Dog Country Dog Camp

Best daycare! I just got a new lab 3 weeks ago, and I have been trying to find a daycare that I trust. It’s hard when a dog can’t talk to you.
You know when you finally find the right place when a dog has a smile like this.
What dog would rather be outside in the fresh air vs in a concrete warehouse?

It’s unbelievable that I found Steve, who is a person I trust 100% with my Ramsey and would trust him to watch my 1 year-​old daughter too!
Ramsey has been going to camp since May 2014. The first time he met Steve, it was as if he had known him for years. Steve took Ramsey out the door and Ramsey didn’t even say good-​bye to me! First impressions are the most important and I was totally impressed and still sad that Ramsey snubbed me.
Steve always tries his best to accommodate our requests for extra days of camp, as well as rescheduling.
Ramsey went through a tough period and we had to keep him home. I received emails from Steve asking me how he was doing and words cannot express how much that meant to me. He truly treats and loves him as if he were his own and believe me, Ramsey is in love with his buddy Steve! Ramsey was finally able to go back to camp this week and when Steve bought him home, he started crying so loud. Steve looked a bit panicked because he didn’t know what was going on. We initially thought maybe he had salt (from our sidewalks in the neighborhood) or snow between his webbed paws (he has Newfie in him). Upon further pampering and many treats, we realized nothing was wrong with him and he was just crying because he didn’t want to leave Steve! This crying for Steve theory was proved again this morning when Steve stopped by and dropped him off with Ben, the new dog walker for Raise the Woof. That was so sweet and yet again I feel in second place because he has never cried for me.
If you are looking for someone who is going to care and love your family member as much as you do, then sending him or her with Steve to Dog Country Dog Camp is what needs to be done! Pictures say a thousand words. Just take a look at all the photos of the dogs at camp and they will verify everything I say to be true.

This place is great!
Steve is super sweet and I can tell my dog likes him.
They pick up your dog, take them for fun for a whole day on their enclosed farm, then drop them back off. My dog is always exhausted after she goes! I can’t even take her for a walk, she just whines and stops!
Also, Steve leaves a note when she drops my dog off describing how the day went. I had a few concerns about my smaller dog handling the larger dogs and Steve said he’d keep an extra eye out and told me in the note all was well.
What I also love is seeing my dog’s photo on their Facebook page– you can see how happy they all are.
Definitely worth the price– Steve told me at the initially meeting that he keeps the price low so all kind of dogs can go. I appreciate it as a recent graduate working her first job!
Just think, two dog walks are $ 30 OR all day intense play for $ 40— DOG COUNTRY DOG CAMP RULES!

My pup Wrigley has been to many different doggie daycares/​dog camps, and this seems to be the best by far! Steve picks him up every week and they head to the camp in Indiana. He comes back at the end of the day happy and exhausted. Steve also posts pics on Facebook so I can see what a great time Wrigley is having. So glad I found this camp!

Words can’t even express how happy we are that we found Dog Country Dog Camp. We send our girl, Daisy, at least once or twice a week and she comes home EXHAUSTED. There is no doubt that she is in doggie heaven when she is at camp. I love how responsive the owner, Steve, is and he posts pictures on Facebook most days so we get to see how happy Daisy is at camp. We feel confident that she is in good hands when we send her with Steve and she will come home and rest up for her next awesome day at camp.

If I could give an A+ or 10 out of 10, I would.
Dog Country Day camp is an amazing service and if you look at this review
, you will see that I am no easy critic.
From our first meeting, last minute service request to the questions we have asked, Dog Country Day camp has been the best choice we have made for our Black Labrador. Moving away from the green open fields to the concrete block called Chicago, our loopy Lab was going to need to let out her energy. Dog Country Day Camp did just this and left her passed out at our door. Please note, they did hand her off to us, they did not just leave her. :)
Lady (the lab) has loved going to country day camp and has even gone for boarding. Steve is very nice and accommodating to all our needs.
We are so excited this type of doggie day care exists and if Lady could speak I guarantee she give it 5 paws.

We use Dog Country Dog Camp for dog boarding now, too after using their dog camp services for months. Shelby stays in their home and goes to camp each day. She loves it so much and it’s so nice for us that she’s calm when we come home from traveling — we can all be exhusted together! We don’t have family close by, and before we found Dog Country Dog Camp I would always worry about her when we were out of town. It realy gives me peace of mind knowing she is in good hands now, and I can truly enjoy getting away.
The only downside? She always seems a bit mopey when we’re back… I think she knows when we’re back she won’t be going to camp everyday. :)

My boyfriend and I got a dog about two months ago from a local shelter. While we love our pup Hazel, she has a lot of energy and also suffers from severe separation anxiety (we’re talking breaks out of her crate in 10 minutes type stuff). So my boyfriend found Dog Country Dog Camp on Unilocal and we decided to try it out.
I can’t say enough how much of a blessing it has been for us to be able to send Hazel to camp once a week. Although she’s only gone a few times, she has absolutely loved it and comes home dead tired which stunned us the first time she went to camp
Last week we tried out a local daycare and after a few days we pulled her out since it was not going well (they use cages and we think it reminded her of the shelter). Because her behavior had been a little weird the past few days she’s been there, it made me nervous when Steve picked her up today since she was a little hesitant to leave me, however he reassured me she would be fine, and even sent me a text a few minutes later to say that she was having fun in the car.
Steve is great with the dogs and you can really just tell that he is a true dog person. If we could send Hazel there every day we absolutely would!
If you have a high-​energy dog, or even if you just want to get your dog out of the concrete jungle once in a while, this is the absolute best option in Chicago.
Thank you Steve!

Have I seriously not reviewed this yet? I use their other company, Raise the Woof, for boarding while I’m away, and walks while I’m at work. I decided to send Penny to Dog Country Dog Camp once a week, and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long time. She’s picked up from home by Steve, who she just loves, is driven off to a big ol’ fenced in woodland area in Indiana, and is free to fall back in to her doggy instincts.
They run, swim, play, and explore for about 5 hours, before she’s packed up again and dropped off at home. I’ve been there once at her drop off, where she’ll finish a full bowl of water, wander upstairs, and just collapse for the next few hours– completely exhausted.
Once every other week or so, Steve uploads a few shots to FB and I can actually see Penny running around having the time of her life. It’s just one of those «uppers,» knowing she’s having a great time while I’m at work.
It’s worth every penny (no pun intended), and I recommend this service to anyone and everyone. You owe it to your dog.

Our golden retriever Riley had her first trip to Dog Country Dog Camp last week and knowing how much fun she has at the Montrose Dog Beach, I know she had a BLAST at this farm in Indiana! She was so tired all weekend so I can imagine all the running and playing she did with her new friends. She barely had enough energy to greet me on Friday and even saying goodbye to her Mon morning, she was wiped! =) This is one of the coolest things for dogs in the city to be able to go run free in the country for the day. As long as Riley keeps having as much energy as she has and loves every dog she meets, she will be a repeat customer to Dog Country Dog Camp! We use Raise the Woof for dog walking so its wonderful we can work Dog Camp into her walking schedule easily as they are both ran by the same dog loving duo, Steve and Sara! =)

Holy smokes, this is the best thing you can do for your dog especially if you have a spaz like mine. My 8 yr old lab is a perpetual puppy and always has endless amounts of energy.
He went to camp on a Friday and was so tired/​calm the entire weekend. He was also very sore but in a good way.
I haven’t met Steve yet but Sara is so nice and friendly. She even hosed him off before dropping him off at home. I did still give him a good scub down with shampoo b/​c he smelled like the outdoors and had a few burs on him, which Sara told me about. No biggie at all to me considering he probably had the best time of his life.
This is a great option for city dogs who really just want to be outside running around.

Toby just got back from his day at the camp… poor guy was soooo tired that he actually walked by my side and was the model dog with little effort on my part. YAY!!!

Our dog LOVES to go to the Dog Country Day Camp. The owners are Steve and Sara and they have been walking our lab Carmen, through Raise The Woof, for a year now. They are so wonderful with dogs and you can truly see how much they care about their clients. Carmen loves to run around in the forest and get out of the city. This Dog camp is perfect for her! She comes back so happy and tired from carrying around sticks all day. We could not be happier with this Dog Camp and the owners!

When I heard about Dog Country Dog Camp I had to check it out! We already use Raise the Woof for boarding. My pup and I went out on Saturday to take a look and Rocky had such a blast! It’s a large area that is completely fenced in so I was able to let Rocky off leash and did not have to worry about him running away or anything like that. There’s so much for a high energy dog to do! There’s plenty of open space that’s perfect for running and rolling around or to drag sticks around (which is my lab’s favorite activity). The space is perfect because Sara and Steve can see the dogs at all times but there’s plenty of room with trees and plants to smell too. I can’t wait for Rocky to head out with Steve during the week!