A Canine Experience Inc.

We get our dog food from A Canine Experience and our doggies love it! The highlight of the year so far was taking our 3 dogs there and doing the Doggie Easter Egg Hunt. Thanks, Trina!

I took my pup here after considering the fact that he needed to stop pulling when he became distracted. I figured it would take a 2 week program to fix it, but the owner, Nancy, took the time to learn about my dog and then quickly showed me the proper way to handle his pulling. I was amazed. I appreciated the useful feedback and MOST of all, how they were honest and did not attempt to rip me off by selling me a 2 week program that I originally intended in enrolling. They gave me a simple fix and guidelines. I say this because a trainer at «Digg It Dog Training» stated that my dog would most likely need a «30 day» program (costing at least $ 2700) after watching my dog for a minute. I was baffled. However, his recommendation did make me realize that I needed to find a solution for my dog’s pulling and I am glad my first stop at A Canine Experience was extremely positive. I was recommended advanced learning and classes to further strengthen his behavior and discipline.
I recommend A Canine Experience. Very fun trainers and great help.

I have had my two labs boarded for a few months. Love the way they are taking care of my dogs. I Really like the large open «park» area they have available. I can take the dogs out back when is it’s open and the dogs have a lot of fun exploring. I can run the dogs and throw the ball around with out worrying. The «park» is completely fenced and dog friendly. The staff has been awesome! Thank you !!

Trina is great and help me identify what works for my dog who is NOT food motivated. The scent training classes are great. They also provide CGC testing by appointment.

We have been using this businesses’ ‘doggie day care’ and in house doggie sitter for over a year and could not be happier with the services. Our dog is VERY high energy, requires daily medication and suffers with separation anxiety. Autumn has been amazing with our doggie. When we need overnight care she comes to our home and stays with our dog (sometimes we only need her overnight… sometimes for a week). She is always dependable, kind and I swear she leaves our house cleaner than when we left! Most importantly our dog loves her. Finding a dependable doggie daycare and boarding facility is so difficult. We are so glad that we found Autumn and the team at A Canine Experience.

A (Bad) Canine Experience — Sadly there is no option for 0 Stars
I had a business trip which took my wife and I away from our home for 5 days which required us to put our Great Dane, Atlas, in a kennel during this time away. I would start by explaining the scenario to be completely level in my review, also of note I decided to take nearly a week of cool down time prior to writing this as not to come off as a person willing to flame an establishment based completely on emotion.
Atlas has a mid-​range case of separation anxiety, the symptoms are over eager greetings upon arrival home (from my office), when put in his crate he will pull at the door typically scratching his nose up a little, and at times he will relieve himself in his cage (even for short periods of time, one hour or less). He is medicated for this condition along with ongoing behavioral training; it is a work in progress.
Unfortunately I was not able to do a walk-​through of the facility prior to Atlas being dropped off, in fact due to my schedule I was not even able to take him to ‘A Canine Experience’ myself though I am not sure that would have played an appreciable difference in the outcome. I did read several reviews and had two separate conversations with staff and felt comfortable enough with them for the relatively short stay that Atlas would be making. When I picked Atlas up from ‘A Canine Experience’ it did seem as though they were as stated on their website, it appeared clean, free of heavy dog ‘odors’, other animals appeared happy and generally well cared for.
Now on to my issue with ‘A Canine Experience’. When I was getting Atlas ready for his stay I made sure there were proper feeding and medication instructions given, in fact this is part of ‘A Canine Experience’ initial paperwork. Atlas eats roughly 8 – 10 cups of dry kibble per day, he is 1 year old and weighs (weighed) in at 140 pounds. Because he is still a pup he is on the lanky side but his hips, spine, and ribs are fully covered, and is generally the model of physical health. I measured out his food for every meal that he would have while at ‘A Canine Experience’ and put it in a bag, which I expected would be completely exhausted by my return. Additionally I sent along his medication to be administered per the doctor’s orders.
When Atlas was retrieved from his kennel I was physically shocked at how emaciated he was, he had dropped at minimum 10 pounds in 5 days. I observed that his spine was fully prominent over the entire length, his hip bones were protruding and his ribs could be seen very easily through his coat. I inquired as to what had happened, why he was so skinny; had he not eaten, has he been vomiting, is he not drinking etc. I was told that he «ate the first day but the next couple of days they noted that he had scattered it around but didn’t really eat». In addition to this I was given back his bag of food with more than half of the amount remaining and after a pill count it was clear they had missed at least two doses of his medication, and I have no way of actually knowing if he had taken the doses that were missing from the prescription bottle. I recognize that you cannot force a dog to eat, however I do expect that the owner or emergency contact be notified there is a problem to ask for suggestions. In Atlas’ case it would likely have been something simple like adding hot water to his food, maybe broth, or I would have had a family member take him home as a last resort. I fear what would have happened if we were gone longer.
Unfortunately I had paid for their services prior to Atlas being brought to me, I am sure this was purposely done as there is no way I would have paid for the services seeing him in this condition. The after effect of this treatment made for three days of reintegrating him to food as he would vomit it up within 15 minutes of feeding (even smaller amounts) as his stomach was not able to handle his food. He is of course still down in weight but thankfully recovering and is now keeping solid foods down.
The end result of my bad experience with ‘A Canine Experience’ is this, if you are looking for a place to board your dog and they are accustomed to you being gone you may not have any issues. If however you would like to be notified in the event of any serious type of illness or occurrence while you are away you will want to think long and hard about how you would like to find your dog upon your return, it was a truly shocking experience, one of which I am still weighing a complaint for animal cruelty and neglect with the Snohomish County Animal Control; I could have left Atlas home alone and had no worse an experience and saved the cost of their «Services».

We were referred by a friend and came since we live so close. The grounds were sketchy, tarps all over and pretty run down. But our dog was tired and happy to see us. I like the price and full time employees seem warm.

Okay place. It’s nice they offer free play groups occasionally. We came and tried it out but weren’t all that impressed with the facility which could use improving and my husband twisted his ankle in a hole outside where dogs were running around. Obviously not safe. I understand dogs dig, I’ve worked in a few boarding facilities myself, including one currently, but this wasn’t a fresh hole. It had been there awhile. He said he saw a few others out there as well. I’d have someone sent out there every week or so to make sure the grounds are taken care of. The potential is there, but I think they have some facility maintenance to do. I did appreciate the chance for my dog to socialize a bit and the people at the play group were very nice. One dog was mildly aggressive though and shouldn’t have been there.

We boarded our English Bulldog here over this past weekend and all went well. They cleaned his ‘folds’ as I requested and gave him his ear infection medication without incident. He came home happy and very.
They charge $ 25/​day which is standard but for an additional $ 10/​day your pup can get about an hour of extra playtime outside. We opted for this to make sure he didn’t feel ‘caged’ his entire stay.
We’ll be back for sure!

I’ve heard nothing but good things about this business. Owner Trina really loves dogs and knows how to take great care of them. So I’ve referred several of my dog owner friends to her business. Paul H.

My pup and I absolutely love this place. I found them on google, and I had a personally training session with Trina (owner’s daughter). After the session, I signed up with a basic puppy class (6 weeks). The class was small, but Trina taught more than just they would teach at those basic obedience classes at the big pet stores. Trina introduced agility, scent work, and real life basic commands. Well worth my $ 100.
I dropped off my puppy at Doggy day care and she came home happy and exhausted. She’s a chihuahua, and most of the dogs at the day care are big dogs, but the trainers did a wonderful job with having her get adjusted with the pack. When I come and pick up my dog, Im very happy to see them discipline the day care dogs. Your dog will get socialization and training during day care.
My favorite thing about this place is that they are very flexible with pretty much everything. They have a wonderful drop off and pick up service for those who need it. It was a wonderful Idea, although it did not work out with my schedule. They were nice enough make an exception and let me drop off my puppy at 5:30am (since i start work at 6am). The prices are reasonable, and they are very flexible with payment options and plans.
Also, I dropped off my aunt’s boxer/​lab dog, which they recommended he do the train and board (2 weeks) for his anxiety and lack of confidence (which made him a disobedient dog). I am 100% positive he will come home a different dog.
I am very satisfied with the overall cleanliness of the facility. This place does not wreak of dog nor does it look messy. Everyone has a professional attitude and is very friendly and very easy to communicate with. I am very satisfied with the cost of everything. They may be cheaper than most daycares and boarding kennels in the area, but they definitely care about you and your dogs well-​being, not money.
I recommend this place to anyone who needs a day care, boarding, or training!

We have only EVER boarded our 3 dogs here. Only place we’ll ever go! They always come back healthy, happy and in better shape than when we left them. Thank you, ACE!

I decided to take my dog here after getting a discount on amazon local. The coupon saved me enough that I decided to add on the doggie daycare for the week days he was there which made me feel better leaving him. My dog was only six months when he was there so he was a bit jumpy and hyper. When I picked him up at the end of our vacation it was like picking up a new dog! He didn’t jump on us anymore, he had no more accidents in the house and just overall seemed to be calmer. We were informed that pictures had been taken and posted on Facebook and that we should check them out.
After looking at the pictures I noticed that my dog was the youngest one there.(there was a lot of dogs in doggie daycare!) My guess is that these other dogs schooled my dog on how to behave in a group setting and the workers are so good that they helped train my dog without even trying!
Bottom line… I feel that I got a lot more then I paid for and I will definetly take my dog back in the future!
Cheryl

My dog was happy and they seemed nice enough. She is a runner, and did not get away, so that’s always good.
I get a bad feeling about their billing practices though. They charged my credit card twice. FIRST time I called them, they said to wait to see if it was a repeat transaction. SECOND time, they said wait 7 – 10 days, as it was the credit card company’s fault, and it will be refunded. THIRD time, they said 1 – 3 business days. 2.5 weeks later, I finally have my money back, but who wants to go through all that mess, especially after what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation?
Bottom line… cash is always better at small businesses, for you and for them.

What a fantastic service these folks provide. They will pick up you dog and take them to their fully enclose 4 acre dog park and wear them out. Good pricing and the peace of mind that our dog is treated right make all of the difference.