Dog Training While You Work

You know your dog needs training. The leash pulling is getting worse. The jumping on guests hasn’t stopped. Recall is nonexistent. The puppy behaviours you assumed they’d grow out of have solidified into adult habits that make daily life with your dog harder than it needs to be.

But you work. You have a commute. You have kids, errands, a life. The idea of adding weekly training classes to your schedule — driving to a facility on Saturday morning, spending an hour in a group class with twelve other distracted dogs, then doing homework drills every evening — sounds exhausting. So you keep postponing it. Another month goes by. The habits get more entrenched.

Here’s the thing: your dog’s training shouldn’t depend on your free time. Day & Train makes it happen during the workday, delivered by professionals, while you’re at the office.

What Day & Train Actually Is

Day & Train is exactly what it sounds like. You drop your dog off in the morning. Professional trainers work with your dog throughout the day — 1-on-1 training sessions integrated with structured socialization in temperament-matched groups. You pick your dog up in the evening.

Your dog gets trained while you work. No Saturday classes. No evening homework. No trying to practice “heel” in your living room after a 10-hour day when you can barely keep your eyes open.

At Academy Daycare, Day & Train includes:

• Obedience commands — sit, down, stay, come, heel, place
• Leash work — loose-leash walking, engagement around distractions, heel position
• Impulse control — waiting at doors, ignoring food on counters, not jumping on people
• Place cot training — settling on a designated spot on command and staying there, even with distractions
• Treadmill conditioning — physical exercise and mental focus work
• Structured socialization — managed group play in temperament-matched groups

Training sessions are distributed throughout the day, alternating with play periods and rest. This is how dogs actually learn — short, focused sessions with time to process in between, not one marathon drill session.

Why This Works Better Than Weekend Classes

Frequency

A typical group class meets once a week for six to eight weeks. That’s six to eight hours of total instruction, spread over two months. In between, you’re supposed to practice daily at home. Most owners don’t — because life happens.

Day & Train delivers training every single day your dog attends. Three days a week means your dog gets more professional training in two weeks than they’d get in an entire group class series. Five days a week and the results compound fast.

The difference between training once a week and training daily is the difference between learning a language in a weekend seminar versus immersion. Dogs learn through repetition and consistency. Daily training provides both.

Professional Handling

In a group class, you’re the handler. You’re learning alongside your dog. Your timing is off. Your leash mechanics are awkward. You’re distracted by the other dogs in the room. Your dog is learning from someone who is, at best, a beginner at dog training.

In Day & Train, your dog is handled by canine behaviour specialists with 15 years of experience. Their timing is precise. Their leash mechanics are clean. They read your dog’s body language fluently and adjust their approach in real time. Your dog is learning from the best handler available — not from someone who’s also learning.

Real Distractions

Group classes happen in controlled environments with minimal distractions. The parking lot. The training centre. The fenced yard. Your dog learns to sit in a quiet room with treats waved in front of their face.

Day & Train happens in a real environment with real distractions — other dogs playing, staff moving around, doors opening and closing, new smells, changing energy levels. Your dog learns to hold a command in the midst of actual life, not in a sterile training bubble. The skills transfer to the real world because they were built in the real world.

No Homework Burden

This is the honest part. Group classes work on the assumption that you’ll practice daily at home. Most people don’t. They’re tired. They forgot what the trainer said. The kids need dinner. The leash is in the car. They’ll do it tomorrow. Tomorrow becomes next week. Progress stalls.

Day & Train doesn’t depend on your consistency at home. The professionals provide the consistency. Your dog’s training happens regardless of whether you had a rough day at work or forgot to practice last night. You stay informed through weekly report cards — you know what’s being worked on and how your dog is progressing — but the heavy lifting is done for you.

Training + Socialization in One

Group classes don’t include daycare. Daycare doesn’t include training. You end up paying for both separately — and your dog gets trained in one environment and socialized in another, by different people, with different methods.

Day & Train combines both into a single program, in a single facility, with a single team. Training and socialization reinforce each other. A dog that’s been practising impulse control in a training session applies that skill in the play group. A dog that’s been socializing all morning is in the right mental state for an afternoon training session. Everything works together.

Who Day & Train Is For

The Working Professional

You leave at 7 AM, you’re home at 6 PM. You love your dog but you don’t have three hours a week to dedicate to training. Day & Train fits your existing schedule — drop-off on your way to work, pickup on your way home. Training happens in between.

The Puppy Owner

You got a puppy. It’s adorable. It’s also chewing everything, biting your hands, peeing on the floor, and has the attention span of a housefly. The socialization window is closing. You need professional help, but weekend puppy classes feel too slow.

Day & Train during the puppy phase (16 weeks onward) builds a foundation of obedience, socialization, and impulse control during the most critical developmental period. This is the single highest-return investment you can make in your puppy’s future.

The Frustrated Owner

You’ve tried YouTube videos. You’ve tried the treats-only approach. You’ve tried being firm. Nothing sticks because you’re not a professional dog trainer and your dog knows it. Day & Train puts professionals in charge of the training while you focus on enjoying your dog at home.

The Reactive or Challenging Dog Owner

Your dog has issues that go beyond basic obedience — reactivity, aggression, severe impulse control problems, anxiety. Weekend group classes can’t address these because the environment is wrong and the instruction is too infrequent. Day & Train provides daily, intensive work on the specific behaviours that are making your life difficult.

Pricing

Day & Train at Academy is $95/day. Pack pricing reduces the per-day cost significantly:

Pack	Price	Per Day
Single day	$95	$95
5-pack	$465	$93
10-pack	$900	$90
15-pack	$1,305	$87
Unlimited	$1,395/month	~$70 (at 5 days/week)

The unlimited pack includes a bath and nail trim — saving $40-60/month on grooming.

Compare that to the alternative:

• Group class: $250-400 for a 6-8 week series (once a week, you do the work)
• Private trainer: $150-200/hour (once a week, you still do the work)
• Board and train: $3,000-5,000 for 2-4 weeks (dog is gone, skills often don’t transfer home)

Day & Train costs less than board and train, delivers more hours of training than private sessions, and doesn’t depend on your free time like group classes do. And your dog comes home every night.

What You’ll See

Most owners notice changes within the first two weeks:

• Calmer greetings. The jumping at the door starts to decrease
• Better leash manners. Walks become walks, not wrestling matches
• Improved impulse control. Your dog starts waiting instead of lunging — at doors, at food, at other dogs
• Place command at home. You ask your dog to go to their spot and they actually do it — and stay there

By week four to six, the changes are significant enough that other people notice. Your mother-in-law comments that the dog seems different. Your neighbours stop bracing when they see you on the sidewalk. The dog that used to be “a lot” becomes “really well-behaved.”

Weekly report cards track exactly what’s being worked on, what commands are solid, and where your dog is in their training progression. You’re never guessing.

Professional Tools

We use professional training tools — prong collars, e-collars (TENS-based), slip leads, and muzzles when appropriate. These tools provide clear communication with dogs that have real challenges. We have 15 years of experience using them correctly and humanely.

Intact dogs are welcome in Day & Train. We don’t require spay or neuter.

Getting Started

Academy Daycare is at 22 Cardico Drive in Gormley. Drop-off is 7-10 AM, pickup is 3-8 PM, Monday through Friday. Dogs must be 16 weeks or older with current rabies, bordetella, and DHPP vaccinations.

Call 437-776-9563. Tell us about your dog and what you’re dealing with. We’ll recommend a training plan and a schedule that fits your life.

Your dog doesn’t need you to become a dog trainer. They need a dog trainer. You just need to drop them off in the morning.