Trusted. Safe.
Fear and force free care for your fur person.
Daycare - Grooming - Training - Boarding
Your dog gets the same trusted, loving, and safe caregivers that a human child should.
That’s Our promise at The Bark Yard.
We treat each doggy friend like they’re our own pup.
At The Bark Yard, your pup’s camp day consists of social time and play, balanced with enrichment and mental stimulation for a schedule that meets the social and emotional needs of your dog without over stimulating or overwhelming them.
We treat each dog like they’re our own pup, with small playgroups, enrichment based activities, and positive training through their camp day.
From the way your pup is welcomed, to the quality of small group play, to the nurturing, positive training every dog receives…
…our care is the next best thing to your furry family member being home with you.
Whether you need doggy day care for a playful, stimulating environment for your dog while you work, grooming for their physical well being, training for their safety, happiness, or mental stimulation, or even boarding while you’re away…
You can trust that your pup’s team of caretakers is looking out for your favorite furry family member JUST like you do.
The Bark Yard is 100% fear and force free.
This means that our entire team has been trained in positive dog care and handling.
Your dog WILL:
- Be placed in small play groups of dogs s/he knows and/or is matched for in terms of their play style, size, and age.
- Be loved and cared for as if he were OUR dog.
- Be rewarded and encouraged to feel confident and safe with his caretakers.
- Be taught with positive training methods, ALWAYS with an eye for his/her emotional threshold.
- Be treated as an individual being, with feelings, preferences, a personality, and fears and likes all his or her own.
Our philosophy:
The only thing that your dog learns when they’re afraid is to fear the person in front of them.
We’re invested in your dog’s happiness and peace of mind…which is actually what they need to learn most effectively, anyway.
Here’s what you WON’T ever see at The Bark Yard:
- Your dog won’t be thrown into a large playgroup of dogs he doesn’t know.
- Your dog will not be yelled at.
- Your dog will not be hit in the face with a sharp stream of water from a spray bottle.
- Your dog will not be over-stimulated, antagonized, or overwhelmed by inappropriate situations in his playgroup.
- Your dog will not be “punished” or “disciplined” with fear or force in our care...EVER.
This is SO important to us: we don’t believe that your dog learns ANYTHING when they’re afraid except to fear the person in front of them. We are invested in your dog’s happiness and peace of mind…which is actually where they need to be to learn most effectively, anyway.