Daycare
The Barking Dog, Ltd. is excited to offer customers Dog Daycare. Whether your dog is restless, lonely, spends long hours at home, in need of socialization, or simply bored, our quality daycare can help! At The Barking Dog, Ltd. we strive to provide the best environment for your dog to socialize and feel safe.

Our playful environment ensures dogs will have more fun than they can shake a stick at!

The Barking Dog, Ltd. boasts three locations in the Seacoast area with facilities totaling more than 70,000 square feet. Our custom designed facilities provide many options for doggie entertainment and exploration. We have numerous indoor play rooms outfitted with rubberized flooring, “field turf” outdoor play yards and state of the art indoor, in ground pools! All of our Daycare Attendants are trained to lead, interact and monitor all aspects of proper social play among our dog packs. They provide the necessary stimulation and affection your dog needs to feel happy and secure while at play.

So, whether it’s our convenient drop off and pick up times, or our comprehensive care and services, we know you’ll both be pleased! When the tail is waggin’…you know it’s good!

Enrolling in Daycare
At The Barking Dog, Ltd., we strongly feel that we have created a daycare program suitable for every breed of dog. In order to provide the best daycare experience or your dog, we do require an initial free daycare evaluation to be scheduled with one of our professional trainers prior to entering our program. Our trainers will be looking at several aspects of your dog’s personality…socialization skills, fearfulness, aggression towards humans or dogs, what commands they know or commands they respond to are a few characteristics they observe. In addition, the trainer will study the information you have provided on your registration form and then introduce your dog to dogs they believe will be a “good match”.

If your dog is accepted into the program, you will be issued key tags for easy check-ins and your dog will be allowed to come as much as you like. We do recommend your dog come at least once a week to ensure the best social experience. If it has been more than 3 months since your dog has been to daycare, you will have to schedule a re-evaluation with a trainer to enter back into the program.

In the event you dog does NOT pass the initial evaluation, unlike other dog daycares, we provide several training services in which to help your dog transition. Please see our training page for further information.

All dogs need proof of current vaccinations for rabies, distemper/parvo, and canine cough. Proof of their shot status will be required upon registration and will need to be updated as new shots are received. We request that any female in heat not be brought to daycare.

Day Training
If you would like one of our expert trainers to work with your dog during daycare, we would be more than happy to help.  To learn more about our Day Training program, click here.

Download registration forms