A Peek Into Your Pup’s Perfect Day
In Daycare PLUS, we practice life skills through play, socialization, and a whole lot of personal attention. Check out some of our pups’ recent adventures!
A Stay at the Beach
The summer heat is here, but we’re keeping cool in Daycare PLUS with frozen treats like peanut butter & pumpkin “ice cream,” ice cube sensory bins, and a photo set that takes us straight to…
Scoops, Sprinkles, and Stays
As summer heats up, we’re serving up the perfect way to cool down—an Ice Cream Social! This month’s photo set imagines a build-your-own sundae bar, complete with scoops, sprinkles, and stays. Oh my! And the…
May Flowers, aka Patience Amid the Petals
Spring is officially showing off, and so are our dogs! As we trade in our winter coats for warmer days, our May Flowers photo theme is all about garden tools, vibrant blooms, and some wonderfully…
April Showers bring great stays!
Does your dog leap into puddles with joy, or tiptoe around them with disdain? This month’s photo set dives into the theme of April Showers, complete with a rainy-day backdrop, a cheerful umbrella, and a…
Sit Stays for Cherry Blossoms!
Cherry Blossom Photos with Daycare PLUS dogs, and Why “Sit-Stay” Isn’t as Simple as It Sounds Asking your dog to hold a stay in a sit position should be easy, right? Well… not so fast.…
Handling head and face
Stays, more practice with having things on head and face, and some St. Patrick’s fun!
A Grand Sniffari!
Last week was a grand Sniffari in Daycare PLUS. The trainers found so many ways to create hiding spots for treats, and on top of that, trainer Jen participates in sheep herding with her Kelpie…
‘Head in Things’ Game
Can your dog put their head into different objects? And why the heck would you care about that?
Last week in Daycare PLUS we collected up objects of all of sizes and alls sorts of materials, and we worked with dogs to put their faces into or through these objects. While some dogs did this with great vigor, others really needed to warm up to the idea.
Happy Valentine’s Day 2025
Our adorable Valentine’s photo set for Daycare PLUS, as we worked on sit and down stays in the presence of strange objects (aka our props).
Puppy Art as Valentine’s Cards
Happy Valentine’s Day! What are these dogs up to now? Well, this week, each pup got to make their very own valentines to bring home. Here’s how it works: We’d made pre-printed, foldable cards We…
Tunnel of Love
Happy Valentine’s Day! Last week theme in Daycare PLUS was the Tunnel of Love. The dogs got to play in and around a tunnel, and as you can see here, many of them were even…
Can your dog sit on weird surfaces?
Can your dog sit on weird surfaces? One of our January activities in Daycare PLUS was to bring in a whole bunch of crazy surfaces and ask our dogs that very question. Can you sit…
JUMP into the New Year!
Let’s jump into the new year! One of our January themes for Daycare PLUS was to navigate a hoop like you’d see in tricks or agility. But there’s more to this than just play! These…
Happy New Year 2025
We are celebrating the new year in Daycare PLUS with adorable photos that combine several skills that we’ve been working on! Of course we are practicing our “stays”, but in this set, we also practice…
Snowball Snuffle
The Snowball Snuffle! The dogs loved this, and it’s so easy to do at home too. For this version, we just have a bin full of snowball puffs and plastic balls and we scattered regular…
Celebrate Winter 2024
In this winter-themed Daycare PLUS activity, we practice handling exercises with a game “will you let me put something across your back?”
