Confidence Learning and Social Skills Daycare
Daycare for nervous or timid dogs
If your dog is nervous, fearful, apprehensive or anxious around others or in new situations, this program is for you.
For these guests, we have our Confidence Learning & Social Skills (CLASS) daycare program, which offers a safe place for dogs to build relationships with us and grow in confidence around other dogs in a controlled environment of very small play groups.
We have had great success with this program and with creating strong bonds of trust with dogs. That trust is the foundation for them to learn to be comfortable around other dogs and in new or social settings.
This is not a program for dogs who are fear reactive to other dogs, but for dogs with social interest, but who need confidence building.
Our CLASS program is available SEVEN days a week.
A day of Confidence-Building Social experience
Rest & Play
Supportive & Supervised
Supportive & Supervised
Growing in confidence and experiencing new environments is tiring. We alternate play with rest to ensure dogs are able to rest, process and re-energize for another round of social exposure and confidence building.
Supportive & Supervised
Supportive & Supervised
Supportive & Supervised
We very carefully plan each day's CLASS groups to create a safe, supportive and stable environment that won't overwhelm your dog.
Indoor & Outdoor Play
Supportive & Supervised
Indoor & Outdoor Play
We have indoor and outdoor parks for diverse experience and play.
Our parks are air conditioned and fully climate controlled in all weather.
Enrichment
Support for All Aspects of Your Dog's Day
Indoor & Outdoor Play
A successful day is one that meets your dog's needs psychological, emotional and physical needs. We have a selection of activity enrichment, food enrichment and training enrichment to add even more to your dog's day.
Best-matched Friends
Support for All Aspects of Your Dog's Day
Support for All Aspects of Your Dog's Day
We match our confidence-building guests with others who make them feel safe and match their energy and play style.
There may be some minor size differences, but we don't group very tiny dogs with very large ones and we have size-specific confidence-building groups.
Support for All Aspects of Your Dog's Day
Support for All Aspects of Your Dog's Day
Support for All Aspects of Your Dog's Day
Our responsibility is to support your dog’s
ability to be awake but relaxed and to get
the reprieve they need to rest, charge
their social battery, and get ready for an
additional round of activity.
Confidence-Building Measures Of Success
Communication
Social Interest
Social Interest
With every CLASS day, we create opportunities and play groups which build your dog's ability to understand other dogs' communication and cues and their ability to communicate well with others.
Social Interest
Social Interest
Social Interest
We gauge your dog's social interest each day and match them with others in the CLASS program that create a safe environment for them to expand their social comfort.
Comfort & Confidence
Comfort & Confidence
Comfort & Confidence
Our overall goal is your dog's comfort and confidence with us, with new environments and with other dogs. We will only create scenarios that support your dog and sees them advance. We plan your dog's CLASS group to only move them forward in positive ways.
Play Development
Comfort & Confidence
Comfort & Confidence
As confidence and comfort grows, we watch for development in your dog's play maturity. We gauge their response to other dogs' play engagement and watch for their initiation of play.
CLASS DAYCARE Prices
Meet & Greet
$20
Get your pup started with their personalized care program! Assessments are approximately 30 mins and can be scheduled 7 days a week. Visit our Schedule a Meet & Greet page for more details.
Late pickup - all daycare programs
$7
Pickup after 6 pm
Intact Dog Fee
$5
Applies to intact male and female dogs over 8 months.
CLASS DAYCARE PRICES
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Program. Buy a set number of days to use within 90 days. Each dog requires their own package. Daycare hours: 6 am - 6 pm. Pickup until 9 pm available. Package must be used within three months.
Single Day of CLASS Daycare
$48
Half Day of CLASS Daycare
$38
5-Day CLASS Package
$230
5 CLASS days. $46/day
5-day CLASS package for 2 dogs: $440 ($44/day)
20-Day CLASS Package
$820
20 CLASS days. $41/day
20-day CLASS package for 2 dogs: $1560 ($39/day)
10-Day CLASS Package
$440
10 CLASS days. $44/day
10-day CLASS package for 2 dogs: $800 ($40/day)
Please see full client services agreement for full details, refund and cancellation policy. Prices do not include gst.
CLASS DAYCARE FAQ
Please reach us at info@thehappyhoundplaypark.ca if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Required vaccinations
Puppies under 24 weeks old require:
- two completed sets of Distemper combination vaccine
Dogs over 24 weeks old require:
- three completed sets of Distemper combination vaccine
- Rabies vaccine
Suggested Vaccinations
- Bordetella
- Flea, tick and lice preventive treatment
The CLASS dog daycare program helps nervous or fearful dogs develop confidence so they can begin to be introduced to others and develop social skills and confidence.
This is not a training program, but is a support program. If your dog is reactive (shows "aggression"), we have training programs to help with that behaviour.
- dogs that exhibit some fearfulness, but who aren’t reactive to others
- shy or nervous dogs
- puppies unsure of new or older dogs
- senior dogs not comfortable in groups
Book a Meet & Greet Appointment and we might recommend this program based on meeting and assessing your dog.
There is no set schedule or frequency for your dog to attend; however, confidence building is trust-based and building a dog’s trust occurs with consistency and investment, and we need to build on progress.
If your goal is to build your dog's confidence to be comfortable around other dogs, then consistency and a schedule that we can build on is suggested and we can work with your schedule and availability to put that program together.
If you simply need an intermittent safe space for your pup while you're occasionally away, and you have no longer-term goals, we can have your dog join us for intermittent CLASS days that focus on your dog's trust and relationship with our attendants
Because each dog is so very unique, with a unique background, feelings, and experiences, and as they continue to have experiences away from our programs, there is no guarantee as to a timeline.
This is not a training or behavioural modification program, but instead builds on the dog’s demonstrated comfort level and response to new situations or dogs.
At any point when a dog is participating in our CLASS program, if they don’t progress in their comfort and confidence, we will inform you.
If your dog progresses in comfort and is best suited for Social Daycare, we will inform and celebrate with you!
6-9 am: planning play groups and check-ins
9-11 am: Morning play programs
11 - 12:30 pm: Mid-day rest, lunches, one-on-one play, enrichment sessions & training
1 - 3:30/4:00 pm: Afternoon play programs
4:00 - 6:00 pm: rest & safe check-outs
We accept dogs of all sizes. We have separate areas for our little dogs and larger dogs.
We do! Please see our prices above for details.
We do! We accept puppies after their second set of vaccinations. Puppies must have been in your home for at least one week and be 12 weeks of age.
We do accept intact dogs over 8 months old. Their play program, whether social group or personal play will be determined by their behaviour in social group and the other dogs' responses. If a dog isn't thriving in social group, our personal play program is ideal.
All dogs in our daycare program play naked! Naked play is the safest play for dogs.
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