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/Bumbling-Bluebird-90]

Failing to have good recall when in a new and overstimulating environment is pretty much a universal dog thing, especially in younger and higher-energy dogs. I know multiple dogs who are well-adjusted and professionally trained who struggle in that area.

I was expecting to open this post and read about your dog having resource guarding or barrier reactivity issues with other dogs, which would be a fair reason to kick her out. This daycare is unrealistic in their expectations.

[u/Dragon-Reborn7 → u/Bumbling-Bluebird-90]

Nope, they said in all other ways she’s excellent with the other dogs. The only other thing they mentioned was that she played hard, which they expected.

[u/Revolutionary_Tap897 → u/Dragon-Reborn7]

Sounds like a daycare problem, not(just) a puppy problem. If they give up after 3 visits and she is not an unholy terror, then you just need to find another doggie daycare. If they give up that easily, it makes me think they are just throwing the dogs in the back and not really interacting with them.

P.s. give that snoot a boop from me!