About Social Pet at Charlotte

Social Pet Hotel & Daycare's Monroe Road location is the flagship of a locally-owned Charlotte company with three sites. Its own service list is boarding, daycare, training and grooming, and the training line has its own name and its own trainers.

The training offer

The company's training is published as the Canine Preparatory School, described as helping owners understand their dog's behavior while teaching new skills and correcting issues, and as a jumpstart for building a bond through good manners, obedience and socialization. The site names its trainers individually – one is described as having spent seven years at Social Pet – and lists their qualifications.

The business behind it

The owners are named and their credentials published: a co-founder who is a Certified Professional Animal Care Operator, an author and speaker, a Pet Tech instructor, a Fear Free Certified Professional and a two-time industry-association award recipient who has served on the Professional Animal Care Certification Council board; and a co-founder who serves as chief executive. Staff throughout are certified in Fear Free handling and pet CPR. The business supports local shelter work, including the county animal control Dog of the Month program.

Playmates are hand-selected for each dog, or private play time with a team member is offered instead.