Is Your Dog Mentally and Physically Engaged?
Unlike a traditional daycare facility, our enrichment-based daycare provides your dog with activities and experiences designed to engage their natural instincts, encourage exploration, enhance problem-solving and fulfill their innate curiosity.
WHAT ARE THE 5 PILLARS OF ENRICHMENT?
The five pillars represent the full spectrum of a dog’s behavioral and emotional needs. Just like us, dogs are complex beings, and meeting their needs goes far beyond food, walks, and the occasional cuddle.
Each pillar plays a specific role in wellbeing. Nutritional enrichment taps into natural behaviors like foraging and problem-solving through mealtimes. Intellectual enrichment challenges the brain and builds resilience through activities like puzzles and scent work. Social enrichment fulfills their need to connect, whether that’s with other dogs, trusted humans, or even working together on tasks. Physical enrichment allows movement, strength-building, agility, and confidence. And sensory enrichment? It engages their strongest superpower, their nose, along with sight, touch, sound, and taste.
When we meet all five pillars consistently, we don’t just tire dogs out, we balance them. We reduce problem behaviors, build confidence, improve emotional regulation, and deepen the bond between dogs and humans.
SENSORY STIMULATION
Experiences designed to stimulate a dog’s senses—sight, smell, hearing, and touch—thereby enhancing their perception of the environment.
These activities promote mental stimulation, encourage exploration, and fulfill a dog’s innate curiosity, making their environment more engaging and enjoyable.
INTELLECTUAL ENRICHMENT
Activities designed to engage a dog’s natural instincts and abilities, providing them with meaningful tasks and challenges.
Promotes mental stimulation, enhance problem-solving skills, and fulfill a dog’s need for purpose and activity.
NUTRITIONAL ENRICHMENT
Enhancing a dog’s diet and feeding experiences by incorporating variety, flavor, and interactive feeding methods.
Improves overall well-being, mental engagement, and mimics natural foraging behaviors, making mealtime more enjoyable and beneficial.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Exercises designed to promote a dog’s physical health and fitness, encouraging movement and physical activity.
Improves overall physical condition, coordination and strength, & fulfills a dog’s natural instincts for movement and play, making their daily life more active and engaging.
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
Environments that enhance a dog’s social skills and interactions with other dogs and/or humans.
Enhances mental stimulation, reduces boredom, and prevents behavioral issues by providing opportunities for socialization and interaction.