Hayes HappyDog Day Care and Training Center is all about helping dogs and their owners thrive. We love dogs and what happens when dogs and people learn together. When we train our dogs we learn not only about our dogs but also more about ourselves. Training dogs, using positive reinforcement as the foundation and guiding principle, yields huge rewards for the dog owner and their canine family member. Click here to view staff credentials.

Day care and training center for dogs located in Sheffield, Massachusetts. The owner and proprietor is Nora Hayes, MSW, a local dog trainer and canine behavioral expert who personally supervises the daycare operation and conducts the training classes.

The day care is housed in a professionally designed and impeccably clean facility located on Route 7 just 1.5 miles South of the center of Sheffield (Berkshire Fence building). The facility was built specifically for the purpose of housing dogs in a safe, clean, and well organized center. The entrance is double gated to provide safe access for pets entering and leaving care. The day care is divided into four separate areas to allow small, large and special needs dogs to be grouped with compatible “playmates”. There is easy access to a penned in outside play area within full view of the staff inside.

The mission and purpose of Hayes HappyDog Day Care is to provide a full active day of supervised activities, socialization and learning for the special pets in our care. We play close attention to the personality and temperament of each and every dog and plan their daily activities according to their individual needs. For example, while one dog will be willing ready and able to play and chum with his “buddies” all day, that might be too much stimulation altogether for a more shy and retiring dog who requires more frequent time outs to regroup.

While supervision and basic training is conducted as a regular component of day care, additional training is available and may be purchased at the owner’s request. Please call Nora at 413-229-5999 or you may contact us by email.

Door to door transportation is available.

All services are competitively priced and flexibly available to accommodate busy schedules.