Welcome to Doggie Day Academy school for dogs
Give your pooch a proper education!
Here at Doggy Day Academy, we like to turn out well-educated dogs, who are both well-mannered, socialised and happy.
And what better way for them to learn their life lessons than in our daycare – whilst you work or relax, happy in the knowledge that not only are they safe, but also getting a great education!
Have you a dog:
- That is bored at home possibly being destructive?
- Who is barking for attention whilst you’re trying to work from home?
- Who struggles with being left alone?
- With high energy, needs more than you have time to give?
- That needs to learn manners and life skills?
Have you a puppy:
- Who needs correct forms of socialising?
- Who needs care during the day whilst you’re at work?
If you have any of these, then Doggy Day Academy is just for you!!
Whether it is for a few hours or the entire day, boredom, lounging around the house and excess energy can lead to separation anxiety, barking and destructive behaviour. We are here to help you with all these struggles.
Doggy Day Academy is a paradise for dogs and a relief for pet parents. Pet owners can go to work knowing their pup is in safe hands and best of all having fun whilst being taught those vital life skills to be a well rounded and confident dog.
Doggy Day Academy is not just a day care centre – it’s a school for dogs in a safe secure environment.
We have a structured programme of fun, play, lessons, enrichment using all senses; calm, rest, cuddle time – and, most importantly, sleep. Your dogs will return to you happy content and ready to relax in the evenings. They will spend the day running playing games with other dogs and with staff members, having short training sessions, enriching activities, calm-down time with staff, and active sleep.
We have lots of play equipment to keep them occupied and ways of mentally tiring them too.
Our staff are all trained in canine body language and canine first aid and our owners and managers are highly trained and qualified in running a day care centre.
Jane is the owner and founder of Doggy Day Academy and is a fully-qualified trainer.
She is accredited and certificated in numerous organisations, such as PDT, DTC, IMDT, ADBT and she has studied under world-renowned dog trainers such as Sarah Whitehead, Dr Ian Dunbar, Victoria Stillwell. She is also a member of the PPG and the PPN.
The Academy is fully insured and has a five-star licence with the local authority, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.
Jane continues with the training of herself, with continued CPD, saying: “If your trainer doesn’t have a trainer, get another trainer!”.
Doggy Day Academy’s training ethos is one of “kind, effective fun and reward-games-based training”. So you may be assured that no harsh methods of teaching will ever be used.
Happy Minds – Waggy Behinds
What we are not
We are not a large day care centre that allow 50 or more dogs to run around all day just to tire them out. SO, if that’s what you need, we are not the place for you.
Nor do we send home over-tired dogs which then can’t make right choices; allowing the danger of reactivity between them.
A high ratio of staff to dogs is our credo – so that individual attention can be had at several times during the day.
We want to enrich your dog’s life with fun and play but in a more structured way.
We can also offer pick up and drop off for your dogs by DBS checked staff in airconditioned caged vehicles.
Please note: there is an extra charge for this service dependent on where you live.