No Leash Needed

Our dog (Janie) loves this place. The employees there know her by name (even though she isn’t a day to day guest), and she always comes home happy. A good sign is when your dog gets excited to go to day camp and runs in the door.
In addition — my schedule changes a good bit as I travel for my job; meetings change quickly, and my husband or I might have to put her in day camp last minute, or we will have to cancel, etc. Granted I probably shouldn’t cancel last minute :) but some things just don’t work out with my schedule. No Leash Needed has always been MORE than accommodating. and have never given me any grief about our change of plans.
The employees are great here, and our dog loves it, and she comes home happy and healthy. Thanks NLN!

There is nothing wrong with No Leash Needed. I don’t think that our pup minded going for daycare at all, and I felt just fine (mostly) leaving him. However, my pup is my baby. My husband and I don’t have children yet, so I may be a bit overprotective, but there were a few things that didn’t excite me about the place.
The first thing that irritated me was that when I dropped him off the first time, they took him, led him through a closed door, and then that was that. I was hoping to be able to watch him like some other facilities do in the area, but they said that maybe we could watch at pick up time. Unfortunately, because of my work schedule, I can only drop off but not pick up. My husband always does this. When I called to check on him mid-​day (he has never been away from us in an unknown place like this) the guy on the phone just said, «Oh he’s fine.» Then silence. I assumed that he was fine, but would have loved for him to elaborate a bit more.
The last thing is that every time we went (granted it was only twice but I have checked their facebook page), I asked for pictures of what my dog is doing during the day. They told me when we signed up that they try to post pictures everyday, but if you look on facebook, it is actually once in a blue moon. My husband asked when he picked up the second time as well, and they gave the same story that they gave the first time about being short staffed. Judging from their facebook page, they are short staffed A LOT, or they just don’t take the time to post. My husband says that the owner took a picture on her phone and promised to email it, but she never did.
Like I said, there wasn’t anything glaringly WRONG with our experience here, but The Watering Bowl on Hanley has been a better fit for our pup for daycare (and for his overprotective mommy who needs daily updates on facebook!) We may consider training classes here in the future, and hopefully I can rate them a bit higher for that!

I have mixed emotions every time we would leave our dog here. While I feel like they care for the dogs, our Frenchie never came home w/​o a battle scar. Bumps on his underbelly and one incident resulting in a trip to the vet for a black eye, he was tested for a scratched cornea, and puncture bites on his neck. I didn’t receive an apology from them, only a «well dogs play rough» phone call the following day. They didn’t even ask how our dog was… I was disappointed. I don’t have children of my own so my dog is my baby and I want to be sure he is receiving the best care and being watched/​take care of if he is not in our hands. I would think the owner of a doggy daycare would understand that. Too many times I felt like she was trying to push us to use other daycares and she didn’t want our business. It was very strange…
Also, our dog has never EVER shown signs of aggression towards other dogs (as he is socialized with neighborhood dogs on a daily basis) nor people/​children of any age. The last time we took him there, they told us he received his first «strike» due to aggressive behavior. I nearly fell over and to be honest, took offense to it. It was the final straw and we have since taken our business elsewhere, and no more issues.
All that being said, they were always willing to work with our schedule, which was very nice. If you aren’t overly protective of your pet, I would recommend this place. It’s a large facility with a great outdoor astroturf area.

I feel compelled to write an edit to my previous review since they’ve added more services. Now after a fun filled day at doggy daycare, my pooch can get washed up and come home smelling clean. For $ 35 she got a bath, her ears cleaned, nails & nails clipped.
They offer packages that will save you money if you plan to take your dog on a regular basis. Vegas always comes home fully exercised and pooped.

I run the Saint Louis Pekingese Club and last Sunday we held one of our monthly playhours at this location. What an amazing time we had!
The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable — the venue itself was breathtaking from a dog owner’s perspective!
Their indoor facility is 5000 square feet and has rubber flooring which made it perfect for our little ones running and playing — no slip and fall incidences. And they also have two outside yards with an additional 4000 square feet for our pooches to enjoy — and the grass was AstroTurf so it was easy to clean up and no mud!!! I personally liked that! Nothing worse then a muddy pekingese!!!
No Leash Needed also offers dog training, dog day care, and boarding — and I think many of our members will be using their services in the future!

I’ve been taking my German Shepherd to No Leash Needed for day camp for about 7 months now and I couldn’t be happier with them! Mack absolutely LOVES going! In fact, when we pull up he starts going crazy in the back seat and when I open my door to get out he tries to get out to run to the door! The staff is absolutely amazing and he couldn’t love them any more. When I pick him up at the end of the day he’s always so tired that he falls asleep in the car, which never happens since he loves to stick his head out the window! I plan on getting him trained here but I haven’t had very much free time lately. I would highly recommend No Leash Needed!

No Leash Needed is a great place!
I am a young pet owner and me and my boyfriend are very happy we found this place! Before I called No Leash Needed, I had reservations about putting Nellie into training because as a pet owner, you don’t like to feel like you’re not in control; however, No Leash Needed understands that each dog is different and they teach the owner how to be confident with his/​her dog. To begin, I brought in our dog for a training evaluation and explained to Shannon some of my concerns. Nellie is a timid girl who can be somewhat distracted and stubborn at times. She explained our options and we ended up choosing a training package that included private and group lessons.
We began lessons about 4 weeks ago and we can’t believe the difference! Nellie is now a joy to take on walks and she has come out of her shell little by little at No Leash Needed. She always gets excited in the car when we are heading to training to see Karen (our trainer)!
We finished our private lessons and we are now enrolled in group classes. We especially like these classes because they help incorporate distractions like there would be on a walk around our neighborhood.
Everyone at No Leash Needed is very friendly. I used to worry about leaving for a weekend to go out of town because I would have to ask family or friends to watch our dog, but now we have a place to bring her! I feel comfortable knowing that they understand her personality and what training methods work with her.
On a side not, for the young pet owners who live somewhat paycheck to paycheck like I do, No Leash Needed was great about splitting the training payments in two. This way, we felt more comfortable with our payments and it didn’t seem so overwhelming.