Tails A Wagging Doggie daycare & canine training center

The staff at Tails a Wagging has been so amazingly helpful and generous with me. From soothing my anxiety the first day I dropped him off (I was crying in the car! and Kate came out to help me decide if he was ready to be there.) to the ways they have gone above and beyond to help me and my dog learn, succeed and integrate. They have sent tons of information on training and given me personal phone calls and meetings. My dog got rejected from another daycare because he needed too much attention. Tails works with him. And, I have seen huge improvements in his training since he has been thing. I love using the webcams so I can actually learn and watch how they are interacting with the dogs. When my pup had a scuffle with another dog - they called right away, cleaned up his minor little scratch, gave me a full account of what happened and everything they were doing to support my dog to be a good pack member - AND! they met with me and him one-on-one with in 2 days to talk about how to help me with his social skills. I can not exclaim enough how well cared for I feel as a client there. I genuinely feel like the staff is invested in my dogs success and willing to offer so much more than just a daycare. I am on a tight budget and this is the best investment I have made in my pups well-being. I will admit that the split between the online app for scheduling, the website for registering for classes/privates felt really cumbersome to me and I felt overwhelmed. But, it was a breeze once I figured it out and the staff was patient with me.

I would not recommend taking your puppy here!! I took my dog to two levels of puppy kindergarten. The first level went well and I feel my puppy got a lot out of it and had a lot of positive experiences. So I signed up for their level two puppy kindergarten but had a different trainer. The class started just as my puppy entered her first fear period and was timid around other dogs and needed to take things slow. The class was complete CHOAS for the first 4 weeks and I ended up not even attending the last two sessions because I felt my puppy was developing more issues going to these classes. There was only one trainer with 6-8 puppies and she clearly couldn’t handle it all. The trainer there did not advocate for my dog and continually let my puppy get overwhelmed to the point of snapping at other dogs after that happened THREE times I knew I couldn’t even trust the trainer. I had to point out to her that my puppy is clearly overwhelmed and only after that did she acknowledge that my puppy did seem scared. I feel my puppy ended our course here being MORE afraid of other dogs than gaining any sort of confidence. My advice to you: if you need help socializing your timid puppy take them somewhere else!!

I'm dedicated to coming back for training at Tails a wagging for each class! The enthusiasm of the trainers is infectious and I'm all for catching that because the stress of a bossy Chihuahua has put me out of restaurants at times. This positive reinforcement training is new to me and has been the best tool so far. I had my doubts but Angela is the best at what she does and I saw results in 3 weeks.