Expanded Safety Routines at Summit Dog Training

Expanded Safety Routines at Summit Dog Training

At Summit Dog Training, we care about you and your dog’s health and wellness. Whether we’re supporting your dog with behavior modification or giving your puppy a positive start, health and wellness is very important to us! This awareness extends to your dog or puppy’s physical wellness. As you may have heard, there have been some increased cases of a severe canine upper respiratory virus reported along the Front Range. In light of this news, we are expanding our cleaning and sanitizing steps to ensure safety and wellbeing. In this piece, we’re going to specifically discuss the additional steps we are taking to keep our facility clean and safe. To learn more about our baseline cleaning routine, click here to read Our Facility Cleaning Routines for Puppy Wellness. 

In response to the virus in the Front Range community, we are implementing the additional steps below in an effort to do everything we can to mitigate the risks to your dogs when they visit our facility.  

• More Frequent Disinfection: We have increased the frequency of cleaning and disinfecting all common areas, training equipment, and high-touch surfaces from daily to multiple times per day between classes. This includes door handles, training props, classroom dividers, and other items that come into contact with multiple dogs.

• Individual Training Equipment: Whenever possible, we will provide individual training props for each dog, minimizing the sharing of items between different animals. This includes toys, training props like targets and platforms, and any other materials used during training sessions. We have eliminated the beloved sniff-boxes and soft toys from our class routines, as these cannot be easily disinfected between uses. We are encouraging our students to BYO sniff box or snuffle mat to your class or lesson for the time being.

• Health Screenings: As always, we kindly ask that if your dog is exhibiting any signs of illness, such as coughing, sneezing, or nasal discharge, please refrain from attending any classes or lessons until they have fully recovered. We will work with you to find suitable makeup options for you!  If your dog is approaching or past their due date for their Bordetella vaccination booster, we recommend scheduling this with your veterinarian.

• Increased Staff Awareness: Our staff members are trained to recognize signs of illness in dogs and will be vigilant in monitoring all participants in our services for any potential symptoms. If any concerns arise, appropriate action will be taken to safeguard the health of all dogs in attendance.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this time. These measures are intended to create a safe and secure environment for your dogs to the best of our ability. We encourage you to seek advice from your veterinary team as well!  If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to your Summit team.

Thank you for your continued trust in Summit Dog Training. Together, we can work towards maintaining a healthy and happy community for our beloved four-legged friends.