Emily Hamilton · 3★ · 2026-03-09
I’ll start with the good -\nThe front end staff did seem very nice. The woman I spoke to on the phone when scheduling a temperament test for daycare was particularly sweet and accommodating.\nI had two concerns when watching their webcam (which is behind a paywall, albeit it’s pretty inexpensive, but not included like other places):\n1. They spritz the dogs with water to reprimand bad behavior. This is something I didn’t think to ask about given that positive reinforcement has become so prominent… I did some Googling and it seems it’s more common in daycare, but when I saw it occur, I could not tell what the dogs were doing wrong. I personally have a very young dog who is still learning right from wrong, so I feel particularly sensitive to him getting sprayed and not knowing why, but it was a behavior I thought other pet parents may want to be aware of. Totally understand this may come down to personal preference.\n\n** I did want to edit this for further information following the owner’s response. Upon seeing dogs being sprayed, I called the location and asked, “Do you guys spray the dogs with water to correct behaviors?” And the person who answered said yes, after which I said I’d be by to pick up my pup. I’m not going to dispute the purpose of the dog’s being sprayed in the instance I was watching, but did receive what I believed to be confirmation that it is used as a means of keeping the dogs under control.\n\n2. They had one dog on a leash in the play area for what seemed to be an extended period of time. Again, it wasn’t apparent why, but given that so many dogs are leash reactive, I was a bit concerned by it.