Day care can be a terrific experience for dogs. Roxy LOVES hers. She has never met a dog or person she didn't love. She fits in really well and they are all her friends. How well yours will do can have a lot to do with her personality. The employees should watch out for her closely during her first vists there to make sure she is becoming comfortable in the situation. Shy dogs may need some adjustment time. The socialization they get in day care is very much a good thing if the people run the place properly. That's a judgment call you have to make.
I don't see very much one-on-one play between Roxy & other dogs while watching her over the internet. She walks around alll the time. The first few times I took her for the afternoon, she wanted to go back in with the dogs when I picked her up instead of going home. Now she understands that she gets to come back. When we pull into day care, she is crazy excited to go inside. To her, this place is heaven. I actually prefer her going to day care than a dog park where people don't watch their dogs and the dogs have not been temperment tested.
If you decide to take her, be aware she will be exhausted when she comes home, so don't worry about that. She going to want to sleep, sleep, sleep. ;-) |