by Abigail Crocker
WARREN – Bring the puppies,
bring the dogs. Alexandra Morgan’s Animal School is open
for business at the end of Cutler Street. She trains and plays
with animals in about 6,800 square feet of space and has room
for about 40 dogs in her doggy daycare.
A first for the town, Ms. Morgan’s daycare
opened at the end of February in a building owned by Andy Arruda
after the town council and zoning board changed the zoning classification
from manufacturing to business.
The daycare, she said, is for younger to medium
aged dogs that need a place to frolic during the day when their
owners are away at work. She said dogs come back home happy
from all the exercise and dog play. Common dog behavioral problems
can be solved from getting enough playtime and social time with
other animals, said Ms. Morgan, a Brown University alumnus.
“For dogs with separation anxiety, daycare
is the solution,” said Ms. Morgan.
But it took more work than a couple of town meetings. To get
ready to open, she stripped and painted the space and put big
barriers that act like huge dog pens for dogs to stay contained
in, separating the small dogs and puppies from the bigger dogs.
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