Meet the Team Behind Cleveland's Small-Group, Trainer-Run Dog Daycare
Beegan K9 is a trainer-run dog daycare. That means your dog will be cared for by the same small, trusted team, every single day. Each handler is a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers. Here is who we are, and why we built daycare this way:
Meet the Founders
Caden Beegan
Owner & Certified Professional TrainerCaden is a Certified Professional Trainer and a graduate of Paradigm K9 in Columbus, Ohio. He built a behavior-first understanding of dogs into how every playgroup at Beegan K9 is formed and run.
A Cleveland native and a graduate of Saint Ignatius High School and Ohio University, Caden volunteered in daycares and animal shelters, fostered dogs, and shadowed professional trainers before Beegan K9. He built it because he saw what volume daycare does to dogs and knew there was a better way.
Caden designed how every Beegan K9 day runs, from forming playgroups to reading stress signals, and trains the Expert Handlers who run it so every dog leaves better than they arrived.
Zach Saxton
Co-Owner & Expert HandlerZach is an Expert Handler and runs the business side of Beegan K9: operations, growth, and the systems that keep a 12-dog day running smoothly. He is a Member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT).
Raised in the Cleveland area, Zach graduated from Orange High School and Miami University. He builds the systems that keep a small operation consistent, so nothing about your dog's care gets lost in handoffs. That is the point of a two-owner operation.
Zuko
Caden's Labrador. Unofficial head of morale, official demonstration that rest is a skill. A third human hire will eventually take this spot on the page. Zuko is unbothered.
Why Does Beegan K9 Cap the Day at 12 Dogs?
The standard daycare model packs 15 to 25 dogs into a single open room with under-qualified staff. Dogs come home wired, sick, or with habits they did not arrive with.
Beegan K9 was built as the deliberate opposite: small, structured, and run by Expert Handlers. Quality over quantity. We could take more dogs, but we don't.
What We Believe
Structure Over Stimulation
A calm, predictable day beats hours of chaos. The day starts with rest, not play.
Relationships Over Volume
We cap the day at 12 so dogs are known, not processed. Every dog gets individual attention, every single day.
Calm Over Chaos
Real rest is part of good care, not an afterthought. Dogs go home fulfilled, not exhausted.
Credentials & Safety
Every credential below is held by the founder who designed your dog's day. Every member of the team is a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT).
APDT Member
Member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, the field's largest body for education-first, science-based dog training.
Paradigm K9 Graduate
Professional trainer program completed in Columbus, OH.
Canine CPR & First Aid
Red Cross certified. If something ever goes wrong, the person with your dog knows exactly what to do.
Inside Our 4,000 Sq Ft West Side Cleveland Facility
With never more than 3 dogs out at once, the entire space belongs to a playgroup of 2 to 3. Low capacity by design.
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Dog Daycare, Done Right.
Come See It in Person
The best way to understand the difference is to bring your dog in for a free day. You will speak directly with the owner before your dog's first day. Or contact us here.