Lil' one had been talking about going to a dog cafe in Bangkok when hubby bought our air tickets. I had no idea which dog cafe she was talking about, but quite some time back she told me she loves huskies. I tried my luck to see if there's any dog cafe and found out there's indeed a husky cafe. Maybe she saw it in Instagram before?
On Day 4 (21st Nov), after breakfast I re-looked at the photo I screenshot and saved and realised there's timing to the activites in the cafe, it wasn't a walk-in and play at any time kind of thing. Switched the plans (dropping by ketohouse the next day instead) and told her we need to leave the hotel NOW. Haha! Talk about last minute. It was already 10+ close to 11am and I found out there's viewing time at 12pm. Got a cab at my 3rd try (I seriously hate it when the drivers don't turn on the meter) for a charge of 200TB (one asked for double the price. Crazy!)
Needless to say, lil' one was superbly excited. Luckily I packed everything up the night before and the morning. All hubby needed to do was to pack his own toothbrush and his stuffs before switching hotel.
Price 350TB / pax including one free drink and a bottle of water. Food and souvenirs are extra expenses.
There are 2 sessions in a day. We went for the first session where 12-1pm is the viewing time. We're separated by the grilles so what they'll do is to make the dog run free first and we see dog snarling or smelling each other's butt. We're basically seeing them running, peeing (and maybe poo-ing?) there while we eat. Spoils appetite huh? The staffs are attentive, they clean up the pee quite fast. Interaction time is from 1-2pm where we can mingle with the dogs and also take photos. The second sessions starts at 3-4pm - viewing time and 4-5pm - interaction time.
Staff saw her standing there, trying to pet a dog but the dogs just ran away from her, so she took a bowl of iced water and made her hold onto it. She did it for a while before I took over so that she can touch the doggies.
I have videos of her stroking the dogs lovingly, one particular video she was seen stroking a sleepy dog’s head, body and paws. Looking at the 🐾 paw print as this is the only time she can study it intensively 😂 other times we have Smiley standing on all fours and coming to us so it’s not possible.
She likes husky with brown colour fur. I suspect coz they look like her (hair)?
I must commend the staffs being so observant. I was taking photos of her from afar as I was standing in queue for the photo-taking. The staff ran to me and asked me for my camera, he took both photos and video.
In order to keep the doggies a little comfortable, they have fans all over the place. So as a customer I can't complain the heat. It's sheltered too so no scorching sun ray shines in. But still, it's hot so these doggies sleep in airconditioned place.
Photo-taking time. They will only do group photo, they don't do individual. Fair enough, if everyone wants to take individual then it'll take forever, I understand. While paying the entrance fees, I asked if I don't want to take photo but is it okay to let her take with the dogs alone, nope the rule is no individual. Unless they have the time after all group photos are taken, I can get a pass for 1000TB (aproximately S$39). I told her I'll get the pass but she kept saying it's okay I can wait and see the situation.
When we were queuing up, I noticed the time is already close to 2pm and there are other people behind us so she won't have the time to take photos with the dogs on her own. When I entered the caged place, they were still saying no, and I had to go and get the pass first. Does that mean I'll have to wait again? Boss happened to be around the area, so they ask and then I took out my 1000TB, I explained there's definitely no time to take individual photo looking at the number of people behind us. Luckily boss took the money and oh well, she can settle with the cashier later on.
These photos will prove that the extra I paid is totally worth it. She made all the photos so beautiful, her fat mummy will make the photos so ugly. The smile on her face, she was extremely happy surrounded by the heavy dogs, not intimidated by their weight and size. She wanted to touch Rocky but was advised not to, so this time round she gets to be surrounded by the gentle giants.
I love this candid photo. Apparently that dog got too heavy for her bony shoulder
At 2pm, the dogs will make a run for their 'home'. I managed to get a video not photos. This photo is taken by someone else and posted in FB
After they ran back, we washed our hands before leaving the place. Lil' one was still unwilling to leave this place and saw the last 2 dogs strolling back, she ran back to hug Dahlia. To think that she refused to have photo taken with her and another dog upstairs coz she said the colour looks scary like a bear, now she's hugging it. Never judge a book by its cover, mei-mei.
She wanted to get a huge stuff dog toy home but no...... she can only get a small one as there are too many toys on her bed now.
The place is not at a convenient location, most people arrive by Grab or tuk tuk. But no worries on the way back if you have no Grab, they will help you get a tuk-tuk out to the nearest train station (Ari) for 50TB.
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The next day (22nd Nov), initially she wanted to go to unicorn cafe as per my suggestion, but I decided to surprise her with the cat cafe I searched the night before. She was in that 'ok let's go out' mood but when I said we're going to cat cafe, she jumped for joy. She has her wishes fulfilled this trip with both dog and cat cafe.
Location wise, this is near a train station so it's easy to find it.
Fee is 200TB / pax, but any food or drinks or souvenirs that is extra we simply top up the difference. There's no time limit to staying here which I wonder how they will make money if they have students hoarding up the place.
Most of the cats walked away as she stroked them. Haha! Cats are really so no feeling one.. not-attached to humans, unlike dogs who will manja.
This proud cat only came to us when my food arrived - cabonara
All so fluffy. No idea what breed but I'm sure it's mixed, they need to breed to keep customers coming in
Only this cat will let my girl stroked her coz it's lazy, didn't move out of the bowl almost the whole time we were there.
The staff saw cats running away from girl, so put this sleepy head on our table. Haha! Both get what they want - cat to be stroked; girl has a lazy cat to stroke. Rather fluffy too, feels like marshmallow
You pay 88TB to have a polaroid taken. They allow me to take photos of her after that. Looking at the photo they took, I make a better photographer lor...
Staffs here are not as attentive. I saw a cat peeing on the wall and wetting the cushion, for the whole 40mins nobody noticed anything. Did they ever wonder why the wall is wet? Why the cushion is wet? I told one of them and she said it's the aircon dripping. No, it's not I saw that cat shooting out pee. And did they do anything? Nope. So good luck to the person being assigned a seat there later. Eeeks! And I was assigned a seat near the wall. Unlike the husky cafe, the staffs are quick to clean the place up. Though if it's in my house, I'll clean that spot 3x.
It is also for this reason why I wouldn't want to keep a pet at home. They don't even clean or dry themselves. Imagine getting their pee or poo around the house, I don't have the energy to keep running after them to clean them n the house.
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Thoughts : we're giving these people to breed cats and dogs to bring in customers. So next time, go to one where you can play and adopt the furry friends home.
I felt bad for the dogs, it's so hot in our tropical weather. They need lots of space to run and run. I think they're mixed too, maybe there's malamute blood running through somewhere?
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