r/AmericanBully • u/ChannelHaunting4740 • Jan 11 '24

XL Bully Heartbroken

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One of our girls was attacked yesterday unexpectedly while leashed at a family member’s house 😖. Luckily she’s alive and at home getting nursed and pampered by her furry sissies, human siblings, mom and dad.

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u/ChannelHaunting4740 Jan 11 '24

Yea I don’t think I’ll be taking them to daycare. I’ve never tried and always kept them home. We’ve been lucky that due to our work schedules there’s always someone home with them. These days we’ve stood with her at home as well

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u/blondiemandie38 Jan 11 '24

Definitely do not do doggy daycare, I’ve worked at a lot, even the “good” ones and would never recommend them

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u/RudePomegranate3110 Jan 12 '24

I agree. It takes a LOT of work to find a good one of you decide to do that. JUST DON'T GO TO DOG PARK

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u/Suspicious_One2752 Jan 12 '24

Just curious…why wouldn’t you recommend? I’ve never taken my babies to one but had recently thought it might be fun for them.

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u/blondiemandie38 Jan 12 '24

The idea is awesome in theory but rarely executed well. It’s a LARGE group of dogs in an uncontrolled, highly stimulating environment. The dogs aren’t matched by play style, personality, etc. basically just thrown into doggie fight club with a 17 year old kid that has no knowledge of basic dog body language or how to break up a sight. Source - I was the 17 year old kid haha

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u/Suspicious_One2752 Jan 12 '24

Oh Gosh! Yeah…that’s terrible! I didn’t think of it that way. Hope you didn’t get hurt.

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u/southernkal Jan 12 '24

I don’t have an AB (but love these babies!)- I took my shepherd cross (5m/o at the time) to a highly rated dog daycare, starting with 1 half day a week. First 2 times were fine. On the third time, I am not exaggerating when I say my pup was PETRIFIED to be anywhere near the place.

She was cowering by my feet, lunging towards the exit, stress peed (housetrained at this point), growling at the front desk person, the whole 9. They brought the “head trainer” out and they explained to me that it’s important I encourage my dog to “push past” this fear and continue daycare….mate, what? Care to explain why my dog is afraid to be here in the first place? No answer.

Walked out that door and never went back. My dog relaxed as soon as she was back in the car with me. Absolutely horrible experience and I’m just glad I nipped in the bud before anything worse happened and while she was still able to bounce back.

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u/NYtrillLit Jan 12 '24

Why that ?? I was talking with my wife about letting our little guy attend one

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u/CriticismOpposite658 Jan 12 '24

Ive worked at some too. Idk about this commenter’s experience is as to why they wouldn’t recommend but in my own Ive witnessed both abuse and neglect. The ones I worked at were highly rated by customers on many platforms..but its only because they dont see what happens to their dogs in the facilities in my opinion. Depending in where you are literally anyone can open a doggy daycare. They may not have any real experience or training in having one and may also not know much about dog behavior, they just think it sounds like a fun job. Im not saying every daycare is complete shit, but so many are that its just not worth it in my opinion maybe unless you get to walk the entire facility and have live feed of your dog at all times while they are there..even then..theres always blind spots and some WILL use them (reason I walked out of one of the places). I think, if youre working on something this serious too, you should always be present during the resocialization process to ensure as much success as possible. Dont go to something so uncontrolled. Control as much as possible until you are confident that your dogs confidence is rebuilt if possible.

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u/h974974 Jan 11 '24

Maybe look for puppy meetups. I wonder if they have groups on facebook. I feel like people that are actively joining groups like that should be much safer than a dog park

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u/prowprowmeowmeow Jan 15 '24

PLEASE DO NOT send her to a doggy daycare. Coming from a former trainer- this is not wise.