Bark Avenue Inn & Daycare

Me and my boxer love, love, love Bark Avenue daycare. I have taken her to other daycares and they definitely do not compare. The staff at Bark Avenue make me feel like I’m leaving my girl with family. She loves going and is worn out when she comes home… job well done. I can tell the staff truly love animals and it makes me happy to know my girl is in good hands while I’m at work.

I travel frequently and they take such good care of my shiba when I’m gone. They always answer the phone when I call to check in on her or they call back the same day with a status update. It’s obvious that they provide individual attention to my dog while she’s there and they’ve even taught her some manners while she’s in with the daycare group. I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my pup at this point.

This place is the best! I take my 2-​year-​old cockapoo, Crosby, to daycare every Wednesday. He is so excited when I drop him off and it’s reassuring that all the staff know his name! Wednesday evenings are pretty quiet at our house, as Crosby is usually worn out from the day of play. Highly recommend this daycare.

I needed a place to board my dog while i was visting from out of town so I called Bark Avenue to arrange a time to board my dog. I told the staff over the phone the time i was planning on dropping my dog off and sent my dogs shot records before hand.
After driving 6 hours to drop off my dog at the time I discussed with the staff member the place was all locked up so i rang the buzzer outside the building. After waiting 30 minutes nobody came to the door. So i was forced to find somewere else to board my dog last minute so i can attend my family reunion.
I called Bark Avenues main office and never received a call back. I was really shocked about the poor professionalism this buisness displayed.

Pick up day is always the happiest for sure. Our Max and Bamboo were so happy to see us.
They kept the empty dog food bags for us so that we know «they ate up»! Bamboo weighted exactly the same the day before we sent him here, he is a puppy, only 6 months old, he eats everything and he is hyper-​energetic, but Max lost one pound in 10 days, for a 5-​year-​old Miniature Dachshund, and as his mommy, I awwed a bit, but I wasn’t surprised, because Max is «socially awkward».
They prepared our dogs’ personal belongings ahead of time, so the check out was pretty quick. Although, I was hoping I could just have 2 minutes to talk to anyone about, you know like, how were my babies doing, did they cause any troubles, etc.
They have a daycare webcam that you can check to see how your dogs are playing with other dogs which is very considerate.
The application procedure in the beginning was not complicated at all, fill out forms and offer updated vaccination records, that’s it.
One very important thing that I have to mention at last — after we finished check in at the front desk, I was talking real fast and trying to give all the female staff some final «heads up», I was all choked up and my husband was all tearing up… I asked, «Do you think we can still stay for a while and walk them to their room, or do we have to stop right here?», one of the ladies said, «It’s better that we take them away and you see them off, so that it’s them leaving you, not you leaving them. They’re having a vacation. You’re having a vacation. Don’t worry. They’re gonna have fun, and you too.» She was assertive and her answer was professional and that was all we need to hear at that moment. Thumbs up!