Our Daycare ACtivity Programs
Social Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
For dogs who are comfortable and confident with others.
- Small play groups (max 15)
- Attendant hands-on in the group
- Play groups divided by size
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
Confidence Learning & Social Skills Daycare
For dogs who are nervous or fearful around others or in new situations. We offer a safe place for your dog to build relationships with us and grow in confidence with others.
- Small play groups (max 10)
- Attendant hands-on in the group
- Confidence-building groups divided by size
Personal Play Daycare
Personal Play Daycare
Personal Play Daycare
For dogs who become hyper-aroused or overstimulated and don't thrive in a social daycare setting.
- One-on-one people play or best-friend play
- Activity enrichment
Puppy Steps Daycare
Personal Play Daycare
Personal Play Daycare
For puppies 12 - 16 weeks old. Our puppy daycare includes safe socialization play time plus important supports throughout their day to ensure their first experiences in daycare are positive and lay a solid foundation for their socialization and your life with them at home.
Our Daycare Plus Training Programs
Day train program
Puppy Kindergarten
Puppy Kindergarten
An ideal way to help your adolescent or adult dog hone obedience cues and responses or other challenges that you're working on at home.
- incorporates your dog's daycare program with training
- 4 weeks or 6 weeks
- Three program options
Puppy Kindergarten
Puppy Kindergarten
Puppy Kindergarten
Help your puppy have a solid foundation both socially and for future training.
- incorporates basic training and behaviour fundamentals
- 4 weeks or 6 weeks
- Three program options
What's DIFFERENT ABOUT OUR DOG DAYCARE
Rest and Activity
Small Play Groups | Hands-on Supervision
Small Play Groups | Hands-on Supervision
We practice a rest and enrichment model of daycare to help dogs have the best play experience possible.
Rest ensures we positively manage hyperarousal and keep play at an engaging and safe level without depleting your dog's social battery.
Small Play Groups | Hands-on Supervision
Small Play Groups | Hands-on Supervision
Small Play Groups | Hands-on Supervision
We have play groups of 10 - 15 dogs to allow your dog to truly play and find friends they really enjoy without becoming overwhelmed or overcrowded.
Our attendants are hands-on in each play group for the best safety and experience for your dog.
Rest & Settle Support
Small Play Groups | Hands-on Supervision
Trainer-led Activities & Insights
We support your dog’s
ability to be awake but relaxed, so they get
the reprieve from play they need to rest, charge
their social battery, and get ready for an
additional round of activity.
Trainer-led Activities & Insights
Trainer-led Activities & Insights
Trainer-led Activities & Insights
We have three positive-reinforcement trainers overseeing our daycare program and leading training and enrichment activities.
Our trainers are hands-on with the dogs in our daycare programs every day, so you get the best insights and understanding of how your dog's daycare program is supporting your goals for your dog.
Size-Wise Safety & Fun
Trainer-led Activities & Insights
Size-Wise Safety & Fun
We plan our play groups by:
- Size
- Confidence
- Play style
- Energy
Dogs play with others their own size and energy level. Whether big or little, dogs enjoy the fun and safety of play partners who match them.
Daily Email Update
Trainer-led Activities & Insights
Size-Wise Safety & Fun
Our daily email updates give you important information into your dog's day.
Each day, we'll send you a detailed email update informing you of:
- how they're doing in their play program
- how they're resting
- any challenges or struggles they may be having
- any recommendations we might have, and,
- if you bring a meal for them, how and whether they ate.
Three Components of Care
Activity
To ensure the best experience for your dog during their day, we:
- have very small play groups of 15 dogs or fewer
- have a trained attendant physically in-person in each play group
- have three play programs to match each dog's social comfort
- rotate between rest and activity to avoid hyperarousal and maintain play at safe and rewarding levels
Relaxed Wakefulness
To help dogs disengage from each play time and recharge for another, we not only incorporate rest breaks throughout the day, but also work with the dogs in our care to positively reinforce being in a calm relaxed state during rest.
Our goal is to support your dog's overall psychological wellbeing and health, and actively looking out for this essential part of a dog's day is an important part of achieving this.
Support settle sessions are included in the cost of daycare and boarding. If we believe your dog would benefit from additional scheduled sessions with our trainer, we will let you know.
Sleep
Less essential for our daycare guests, since they sleep at home with you, but still essential for us to incorporate into our programs is support for a good and proper sleep environment.
Some dogs during daycare breaks do sleep as their required and necessary way to recharge.
We have private spaces for each dog or sibling set so dogs can nap without worry of their personal space being encroached upon.