Adult and Puppy Day Training

Day Training at The Happy Hound Play Park takes place while your dog is with us for daycare and is guided by our certified training team. Training sessions are integrated into your dog’s existing daycare day—Social, Confidence, or Personal Play—so learning happens when dogs are comfortable, regulated, and supported.

Puppies and adult dogs follow the same daily and training structure. What changes is the pacing, expectations, and complexity of the skills—not the quality or intention of the training.

Training is always designed to complement your dog’s full day, including appropriate activity, rest, and transitions.

Puppy Foundations is part of our Day Training program and supports both obedience skills and the environmental, social, and settling learning puppies need to thrive. Sessions are short, positive, and carefully paced to support development without overwhelm.

Puppy training commonly focuses on:

• Foundational obedience cues (sit, down, recall foundations, leash skills)
• Engagement and attention
• Calm behaviour around people and other dogs
• Handling comfort and cooperative care
• Learning to settle and rest appropriately
• Confidence in new environments and routines

Obedience training is always matched to your puppy’s age, stamina, and learning readiness.

At all ages, Day Training supports obedience, emotional regulation, and real-world skill application. Sessions are customized based on your dog’s needs and learning readiness and may reinforce existing skills or introduce new challenges.

Common training focus areas include:

• Obedience cue reinforcement and skill development
• Impulse control and self regulation
• Focus and engagement around distractions
• Polite greetings and appropriate social behaviour
• Confidence-building and resilience

Training is most effective when it’s part of a dog’s whole day—not isolated from their environment, energy levels, or emotional state. Because Day Training is integrated into your dog’s daycare routine, skills are learned and practiced in real contexts, alongside appropriate activity and rest.

For you, this means:

• Skills that translate into everyday life, not just a training session
• Better self-regulation and settling at home and in social settings
• Increased confidence leaving your dog in daycare, boarding or at home
• Clear, professional guidance from trainers who see your dog throughout the day
• Fewer separate appointments and easier scheduling, with training built into the care your dog is already receiving

This integrated approach supports lasting learning while making ongoing training easier to maintain alongside busy schedules.

Day Training is a 12-day Program. Training intensity options available once your dog’s daycare pathway is established. 

Day Training pricing is based on two components:

• your dog’s daycare pathway, which determines the care structure for their day
• your selected training intensity, which determines how many trainer-led sessions take place during each daycare visit

Your dog’s daycare pathway is guided through their Meet & Greet and first day of daycare. Once placement is confirmed, you may select the Day Training option that best fits your goals.

Pricing reflects your dog’s established daycare pathway.

Social Daycare

• Essentials: $987
• Intermediate: $1347
• Intensive: $1707

Confidence Daycare

• Essentials: $1035
• Intermediate: $1395
• Intensive: $1755

Personal Play Daycare

• Essentials: $1239
• Intermediate: $1599
• Intensive: $1959

Most families begin with Essentials or Intermediate and adjust training intensity as goals and progress evolve.

Both Day Training and Puppy Foundations programs follow the same professional structure to ensure consistency, accountability, and clear communication throughout your dog’s progress.

Regardless of training intensity, every program includes:

• An initial consultation to identify goals, learning priorities, and any behavioural considerations
• Trainer-led sessions during your dog’s regular daycare day, delivered outside of group activity to support focused learning
• Curriculum update integrated with your dog’s daily routine and care pathway
• Regular video updates so you can see progress, skill development, and handling techniques
• A mid-point training session and final private training session to review progress, transfer skills, and support follow-through at home

Training intensity determines how many structured training sessions occur each day, while the overall program structure, communication, and accountability remain consistent across all options.

Many families choose Day Training because progress happens during care they already need—without adding additional training appointments to their week.