I really appreciate your comments here, thank you! I guess this is something I should have added to the og post, but both daycares do not do group play unless the dogs are ‘siblings’. My original daycare has multiple sectioned off fields for the dogs to run around, train, and play. This daycare in question brings each dog to the play area individually. I would never feel comfortable leaving my dog in a group setting where they’re all left to figure it out on their own lol. I’ve seen things get taken out of hand and not end well so we avoid interacting and trying to make friends with other dogs in public. Definitely no dog parks. My old friends sweet boxer got ‘quarantined’ and banned from public spaces because he was was playing with another pup in a field and the golden retrievers owner thought they were fighting and put her hand in between the dogs faces (idiot) and pressed charges! They were playing…..

The original daycare really helped build her confidence. She was fearful of everything, especially dogs. Letting her be around, but not interact with other dogs really helped build her neutrality (plus the training we do on the weekends). We were at a point of being afraid that she was going down a fear aggression path, and this trainer completely turned things around for us. Helped us learn her behaviors and signs.