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• Single day: $50
• Intro package: 4 visits for $100
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Every dog has a different way of playing, socializing, and settling in. Choose the daycare experience that fits yours.

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Four-Legged Fun Zone

• Small daycare groups — typically 8–15 dogs
• Dogs matched by size, play style, energy & personality
• Structured play balanced with scheduled rest
  50×50 outdoor turf yard for potty breaks and play
• Staff remain with dogs during group play
• Optional Pet Taxi for pickup and drop-off
• Packages & memberships lower the per-visit cost

The American Kennel Club (AKC) offers some helpful guidance for choosing a dog daycare. In its article, “How to Choose a Daycare for Your Dog,” AKC recommends looking for and asking about the following items. We’ll answer each one so you can see how Four-Legged Fun Zone measures up.

1. Can You Tour the Facility—and What Should You Look For?

The AKC recommends visiting the daycare and observing the facility for yourself. Is it clean and organized? Is the fencing secure? Are the areas free from obvious hazards? Is the temperature comfortable? Is there adequate staff to safely supervise the dogs?

At Four-Legged Fun Zone, we welcome tours of our Everett dog daycare.

You’ll have an opportunity to see all of the areas where our daycare dogs spend their day, including our indoor play spaces, rest areas, and 50-by-50-foot outdoor turf yard. For the safety and comfort of the dogs, visitors don’t enter the daycare rooms themselves, but you’ll be able to look through the windows and see the spaces where your dog will play and rest.

We want you to see where your dog will spend their day, meet us, and ask questions before deciding whether Four-Legged Fun Zone is the right daycare for your dog.

2. Will the Daycare Assess Your Dog’s Temperament?

This is one of the specific questions the AKC recommends asking.

We think getting to know a dog should actually begin before the dog walks through our door.

Before your dog’s Meet & Greet at Four-Legged Fun Zone, we ask you to complete a detailed questionnaire. We want to know about your dog’s personality and history so our team has useful information before meeting them.

We ask about things such as:

• Previous daycare and dog-park experiences
• Socialization with dogs and people
• Behavior around large dogs, small dogs, puppies, males, and females
• Bite or aggression history
• Possessiveness around food, toys, water, people, or other pets
• Training and commands
• Fears and anxiety
• Medical concerns
• Exercise and activity
• Touch sensitivity
• Play and behavioral characteristics

Then we meet the dog in front of us.

During the Meet & Greet, we can observe your dog’s body language, reactions, comfort level, energy, and interactions while considering the information you’ve already shared with us.

The goal isn’t simply to give your dog a pass-or-fail test. We want to understand what kind of daycare experience may work for your individual dog.

3. What Kind of Training Does the Daycare Staff Have?

The AKC recommends asking about staff training and specifically points to the importance of understanding canine behavior, including body language and signs of stress or potential trouble.

Good daycare supervision involves much more than having a person standing in a room with dogs.

Dogs are communicating all the time.

Our daycare handlers pay attention to body language, changes in behavior, play styles, energy levels, and interactions within the group. Active supervision helps us recognize when dogs are playing comfortably, when an interaction needs our involvement, or when a dog could simply use a break.

Want to know who may be caring for your dog? Visit our About Us page to meet our team and learn more about their backgrounds and experience.

4. Does the Daycare Have Procedures for Emergencies?

The AKC also recommends asking how a daycare prepares for emergencies and how the facility will communicate with you if something happens.

This is an important question to ask any pet-care provider.

At Four-Legged Fun Zone, the safety of the dogs in our care is a priority, and our team has procedures to follow when a dog becomes ill, is injured, or another unexpected situation occurs.

We also require current vaccination records for dogs attending daycare. Dogs must be current on Rabies, Bordetella, and DAPP/DHPP before participating.

If you’re considering a daycare, ask about its emergency procedures, vaccination requirements, and how and when you would be contacted if there were a concern involving your dog.

5. What Communication Will You Receive About Your Dog?

Another question the AKC recommends asking is how the daycare communicates with owners.

We believe information should travel in both directions.

What you tell us about your dog can help our team understand changes in behavior, health, energy, routine, or comfort. Likewise, if we notice something we believe you should know about, communication with you is part of caring for your dog.

Our team also creates daycare report cards so you can get a glimpse into your dog’s time with us.

You know your dog better than anyone. We get to know a different side of them while they’re here. Sharing information helps connect those two worlds.

6. What Activities Does the Daycare Offer?

The AKC recommends asking what activities are available because dogs have different personalities and energy levels.

We couldn’t agree more.

Not every dog thinks the same thing is fun.

One dog may want to chase a ball repeatedly. Another may prefer wrestling with a favorite friend. Some love exploring the yard and following interesting smells. Others enjoy interacting with a handler or simply spending time around dogs they know.

Our Everett dog daycare includes opportunities for indoor and outdoor play, interaction with other dogs, handler engagement, toys and activities when appropriate, and time to explore.

Rather than expecting every dog to enjoy exactly the same experience, we pay attention to the dogs in front of us.

7. Will Your Dog Have a Place to Rest?

The AKC specifically recommends asking whether dogs have a comfortable, designated rest area during daycare.

We think rest is important enough that we provide two different ways for dogs to get it.

Dogs are welcome to rest whenever they choose while they’re in our playrooms. If a dog wants to curl up on a bed or take a break from playing, they don’t have to wait for a scheduled rest period.

But some dogs have a hard time settling when their friends are still playing—which is why we also build two structured one-hour nap periods into every full daycare day, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.

During these rest periods, dogs head to our Dream Den, where each dog has an individual crate or x-pen so they can truly disengage from group activity. The room is darkened and white noise helps create a quieter environment for resting.

This gives dogs a chance to sleep, relax, and decompress before heading back out for the next part of their day.

A full day of nonstop stimulation isn’t necessarily better daycare. Puppies, young dogs, seniors, and even enthusiastic adult dogs can benefit from having opportunities to switch off instead of remaining stimulated for hours at a time.

Play matters. Exercise matters. Social interaction matters. And so does knowing when it’s time to rest.

8. How Will You Know if Your Dog Likes Daycare?

Ultimately, you know your dog best.

The AKC recommends paying attention to your dog’s behavior once they’ve settled into the daycare routine. We think those words are important because many dogs don’t walk into a new daycare on their first day and immediately act like they’ve been coming for years.

Everything is new—the building, people, dogs, sounds, smells, routines, and expectations. Some dogs jump right in. Others need a little time to figure out where they are and whether this new place feels comfortable.

That’s one reason we offer new daycare dogs our 4 Visits for $100 Introductory Package, to be used during their first two weeks.

Those four visits give your dog an opportunity to become familiar with our team, routines, play spaces, rest periods, and other dogs. Just as importantly, they give our team time to learn about your dog and make adjustments as we go.

We may discover that your dog does better with a different group of playmates, needs a little more time to settle in, benefits from shorter periods of group play, prefers a particular play style, or simply needs a few visits before their personality really starts to emerge.

Daycare doesn’t have to be perfect on Day One. Those first visits give us an opportunity to observe, adjust, and help your dog become comfortable with their new routine.

As the visits continue, you can pay attention to what you’re seeing at home, too. Does your dog seem increasingly comfortable arriving? Are they eager to come inside? How do they behave after daycare? Do they seem to be settling into the routine?

We also don’t believe the measure of a successful daycare day is simply “Did we exhaust your dog?”

A tired dog isn’t necessarily a happy dog.

Our goal is to provide appropriate opportunities for social interaction, play, exercise, exploration, enrichment, and rest while respecting the individual dog.

After several visits, we’ll both know considerably more about what works for your dog than we could learn from Day One.

One More Question We Think You Should Ask. – How Does the Daycare Decide Which Dogs Play Together?

Dogs being friendly doesn’t automatically make them compatible playmates.

Size can matter, but so can age, energy, confidence, play style, personality, and previous social experiences.

At Four-Legged Fun Zone, we don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to dog daycare.

We consider the individual dog when determining appropriate play opportunities and have different daycare options designed around different needs:

• Small Dog Daycare
• Large Dog Daycare
• Puppy Daycare
• Shy & Nervous Dog Daycare

Some dogs love active group play. Some do better with carefully selected friends. Puppies may need help learning appropriate social skills, while shy or nervous dogs may benefit from a slower introduction.

The goal isn’t to fit as many dogs as possible into one group.

It’s to help each dog have an appropriate daycare experience.

Looking for Dog Daycare in Everett, WA?

Four-Legged Fun Zone is located at 6628 Evergreen Way in Everett, WA, and our daycare program is designed around a simple idea:

The dog should help determine what their daycare experience looks like.

That might mean an enthusiastic playgroup for a social butterfly, appropriately matched friends for a small dog, extra guidance for a puppy, or a slower introduction for a shy or nervous dog.

We start by learning about your dog before they arrive. Then we continue learning when we meet them.

If you’re comparing dog daycare options in Everett, we invite you to come see our facility, ask questions, and decide for yourself whether Four-Legged Fun Zone feels like the right fit for your dog.

Ready to See if We’re a Match?

Start with a 30-minute Meet & Greet. You’ll stay with us during the initial visit while we get to know your dog and answer your questions. If all goes well, your dog can stay and experience the remainder of the daycare day at no charge.

Want to do a little more research first? Read the American Kennel Club’s “How to Choose a Daycare for Your Dog” for additional guidance on evaluating a daycare facility.