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Landover
Enrichment Dog Day Care
Landover Dog Day Care. Reimagined.
Experience the unparalleled bond with your furry friend at Central Bark® Landover. Amidst our busy lives, providing for all your dog’s needs can be challenging, leading to issues like loneliness and anxiety. That’s where our doggy day care services come to the rescue.
In a secure and nurturing environment, we offer engaging play and learning opportunities. Through social interaction, mental stimulation, and physical activity, we prioritize your dog’s well-being, ensuring a lifetime of vitality and contentment.
Our commitment lies in enhancing your dog’s overall quality of life through canine enrichment. Enjoyable activities improve their problem-solving skills, instill new abilities, and boost self-confidence. Rest easy knowing your dog spends fulfilling days with their furry friends, offering you peace of mind.
Enrichment Dog Day Care is our specialty, setting us apart in this endeavor.
Central Bark
Landover
8513 Ardwick Ardmore Rd,
Landover, MD 20785Get Directions
Closed By appointment only
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A Day of Well-Being and Harmony
At our Landover doggy day care, experience a harmonious mix of play, exercise, socialization, education, rest, and affectionate care. Each day is thoughtfully customized to cater to your dog’s unique preferences and needs, promoting their physical, mental, and sensory well-being. This ensures that you have a well-rounded, content, and balanced dog at home.
- Play, Exercise, and Socialization: Engage your dog in various physical activities to help maintain a healthy weight, build muscle tone, boost their mood, and positively channel their energy. Our playgroups cater to different sizes, offering indoor and outdoor options to encourage appropriate social interactions.
- Rest: Between play and socialization sessions, we ensure your dog has sufficient time to rest, unwind, and recharge. Our daily schedule is thoughtfully crafted to maintain the right balance between rest, play, and learning.
- Learning: Dogs learn from both humans and their fellow canine companions. Our skilled staff utilizes positive training methods to encourage safe play and help your dog master healthy social behaviors during their day care experience.
- Affection: Your dog becomes a cherished part of our Landover doggy day care community, receiving ample love and care in your absence. We build a strong bond with your dog, providing comfort and confidence, and gaining a deep understanding of their personality, needs, and preferences through regular attendance.
Commitment to Health and Safety
Ensuring the safety and well-being of our guests is our top priority. As dedicated dog parents ourselves, we provide every dog with the same care and attention we give to our own furry companions. Our unwavering commitment is focused on creating a secure and nurturing environment for everyone who enters our facility.
Central Bark 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.
Jen T.
CANT wait for Central Bark to open! I’ve personally known the owners for years and their knowledge and care for the animals is second to none. I am so excited for their doors to officially open so my pups have their ‘go to’ vacation spot when I’m out of town! [...]
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I enroll in Central Bark Doggy Day Care?
It’s easy! Just find your local store and click Enroll Now to create your online account and complete our online registration form or call the location to speak with an associate.
To speed up the registration process, please have available: veterinarian contact information, an emergency contact (other than yourself or your partner), pet information & medical history, and credit card information (optional). We will ask you a series of questions about your dog’s training and social history. These questions help us get to know them and provide the best care possible.
How does Central Bark mentally stimulate a dog?
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!
Why choose doggy day care for your dog?
There’s no bond like the one between our furry best friends and us. We love our dogs and want to give them the best life possible. But it can be challenging to fulfill all their needs to stay healthy and happy for a lifetime. Doggy day care gives pups a place to play and learn in a safe environment, with the socialization, mental stimulation, and physical exercise their minds and bodies need to stay healthy for a lifetime.
- Dogs get to socialize. Dogs are social creatures. Positive experiences with new humans, new dogs, and new environments are essential to a well-rounded pup.
- Dogs learn social skills. Dogs learn from other dogs – they’re always teaching each other what is (and isn’t) appropriate social behavior. Doggy day care staff can also help support safe play and practice healthy social behaviors.
- Dogs get more exercise. Exercise helps your dog maintain a healthy weight and muscle tone while improving their mood and providing a healthy outlet for their physical and mental energy, meaning they can be more relaxed at home.
- Dogs get human attention. Your dog will get the care and love they need while you’re at work or school.
- Parents get a break. Doggy day care can give you a day off from responsibilities, while your dog gets what they need to be a healthier, more well-adjusted pet.
Do I need to bring bedding, toys, or treats for my dog?
Nope! We got you covered! Most dogs will not need any bedding for a single day of day care. If your dog is boarding with us, see our Sleepover Guidelines. As far as treats and toys, we have plenty! Please ask about which toy and treat products are available.
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.