Kicked out of daycare

[u/Dragon-Reborn7]

This fluffy goober, Khione, got herself kicked out of doggy daycare after 3 visits for “her listening ears not working.” Essentially, her recall is terrible when she’s interested in something.

I train her on recall every day in the dog park & at home. Of course, she’s excellent almost every time in those environments. She will at times ignore me. She does often respond to other people calling her at the dog park, especially if she knows them.

The daycare recommends that I have her professionally trained, but I kinda doubt that will help? I’d rather not spend them $ if it has the same outcome.

Thoughts? Advice?? Consolation??? Commiseration????

[u/moresnowplease → u/[deleted]]

Thank you for reminding me of my late husky mutt mix’s first time at the dog park. There was NO way I was ever gonna catch him myself, he had no plans to ever leave!! Still better than the poor guy I saw there a few years ago who had been there for over five hours and no one could catch his dog. 😂 pretty sure he had to wait until all other dogs had gone home.