Surely daycare once every other week doesn't do much for a dog?

[LincolnsMum89]

Hi! We have a 6 month old puppy who is already rather confident. Likes other dogs and people. DP wants him to go to a daycare every other week for the dogs sake, it's not even for ours really. I can see why daycare could be beneficial for a dog but would it surely need to be more regular than that to offer something? I feel we need to go for minimum once a week or nothing at all lol. But then once a week I'm not even sure on as it's hardly cheap and if we don't need the care seems a bit pointless

I don’t know what you will achieve sending your dog for day care. If you’re having problems with their behaviour, it’s up to you to deal with it.

i can’t see what your dog will gain from this. Plus I would be wary of putting such a young puppy into a daycare setting.

Daycare can be an absolute disaster. I know several people who have found it’s created barrier frustration/lead reactivity as they don’t see why they can’t say hello to all the dogs all the time like they can in daycare. It’s also often hugely overstimulating which you do not want for a young dog

What does he think it's going to do?

Why on earth would you put your dog in daycare if you don’t need the care? A dog while thrive with their loving owners, with regular socialisation in the form of walks.

Ooo! This is great to know. Personally I wasn't keen on the idea but was tempted to have him do the intro so he can be on their books for ad hoc care in case we did actually need it! However if it's actually likely to be negative I'd rather not... but what do we actually do if we need care then?

Agree about it seeming pointless if we don't really need it though. He thinks it would be good for him to get used to being with someone that isn't us, especially if we ever actually need it for something and for him to get to be around dogs (we don't know anyone with dogs) as he does love other dogs but weirdly being rural you'd think you saw loads but on our walks it's very empty so he only tends to see them when we do puppy classes.

This. It’s a fucking dog. You wouldn’t even put a child in daycare unless you actually needed to.

@Fiddlerdragon it's interesting you say that actually as my friend has a little boy who is 18 months and he goes to nursery once a week for his own "development" apparently, which also made me think maybe this is actually a thing lol, as she is a stay at home mum.

If you want a different person you could gave a regular dog walker.. But dog daycare for the sake of it is bizarfe

Much better to have your dog socialise with other dogs in a way you can manage.
Daycare did harm to my dogs confidence with a particular breed as she was bitten in daycare

I'll have some of what you're on OP

No, that’s not a thing. Fine to send him to nursery so she can have a break, but he won’t be getting anything out of it aged 18 months that he wouldn’t get from being at home.

@OutOfMyPocket lol! It's attached to a private school so in all fairness that's probably half the reason for priority reasons but who knows.

Either way, my son is still not even a year old and I'm on mat leave, would do anything to not have to put him in childcare so it's also just as alien to me.

Tbh I'm not fussed about the whole different person thing, we have also been hot on training especially because we got him not long after my son was born (people thought we were absolutely mental) but we wanted to be able to integrate the pup with our son appropriately and he's a little breed. It's more DP that seems so keen on it and thinks it will be some sort of character building. Will be glad to actually show him the replies!