Broadview Heights
Enrichment Dog Day Care
Dog Day Care in Broadview Heights. Reimagined.
The bond with your furry companion is unique, but our modern lives often make it tough to meet all their needs for a fulfilling, healthy life. This can trigger various issues at home, from loneliness and boredom to weight gain, anxiety, and behavior concerns.
Central Bark® enrichment doggy day care in Broadview Heights offers your dog a secure, affectionate space to play and learn. Here, they get the socialization, mental challenges, and physical activity vital for their lifelong well-being.
Our focus on canine enrichment strives to elevate your dog’s overall life quality. Engaging them in enjoyable, rewarding activities encourages problem-solving, skill acquisition, and boosts their confidence using their senses. Rest assured, your dog is enjoying a fantastic time with their pals, all part of our specialty — enrichment doggy day care in Broadview Heights, unmatched by anyone else.
Central Bark
Broadview Heights
3001 Towpath Rd,
Broadview Heights, OH 44147Get Directions
Open Today 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
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A Healthy, Balanced Day
Our doggy day care in Broadview Heights provides a holistic blend of play, exercise, socialization, learning, rest, and affection. Each day is tailored to your dog’s unique needs and preferences, nurturing their body, mind, and senses for a serene, well-rounded companion at home.
- Play, Exercise, and Socialization are key components. Exercise maintains their weight and muscle tone while enhancing mood and channelling their mental energy, resulting in a calmer demeanour at home. Positive interactions in varied settings create socially adept and content dogs. Our indoor and outdoor play areas offer both small and large group settings suited to your dog’s age, personality, and comfort level.
- Rest is equally vital. Amidst play and socializing, rest time is crucial for their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Our schedule ensures a balanced mix of rest, play, and learning to prevent overstimulation.
- Learning happens naturally. Dogs learn from humans and each other, and our trained staff utilize positive techniques to encourage safe play and instill healthy social behaviors in your dog during their time at daycare.
- Love is at the core. Your dog becomes a part of our family, receiving ample love and attention while you’re away. This bond fosters their comfort and confidence. Regular attendance allows us to understand your dog’s personality, needs, and preferences, enabling us to notice subtle changes, moods, behaviors, or even health concerns that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Commitment to Safety
Our utmost priority is the safety and well-being of all our guests. As dog parents ourselves, we treat every dog like family and are devoted to providing a healthy, secure environment for everyone in our facility.
Central Bark® Enrichment 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.
One-on-One Enrichment
Personalized One-on-One Enrichment sessions give your dog the extra attention they love and the freedom to use their senses and safely explore their instincts through interactive toys, puzzles, and games. It’s fun and rewarding and exercise their bodies and minds and engage their senses. Add complexity with fitness and agility equipment.
Frequently Asked Questions
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.
Our dog socialization day care is built on a unique system of “flexible playgroups” to ensure a safe and positive social environment for every dog. We carefully match your dog with friends based on their age, personality, size, and play style, creating a balanced and stress-free environment. This is especially beneficial for day care for dogs with anxiety or shy puppies, as it provides a low-pressure way for them to build confidence and have a great time.
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!
Rest periods can be paired with fun and interactive food toys (like a frozen peanut butter Kong) to create a rest period enrichment activity for your dog.
Not only are rest period enrichments fun and mentally stimulating for your dog, but they also help build positive associations and crating skills. Hence, dogs are calmer, quieter, and more relaxed. For dogs, being comfortable in a crate is a life skill that is incredibly useful for them and their owners.
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.
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.
