A Text-Heavy, Very Late 2024 Blog

Being that it’s far too late to wish a happy new year, instead, happy middle of the week and mid-spring message!

While it’s rainy and overcast and we are all stuck inside waiting for the warm weather, we thought we would make what I hoped would be a small update for our website just to get everypawdy on the same page. It’s more likely, as the title suggests, that this will be a longer text-heavy blog – but I will try to keep things concise, since it’s been a while since we checked in!

THE BIG THING

“The big thing,” in case you haven’t seen our recent posts on social media, refers to Pawsitive Petcare HQ (eg, our house) being sold in a very Toronto-like fashion. During this transitional time, we had put a stop to our boarding services; as things have progressed, we are now making some tentative changes going forward.

Most important to note is that Pawsitive Petcare weekly dog-walking services will resume through this ongoing period; our clients are, and remain, our top priority. 

BOARDING – the 60 Day Safe Zone & Cat Sitting

At this point in the process, we have opted to open boarding back up within a 60-day safe zone.

That means, within 60 days from the current date, we can once again offer our pawsitive sleepover and daycare services!

In the interim, we are also offering in-home boarding, as well as boarding with Carmen on Oakwood for future dates or overlapping dates that may fall outside of our 60-day window.

Please feel free to message us anytime to discuss upcoming service and schedule needs.

Cat sitting requests will follow our new boarding request protocol 60-day window.

BOOKING PROTOCOL (AND AVOIDING APPS)

After a very busy 2023 leading into a continued fast-paced four paw adventure for 2024, Dan and I have decided to consolidate our booking method to one e-mail address. This will help us streamline our service requests, assuring that all confirmed dates make it to the schedule, and not to the darkest recesses of Kris's brain.

Schedules should be sent by Sunday for the following Monday - Friday period. If you are on a fixed weekly schedule, our new booking e-mail can be used for any upcoming changes to schedule, cancellations, or alternate requests.

Invoicing and general correspondence will continue as usual through our home e-mail, pawsitivepetcareTO@gmail.com

As always, please feel free to reach out to chat through text, WhatsApp, or IG to discuss availability, scheduling and potential dates needed. Once your dates are confirmed, please send them to pawsitivebooking@gmail.com to lock in your request.

Our new booking e-mail will also negate the necessity of a scheduling APP, since we all need more room on our phones for dog and cat pics, and text-message requests often get buried in the oncoming photoshoots.

Remember to add pawsitivebooking@gmail.com to your contacts!

NEW FACES

You may have noticed a few new paws in the pack – this is because we have slowly been going through our growing waitlist to alleviate who we can, where we can. Although our waitlist is now once again closed, we have welcomed a handful of new walkers, and currently have some weekly available for the following dates and times:

Monday: 10AM-11AM, 1PM-2:30PM, and 3:15PM – 5PM
Tuesday-Wednesday: 3:30PM – 5PM
Friday: 10AM-11AM, 1PM-2:30PM, and 3:15PM – 5PM

*If you are currently on our waitlist and have not been contacted, this is due to your previously indicated schedule needs. Please feel free to message us at any time if your scheduling needs have changed, and any of the above dates/times work for you.

NAIL TRIMS / SCW PETS ON HIATUS

As a result of the ongoing HQ transition, our sister-business St Clair West Pets nail trim clinic provider has been placed on a temporary hiatus.

We are not currently taking new nail trim clients.

If you are a previous client requiring a nail-trim for your pet, please reach out to us and we will do our best to accommodate you during this time.

SEASONAL UPDATES

Once again, summer is impending, meaning the wet season is upon us!

Please feel free to leave your pets’ towel by the front door and we will make sure to wipe down all wet/muddy paws.

As the days become warmer, hour-long walks will resume before heat-wave season arrives. Please feel free to contact us at any time if you would like to extend (or reduce) your walk-time, or if your preferred hours have changed.

Walk time may be cut during heavy rain, inclement weather, or air-quality related alerts.

THANK YOU

As always, we can’t thank our client’s and walk-crews enough. Pawsitive Petcare has grown into a thriving community of caring pet pawrents, pets and walkers, and we are grateful for every moment we are able to hit the street and do what we love. We look forward to continuing in our fifth year (yes, fifth year!) of business (RIP2019/2020, what a start that was) and growing alongside some of our very best furrends.

For regular updates and daily photos, follow us on Instagram: @pawsitivepetcare