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Dog Days started in March 2010 when Jeff and Tammy made the move from Los Angeles to San Diego to start their own dog daycare, their way. After years of working in the profit and nonprofit dog industry, they were passionate about the necessity of a positive and open care environment for today’s modern canine family members. As avid lifelong dog enthusiasts, they could not have chosen a better career to help care for and improve the lives of dogs.

The founders of Dog Days are not only dedicated to providing a safe and fun environment for dogs, but also fulfilling their physical and social needs in a controlled and supervised facility with a team of nurturing and supportive handlers. Dogs are our number one priority and we love watching them build relationships with each other and learn about interacting in a group environment. That’s why our daycare and boarding program is based on direct social interactions between dogs, with our experienced staff guiding and leading them. We keep track of everyone’s progress so we can keep you informed of your dog’s behavior. Any aggression to dogs or people is not tolerated nor do we accept dogs who do not thrive from being in a social environment. Our number one priority is safety, but our number one goal is the highest of quality of each dog’s stay. We also want to change the way dog daycare professionals can make a living by giving them a chance to have actual careers in the dog care industry. This benefits the dogs as well as the people, as customers can always depend on reliable, knowledgeable caretakers who enjoy and take pride in their work.

Meet our team

The Dog Days Family! An eclectic mix of individuals formed through our mutual love for dogs.

Kelsilynn

Kelsilynn stumbled upon dog daycares as her first job as a teen and through that experience, she was convinced that dogs are a mandatory job perk! Working with them means that she is always learning something new every day, whether it is behavior, health, history, or culture. Sharing that learning experience with like-minded dog lovers every day makes it even more enjoyable! Kelsilynn also moms to Hestia the Great Dane mix, Aphrodite the Sphynx cat, and two little guinea pigs Artemis and Persephone. She is studying to become a child & adolescent psychiatrist, which is great for the team at Dog Days, since we act like children and adolescents.

Jose

He/Him
Jose met his neighbor’s Boxer when he was a kid and like most of us when we encounter Boxers, he fell in love right away. He found his eventual soulmate in Oz, the most beautiful Weimaraner in the land, and then bumped into Dog Days founders Jeff and Tammy at the dog park while they were terrorizing the locals with their pack of wild animals. He was fascinated by their daredevil attitude in releasing hellhounds at the park and later applied for a job at Dog Days and the rest is history. He has since hatched a pokemon named Tails and listed her as a “maltese poodle” in the system and now brings his “dogs” to work every day where he becomes every dog’s favorite person. Yes, all our dogs love Jose more than they love their owners, the truth hurts.

Vanessa

She/Her
Vanessa is just one of those people who was a magnet for doggy attention all her life and knew early on that she understood dogs on a different level than most people. Still, she tried out working in different fields before realizing that nothing would make her happier than to keep dogs the focus of her life and to devote her career to them. It doesn’t hurt that she gets to work with like-minded dog-obsessive people! Her canine family member is a little adorable toy poodle incongruously named “Pinchi Pinchi.” Look it up.

Brenda

She/Her
Brenda took the first dog job she could get because she wanted to get started on learning more about dog behavior and care and the general doggo lifestyle before she took the plunge to bring home a dog of her own. That quickly escalated and now she can never leave Dog Days. Her son Spencer believes strangers are out to murder him, but he does allow Dog Days employees to get within 30 feet before he sounds the alarm because they are a second family to him and his mom.

Michel

She/Her
Michel was a huge dog nerd who watched all the dog videos she could get her little paws on all her life and then went on to attend veterinary technician school for a year. But that’s way more boring than playing with them, so Dog Days it is! She has learned so much about dog behavior and handling, but her favorite challenge is the group dynamics and managing doggy Breakfast Club gangs. Because her own dogs are Malinois, all her spare time outside of work goes towards tiring out those crackheads on hikes or at the beach. The rare moments she is free of them, she likes to dirt bike, skateboard, and go paintballing.

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