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Dog Zone

Dog Zone is a full service canine facility in Battle Creek offering day care, training, and grooming
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11/04/2024

Bazooka and Mollie became fast friends 10 weeks ago when they were small puppies. They are both in training with us this week and we just had to recreate their puppy portrait.

11/03/2024

Lori is back at it and has cooked up a new recipe for the day care dogs.

The November recipe for frozen pupsicles is cooked sweet potatoes and ground turkey.

Taddy and Boulder have given the new recipe their seal of approval.

If your dog attends day care and you’d like them to get a frozen Kong treat during quiet time, just let us know and we will make it happen for $5.

We will have this recipe available the entire month of November.

11/02/2024

No one told Huxley he was supposed to stay clean after his bath…

11/01/2024

Deebo was convinced Kelly had something he wanted—meanwhile Zeus and Luna paused their game of tug of war just long enough to make sure they weren’t missing out.

Deebo’s gaze is intense. 😳😬😂

10/31/2024

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to these 9 day care and training dogs who celebrated with us in the month of October!

Boulder
Nemo
Annie
Ozzie
Wiley is 15 today! 🥳
Graysea
Schatzi
Vinny
Beau
🐶🥳🎂

10/27/2024

Halloween week is upon us and Lori’s artwork is perfect to set the mood.

10/25/2024

Lori has been keeping our freezer fully stocked with peanut butter, pumpkin pupsicles and the day care dogs love them!

If you would like your dog to get one during quiet time at day care, let us know and we will make that happen for just $5.

10/22/2024

Breesy is helping Rocket learn how to stay on his ‘place’.

10/21/2024

Rocket, Lucy, Hutch and Yogi are some of our recent Puppy Preschool students.

We have had approximately 100 puppies complete this program over the last 4 years here

Puppy Preschool is an introduction to training for puppies who have had their 2nd round of puppy shots and are under 16 weeks old.

We start handling, grooming, socialization, field trips to the pet store, crate training and impulse control. We introduce the puppies to lure training, sit, polite greetings and leash walking.

Puppies will also work on different types of canine enrichment to engage and exercise them mentally.

This program runs M-F, includes a lesson with our trainer and a personalized information booklet about your puppy.

The cost is $625 and we have some openings in the coming weeks.

This is an introduction to training and further training is strongly recommended.

10/17/2024

This is a ‘Lucy sandwich’, as Lucy is sandwiched between two Ollies.

10/16/2024

We currently have 5 dogs in training with us and they are pictured here practicing their ‘places’. From left to right starting with the front row: Faith, Patches, Jasper, Annie and Buddy.

‘Place’ is more than just teaching the dogs to maintain a physical location, it is also working on the training dogs’ state of mind. We work hard with the training dogs to teach them how to relax and ‘just be’ a part of our lives.

We believe it is much easier to live with a dog who does not have a constant need to be the center of attention.

At Dog Zone we have 3 full time trainers with more than 50 years combined experience training dogs professionally and one of our trainers has her 4 year degree in Animal Behavioral Pyschology from Western Michigan University.

It is a joy to watch the trainers work with the dogs who come to us for training, as we know they are making a positive impact on the lives of the dogs and their owners.
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10/15/2024

The happy faces of our day care dogs come in all shapes and sizes. 🐶🤗

10/14/2024

Lola Kane loved her frozen peanut butter and pumpkin pupsicle today! 🐶🎃

10/13/2024

Lori whipped up another batch of peanut butter, pumpkin pupsicles!

Boulder was convinced he deserved one and was rewarded for his efforts by being the taste tester.

If your dog attends day care and you’d like them to get a frozen Kong treat during quiet time, just let us know and we will make it happen for just $5.

The pupsicle ingredients are peanut butter, pumpkin and unsweetened apple sauce.

10/11/2024

Josie and Charlie believe that afternoon naps are a beautiful thing and they are even better with a friend.

10/10/2024

The photographer was eating a donut and Stella, Yogi and Jinx were all about it. 😂

10/09/2024

What’s that you say? Peanut butter, pumpkin pupsicles!

If your dog attends day care and you’d like them to get a frozen Kong treat during quiet time, just let us know and we will make it happen for just $5.

The pupsicle ingredients are peanut butter, pumpkin and unsweetened apple sauce.

Breesy was our taste tester and she gave them 2 paws up! 🐶🤗

10/05/2024

Patches is in training with us to learn some self-control. She’s learning how to walk politely on a leash and not jump up on her people.

Kelly’s daughter, Margo, spent a morning with us this week. That provided Kelly an excellent opportunity for Patches to learn how to walk politely next to a stroller.

When we are training dogs we take advantage of as many real life scenarios as we possibly can, as we believe that sets the training dogs up for success when they go home.

It is a privilege to get to work with our clients’ dogs and we love making a positive difference in the lives of the dogs we train.

10/03/2024

It’s always a fun day when .bb pulls into our parking lot.

Thank you Elisha and team for the beautiful flowers and well wishes—we appreciate you! 🤗💐❤️

09/30/2024

The last 5 years have flown by and it seems somewhat unbelievable, but today we celebrated 5 years of owning Dog Zone.

We celebrated with our staff by eating tacos from Torti Taco and pastries from Continental. It was delicious!

We thanked our staff and let them know just how much we appreciate their hard work and dedication. This picture was taken, as we had a lovely and heartfelt conversation with them—Lori, Erin, Ronda, Lana, Ava, Sharon and Kelly. The only one not pictured here is Carrie.

We would also like to thank you—all of our clients. You make all of this possible by bringing your dogs to us. We love being able to provide a safe space for your dogs to play, we are grateful for all of the dogs we’ve gotten to train and we enjoy being able to help you with all of your dogs’ grooming needs.

We’ve learned a lot of lessons and grown in ways we could not have predicted, but most of all we’ve had fun!

It was our goal to provide a safe, secure and happy place for our employees to work and we believe we’ve achieved that goal, as the least amount of time that someone has worked for us is 2.5 years. We are very proud of that accomplishment.

Our hearts are full and we are grateful.

Sarah and Scott Hamric

09/27/2024

Lots of happy big dogs playing today! 🐶😊

09/26/2024

Mango, Gracie, Hazel, Finley and Arnie were all interested in the camera.🐶📸

09/25/2024

Yogi spent the day with us yesterday. It was his first day and boy, did he love it!

Yogi is going to spend the next 2 weeks with us to get a solid foundation started on his training. He will then be joining us for 2 days of day care per week until he is mature enough to complete our next phase of training, which will be 3 additional weeks of training.

We are so grateful for the opportunity to help Yogi’s owners get it ‘right’ with him, as he is their first dog. They have expressed to us that they want Yogi to be an extremely well behaved dog and we are going to do everything in our power to help them.

Yogi’s owners understand this will be a team effort—we will do our part to train him, but they will have to do the daily work with him at home to insure his training is successful.

09/24/2024

Lots of little dogs wanted to be near Lori this morning.

We are very proud of the fact that the least amount of time someone has worked on our staff is 2.5 years.

Longevity in our staffing provides a stable and consistent environment for the dogs in our care, which in turn allows the dogs to feel comfortable and safe when they are with us.

Providing a stable and fun environment for our staff to work in is a win for everyone—our staff, our clients and the dogs we care for every day!

Our hearts are full and we are so, so grateful. 🐶🤗❤️

09/24/2024

Buddy started training with Kelly today and he is off to a good start.

It is always fascinating to watch how quickly the training dogs bond with Kelly.

In this picture, Buddy is relaxing into Kelly’s hands.

Address

544 Wa Wee Nork Drive
Battle Creek, MI
49015

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 6pm
Tuesday	7am - 6pm
Wednesday	7am - 6pm
Thursday	7am - 6pm
Friday	7am - 6pm

Website

http://www.BCDogZone.com/

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Videos

Tilly, Piper and Kiara played a very animated game of tug of war today. We love to send the dogs home happy and tired after a long day of play at day care. 🐶😴💤

Eight training dogs practicing their ‘places’: Harper, Rosie, Fin, Leia, Obi, Izzy, Levi and Kiara. They are all doing a great job!

Mother Nature has an interesting sense of humor. 🐶❄️

A zen minute of training at Dog Zone

We wanted to share this zen moment with all of you. This is 55 seconds worth of 5 training dogs staying quietly on their ’places’. Buehrle, Nova, Sven, Brody and Titus are all doing a great job in their training. We think their owners will appreciate these kind of zen moments when their dogs go home.

Zen dogs in training at Dog Zone

Lots of fun at Dog Zone this afternoon!

Annie, the German Shepherd, is doing 6 weeks of training with us. In this video, she is practicing her ‘down stay’ with lots of distractions.

Murphy working on ‘recall’ and ‘place’.

Murphy makes daily progress in his training. We are proud of the work he is doing.

Murphy spent an hour at the farm store today. He walked all of the aisles, got used to lots of different noises and waited patiently while we had a couple of very pleasant conversations with people who had questions about his training. In this video, he is very near the entry and exit doors and you can see he is quite relaxed inspite of all of the activity going on around him. Way to go Murphy! 😊🐶👍

Murphy took a field trip to Lowe’s to learn how to be calm and confident in all kinds of different situations. We walked up and down all of the aisles and then spent considerable time just sitting and watching people walk by. Murphy did a great job and we are looking forward to taking him again. Way to go Murph! We are proud of you.

Willow Sims has been giving her dad a hard time and refusing to load up in the car. As you can tell, we are pretty happy about their progress in this video! We love it when our training makes a difference for our clients and their dogs. It makes our hearts super happy!

Misha loves this yellow egg!

6 puppies all staying on their ‘places’.

Here is a video of 6 of our training dogs working on staying on their ‘places’. They are all puppies less than 1 year old. Nalu, Tucci, Lexi, Daisy, Luna and Yeti all did a great job :)