I took Jasper to doggie day care for 1 morning a week starting when he was about 8 months old. I wanted to get him socialized with other dogs since he spent most of his time with our 2 cats:-) It was very hard leaving him there the first day and he was very scared when we walked in and all the dogs started barking. I knew they separated the small dogs from the big dogs so I wasn't worried about that. The first couple of times he was skittish, but after that he would get excited when he saw where we were going. Before long all I had to do was say the name of the daycare and he would get excited and go wait by the door to go! The daycare owner took pictures and sent one home of him and his little poodle friend:-)
His little brother is only 4 months old and I plan to have them both go for one morning a week when he's old enough. I highly recommend it! |