Fort Lauderdale
Enrichment Dog Day Care
Dog Day Care in Fort Lauderdale. Reimagined.
The unique bond shared with your furry best friend is unparalleled. Yet, our busy human lives often pose challenges in meeting all the needs our dogs have to stay happy and active. This can give rise to challenges at home, ranging from solitude and monotony to weight issues, unease, and unwanted conduct. This is where Central Bark® Fort Lauderdale’s doggy day care services come in.
We provide a secure and affectionate setting where your dog can both play and learn. Their physical and mental well-being are nurtured through social interaction, cognitive engagement, and physical activity.
Our core focus on enhancing canine enrichment strives to elevate your dog’s overall life quality. Engaging and enjoyable activities stimulate their problem-solving abilities, enable them to acquire new skills, and foster self-assurance. Rest assured, your dog is spending a fulfilling day alongside their pals, bringing you peace of mind.
Enrichment Dog Day Care stands as our specialty, and our approach sets us apart in this endeavor.
Central Bark
Fort Lauderdale
3699 N Dixie Hwy,
Oakland Park, FL 33334Get Directions
ftlauderdale@centralbarkusa.com
Open Today 7:00 AM – 6:30 PM
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A Day of Well-Being and Harmony
Our Fort Lauderdale doggy day care service offers a harmonious blend of play, exercise, socialization, education, rest, and tender loving care. Each day is carefully tailored to meet your dog’s distinct preferences and requirements, nurturing their physical, mental, and sensory well-being. This ensures you have a serene, cheerful, composed, and all-around balanced dog at home.
- Play, Exercise, and Socialization – Engaging in physical activity aids your dog in maintaining optimal weight and muscle tone. It contributes to enhancing their mood and provides a healthy avenue for channeling both physical and mental energy. We offer a range of playgroups suited for various sizes, both indoors and outdoors, allowing your dog to partake in an appropriate social setting.
- Rest – Amidst play and social interactions, the opportunity to rest, unwind, and rejuvenate is essential for your dog’s physical, mental, and emotional vitality. Our daily schedule is designed to help dogs avoid undue overstimulation, achieving an optimal equilibrium between rest, play, and learning.
- Learning – Dogs glean knowledge from humans and their fellow canines. In conjunction with our guidance, dogs also teach each other about appropriate social conduct. Our adept staff employs positive training methods to encourage safe play and assist your dog in mastering wholesome social behaviors during their time at day care.
- Affection – Your dog becomes a cherished member of our Fort Lauderdale doggy day care community, receiving abundant affection and care in your absence. We foster a bond with your dog to instill comfort and confidence. Through regular attendance, we develop a profound understanding of your dog’s disposition, requirements, and inclinations.
Dedication to Well-being and Security
At the forefront of our concerns lies the well-being and security of our visitors. As devoted dog parents ourselves, we take pride in extending the same care to every dog as we would to our own. Our unwavering commitment revolves around establishing a secure and wholesome setting for all who step into our premises.
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 at our doggy day care in Fort Lauderdale 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, exercises their bodies and minds, and engages their senses. Add complexity with fitness and agility equipment.
Canine Cab Shuttle Service
Our Canine Cab shuttle assistance provides a secure and hassle-free solution for transporting your dog to and from the Fort Lauderdale doggy hotel. This service ensures safe pick-ups, drop-offs, and the option for market deliveries. You can opt for this service as a part of your package or on an ad hoc basis.
To ensure smooth scheduling, kindly make arrangements either in person or over the phone, with a minimum notice of 24 hours in advance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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.
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.
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.
Selecting the right doggy day care is an important decision for you and your family. You want to make sure you find the right fit for your dog and your family’s needs. Follow these tips to find the perfect place for your pup!
Tour the day care center before leaving your dog there. We recommend visiting several centers in your area before making a final decision.
While you’re there, ask yourself:
- Is the play space clean, odor-free, comfortable, and safe for the center’s stated capacity?
- Pay attention to how the management and staff treat you, your dog, and the dogs in their care. Are they mature, knowledgeable, courteous, professional, and patient at all times?
- Note how the dogs respond to the staff – do they seem happy, relaxed, and excited? How do staff members greet and treat each dog?
- How do other dogs act during your visit – relaxed, happy, stressed, scared, or out of control?
- Is there a great deal of noise?
- Does the facility seem well organized and equipped with essential tools and supplies? Look for access to fresh, clean water, sanitation tools, ready access to treats to reinforce good behavior in playgroups, toys, secure fencing, rubber flooring in the inside play spaces, and access to outdoor play spaces.
- Are there enough crates for every dog on-site in case of an emergency?
- Are the dogs ever left alone together without a staff member present?
- Are the handlers engaged with the dogs in their care and actively working with them? Or are they sitting on the sidelines?
Questions to ask the doggy day care provider:
- Will my dog get individual attention time with staff?
Ask if staff will have time to work individually with your dog on behaviors, play with them, and give them support and love while at day care. - Are there small group play options?
Small playgroup options help ensure your dog will have a social environment that allows them the freedom and comfort to thrive based on their unique needs, preferences, and play styles. - What’s the daily schedule? Is this tailored to my dog’s unique needs and preferences?
Dogs thrive on routine, so the center should have a clear schedule for how things run every day. A consistent program tailored to your dog’s individual needs and style will promote a healthy and happy dog. - Are there regularly scheduled playtimes and nap times throughout the day?
Day care should offer your dog a safe and balanced day of play, learning, rest, and love so you can look forward to a happy, well-balanced dog at the end of every day. - How and where are the dogs’ given downtime to wind down from the day’s activities to help prevent exhaustion and overstimulation?
Maintaining a healthy balance of rest and play is important for the physical, mental, and social health of dogs. Just like human athletes, rest helps dogs avoid bodily injury and provides a space for them to unwind, so they do not become over-stimulated or over-aroused during play. This creates a much safer social environment for dogs. - Are there fenced and secure outdoor play areas?
Safe outdoor areas are important for a healthy, fun playtime. Whether it is romping in the snow or playing in swimming pools, everyone loves recess outside! - How are new dog introductions handled?
The center should clearly outline their procedures around new dog introductions, with effective policies that encourage happy, healthy, and lasting relationships and experiences. - What training does the staff receive?
Doggy day care staff should be professionally trained and educated in animal behavior, socialization, and obedience training to ensure every dog’s well-being. - Are the dogs supervised at all times?
A trained staff member should ALWAYS supervise dogs. - Ask about behavior management tools used at the facility while caring for the dogs. What happens if your dog does something right? What happens if your dog does something wrong?
Staff should use positive reinforcement and reward-based techniques to develop and reinforce behaviors that will enrich dogs’ lives at home and day care. Avoid centers that use punishment or correction to manage dog’s behavior as those techniques can create negative associations and fear. Utilizing reward-based techniques and positive reinforcement, on the other hand, can help build healthy relationships and happy experiences. - What provisions are there for avoiding dog scuffles?
Ask staff how they manage the dogs in their care. What do they look for in dog-dog interactions? How do they deal with emergencies and scuffles? How do they interrupt and redirect dogs? How do they build useful playgroup skills to keep the dogs safe proactively? Pay attention to how staff redirects dogs who need additional support to stay safe and whether they respond promptly and use effective strategies in these situations. - Is there an in-depth interview to determine relevant background, behavioral, and health information including confirmation of spay/neuter, proof of vaccinations, flea and tick prevention, etc.? How is this information kept up to date?
Find out what kind of assessments and evaluations the center uses before they accept a new dog. Also, every dog’s information should be regularly updated and kept on file to prevent illness and injuries. - Do they have safety, cleaning, and disinfecting policies and procedures? What are they?
Central Bark Whole Dog Care
Our whole dog care approach in Fort Lauderdale 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.
