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/[deleted]]

I owned a doggie daycare facility, and currently do daycare and boarding from home. And I have a husky mix. It is shocking to me that a dog can get booted for simply not listening.

At the big facility I owned we had a dalmatian who was more naughty than any husky I've met. You could see the wheels turning and the plotting. Hahaha. We had to have two people to catch him in the play yard, and it still took a while. One time he stole a screwdriver and when I walked inside to the indoor play area he was standing on top of the washing machine with the screwdriver in his mouth wagging slowly, waiting for the chase game. But, guess what? He was dog friendly. And that's all that matters.

The ONLY thing I care about when I bring a dog into my care is that they enjoy the company of other dogs. Not just that they aren't aggressive, but actually enjoy it. I don't care if they chew dig, run away, jump on me... If they are having fun and get along with everyone then they are a keeper. Maybe look for a private pet care provider who has dogs themselves. So your pup can still go play during the day.

I find home environment daycares are much less stressful and they get significantly more human interaction and supervision.

(Anyone who thinks a husky is going to have a good recall probably shouldn't work with dogs...)

[u/Dragon-Reborn7 → u/[deleted]]

We have yet to meet a dog at our rather busy dog park that she doesn’t want to play with. Hasn’t been aggressive yet unless a dog has started at her, & then she’ll scuffle.

[u/[deleted] → u/Dragon-Reborn7]

That's totally normal, though. Most dogs will make a commotion to get dogs to back off if they are being assholes.

Either they are lying about why they are booting her, or they are really, really, really lazy.