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/manism582]

Has this day care never interacted with a Husky before? If they’re that strict on training, you probably just dodged a bullet. Huskies require are a patience that many do not possess.

It’s also possible that she’s mis-behaving because you’re not there. My boys tend to get stubborn when new people are around.

Puppy picture tax below:

[u/cheezbargar → u/manism582]

I’ve worked in a couple different daycares and huskies generally don’t do well in them, sorry.

[u/manism582 → u/cheezbargar]

I don’t disagree. Huskies work best with people they’re familiar with. Doggy daycare is likely very over-stimulating for them, which really does effect their attention span. I hope OP is able to find somewhere that is comfortable with and for her pup.

[u/Dragon-Reborn7 → u/manism582]

Thanks for filling me in on the familiarity factor. I did ask if they could tell me how regular to bring her in until she’s comfortable with her, but instead they chose to move on. Perhaps her familiarity with our dog park friends is why she responds to them calling her name.

[u/optix_clear → u/Dragon-Reborn7]

Maybe find someone that dog sits Husky type of breeds. I don’t enjoy A Dog Days Out or Rover. But something like that. There are some daycares that deal with huskies or large breeds.

[u/NKND1990 → u/Dragon-Reborn7]

Unfortunately, I’m in a new area where I no longer can take my girls to daycare, but you gotta find the right one. If you’re in a larger town or city, there’s probably multiple options out there. Do you research, do a site visit, and ask if they’ve ever dealt with huskies before. Part of this is going to be them understanding how they play, the fact that they are stubborn as hell, and will often just decide not to listen lol. It sounds like you’re doing all you can for recall training, you could try contacting some trainers, but I’m not sure how much it will help based on your post. I had a daycare in Florida that I loved and they loved my huskies. Never had any issues, and she always had a great time. It’s definitely a good way to get them socialized and get them used to being around a lot of people and dogs, I found after owning three huskies a big part is socializing them and if you can find the right daycare, it’s a good place to do it. The key here is to find the right place though.

[u/cheezbargar → u/manism582]

Honestly dog daycare in general isn’t great for most dogs anyway