Royvon play days
Get your dog ready for the best days of their lives! Royon Play Days is the perfect addition to your dog’s weekly routine: exciting, progressive, social and packed full of activities that nurture your dog’s talents and passion
Royvon Play Days is our newest service that is looking to revolutionise the traditional dog daycare experience. Royvon Play Days offers a mix of socialising, bespoke enrichment, play and rest, carefully planned out so that your dog comes home happy, refreshed and fulfilled. Learn about why a balanced day is a happy day for your dog in this blog post.
Royvon was founded in 1959 and we have been constantly seeking ways to help more dogs to live a happy life ever since. Our mission is to provide positive, force-free experiences, delivered by our expert dog trainers and care team staff.
Who is Royvon Play Days for?
Dogs over six months old are welcome for Royvon Play Days. For those who are younger, we also have a “Puppy Play” service.
Our aim isn’t to run your dog ragged all day in oversized groups with very little opportunity to rest or to use their brains for mental stimulation or one-on-one time, like a traditional doggy daycare. We want to provide individually tailored, thoughtful and most importantly, beneficial experiences for your dog so that they still come home tired and happy, but without the bad habits, frustration and exhaustion that often goes with regular daycares. We believe in quality over quantity.
You might be looking for a new daycare option, switching from a current option that doesn’t give your dog enough to do or even having your dog refused from daycare for the way that they play with other dogs or behave. Or your dog may have just completed Royvon Day School training and be ready to join the fun and give you some regular time when you know your dog is exercised and stimulated, even if you aren’t able to get out with them.



What does the Royvon Play Days timetable include?
Your dog joins us for half a day of activities, either morning or afternoon:
Playtime: Your dog gets the chance to make friends and have a good explore and sniff about in our play paddock, with toys and equipment for dogs to play their own way.
Adventure walk: A fun-filled walk in our beautiful surroundings, giving your dog quality, one-on-one attention with our staff and an opportunity to take part in some of their favourite activities. This may include toys, treats or whatever your dog enjoys.
Breaktime: So that your dog gets the most out of their activities, there is suitable rest time in between in one of our cosy and comfortable kennels, including some yummy enrichment your dog can crunch, chew or lick! Contrary to popular belief, dogs don’t need to run around all day to the point of exhaustion to be content. You can read a blog that we published about the importance of balancing exercise, training and rest here.
Extra-Curricular: The main event of Royvon Play Days! We will be exploring whatever it is your dog loves and developing their special skills into fun and enriching activities such as scent work, trick training and learning new games with toys. We will share these activities and their progress so you can continue their favourite exercises at home.
After Play Club: You can extend your dog’s morning of play to a full day for an extra charge, giving you the flexibility to pick up or drop off and make the most of your day.
What does the Royvon Play Days timetable include?
Your dog joins us for half a day of activities, either morning or afternoon:

Playtime
Your dog gets the chance to make friends and have a good explore and sniff about in our play paddock, with toys and equipment for dogs to play their own way.

Adventure walk
A fun-filled walk in our beautiful surroundings, giving your dog quality, one-on-one attention with our staff and an opportunity to take part in some of their favourite activities. This may include toys, treats or whatever your dog enjoys.

Breaktime
So that your dog gets the most out of their activities, there is suitable rest time in between in one of our cosy and comfortable kennels, including some yummy enrichment your dog can crunch, chew or lick! Contrary to popular belief, dogs don’t need to run around all day to the point of exhaustion to be content. You can read a blog that we published about the importance of balancing exercise, training and rest here.

Extra-Curricular
The main event of Royvon Play Days! We will be exploring whatever it is your dog loves and developing their special skills into fun and enriching activities such as scent work, trick training and learning new games with toys. We will share these activities and their progress so you can continue their favourite exercises at home.

After Play Club
You can extend your dog’s morning of play to a full day for an extra charge, giving you the flexibility to pick up or drop off and make the most of your day.
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When are Royvon Play Days?
Morning session: 8am to 12pm
Afternoon session: 1pm to 5pm
What’s included?
Activities tailored to the dog’s needs
Group or single play
Adventure walk
If your dog has training needs, you can explore Royvon Day School where their time also includes training sessions with one of our expert teams.
Prices can be viewed here.

What our clients think about our services
Especially Tilly, Millie and Ella who looked after my German Shepherd Ralphy. It was so clear to see how loving, caring and attentive you all were with him … it truly made a difference.
When I got home, he was relaxed, happy and clearly well looked after. It’s a huge comfort knowing he’s in such good hands.
Thank you again for all the love you gave him.
I love getting the daily photo updates and seeing him playing with his friends. It’s such a relief knowing he’s in a safe and stimulating environment while I’m at work.
Highly recommend to any dog parent looking for peace of mind and a tired, happy dog at the end of the day!
Olive has just completed her three weeks intense training and it’s like we’ve brought home a different dog. Not only is she calmer in the house, but we can now walk her without her being petrified of every noise and person that comes near her. She’s even just walked the school run with me.
Romeo and the team at Royvon have been a godsend to us, and we can’t wait to see how much further they can help Olive grow into a much loved happy and confident family pet.
I found royvon by sheer chance and it’s changing our lives. The staff were from the very first contact to his stays now so comforting and reassuring, seeing my obvious nerves about Hunters behaviour Chloe especially gave me all the time in the world, listening to my ever ending knowledge dump about hunter, why’s he’s like this, triggers, how once he’s settled he’s lovely and since the day of his confidence stay i’ve not looked back. dropping him off to strangers which is absolutely my worst fear with a reactive dog and they set such an energy he’s excited to leave me and settles in so happily. I get regular updates of how he is, what he’s doing, anything they want to tell me and it is just the best thing to open my phone to. i get photos and videos of walks and play, updates on his eating.
from someone who suffers constantly stress of a dog with behavioural issues, this is the absolute best care i’ve had for him hands down. i can’t thank the Esher team enough, especially his main handler chloe for the time and patience they give us
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Romeo to train our dog, Rio. From the very first session, Romeo demonstrated not only incredible knowledge and professionalism but also a deep understanding of canine behaviour and a true love for dogs.
Romeo’s approach is both compassionate and effective. He tailored each session to Rio’s specific needs and personality, and the progress we’ve seen has been amazing. Whether it was basic obedience, leash training, or managing some of Rio’s more challenging behaviours, Romeo provided clear guidance and practical techniques that actually work.
We’ve seen a huge improvement in Rio’s behaviour and confidence, and we now feel much more confident as dog owners too. If you’re looking for a knowledgeable, kind, and truly dedicated dog trainer, Romeo is the one. Thank you, Romeo, for everything you’ve done for Rio.
When we went back for our top up session, Orphy was super excited to drive through the gates and could not wait to get out of the car! We did about an hour with Charlie, going over techniques to keep Orphy interested and help us with her ongoing training while she’s at home. The refresher appointments are a nice touch and definitely worthwhile!
We absolutely recommend Royvon and are so grateful to have found them!
I chose Royvon for dog training because they specifically told me they use positive reinforcement methods, which is incredibly important to me. However, my experience was completely at odds with what they claimed.
When I arrived, one of the first things they suggested was putting a grot (prong) collar on my dog – something I never would have agreed to had I known that was part of their approach. Despite my hesitation, they eventually fitted it and proceeded to “train” him by pulling him around and choking him. There was nothing positive or kind about the methods I witnessed.
I had planned to board my dog here for three weeks of training, but after seeing how they handled him in just one session, I cancelled immediately. I honestly dread to think what three weeks of that kind of treatment would have done to my dog.
Please be mindful when trusting companies that say they use positive reinforcement – unfortunately, in my experience, this was not the case with Royvon.
We want to say a huge thank you to Romeo, Kelsey, and the entire care team at Royvon. You took amazing care of Buddy, giving daily updates of his training sessions and group plays, which really helped to put our minds at ease. Buddy has built a lovely bond with Romeo and the team, and I’m sure he will look forward to any day plays there in the future.
Jasper was extremely reactive to just about everything, including people, dogs and traffic.
Through a lot of hard work, we have made so much progress with Romeo and Kelsey. They have really gone above and beyond to try and make him more manageable, and what a difference it’s made.
He is still reactive, mainly to dogs, but he can do so much more now. As with any German Shepherd puppy, we still have lots of work to do, but we believe we now have the tools to succeed thanks to Royvon.
We will still be coming back as Jasper has built a stone bond with both of his trainers, but we thoroughly recommend Royvon for anyone struggling with a difficult dog, or just a dog that needs training!
The choice of services available makes boarding here a seamless home away from home experience for our Labrador, Dune. The staff are friendly, welcoming and professional and our dog is always very well looked after. The daily updates and photos alongside Royvon's insta posts give us the confidence to leave our furry family member in their capable hands.
When we are away, we appreciate all the photos and comments about Dexter’s day! We are using you again next month! Thank you!
Dogs and their owners get a warm, professional welcome from Ioana &. Joanna, and our dog has a packed day being looked after by Leanne’s wonderful team of kind, experienced canine carers.
The whole team is a credit to Royvon’s owners, we feel lucky to have them as our trusted home from home for a special member of our family!
Richard, her evaluator, has been wonderful with her, gave us plenty of feed back and we had a report and lots of pictures as well. Our dog had clearly bonded with Richard already and we feel much happier about leaving her for longer next time. Thank you for caring for Jumika as well as you did, it really showed!
We were experiencing difficulties when walking both dogs on the lead and both had become protective, reactive and nervous of other people and sometimes dogs, making our walks difficult and stressful.
Well what can I say, the improvement we have seen in both dogs is brilliant, they are more confident and focused now and their reactivity levels have dropped significantly. We have some additional 1:1 training sessions to complete over the next few weeks to ensure that we can keep up the training.
During the training programme, Romeo and Kelsey sent us video updates of the dog’s progress, enabling us to see how they were getting on and responding to the training. This was invaluable to us.
In addition, the team at Royvon took really good care of both dogs and we received reports on how they were settling in/getting on during their group playtime and time spent in kennels, plus daily photo updates.
I wouldn’t hesitate to board our dogs at Royvon again, we were very happy with the dogs care.
Thank you to Romeo, Kelsey and the rest of the team at Royvon!
Royvon Play Days FAQ’s
What if my dog has special needs?
Every dog is a unique blend of their genetics, character, environment, history and family. Our expert staff have various specialisms to help dogs of all personalities – from energetic working dogs to distracted puppies, confident dogs that don’t always have their ears switched on to those who might suffer from anxiety or fear and be reactive as a result.
The training sessions are set around your goals so the aims and outcomes are personalised for the needs of you and your dog.
What if my dog has specific dietary or medical needs?
When you register your dog, you will be required to fill in any information such as this before your dog arrives for the first time so that the care team know exactly what is needed and when. This all goes on your dog’s digital record at Royvon. Please ensure that any medicines or food needed for their stay are brought with you and taken home each time.


How do you ensure the dogs get along?
Not all dogs feel the same about socialising and playing with other dogs and many dogs are selectively social, meaning they have preferences of size, personality and play style. Dogs are carefully selected for our small groups, taking into consideration their individual preferences to ensure all the dogs feel comfortable and enjoy themselves.
Will my dog be safe during playtime with other dogs?
Dogs are not left unattended during play sessions. Dogs that are not suited to group play are entertained with other stimulating activities and when certain dogs just don’t hit it off, we can rearrange the groups to find them more suitable companions.
How do I track my dog’s activities?
Photos and video clips will be taken throughout your dog’s day so you can see how much fun they’re having! Monthly reports will keep you up-to- date with your dog’s activities, with the schedule changing each month to keep things varied.
Can I visit or observe a session before enrolling my dog in Play days?
We offer site tours to see our facilities and introduce your dog to our spaces. Alternatively, booking and assessment will give you a chance to spend one-on-one time with one of our trainers and discuss what services would be best suited for your dog.


What if my dog is nervous around new environments?
We are used to looking after dogs of all personalities, including those who feel anxious in some environments or situations. As with all of the services at Royvon, we suggest small steps to help dogs who feel like this adjust. This might start with a site tour or an assessment so that they can start to build a connection with our team, if you would like to discuss your dog’s specific needs you can email us or send a WhatsApp.