Pup Academy Staff Daycare
Licensed Center in Abilene, Texas. License #1775279, issued November 9, 2023.
- Address
- 6249 Buffalo Gap Rd, Abilene, TX 79606
- Phone
- (325) 437-2350
- Licensed capacity
- 170 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 07:15 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since July 20, 2026. From the state's provider report of August 17, 2026.
Where this is
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What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 5,257 standards at Pup Academy Staff Daycare between June 14, 2023 and August 20, 2026 and recorded 8 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 360 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 445 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 623 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 5 | 450 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 180 | 0 |
| Health practices | 5 | 565 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 5 | 382 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 300 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 5 | 480 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 339 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 196 | 0 |
The table adds up to 5,229 of those standards. The remaining 28, including 6 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 18 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 20, 2026, and 8 citations.
One of those visits began with Pup Academy Staff Daycare reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 1High
- 6Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium August 20, 2026 Correction verified August 31, 2026
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
3 caregiver files reviewed lacked 24 hours of annual training for the previous completed training year.
- Medium High August 20, 2026 Correction verified August 21, 2026
746.1301(a)(2)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
A caregiver hired on August 4, 2026 was counted in ratio in the toddler room without completing 8 hours of preservice training in required topics.
- High December 3, 2025 Correction verified January 13, 2026
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
It was determined through video surveillance that a caregiver lacked good judgment when they picked up a child in care by one arm and inappropriately carried the child down the hall.
- Medium High August 21, 2024 Correction verified September 4, 2024
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
A substitute caregiver in the 2 yr old room that was hired in April 2024 did not have current First aid and CPR.
- Medium High August 21, 2024 Correction verified September 4, 2024
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
A caregvier from the toddler room was observed out of the classroom at the front desk leaving their co-caregiver in the classroom out of ratio with 10 children where the age group of children was 10 months to 18months.
- Medium High August 19, 2024 Correction verified September 4, 2024
746.1301(a)(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
It was determined through the course of the investigation that the operation violated minimum standards by leaving 2 caregivers, who were within their 90 days of employment and lacked training in pediatric first aid and rescue breathing, unsupervised with children during naptime.
- Medium High August 16, 2023 Correction verified September 6, 2023
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
A 15 month old infant was observed unbuckled in a highchair. This was corrected at inspection when the child was buckled into the highchair.
- Medium High August 16, 2023 Correction verified September 6, 2023
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
A deep hole was observed in the ground of the outdoor play space adjacent to the sidewalk causing a hazard to children in care.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
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