Born to Run

My parents have been raving about this place called Born to Run.  It is a doggy daycare type place a mile away from our home.  It is a super old home on an acre of land.  They have dogs come there and run and play all day (they do have nap time...hilarious to me).  My mom has said whenever Ike goes he comes home and is the **best dog ever** (too exhausted to be bad) for days after.  We decided that we needed to introduce Clay to this place.  With the baby coming we figured it would be a really good outlet for him and since we are going out of town for almost a week at Christmas time thought this would be the best place to leave him so he can stay active.

In order to leave your dog there you have to do an interview.  Yes a dog interview.  We had to take him there one afternoon and he was introduced to the staff and was given the opportunity to run and play with the dogs staying there.  We were so about how he would act **he can be a little crazy** so Andrew took him for a run early in the morning and then we didn't let me him sleep before we went.

Clay so excited to go to Born to Run

After Clay met the staff he was taken to the back yard to get used to the area.  They then introduced the dogs one at a time to see how he would react.  Apparently he used up ALL his energy in the first part of his doggie interview.  About an hour later we were taken on a tour of the facility and then got to see the dogs playing.  When we went to the "viewing area" we watched Clay slowly trot over to the corner with his tongue almost touching the ground and lay down all by himself!  You never want to be the parents of the kid who sits in the corner all by himself while the rest of the kids play and have fun together.  We were THOSE parents.  Our kid was in the corner by himself!  They finally went and got him and let him cool off in the kiddie pool and he made a few more friends.  They told us he was a good dog and was invited back so we got to book him for his Christmas stay...thank goodness.

After getting home Clay was the **best dog ever**!  He had no energy to do anything but just lay around.  I think I am now officially a fan of Born to Run!