Day Training
Polite Paws Day Training Program
What is Day Training?
Polite Paws Day Training is a structured, enrichment-based program where your dog spends the day with professional trainers working on real-life skills, good manners, and calm behavior. Unlike traditional doggy daycare, which emphasizes free play and social time, Day Training focuses on purposeful learning through short, positive training sessions, rest periods, and individualized attention.
Why Choose Day Training Over Doggy Daycare?
While daycare provides social interaction and physical exercise, it can often lead to overstimulation, overarousal, or the reinforcement of unwanted behaviors due to a lack of structure. Day Training is different - it’s designed for growth.
Key Benefits of Day Training:
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Structured Learning: Your dog works on obedience, impulse control, leash manners, polite greetings, and more, skills that matter at home and in public.
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Personalized Attention: Dogs are matched with professional trainers for targeted sessions based on their goals and temperament.
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Balanced Schedule: Play, training, rest, and enrichment are intentionally rotated to support your dog’s emotional and mental well-being.
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Real Progress: With consistent training throughout the day and daily report cards, Day Training helps bridge the gap between group classes and in-home results.
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Call us to reserve and secure your spot!
Ideal Candidates:
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Dogs who enjoy the company of other dogs
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Friendly dogs who benefit from structured learning
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Dogs needing more than a traditional daycare - this is training-focused
Day Training Is Not Suitable For:
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Dogs with a bite history toward people or dogs
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Dogs showing signs of fear-based reactivity or high arousal in group settings
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Dogs with significant separation anxiety or who cannot be safely crated
Tiny Tails Day Training
(9 wks to 6 mos.) Tuesdays and Thursdays
Our Tiny Tails (Puppy) Day Training program is designed specifically for puppies ages 9 weeks to 6 months, providing a safe, structured, and developmentally appropriate environment during their most critical socialization period.
Supervised by trained professionals, this daycare setting focuses on:
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Positive socialization with other appropriately aged and vaccinated puppies
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Exposure to new and novel stimuli in a safe, controlled way
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Encouraging confidence, curiosity, and appropriate play
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Supporting healthy interactions to help prevent fear and reactivity later in life
We prioritize vaccine safety, emotional well-being, and gentle handling, ensuring each puppy has positive experiences that build the foundation for lifelong social success.
Our goal is to help your puppy grow into a confident, well-adjusted adult - one happy play session at a time.
Refined Rovers Day Training
(6 mos+) - Mondays and Fridays
Our Day Training Program is perfect for dogs 6 months and older who are ready to sharpen their manners, build skills, and enjoy structured enrichment - all under the guidance of professional trainers.
This is NOT daycare and will follow a similar structure as our Tiny Tots Day Training.
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Dogs Must Be:
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Dog-social or tolerant in group settings to allow for leading to occur
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Comfortable with crate training and rest periods
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Current on age-appropriate vaccines (including Bordetella & Rabies)
Ideal Candidates:
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Dogs who enjoy the company of other dogs
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Friendly dogs who benefit from structured learning
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Dogs needing more than a traditional daycare - this is training-focused
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Day Training Is Not Suitable For:
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Dogs with a bite history toward people or dogs
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Dogs showing signs of fear-based reactivity or high arousal in group settings
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Dogs with significant separation anxiety or who cannot be safely crated
Our program combines training, play, rest, and enrichment to promote well-rounded learning in a safe, structured environment. Perfect for busy owners who want to keep their dogs on a path of progress!
Little Learners Day Training
(Under 30lbs and over 6 months of age) - Wednesdays
Little Learners Day Training is the small dog portion of our overall Polite Paws Day Training Program.
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For small breed dogs under 30lbs and over 6 months of age
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Focused on positive reinforcement, manners, confidence building, and calm socialization
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Includes enrichment, training sessions, social time, and go-home report cards just like our Tiny Tails and Refined Rover Adult Day Training programs
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Spaces are limited and reservations are required
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All dogs must be up to date on vaccines and tolerant or social with other dogs, tolerate kenneling, and be non-aggressive to humans