Chewie's Playland

As our busy summer is coming to an end, it’s time for our annual Fall Newsletter!

Reminders:

• If your pet is on a routine set schedule or has a set schedule that needs to be changed, please make you sure e-mail us the scheduled or requested days.  If you would like to be added to set schedule waitlist, please email us as well.  ***Please note: if you have taken the summer off from Chewie’s, unless you've paid to hold your spot throughout the summer, you must contact us to see which days are available. Although, we try our best to save your spots, we are currently have a waitlist, and still need to cover operational costs. Thank you for understanding. 
• Please make sure to book your holiday boardings as soon as possible, we are almost full. Boarding is also filling up rapidly for February and April vacations of next year, please book ASAP.  There is a $50 deposit, refundable if cancelation is within a minimum of two weeks, otherwise, it is non-refundable. 
• We were on a waitlist almost all summer, and have been enforcing our cancellation policies - available on our website. If you have have cancelled more than 3 boardings with us you may be required to leave an additional deposit.
• It has been brought to our attention that some owners have not been picking up after their pets!! If you are caught not picking up after your pet, you may be suspended from Chewie’s and if it happens repeatedly, you will no longer be able to bring your dog. Please be courteous and respectful to our other clients and surrounding neighbors.

Events/Important Dates:

•  Chewie’s 7^th Birthday/Customer Appreciation Day! It will be held Sunday, October 6^th at our south location 10am to 12pm (don’t worry, the Pats play at 1pm). There will be boutique specials, a goodie bag, family photos, snacks and drinks. You will also be able to meet and hang out with some of the Chewie’s staff. (Please check out Chewie’s Facebook Page for Event details).
• Fall Photoshoot: $30 with Harvest Background. Will be held at the South Location on Monday October 21^st and at the North Location on Tuesday October 22^nd.
• Halloween Party: Goodie bags for all! Plus, pets that bring costumes will have their photos taken with a Halloween themed backdrop.
• 2020 Calendars: Personal Calendars are $50, signup deadline is October 15^th for delivery the first week of December. You can order after this deadline, but we may not be able to guarantee them before the holidays. Your pet must attend daycare regularly in order to ask for a personal calendar to ensure there is enough time to take some amazing photos.
• 2020 Chewie’s Calendars are $30, sign up deadline to ensure your pet is in the calendar. is November 1^st.  For an additional $10 ($40 total) your pet can be on the cover of your copy.  We always order extras for people to purchase.

Health Update/News:

• We were happy to report that so far we were able to make it out of the summer with only a small percentage of our Chewie’s pups being affected by the upper respiratory that hit Northern MA and Southern NH this August. It was a community effort! Thanks to the close relationship with the local veterinarians, they warned us when they started seeing cases from other dog facilities and dog parks, to our rigorous cleaning protocol, and to all the owners being responsible by not bringing their pets when ill, or alerting us even when they picked it up elsewhere.  Despite our best efforts though, there is always risk, because sometimes dogs can be contagious even when not showing symptoms. It is important for owners to realize when they visit dog facilities, dog parks, or heavily populated trails that there will always be a risk. During times of an known illness, we ask owners not to come to Chewie’s if they go elsewhere, because of cross contamination risk. We do have a great hand out that was made:  https://www.facebook.com/notes/chewies-playland/diving-into-kennel-cough/1353307111479532/
• Please remember, it is important not to bring your pet to daycare, boarding, grooming or training if they are not feeling well. If your pet is experiencing out of the ordinary coughing, sneezing, vomiting and/or diarrhea you need to keep them at home. We do know that sometimes we maybe the first ones to notice these symptoms. If we do, for everyones health and wellbeing, they will be separated from the group for the day, and you will be notified to see if you can pick them up.  If you cannot pick them up, we will keep them separated, they will still be walked, and receive activities until you arrive. There will be an isolation cleaning charge added for the day between $5 and $20 dollars depending on the illness/symptoms.  It is also important for you to do your job as pet owner and avoid dog parks, pet stores, heavily populated trails if your pet is sick, so you do not put other dogs at risk.

Thank you everyone for being part of the Chewie’s Family, we appreciate all of you!

Bonnie And the Chewie's Staff!