Read About Dog Daycare

Dog Daycare - What is it?

1. Description:

   Dog daycare provides you the assurance that your dog is attended to by professional sitters and apart from his feeding and standard routine, that he gets to play and exercise.

2. Types of Services Provided:

   Dog daycare may include dog-sitting on a daily basis during your busy hours and for longer periods especially when you are out of the town leaving no one back to care for your dog and may include special training.

3. Evaluating the Service:

   Ask other dog owners who have availed similar services about the daycare quality. Your dog's temperament during and after the daycare may tell you a thing or two as dogs tend to remember the treatment rendered to them, good or bad.

4. Professional Organizations:

   Organizations like Canine Campus Franchise (CCF) and American Boarding Kennels Association (ABKA) provide training, certification and information on dog daycare.

5. Duration of Services:

   Usually dog daycare centers keep your dog for 8 to 10 hours a day. Longer durations can be availed for out of town periods..

6. Benefits of this Service:

   Dog daycare gives you the peace of mind that your dog is well taken care of and you do not have to worry it feeling lonely or any health problems.

Dog Daycare - Concerns

1. Safety & Health Issues:

   The dog daycare should have well ventilated and hygienic, parasite-controlled surroundings with ample play area for all the dogs. They should have isolated areas for aggressive and sick dogs. Some also provide separate areas for specific breeds and sex of dogs. The daycare center should have a full-time vet and professional trainers. The food quality and quantity is an important consideration before deciding on your choice. There should be individual feeding and watering facility for the dogs.

2. Behavioral Issues:

   Dogs may not like left at dog daycare centers, especially in the initial days. Your dog-sitter should be friendly to the dog and that should reflect in his interaction with the dog.

3. Expense:

   Daycare services vary with services and duration availed.

4. Convenience:

   Professional dog daycare gives the dog enough time to socialize and train when you are short of time to do so.

Dog Daycare - Tips

1. Choosing a Service Provider:

   Ask other dog owners for cost and quality comparison. It is always a good idea to work our all cost and qualitative aspects before zeroing on the daycare center choice.

2. Supplies You Might Need:

   It is a good idea to leave your dog with his favorite chew and toys to soothe the dog.

3. Getting the Most from this Service:

   Stick to post-daycare advice from the sitter and cooperate so that neither you nor your dog has any problems going to the center the next morning.

4. Lifestage Advice:

   Daycare should be done from an early age to avoid dog resistance and aggression at a later stage.