Barkingham Palace

I’ve been bringing my little dog to Barkingham for over two years now and when he’s there I feel like he’s with family. Tee is wonderful and has given me so many great health and training tips. Jayson is the best and I can always rely on him to keep me posted throughout the day as to how my little guy is doing. If you have a precious pup and are looking for a loving place for him/​her to play and get socialized, this is the place!

I love coming here, The service is super easy thank you Tee for making my life easy.
I would really recommend this place for all my friends and family.

I will keep this short and sweet. This place is small which is nice. The staff is usually kind and attentive. The groomer Stacy is awesome. She always does a great job… no complaints. My dog comes back to me in one piece — no crazy incidents.

Tee and Barkingham Palace do amazing work. I adopted my third dog from Tee/​BP. Edgar was in a high kill shelter in Coachella for a month and was saved by Tee and her team. He is so gentle and sweet. He was well groomed and the entire team has been amazing to work with. They continue to take in dogs for adoption and find them great homes quickly. Many of these dogs would be put down for being older, deformed legs, etc. They groom the dogs, neutered, give vaccines and train them. I really appreciate the work this entire team does to save the lives of beautiful dogs in the region.

IT is a real shame that Stacy, who I thought was a wonderful groomer and person — chose to work in such an establishment. 3 times I called trying to book an appointment and each time the people who answered (different people) have been Beyond rude and it is kind of pathetic that people who work with animals wouldn’t be nicer. I have never used their daycare, never would if you actually go and see the space — I’ve been there about ⁵⁄₆ times — and each time there has been no one in the space watching the dogs — there is 1 person always at the desk.
I won’t be responding to any comments on this post — I don’t care, I will not be going back. Stacy if you read this — it is too bad, thought you were great, the place is a disgrace.

I take my 6-​month-​old french bulldog here, since it was conveniently located next to my work. The morning staff, particularly Michelle, is clearly an animal lover and a very sweet person. I felt 100% comfy right from the first day. My little buddy loves this place, and I’d recommend it to anyone. Clean facility and super friendly staff. Thank you guys!

Just got my dog groomed at Barkingham palace today and I am very happy with how she turned out. They did a really good job with the haircut everything is perfectly even. She smells great too. I’m also happy that she got to play with the other dogs while waiting for her bath. The people working there are really nice.

If you want a doggy daycare that treats your dog like their own, Barkingham is the place! Our dog was clearly abused at her previous daycare and finding a new daycare was tough for us. We decided to give Barkingham a try and within weeks, we saw a HUGE difference in her behavior. She’s not afraid of men anymore and we don’t have to practically drag her to the door. Now, more than two years later, she still runs by herself to the front door of Barkingham. Everyone there is soooo nice and it’s evident they love your fur baby like their own. We can’t thank them enough for helping heal Pepper!

Just took my dog, Gizmo, a pekinese for her summer cut a few days ago and she came back looking cute as a button. I asked them to shave her down because the poor girl was overheating due to the heat wave that hit LA. She’s so much happier now! Her fur was very evenly cut, and that’s a big deal. I felt the groomer definitely knew what she was doing. It was also a very reasonable rate considering its in West Hollywood and we only have to do it once or twice a year. I cant say anything about the boarding however, I will be back!

Tabatha called it, The groomers called it, the girlfriend called it — the blonde is a PSYCHO passive aggressive who don’t know how to treat a human let alone a dog.
Reading these reviews, I think the blonde is making some of them up. YES honey YOU NEED THERAPY. Your wife needs therapy too putting up with you. Nicky should quit, she deserves a much better environment that what you provide. I own a business 35 employees, you have MUCH to learn about leadership.

Besides a very clever name, I don’t think I’ll be taking my pooch back to Barkingham Palace. I don’t know what happened behind those Spanish wooden doors, but when my dog came back out on the other side, she wasn’t the same for 2 days.
First complaint: we dropped her off before 11am and they said she’d be done around 2. We were told to be back 20 – 30 minutes before, but that they would call us so that we had enough time to come and get her. Great. 20 – 30 minutes from the time they said she would be ready, we still hadn’t received a call. So, we called them at 1:25pm. The woman that answered the phone was extremely frazzled. She said there were 4 other dogs still waiting in line so it would take a bit more… and that our dog would be ready by 1:30pm. Wait… it’s 1:25pm now, there are 4 more dogs to wash, cut and dry and our dog would be ready at 1:30pm? We let her know that was in 5 minutes. Whatever. Honest mistake… She apologized and said at 2:30pm.
But here comes the weird part. 10 minutes later, we get a call from a guy telling us our dog was ready and to come get her now because if we don’t do so within a certain period of time we were going to be charged.
WHAT THE… 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 1:40pm. Whatever. By this point I want my damn dog so we go and pick her up, pay, and TIP. Whoops.
By the time our dog came home, she couldn’t keep her eyes open, she was acting loopy AND she wouldn’t go outside to go to the bathroom or go on a walk with our other dog. Furthermore, she would walk 2 steps and then sit down on the asphalt. Walk 2 steps. Sit down… Did they accidentally graze her private parts too short? She could not stop licking herself and she would not let me look at it either.
I’ve never seen her act this way after grooming and we have her groomed often, we just should have known to wait for our own groomers to be available instead of jumping the gun and going to a place with a punny name. I know that this review will be counter-​reviewed (as all bad reviews are for Barkingham Palace) but I will never. Ever. Go back.

I thought that seeing as we’ve been bringing our furry friend to BP for a nearly a year now, why not say a few words on how good Barkingham is. Abi (our French Bulldog) loves going to daycare and I know when she’s been having fun all day, because she sleeps all the way home.
Every time I’ve dropped her in, she can’t wait to get behind the big door and mingle. She loves it and I think that the staff are amazing. I always see Michelle in the mornings and Jason in the evenings. You can tell that they care too, which is why I wouldn’t dream of taking our little gem anywhere else.
Thanks gang and a big thanks to T for having the right gang working there and making it a doggy haven for Abi.

I take my little pup here a lot and it’s great, she loves it and they really care about her, they show me videos of her playing with the other dogs during the day, feed her for me if she skips breakfast and the staff are amazing, particularly Jason and Tee, Tonya can be little harder to stomache but nice none the less. I’ve been using them on and off for about a yr and they’ve just been great and my pup is always exhausted when she comes home because she’s had such fun playing with all her doggie friends.
Keep up the geat work guys!

I have taken my dogs to several different pet groomers and I’ve been truly disappointed. In till my friend Highly recommended me to take my pets over to Barkingham Palace. I’m very thankful to say that I’ve got great customer service and my dogs are really happy.
AS FAR AS RECOMMENDING THIS PLACE I GIVE IT, TWO THUMBS UP !!!
Plus its super cute inside you cant go wrong. I Trust them with my loved ones, my dogs are my best friends.

I am writing this review based upon my personal experience with my own dog, who goes to Barkingham Palace on a regular basis. For the last three years, my pug has regularly attended daycare, and I could not be more satisfied with his care.
This review is based upon real world experience, and my loyalty is solely to my animal. I work as a physician and I cannot take my dog to work. There is no other place in LA in general or West Hollywood in particular that I would leave him. After shopping around, I was even more impressed by Barkingham Palace for a number of reasons. Most notably, it’s cleaner– it simply doesn’t stink like other daycares. But more importantly, the staff are people who find joy in their clients. My personal experience is one of warmth and friendliness no matter the occasion– and again, this is over a period of three years, and I have found this to be consistent.
My dog, who after all is my dog and not my «son,» is well groomed, clean, and most of all, cared for while I am taking care of others.
There was a reality TV show that recently featured Barkingham Palace, and tore it to shreds. This has not impacted my positive opinion of this business or its owners– but it has definitely cemented my disdain for reality TV and the damaging sensationalism that has very little grounding in reality. The personal politics between management and employees is of little interest to me, as long as they do their job. Those issues can be worked out privately away from the cameras.
The staff of Barkingham Palace has, and continues to have, my full trust with one of the joys of my life. Most importantly, the operators have the full trust of my dog.
Read the five star reviews and then read the one star «opinions.» It will be immediately obvious which ones have the most veracity.

As far as my opinion of my dog being drugged, I was not leaning toward an illicit drug… more like benadryl or the sort. And regarding it being illegal, many people do illegal things. That is not a legit argument. Maybe you have a schedule for feeding the dogs, however, regardless what you say, I do not believe you fed my dogs. If you all would have just been honest instead of looked at eachother like «oh shit».
How can you know so much about dogs, yet not even know how to train them?

Barkingham Palace is an amazing place that cares for both my dogs on a full time basis. I have personally gone into the shop, examined the grooming area and the play area– and it is WAYYYY cleaner than any other daycare I investigated before choosing Barkingham.
The people on this site who are saying that the owners PAY people to give a positive review are nuts. What are you talking about? You should be more responsible before you call somebody unethical. That’s a pretty serious accusation. I find it particularly strange that, of all the people in this town that do unethical things, you pick on two women who dedicate their lives to rescuing dogs… and call THEM unethical. What’s the matter with you?
Both of my dogs are rescues– and one of them was rescued through Barkingham. He is a paralyzed Chihuahua who was hours from being killed at a shelter before Tee and Tania intervened. Where were all the owners of the OTHER, fancier day cares (with — oooohhhh ventilation systems!!!), then? They certainly weren’t down in the ghetto rescuing a paralyzed dog that everyone else thought wasn’t worth the trouble.
As for Tabitha what’s-her-name and her pathetic display on cable… you people didn’t cover any of the rescue work that Tania and Tee do, and how that foils into Barkingham Palace. I know for a fact that you video taped it, because my dogs attend Barkingham full-​time so I saw your crew there when they were taping the show. In fact the only time I have been inconvenienced at Barkingham– was when you were there interrupting their business. But I thought– «Oh how cool– they will show everybody all the wonderful, kind-​hearted work that Tania and Tee do.» Really? What you produced was more like a smear campaign.
It seems like Tabitha had a personal dislike for Tania, and she was not professional enough to get past it. When I hear Tabitha’s criticisms that Tania is abrasive, impossible to work with, etc. — I can’t help but wonder if she’s talking about Tania, or HERSELF. Go to therapy and work it out, Tabitha.
Look– Do they have some staff politics to work out at Bakingham Palace? Sure! Do I care? Um… NO! Are you haters so naïve that you think all the businesses you use are holding hands and singing Kumbaya in the back? Wake up. Most people hate their bosses. Big deal.
Bottom line is, the owners of Barkingham Palace are great ladies with a wonderful dog care facility, who do amazing rescue work on the side. They are nice to my paralyzed Chihuahua and clean up his poop.
Haters– get a life.

I love having a place I can take my little yorkie for a couple of hours and I know he is in great hands. Barkingham is a great price, the staff is super friendly (my little guy loves them all too!), the facility is clean & safe, and they even comped his first visit to make sure it was a good fit.
I have recommended Barkingham Palace to many friends with small dogs and will continue to do so! Also, how adorable is that shop name? :)

My girlfriend and I adopted the love of our lives from Tee and Tania here, and I can’t say enough about how great they were about helping us with our first pet. I had seen an ad for the most adorable 2 white chihuahua mix puppies and thought, «It’s time». We went to meet the puppies and, while one was more outgoing than the other, we couldn’t choose! So, we decided, what the heck, let’s adopt both of them. Well, I haven’t had a dog since I was a kid and, the truth is, we were in over our heads with 2 dogs. Their policy is you can return the dogs at any time, no questions asked. While it pained us to do it, I called Tee after 4 days to say we had to return the dogs. Our upstairs neighbors were complaining that I was house-​training them on our back patio and our landlady was making it difficult to feel comfortable about having pets. It broke our hearts, but we returned the puppies.
In the meantime, I told a friend who was looking to adopt to go check out these adorable puppies. My friend took the more outgoing of the two, and I just happened to run into Tee that week. Tee took the time to get to know my girlfriend and I and she knew we were a match for one of them. Truth is, we were afraid to try again and have it not work out. Tee encouraged us by saying, «you’ve got nothing to lose. Try for a week and if it doesn’t work out, no problem.» Well, my girlfriend and I moved to a more dog-​friendly building and we now have a wonderful relationship with our little furry friend. I’m so grateful to Tee and Tania for their intuition and understanding. We just love Iggy SO much! They really know what they are doing.
As for the bad reviews, I just have to say take them with a grain of salt. People are crazy when it comes to their pets! The people here really care about the animals and it is so clear they love what they do. Thanks, Tee and Tania!!!

My dog loves coming here for some weekly playtime. We had tried a different day care, but he would shake and act a little scared when we pulled into the parking lot. Not at Barkingham — he literally pulls me in the door because he can’t wait to get inside!
The grooming is also great!