Atlanta Enrichment Dog Day Care
Atlanta Dog Day Care. Reimagined.
The bond with our furry best friends is irreplaceable, but hectic lifestyles can make it challenging to meet their needs for optimal health and happiness. This can lead to issues like weight gain, anxiety, and undesirable behaviors. Central Bark® Atlanta doggy day care is the solution to ensure your dog remains healthy and happy throughout their life.
In our safe and affectionate environment, dogs can play, learn, and socialize while staying active. Our focus on canine enrichment involves engaging and rewarding activities that stimulate your dog’s senses, allowing them to learn new skills and gain confidence.
Our specialty lies in Enrichment Dog Day Care, and no one does it better than us. You can have peace of mind, knowing your furry friend is enjoying a fantastic time with all their buddies.
Central Bark®
Atlanta
1940 Briarwood Ct NE,
Atlanta, GA 30329Get Directions
Open Today 6:30 AM – 8:00 PM
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A Healthy, Balanced Day
Recognizing the uniqueness of each dog, we tailor each day to cater to their individual needs and preferences, aiming to nurture their bodies, minds, and senses for a healthy, happy, and well-balanced dog.
Our program covers play, exercise, socialization, learning, rest, and care:
- Exercise maintains a healthy weight, boosts mood, and uses up energy. Tailored playgroups help dogs socialize based on age and personality.
- Rest is crucial too, balancing play and learning to avoid overstimulation. Our trained staff uses positive techniques for safe play and good behavior. Dogs learn from both humans and other dogs in our positive environment.
- Love matters. Dogs join our family, and we build bonds for comfort and confidence. Regular attendance helps us understand each dog’s needs and spot any health changes early.
Commitment to Safety
At Central Bark Dog Day Care, prioritizing safety is paramount. As fellow dog parents, we recognize the crucial need for a secure and healthy environment for all our furry guests. Treating each dog with the same care as if they were our own, we are unwaveringly dedicated to ensuring their well-being throughout their time in our care.
Central Bark Atlanta Dog Day Care Features
Flexible Group Play
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.
Group Play Skills
Interactive group activities and positive reinforcement help dogs practice important skills like name recall, and behaviors like group sit and calmly going in and out of doors and gates. These activities are fun and rewarding for your dog and help improve behavior and impulse control, prevent overstimulation, and create a safer social environment.
Rest Period Enrichment
Your dog gets to relax and recharge in their own private space with calming interactive toys and healthy food pairings tailored to their preferences and diet. It promotes physical and mental relaxation which can help them achieve a healthy balance of play, learning, and rest. It can also help them become more comfortable in crates by building positive associations.
Enrichment Circuit Training
In addition to our daily Enrichment Dog Day Care activities, your dog will participate in a 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. Ask an associate to learn more.
Our dog aged out of Puppy Hour, so now we bring her back to Central Bark for some fun play time and enrichment with other dogs. (It’s actually well out of our way, but we make the extra drive because we trust them!) We’re excited to start her on Circuit Training! The facilities are great, the trainers are very professional and knowledgeable, and they take fantastic care of the dogs.
Frequently Asked Questions
We are happy to accommodate your dog’s feeding schedule as part of their “Rest Period Enrichments.” Simply bring their food in pre-portioned containers with clear instructions. Our trained staff will ensure your dog receives their meal in a private, quiet space. We are also experienced in handling a variety of specific needs, including day care for dogs with allergies and medication administration, though additional fees may apply.
Once you have enrolled, we will need a copy of your dog’s vaccination records, which you can upload to your online account or bring with you on your scheduled first day. We also ask that your dog comes in on a regular 6-foot flat leash (no retractable or flexi-leads in the lobby) and a quick-release collar. Not sure what a quick-release collar is? No problem! We’ll be happy to show you on your first day. If your dog usually wears a harness while walking, you’re welcome to bring that as well.
If your dog typically eats a midday meal, you can bring it in an airtight container clearly labeled with your dog’s first and last names.
At Central Bark®, our goal is to provide a balanced day of play, learning, rest, and love. Learning and mental exercise can happen in various ways, including training activities, brain games, scent work, and more. Our playgroups offer several hours of active playtime paired with learning opportunities during Group Play Skills. This way, dogs have plenty of time to socialize and get their energy out, while also exercising their minds through learning.
During one of your dog’s rest periods throughout the day, they are offered a rest period enrichment activity to stimulate their mind while encouraging healthy rest. These licking and chewing activities involve food rewards, such as frozen peanut butter KONG®. These activities engage their minds while helping foster quality rest.
Did you know? Scientific studies have shown that licking and chewing behaviors (especially those that involve food rewards!) are self-soothing, decrease heart and respiratory rates, and even release dopamine in a dog’s brain.
Training Tutor sessions stimulate the dog’s minds and bodies and help them learn important skills, behaviors, and tricks.
One-on-One Enrichment sessions give the extra attention dogs love and the freedom to use their senses and safely explore their instincts through interactive toys, puzzles, and games.
Did you know? 15 minutes of mental activity is equal to 30 minutes of physical exercise!
Central Bark® Enrichment Doggy Day Care combines our industry-leading doggy day care expertise with the latest science-based activities and techniques. We personalize your dog’s day with fun, healthy, and well-balanced activities that appeal to their instincts and enrich their bodies, minds, and senses.
Each day at Central Bark includes exclusive options like:
- Flexible play groups allow us to match your dog each day 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.
- Group play skills help dogs practice important behaviors and life skills like name recall, group sit, and calmly going in and out of doors and gates. These activities are fun and rewarding for your dog and help improve behavior and impulse control, prevent overstimulation, and creates a safer social environment.
- Rest Period Enrichments help dogs relax and recharge in their own private space with calming interactive toys and healthy food pairings tailored to their preferences and diet. It promotes physical and mental relaxation and can help them become more comfortable in crates by building positive associations.
- One-on-One Enrichment add-on sessions give your dog the personal attention they love, supplemented with interactive toys, puzzles, and games. Sessions are fun and rewarding, exercise their body and mind, and engage their senses. Add complexity with fitness and agility equipment.
- Training sessions during day care visits help your dog develop essential skills and behaviors like name recall, sit, stay, down, wait, leave-it, door and gate control, and loose-leash walking. Excellent for your dog and easy for you! Your dog will come home tired and well-socialized, with the training and skills they need to be a well-behaved member of your family.
Central Bark Whole Dog Care
Our whole dog care approach offers a full range of fun and personalized products and services. To promote your dog’s physical, mental, and emotional health and happiness throughout their entire life.
