likely to develop into confident adult dogs when given regular opportunities in a safe, secure environment.
Safe off-Lead play is crucial for pups in the early months as it teaches
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Bite inhibition
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How to be appropriately around other dogs
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To develop confidence and independence
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To develop patience
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Appropriate play with different breeds
The Best Age To Start Daycare
We recommend that you arrange to meet us whilst your pup is still very young.
Pups can develop behavioural struggles and phobias as they get older so early assessment can highlight and prevent this.
If your pup isn’t ready for daycare, we’ll tell you! We’ll also offer you training advice and additional support.
Puppy Classes
Yogi & Lisa
'Our boy has been going to Waggy now for about 5 months. He’s soooo happy there and absolutely loves it!
His excitement starts when I’m reversing the car!
Doesn’t even give me a second glance when going in!
I’m more relaxed on his Waggy days too as I know he’s so happy and well looked after there!'
Brian & Andrew
We have been using Waggies for about 9 months now and superstar Brian absolutely loves it.
Cannot recommend enough, Gemma and the staff are amazing 😉 and obviously love all of the dogs equally and care so much for them.
The daily Facebook live broadcast is brilliant and often hilarious.
So many activities for the doggos, it defiantly tires them out.
Great value - try it, you won’t be disappointed
Daisy & Jane
Daisy Beagle just loves her doggy day care, she is always excited when we get there. Trots in wagging her tail and comes home happy but tired. Would highly recommend Daisy would give it a 👍👍🌟