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Welcome To Central Bark Atlanta – Dog Day Care Services
Our cherished canine companions occupy a special place in our hearts, and ensuring their well-being is a shared priority. Central Bark Atlanta is the go-to choice for families seeking to provide their pups with the love they deserve.
Our Atlanta facility serves as a haven for dogs, offering a secure and nurturing environment where they can play. This ensures your peace of mind, knowing your dog is in good hands.
In our doggy day center in Atlanta, we embrace the “Whole Dog Care” approach. The aim is to support and enhance your furry friend’s overall health throughout their life. The core of this approach is the Enrichment Dog Day Care program, complemented by additional services such as boarding, grooming, training, market access, and baths. Our goal is to help you and your dog enjoy the best life possible.
Understanding that dogs are integral family members, we take joy in treating every dog with care and attention.
Central Bark
Atlanta
1940 Briarwood Ct NE,
Atlanta, GA 30329Get Directions
Closed 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM &
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
(Drop off/Pick-up)
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Our holistic approach to dog care provides personalized products and services. Each is designed to foster your dog’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being and happiness throughout their entire life.
Enrichment Dog Day Care
At the heart of our mission is the commitment to enhance your dog’s daily life with customized activities.
Grooming
Indulge your beloved pet in grooming sessions and delightful experiences meticulously crafted to spark joy.
Boarding
Provide your canine companion with a serene and cozy retreat through our Dog Boarding service, ensuring a peaceful stay.
Products
Explore our collection of dog essentials, including food, treats, toys, and more, all geared towards your dog’s overall well-being.
Training & Enrichment
Deepen your bond with your dog through positive training and interactive activities that instill vital skills.
How to get started
- Click Request Appointment
- Register Online
- We’ll contact you to help
schedule your first visit
Why do dogs LOVE
Central Bark Atlanta?
At Central Bark Atlanta, we have a deep understanding of what dogs crave, and that’s why they adore us! Here’s why:
- Tailored Just for Them: We acknowledge the uniqueness of every dog, tailoring each day to meet their specific needs and preferences.
- Whole Health + Happiness: Our dedicated staff provides personalized attention, activities, and rest, ensuring your dog is not only healthy but also happy and well-behaved at home and in the community.
- Canine Communication: Our staff is fluent in “dog speak”! Trained in our science-based positive reinforcement approach, they ensure your dog receives the best care possible.
- Safe + Clean: The safety and cleanliness of our facility are paramount. Stringent safety policies and cleaning procedures are in place to guarantee your dog’s well-being while in our care.
- Trusted Loving Care: For over 20 years, families have entrusted us to enrich their dogs’ lives with a perfect blend of personalized attention, play, exercise, socialization, training, rest, and love.
- A Bond for Life: A day spent apart from your dog can bring you closer. Witness the positive change in your dog’s mood when they return home happy and healthy, eliminating worries about leaving them alone again.
Dog Day Care. Reimagined.
Tailored to their individual needs, our program ensures a day filled with the right balance of play, mental and physical exercise, socialization, training, rest, and love. This holistic approach aims to keep your dog healthy, happy, and well-rounded.
Flexible Playgroups
Small and large playgroup options allow us to match better your dog’s personality, needs, and preferences with the social atmosphere and amount of play they can enjoy and benefit from most.
Group Play Skills
Group Play Skills are a fun and rewarding way for dogs to practice important skills like name recall, and behaviors like group sit and calmly going in and out of doors and gates.
Rest Period Enrichment
Rest Period Enrichment sessions help dogs achieve a healthy balance. They can relax and recharge in their own private space with calming enrichment toys and healthy foods tailored to their preferences and diet.
Circuit Training
An enrichment circuit of three 30-minute sessions with our Enrichment Specialist and a group of just five dogs. Sessions include Small Group Play, Canine Fitness and Agility, and Semi-Private Training Tutor.
Frequently Asked Questions
As part of joining the Central Bark® family, our expert staff conducts a thorough behavior assessment at your local Central Bark store. These assessments help ensure that your dog is placed with a playgroup they’re comfortable with so they can play safely every day they’re with us.
This four-day evaluation, while your dog participates in our Enrichment Day Care, assesses your dog’s:
- Comfort and social skills with people
- Social skills and playstyle with other dogs to help determine the playgroup and play schedule they can benefit from the most
- Comfort in both indoor and outdoor play spaces
- Comfort in rest areas and a crate
- Ability to share resources like water and toys in social settings
- Level of comfort taking treats in social settings
This process gives us a chance to get to know you and your dog while your dog gets acquainted with their new favorite place away from home. Through the entire four days, your dog’s comfort and safety is our top priority.
Once your pup passes all the behavior assessment elements, you are welcome to sign up for any of our daycare services or a sleepover!
To schedule a Behavior Assessment for your dog, please contact your local store.
NOTE: Please bring all required signed forms, vaccination proof, and a collar and leash for your behavior assessment.
No. At Central Bark®, we never sedate dogs in our salon. Our expert groomers always aim to help your dog feel as calm and relaxed as possible during their bathing and grooming experience.
Suppose your dog has shown extreme stress or anxiety toward grooming in the past. In that case, we suggest speaking with a trusted veterinarian and one of our reward-based trainers about how we can best support your dog.
Make a reservation for your dog’s grooming session
Positive reward-based techniques help puppies and dogs develop essential life skills and behaviors that will enrich their lives at home and day care. These methods set dogs up to succeed and reward them for performing desired behaviors. Rewards are tailored to the dog’s preferences and can include food treats, time to play with a favorite toy, or verbal praise.
After decades of experience using reward-based training, we know it’s the most humane and effective way of training dogs and addressing unwanted behaviors. It’s the best way to build a loving, trusting bond that enhances your relationship between you and your dog for a lifetime of happiness together.
At Central Bark®, our focus on positive reinforcement has never wavered. We continuously update our skills and policies to stay at the forefront of new advances in behavioral science and positive reinforcement techniques.
Learn more about our training classes.
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Flexible playgroups allow us to match your dog with the social atmosphere and play schedule they can enjoy and benefit from most. This helps give them a healthy balance of play, rest, and learning and creates a safer social environment with a better quality of play. And our lower dog-to-staff ratios offer more individual attention, education, and love.
