Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that all of the puppy parents and their pups had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We missed you all today and for those puppy parents who are reading this from afar and your pup is staying with us at All Wags, we had a wonderful Pups-giving today! There was lots and lots of playing!

I took a poll of my puppy friends this week and we are all thankful for the same thing. We are all so happy about and thankful for our wonderful and fabulous homes! There is so much love in all of our lives and it is just amazing. We love receiving love and, most of all, we love giving out love. Our lives are fantastic and it is all because of you, our puppy parents. Thanks for giving so much great stuff to us pups. We can't speak to tell you how much we thank you, but please know that every time that we lick your face or gaze up at you with loving eyes that we are letting you know.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and remember All Wags is open tomorrow for day care. We hope you will come and see us!

A Thanksgiving without Madison

Hi Everyone! Be thinking about my people sister Madison. She had to have her tonsils taken out on Monday and won't be able to spend her Thanksgiving with us pups at All Wags. The surgery went well and she is healing up, so she just needs rest and love now. Of course, I'm super happy to give love and Bailey is too! She tells me that she is pretty pscyhed about the school that she got to miss, though! When you see her next week, giver her a big hello! She misses your pups and wll be so happy to get back to them!

Want your dog to be featured as All Wags Dog of the Month!

We know that all of you puppy parents know how awesome and special your pups are, but don't you wish that you could share all that with everyone who comes to All Wags. Well, what if your pup could be featured in our newsletter as the Dog of the Month. Now they can! All you need to do is fill out the nomination form that is available in the All Wags lobby or at the All Wags website and then hand it in. Each month we will pick a pup's form at random to be featured in the newsletter. Aren't you so excited to read about all of the pups and then even more excited at the prospect of that pup that everyone is reading about being yours? It looks like my pal Evie is really jonesing for the title of dog of the month by showing off and doing tricks in this photo!

Help your favorite shelter win $20,000!!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here is another free way to help out homeless pets. The Animal Rescue Site (don't forget to make your daily click!) along with Pet Finder are giving away $100,000 during their $100,000 Shelter Challenge! All you have to do is vote. All Wags does so many things to help out Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control that my paw decided to vote for them, but you can vote for any shelter that is near and dear to your heart... and... you can vote once every day! The grand prize is a $20,000 grant and then there are many other smaller prizes. Visit The Animal Rescue Site to vote every day and to learn more. You don't even have to register and, yep, voting is absolutely free! The other pups and I thank you!

Want a free and easy way to help homeless pets?

I'm sure that all of you have a soft spot in your hearts for homeless & hungry pups. I know that I couldn't imagine not having my morning and evening meals and your pups are the lucky ones like me. Some of them have been homeless and now have loving and awesome homes with you and some have never even felt that, but they all have fabulous lives. Well, what if I told you that there was something that you could do that was free and would take you less that 15 seconds to do that would help these homeless and hungry pups. You'd say, sign me up, right? All you have to do is click on The Animal Rescue Site daily, it's that simple. The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily so they can meet their quota of getting FREE FOOD donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute (about 15 seconds) to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals for free'. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site! Please pass it along to people you know. http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/

How awesome is Saturday daycare?

We know that all of you know how great weekday daycare is, but do you know how awesome Saturday daycare is? All of you puppy moms and dads are super busy with work and your other responsibilities and, though, you may want to just hang out with your pups all day Saturday, when are you going to clean and go to the grocery store and all of the stuff like that? Then, when you have finished all of that stuff, your pup isn't ready to snuggle and relax with you, they want to play and you are just tired... Well, a great solution to that is Saturday daycare! Take a look at Mandy & Ella, their mom dropped them off to play with us while she ran errands and just look at them! So ready to hang out and watch the game with their parents! They missed most of it because they were sleeping, but it was a good Saturday for everyone!

Are these pups having a "Turkey-induced" nap?

Nope, it's just a nap from a day of play at All Wags, no Tryptophan around! So, I bet that made you start wondering what the Thanksgiving schedule is going to be at All Wags, huh? Well, you're in luck because I'm about to tell you. Next week, we will be open all of the regular daycare days except for Thursday, actual Thanksgiving. All Wags will be closed for daycare, plus be closed for boarding pick-ups and drop-offs. Of course, the boarding pups will still be getting plenty of snuggles and attention that day. The people will be giving all of their love to them! We'll be celebrating Thanksgiving All Wags style, a puppy party! If you have any questions about next week's schedule, just ask my mama, Karen, next time you are in!

Thanksgiving Plans?

My people friends at All Wags really want to give your pups love for Thanksgiving! Do you have plans for Thanksgiving? Traveling? Hosting Thanksgiving in your home? Well, don't forget to make your boarding reservations. Your pup will love staying with us! And, not all of us pups enjoy a house full of guests, so even if you are staying home and hosting Thanksgiving dinner, your pup may enjoy being at All Wags. Just be sure to save them some turkey, and if you happen to bring me some too, that would be OK! Your pups are thankful for you this Thanksgiving!

Check out the ALL NEW All Wags Newsletter

Hey Everyone! Exciting news... All Wags now has a monthly newsletter! We wanted to have a great way to communicate with all of the puppy parents and pass along news, tips and fun stuff. You can download the November edition on our web site right now, it's on the home page www.allwags.com. The newsletters are going to be emailed out also. If you don't receive the newsletter by email, just email my people mama Karen at info@allwags.com or just update your email address the next time you come in. We want this newsletter to be something great for all of you, so if you have any suggestions or feedback, please email Kelly Tamerlano at ktamerlano@gmail.com. That's Mandy & Ella's people mama and she does the newsletter for us. We really hope that you enjoy it!

So... what have you been thinking of this weather?

Brrrr... These past few days have been so cold and rainy, and, I have a feeling that the cold is here to stay for a few more months. Now, most of us pups don't mind it nearly as much as you puppy parents do (seeing as how we wear these nice fur jackets all the time) but we still know when it is cold outside. It's just that kind of weather where I'm sure that you want to avoid going outside as much as you can. Well, we can help you out a bit with that! Don't forget about the awesome All Wags Drive Thru. All that you have to do is pull up and an All Wags employee will come out and get your pup. That's right, no getting out of the car for you and if these weather of the past few days keeps up, that means no getting wet for you. And, as you can see from the photo, your pup will have quite the welcoming committee waiting for them inside when they arrive!

All Wags can really make pups and people tired!

All Wags doesn't just make the pups tired, it makes the people tired. Check out my new people sister-in-law, Brooks, and my, um, puppy niece? Zoe and Brooks are taking quite a lovely snooze together after working and playing hard at All Wags. I'm sure that all of you puppy parents enjoy snoozing and snuggling with your pups after a long day at your work and that's what we specialize in at All Wags... getting your puppy babies all ready to snuggle with you at night! All paws in favor of sleepy snuggles! Is there anything better on rainy, dreary days like the ones we are having right now?

Calling all Snuggly Pups!

Have you puppy parents heard of Hands on Charlotte? They are a group that organizes volunteers all throughout Charlotte. Well, one of the many projects that they do is Pet Therapy. They organize groups of puppy parents and their puppy kids to go to nursing homes all around Charlotte and they need more pups to help out. Your pup doesn't need to be an official therapy dog, they just have to be friendly around other people and dogs and be ready to be snuggled and pet a lot. The residents of these nursing homes really look forward to their little furry visitors, so it's super important that they are able to fill all of the spots that are open for volunteers. If you and your puppy kid would like to volunteer, check out the Hands on Charlotte website. You will need to attend an orientation and then you will be good to go to volunteer!

Birthdays are extra special at All Wags

Check out my pal Bandit chillin' on his birthday! Birthdays truly are extra special at All Wags. The pups get even more love than usual (as if that's even possible)! Plus, the parents get a fantastic photo of their pup in a birthday hat. My mama even makes these photos into a magnet and, trust me, they go great in refrigerators, filing cabinets, anywhere you can stick them! I often hear the puppy moms and dads saying "Awww" when they pick up their pup and see the photo magnet. So, be sure to bring your pup on their birthday, it's a great way for them to spend their birthday: hanging out with friends!!! And, don't worry, if we miss your pup on their birthday, we'll be sure to get that photo taken the next time that they come to see us!

For some birthday celebration at home, don't forget that my pal Tobie's mom makes beautiful dog birthday cakes in the shape of a bone for only $20. Be sure to ask my mama, Karen, for all of the details. I got to try the cake and it was super delicious!

It's a puppy kind of Halloween

So, remember my little friend, Rocco? He was one of the cute, little black puppies looking for a home over the summer. I'm sure that many of you even held him. Well, as you know, he got a fantastic forever home. Just check out the fabulous devil costume that his dad got him for Halloween. It's quite a fitting costume for such a sweet, little devil. I think it's quite fabulous for this little guy to go from nearly being put down to celebrating Halloween in such style!