Here is a question we hear a lot:
I have a really big, fenced yard for my dog to run in, while I'm gone all day. Isn't that enough exercise?
No, not really. We've found that a solitary dog rarely plays or exercises on it's own accord. For a dog to have fulfilling exercise, it needs companionship and leadership. Dogs are social, pack animals. Unless there is another dog to play with, or a person around to be with, most dogs will simply wait by the fence or nap, until their people, (technically their pack,) return home from work.
In concept, a day left home alone, even if it is on acreage, is not that much different from leaving your dog in a crate all day, albeit a much, much larger crate.
Dogs crave our attention and companionship and rarely are they able to direct their energy into proper exercise without our leadership.
Most of us don't find coming home and discovering that Fido has dug holes all over our yard, pleasing. However that is one way a fenced or confined dog will try to expend energy and in the canine world, it is an acceptable way to do so. However since domestication, dogs find themselves having to comply with more and more of our "People rules."
Daycare can solve this dilemma. We have real live humans and other dogs to help your dog exercise through play and leadership.
Adventure Dog Ranch
Meeting the Needs of Dogs with Exercise and Leadership.
Most of the problems people have with their dogs are due to inconsistent leadership within the home and the direct result of the animal having an excess of pent-up energy.
Does your dog destroy furniture? Pace uncontrollably? Bark at every little noise? These are symptoms that can lead to much bigger issues, such as Aggression towards people, if not addressed promptly and properly...
It is likely that poor Fido is Bored out of his Mind! More importantly, his most basic needs are not being met... The need for Leadership and Exercise!
Bringing your dog to a daycare facility such as Adventure dog ranch will help release this excess energy in a constructive way, resulting in a much happier, relaxed and calmer dog!
Our Dog, Hi-Octane Java