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...it's not as bad as you think. Due to me being gone for a week, and my wife's weird work schedule we thought we'd give doggy daycare a try. My wife took him in the day before I left for the evaluation which he passed she dropped him off Monday and picked him up that night, and they told her that he has a few issues that he needs to work on before he's allowed back in. They said, and I noticed this to, that he isn't very comfortable with getting his butt sniffed, and has a tendency to greet other dogs nose to nose. Also all the other dogs would come up to him, and he'd run and hide in his cage. This baffles me a little because anytime we go to the park, my parents house, or if he sees another dog he will move heaven and earth to go play with that dog(s).
At the park - fun place - with you. At the doggie daycare - strange new place - without you. Definitely a pattern.
I don't understand why they gave him the boot. Was he aggressive towards other dogs? Just going to a safe place in his cage should not be an issue. And, IMO, a responsible daycare won't put him with other dogs if he has issues. It might be a different story if he responded aggressively to other dogs. But you didn't describe any aggressive bahavior.
The more I think about this, the more I have to wonder if this isn't a very good doggie daycare to begin with. A good daycare would have a place where he didn't have to meet and greet ALL the other dogs. They should have a space for him to meet, and perhaps play with, as few as one or two dogs. If they don't, why not?
At the park - fun place - with you. At the doggie daycare - strange new place - without you. Definitely a pattern.
I don't understand why they gave him the boot. Was he aggressive towards other dogs? Just going to a safe place in his cage should not be an issue. And, IMO, a responsible daycare won't put him with other dogs if he has issues. It might be a different story if he responded aggressively to other dogs. But you didn't describe any aggressive bahavior.
The more I think about this, the more I have to wonder if this isn't a very good doggie daycare to begin with. A good daycare would have a place where he didn't have to meet and greet ALL the other dogs. They should have a space for him to meet, and perhaps play with, as few as one or two dogs. If they don't, why not?
I think it depends on the daycare. The doggy daycare I used would have worked with the dog to get him to come out of his shell. However, after moving, I took him to a daycare at a boarding kennel, and while it was a very good boarding kennel for some of the dogs I had, they were terrified of my Catahoula because he made a racket when he didn't get his way. My previous daycare had never reported a problem and the trainers there were in love with him. I think that may be the difference - some daycares use trainers and others use people who just like dogs.
At the park - fun place - with you. At the doggie daycare - strange new place - without you. Definitely a pattern.
In those other places your dog is meeting others one on one and also some dogs he's familiar with (at the park or friends/family's houses, even if its just scent...tells him a lot). Plus you are there as backup. At this new day care he's meeting a bunch of dogs who probably all know each other. He's the stranger, you are not there, he doesn't know which humans have his back, and that's got to put him on the defensive more. Don't blame him really, but yes, a good day care should know how to handle this a lot better.
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