Daycare

Daycares are facilities focusing on short term (all though some offer overnight boarding) Fluffy care. These facilities appeared shortly after Fluffies became mainstream, and less wealthy owners sought out places where their fragile pets could be safely kept while their owners attended to other mater's.

Appearance
Fluffy daycares can be and are located in a variety of settings from large stand structures with large partitioned outdoor spaces, to small strip mall units. Their size and location will have a large impact on services available, as well their maximum occupancy.

Typically buildings are decorated in a manor not dissimilar to chain stores like Fluffmart. Interior walls are painted in a variety of bright pastel colors, with natural tones such as browns being avoided. Murals of happy fluffies engaging in play or rest are also a commonly seen choice on Fluffy daycare walls.

Generally Fluffy daycares are divided into 5 sections


 * Receiving


 * Fluffy space


 * Storage


 * Staff areas


 * Discipline

(Optional 6th location overnight boarding for facilities with such a service.)

Receiving- The first area a person will see upon arrival. A small reception area typically housing a desk where receiving staff check in arriving Fluffies before moving them to the fluffy safe area. Can generally be found to have a small holding pen.

Fluffy space- This is the are designated as the "safe room" for Fluffies. This area is either a room or a partitioned space in a room (small well secured barriers typically no greater than 1 - 2 feet in height, and padded). Rooms have had all electrical sources removed, or well covered with tamper proof fittings. Rooms also feature padding on most vertical and floor surfaces to prevent injury. All items in or near the Fluffy safe space have been well secured to prevent injuries if they were toppled. Water is generally available in shallow dishes to prevent accidental drowning. Outdoor spaces are also secured in a similar manner with industry standard dictating fences have foundations buried at least 1 foot deep, and have vision restricted to at minimum 2 feet of height to prevent farel intrusion. All spaces are carefully maintained to prevent damage to fittings/fixtures as well as forien item intrusion all of which could prove fatal if left unchecked.

Storage- An area where equipment an supplies can be safely and securely stored away from fluffies.

Staff areas- Area where staff can do task that need done away from the receiving area, or Fluffy areas. Typically includes, meal prep, staff lunches, meetings, breaks, to name a few.

Discipline- A separate area containing discipline items such as, sorry boxes, sorry sticks, and restraint boards. Each location is different with types of discipline often being a point on which the daycare is marketed. Generally kept in a soundproofed area to prevent stress to other daycare occupants.

(Overnight boarding)- a kennel area often featuring stacked small enclosures for short term stays.

Operations
Fluffy daycares typically operate like a traditional Human daycare with owners dropping off their fluffies at a designated time, and retrieving them at another. A typical day includes the following.


 * Check-in


 * Group play


 * Feeding


 * Nap


 * Enrichment activities


 * Group play


 * Guardian retrieval

During these activities staff will to the best of their ability monitor the Fluffies to ensure no injury or untoward mental stress befalls them.

Group play- Typically separated by gender, or coed if spayed/neutered Fluffies are permitted to utilize Fluffy safe spaces to engage in play. Fluffies are allowed to participate in self made games, or play with Fluffy safe toys so long as neither active endangers the Fluffies.

Feeding- Feeding varies greatly between facilities, but typical meals include kibble, vegetable mater, fruit, grasses, spaghetti (generally for treats) all of various qualities, and dispensed in a variety of ways.

Nap- Fluffies are typically provided "nests" these being bedding materials loosely piled in either one large area, or separately depending on if the facility wishes the formation of a fluff pile. Nap periods can last from 20 minutes - 1 hour with no industry recognized standard.

Enrichment activities are a service provided by many but not all daycare facilities, and typically takes the form of, teaching lessons (manors, small skills, or behavior management) arts and crafts (hoof painting), educational Fluff tv, to name a few.

Issues typically seen in daycare facilities.

Behavioral- Far from uncommon Fluff daycares can on any day expect to deal with a variety of behavioral issues these can run a truly wide gambit from teasing to rape. Depending on the severity of the offence discipline, or expulsion will be applied.

Inept staff- As with all human operated endeavors staff issues are a common enough occurrence. Lack of staff attention can result in bad behaviors not being noticed or corrected resulting in stress for the offended fluffies. Neglect can also occured, resulting in unsupervised Fluffies being injured or in extreme instances, death. Rarely but not unheard of is the instance of an Abuser becoming staff. Abusers in such a position can reap an unimaginable amount of damage on an unsuspecting daycare resulting in death or sever psychology damage.

Budgetary restrictions- For newly established or down on their luck daycares it's not uncommon to find them struggling to keep their establishment open. This can result in poor quality staff, food, or restrictions on activities and needed maintenance.