I loved the approach at Your Dog's Best Friends! They do a little orientation test and allow you to be in the room while it's happening. They introduce all different types of dogs and then bring you back to the area so your dog understands that it's ok to be hanging out with the other pups! Ollie has been to Dogtopia and Dog Paws and Cat Claws and hated it. I would have to drag him inside so we stopped going. I was skeptical until I brought him to YDBF three weeks ago. He literally starts wiggling his body when he sees the building on the street, wiggles all the way inside, and RUNS back to the sweet side(they have the sweet side for tamer pups and salty side for the rambunctious). He doesn't even look back to say goodbye! It has been amazing for him and for me. The staff is awesome and really loves the dogs. I am so happy with them and so is Ollie!