WOOFS! Dog Training Center LLC

04/04/2025

Batch 2 of our Sit Stay Cherry Blossom photos. More to come over the next week!

04/04/2025

Sit stays are hard, especially when the human is sitting on the ground! That's why this is the theme for our Cherry Blossom photo set. This is especially true for dogs with a lot of experience, because they've been reinforced a LOT for lying down.

Try it yourself — ask your dog to sit, and see if you can get them to continue to hold the sit while you move to the ground. Tell us how it goes!

04/03/2025

Themed activities for April in Daycare PLUS!

We are putting a MAJOR emphasis this month on paw handling with the ultimate goal of improved NAIL TRIMS. This is challenging for so many dogs that we have a total of FOUR weeks with different paw-based activities. Then we'll wind up the month with some good, old-fashioned fun!

APR 1 - 11
Cherry Blossom Photo Set (continued) - Practicing sit stays!

MAR 31 - APR 4
“Paw Cleaning” - Paw handling activities

APR 7 - 11
Introduce Scratch Board - Alternate method for trimming nails

APR 14 - MAY 2
April Showers photo set begins

APR 14 - 18
Scratchboard Part 2 - Continuing scratchboard skills

APR 21 - 25
“Puddle Jumping” - Play and enrichment activities with water

See you there!

03/17/2025

03/17/2025

Happy St Patricks Day! The dogs of WOOFS! have been practicing "Head in Things" and "Face in Things", so for this photo set, the pups put their heads (and bodies) through the shamrock curtain and wore various bows, hats and scarves.

For the dogs who come often, it was so cool to see how much easier these activities got week over week!

03/06/2025

Daycare PLUS Activities Schedule for March is up!

MAR 1 - 17: PHOTO: St. Patricks Day
Photo set continues our practice with "Head In Things"

MAR 10 - 14: "Do You Feel Lucky" scent game
Can your pup find the jackpot?

MAR 18 - 31: PHOTO: Cherry Blossoms
Photo set will practice Stay beside unusual objects

MAR 17 - 21: Rainbow Cavalletti
Fitness activity to jump or walk over a series of low 'jumps'

MAR 24 - 28: Paw Tricks
In preparation for Nail Trim April, we'll work on a variety of simple tricks that involve paws

And of course, every day of Daycare PLUS includes plenty of free play with other dogs and general practice for basic obedience and good manners. See you there!

02/15/2025

The love keeps coming 😍

02/13/2025

Some more Valentine's cuteness coming your way... 😍

02/11/2025

Happy Pup-entine's Day! In Daycare PLUS, we are always working on sit and down and stay. The extra challenge with this set was that it was hard to sit or lie down very close to the bags and props., so this set made for some really great practice!

(This set continues all week)

02/09/2025

Congratulations to Simone & Nito and Eva & Fritz for earning Canine Good Citizen today! Incredible job by both teams.

And shout out to the teams who are still in progress on their CGC and doing the hard work to get there, too!

02/04/2025

Themed activities for February Daycare PLUS are here! Every activity is designed to provide new experiences and bigger comfort zones for confident, responsive dogs who are always up for new adventures. And yes, it’s as fun as it sounds!

01/28/2025

More New Year 2025 photos, continuing the theme of "walking / sitting / lying down on weird things"

(Not to mention ongoing Stay practice. Some of those puppies ar really young -- so proud of them!!)

01/21/2025

We are celebrating the new year in Daycare PLUS with adorable photos that combine several skills that we've been working on! Of course we are practicing our "stays", but in this set, we also practice walking, standing, sitting and laying down on strange surfaces, with the tinsel on the ground under the dogs.

In addition, many of our pups have practiced the "paws on object" skill and are pictured here standing on a disc. The disc is another type of "place" to indicate where the dog should go and stay (this is routinely used for dogs on movie sets). Good job, pups!

Happy 2025!

01/09/2025

Daycare PLUS schedule is up for January! While we do a variety of activities every day, we have one major themed activity scheduled for each week.

Jan 2 - 10: Happy New Year photo, including our previous "paws up on a disc" activity. Pups who have learned this activity will get to include discs in their photo! Discs are good for fitness, and are a great way to practice "stay" in the stand position.

Jan 6 - 10: JUMP into the New Year, featuring a tinsel-covered hoop. Will your dog be comfortable pushing through the covered hoop? Can they follow directions to go through independently? Can we send from a distance? Lots of options for this activity!

Jan 13 - 17: "Can you sit on weird surfaces?" -- We will ask your dog to sit on a variety of strange surfaces. This is a great way to practice "sit" anywhere, and This may be harder than you imagine!

Jan 20 - 24: Using HIND legs (rear legs on an object) -- A great fitness exercise to ask your dog to think about their body in a novel way. Hind-end exercises are great for building strength and coordination in young AND older dogs.

Jan 27 - 31: Puzzle: Cup Flip game -- your dog will be invited to do some problem solving and use their nose in this fun enrichment activity.

See you at daycare!

01/07/2025

One more snow day! Daycare will be closed again on Tuesday, January 6th.

Puppy Partiers -- we MAY still be on for Tuesday night for those who want to venture out, so keep an eye out for updates.