Lap It Up

Owner’s are very nice and concerned about everyone’s well being. Everyone is friendly and the establishment is clean. It is very safe and they’re very careful about dogs mixing with other dogs with regard to personalities.

We’ve had several dogs over the years. All of them could swim but none especially liked it. We wanted our new puppy to like swimming so signed him up for a lesson at Lap it Up. That was in 2011 and he is a swimmin’ fool! We go every weekend and the owner is kind enough to help us arrange swim groups so several dogs can swim together and the owners can share the cost. There’s always something else interesting going on at Lap It Up, like Flyball, Agility, Treibball, and workshops for people who work with dogs with special needs. This is a great facility and a jewel for area pet owners.

A fantastic facility! We have a handicapped dog that needs to strengthen his hind muscles. Took him to Lap it Up — not expecting too much b’coz he gets uneasy with other dogs and is generally a cantankerous 15yr old.
Very friendly staff made us feel comfortable right away. The instructor was fabulous — very patient and knowledgeable. Owner/​manager was on site and was very friendly.
Our dog had a fabulous time and enjoyed his time in the pool — and is now a «certified swimmer.» We plan to use the facility regularly.

Great facility!
Recently moved to the area and I have a high energy dog who needs a lot of off leash time (we live in an apt so sadly no yard). The local dog park is okay, but often gets crowded and while my dog does play nicely w/​others he only cares to play fetch and having other dogs constantly steal our ball has been getting really old, really quickly. We found this place online and quickly called to schedule an «orientation». It was great! The owner, took us to the pool area (it’s a private session so it was just us) and helped my dog to get acclimated to the pool. Fortunately, my dog loves to swim so it didn’t take more than a few minutes. We were then left to play fetch in the pool undisturbed for the rest of the session. When we were done, there were dry towels and a potty area too.
We were shown the rest of the facility, which seemed clean, well maintained and very spacious. We will definitely be coming back for more swim time and am looking into classes too!

I really wish I lived closer to be able to enjoy such a unique facility. The business owner was kind enough to take the time (unscheduled) to answer questions my friend had about what goes into opening a similar facility. She was honest that it needed to heavily focus on the business side of things in order to even exist. No one was using the facility when we were visiting mid afternoon, so I imagine it could be easy to schedule pool time when no other dogs were there. Tamara Dormer is a CPDT-​KA (
) that is one of the trainers who holds sessions there. Also, Hannah Brannigan
offers sessions here.

Our breed meet-​up has been meeting here during rainy or cold days, and the dogs have a blast running around in the upstairs area. We have around 20 members with one or two medium sized dogs each, and the dogs have a blast chasing each other around, playing with toys, or learning some agility. I highly recommend it as an indoor alternative to a dog park.

My dog Stella and I love Lap-​it-​Up. She took a swim lesson and it was quite an experience.