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Welcome to Central Bark® Carol Stream
There’s no stronger bond than the one you share with your furry best friends. You love your dogs and want nothing but the best for them. However, meeting all their needs can sometimes feel like a challenge. That’s why families like yours place their trust in Central Bark Carol Stream. With us, your dogs receive the love and care they need to lead healthy, joyful, and well-rounded lives.
When you choose Central Bark Carol Stream, your doggy will spend their day in a safe and affectionate environment. We proudly serve the Western suburbs of Chicago, including Carol Stream, Bloomingdale, West Chicago, Glendale Heights, Wheaton, Winfield, Naperville, Bartlett, Geneva, and Glen Ellyn.
Our Whole Dog Care approach is centered around nurturing and enhancing your dog’s overall health and well-being throughout their lifetime. At the core of this approach is our Enrichment Dog Day Care program. Additionally, we offer services like dog boarding, grooming, baths, training, a market, and more. Our mission is to help you and your beloved dog experience the very best in life together. Your dog’s well-being is our top priority.
Central Bark
Carol Stream
160 West Elk Trail,
Carol Stream, IL 60188Get Directions
carolstream@centralbarkusa.com
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Central Bark Carol Stream Whole Dog Care
Our Whole Dog Care approach provides a comprehensive selection of personalized products and services. They are aimed at nurturing your dog’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being, ensuring a happy and healthy life for them.
Enrichment Dog Day Care
Our mission revolves around enhancing your dog’s life with personalized activities that infuse each day.
Grooming
Indulge your beloved pet with grooming sessions and delightful experiences that are carefully curated to bring out their joy.
Boarding
Provide your dog with a serene and cozy retreat through our Dog Boarding service, ensuring a peaceful stay.
Products
Explore our selection of dog essentials, including food, treats, toys, and more, all ensuring your dog’s well-being.
Training & Enrichment
Deepen your bond with your dog through constructive training and engaging activities that impart essential skills.
How to get started
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Why do dogs LOVE
Central Bark?
- Tailored to your dog’s uniqueness: Each day is customized to your dog’s specific needs and preferences.
- Comprehensive well-being: Your furry friend will receive individualized attention, engaging activities, and essential rest, contributing to their overall health, happiness, and well-behaved demeanor at home and in the community.
- Canine experts at your service: Our dedicated team consists of dog experts who undergo specialized training in our science-based positive reinforcement approach.
- Safety and cleanliness above all: Our top priority is the safety and well-being of every guest. We uphold rigorous safety protocols and cleaning procedures to ensure your dog’s daily health and security.
- Proven trusted care: For over two decades, Central Bark has been a go-to choice for families seeking to enrich their dogs’ lives. We offer the perfect blend of personalized attention, play, exercise, socialization, training, relaxation, and love.
- Strengthening lifelong bonds: A day apart can surprisingly bring you and your dog closer together! Your dog will return home happy and healthy, alleviating any worries about leaving them home alone.
Dog Day Care. Reimagined.
Central Bark Carol Stream’s Enrichment Dog Day Care elevates the concept of dog day care to an entirely new standard. We blend our top-tier knowledge with the most recent findings in dog behavior science and positive dog training techniques. Your dog can relish a day filled with joy and well-being, customized to their unique needs. They’ll receive the right mix of playtime, mental and physical challenges, social interaction, training, relaxation, and affection, all essential for their health, happiness, and overall development.
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.
Central Bark Enrichment Sessions
Personalized 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sleeping in a new or unfamiliar environment can be stressful for some dogs. That’s why we offer sleepovers to dogs already enrolled in our Enrichment Day Care.
Sleepovers at Central Bark® offer your dog a calm, relaxing sleepover in a place they can feel comfortable and loved. Because they’re in a familiar place, they can feel less stressed about being away from home (and so will you). A full day of Doggy Day Care is complimentary with your sleepover, so your dog can play with their friends after a good night’s rest.
Even with such a proactive approach to safety as described above, scuffles between dogs can and do happen from time to time. Although this is a rare occurrence, dogs are animals and don’t always talk about whose tennis ball it is. If a scuffle does occur, staff are trained to intervene immediately by making a loud noise and separating the dogs involved as quickly as possible. For most dogs enrolled in our program, this is enough to stop the situation. If needed, we are also equipped with squirt bottles and a hose. Any dog involved in a scuffle will receive a cursory body check and play break to calm down.
We have a team of very qualified individuals here at Central Bark®, including managers who are certified in Canine First Aid and CPR.
Dog training teaches a dog to perform certain behaviors, often in a variety of contexts. At Central Bark®, our training classes are based on the latest research and scientific understanding of dog behavior to enhance the bond between you and your dog.
We use positive reward-based techniques to help puppies and dogs of all ages 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.
Learn more about our training classes.
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