A Dog Gone Good Place

It saddens me to leave a bad review. As a dog lover it’s nice to drop my dog-​ter off at a safe clean establishment. Sometimes we need a service like this when we have to work crazy Long hours.
First there is only certain times to drop off our little dog? And then if we don’t get her at another certain time there is a fine? We have brought our dog here 3 times and no more.
First she got kennel cough months ago, it happens, and when we called to mention that they might want to warn others, we were met with such denial and cover up, that we decided to just let it go. Then there was the time when I waited 10 min to get her out, with no other parents there, and I have never seen her so frantic. We thought maybe she was just easily excitable, but then there was the straw that broke the camels back.
We get a call today that our dog was injured, and cut her foot… Deep! No one seen what happened. So now we wonder is there an infection? Do we need to take her t the vet? Sure they waived the fee, but the damage is done. I hope others have a better time then we did.

Our dogs went here twice. The second time they came home, one of our dogs came back with a sprained back leg! No one knew what had happened and then they tried to guess. Our dogs are on the smaller side, and got thrown in to a bunch of other dogs. They were pups at the time, and they have never been the same! Anxiety and scared of other dogs now :(In the pictures they hid in a kennel the whole time. We went to Rock Creek Kennel, they are incredible and the pic are way better! They treat you like family and they love animals!

Our dog loves going here! And it’s perfect for those rainy days when our pup needs to run around and get his energy out.

I take my dog here for grooming and they do a great job and he likes to be there. Price is a bit speedy but they provide a great service so I don’t mind paying.

We have been taking our dogs here for over a year now. Each dog has a unique personality and one day may be different from the next. They know how to gage our dogs moods. Our big boy comes in pretty hot headed from the ride over and they know what it takes to get him where he needs to be before letting him into the play yard.
ADGGP is always making improvements. They recently installed turf in the big dog’s play yard which is so much better on their paws. They really seem to invest back into their facilities to make it a good experience for the dogs.
I have also used their grooming services. Mark does such an amazing job and it takes a lot to groom our boys. Lots of hair. He knows how to keep them calm so it’s not a traumatic experience. He does not hesitate to call you if he notices something out of the norm and he makes them look so beautiful.
They also have a wonderful trainer Scott who is very patient not only with dogs but the owners. I have started training and then traveling makes me stop for a long periods of time. He is very patient and lets me start back up and helps me to refresh on what we were working on prior. I know we will get our big boy to where he needs to be soon.
If there ever comes a day where we are not able to take our dogs here anymore, I will always be grateful for the services they provide and will recommend them to other people.

ADGGP is excellent. The facility is very clean and kept up. The staff are all amazing as they are very friendly, great with the dogs and somehow keep the peace amongst all the commotions. We have used them for boarding as well. Quincy always comes home exhausted from playing here.

I can’t say enough good things about ADGGP! I just moved here from out of state with a young puppy and for my first month he spent every week day here while I was at work. They take amazing care of my pup, going above and beyond for us again and again! Ollie goes crazy wagging his tail when we arrive. We are also taking puppy classes here and they have been wonderful. This is a great place staffed by a wonderful group of people and I can relax knowing my dog is in good hands when he’s here.
Also they have an excellent groomer! This place has everything!

We dropped off our dog this morning for an evaluation so we could board her here whenever we town. I took a tour last week and was impressed with the spacious dog kennels and the indoor and outdoor play areas. I liked how the dogs spend most of their time out of the crate. My dog is timid, 55 pound Labradoodle. We expected her to be very shy her first day and we knew a new doggy day care place would take some getting used to. 45 minutes after I dropped her off, I received a call from Lynn at the front desk saying my dog had jumped the fence and they couldn’t catch her. Two of her workers were out looking for her. My husband and I met up with one of the workers and started searching for her. The police and the humane society were also driving around looking for her. She was spotted running beside highway 26 twice during rush hour. I really don’t know how she didn’t get hit by a car, but we spotted her in an Intel parking lot an hour and a half after she escaped. Now, I’m not the kind of person to write negative reviews, but when my husband went to talk to Lynn in the office afterwards about the incident, she was acting rude. She didn’t apologize or take any responsibility for the incident. If we were out of town when this happened, they may never have found our dog or she may have been hit by a car. This daycare charges $ 48 for boarding per day. You would think that for that price, you could count on your dog being safe until you returned. Just a word of warning if you have a dog who likes to jump.

We chose to try ADGGP after searching reviews and finding this location closest to our house. I was happy to hear they do an eval, like many places, to test the dog’s temperament. I definitely don’t want my dog thrown into something if he can’t handle it, so I supported the trial half day 100%.
I dropped him off earlier this week at the butt-crack-of-dawn…6:30am, yikes. The young kid checking in the dogs took mine, and in an instant he was gone. Wait, I wasn’t ready! (new dog parent…). He had me quickly sign a couple forms, and that was that. I had to ask him if I could look around (I thought it was kinda weird they don’t automatically offer to walk new customers around the facility). The only glimpse I got of where my dog would be all morning was a look from the window of the 2^nd floor down onto the ground???
It was drizzly and dark, and I didn’t like that my dog was outside. They had a big indoor area (concrete?), but they weren’t using it for some reason.
I left feeling bummed my dog was there, and I’m still not sure if that’s mostly the new doggie parent part, or more that I really didn’t care for the facility. It might be totally different if the dogs had been indoors, with some access to the outdoors (not simply stuck outside).
They also offer pictures (mostly blurry) of the dogs during the day. This seems to be the standard now for all doggie daycares which is pretty cool — but some of they other daycares around town have way better pics (hey, everything gets a grade!). I couldn’t find my dog in any of the pics from his morning. Was he hiding in a corner? Hmm.
I will try ADGGP again to see how the 2^nd time around goes.

I, unfortunately, did not have a good experience with most of the staff at A Dog Gone Good Place and ultimately found them to be very unprofessional. I felt very uncomfortable leaving my dog there on days when certain employees checked her in. After months of giving them a try I ended up coming back early from a trip to bring my dog home and will never take my dog back again.

I love this place and am sad we moved too far away to continue coming here.
1. They have naptime in the afternoons and a pool in the summer. I wish my job had those.
2. They have evaluations before they admit new dogs. Why don’t more places have this? Some of the crazies that you see at the dog park could be lurking in other boarding places, just waiting to pounce on my pups. Not here!
3. They have an observation deck, photos taken throughout the day, and let you tour the facility. I am suspicious of every kennel that isn’t this transparent.
4. My shy dog loves it here. I’ve been to other boarding places where she actually growls at the employees. Not here.
As I said, sad that this place is too far away.

Just checking in…
I still bring my pup here most days of the week and I love the place even more. My pup has such a great time there and he always comes home happy and tired. The staff informs me of funny things he may have done that day or things that might be of concern to me, such as a weird poo he may have had or if he threw something up or didn’t eat his lunch that day.
My pup loves to roll in anything smelly and disgusting. They try to catch him before it happens but if they miss it and he does roll in something nasty they will give him a quick bath before I pick him up free of charge. The groomers do a great job with him as well.
I always feel great leaving my little buddy at ADGGP.

My dog loves this place! She’s always excited when I drop her off and is totally wiped out when I pick her up! The staff is great, the place is always clean and the price is right.
Give this place a chance… your pooch will thank you!

My husband and I started taking our 2 small dogs to A Dog Gone Good Place about 7 months ago. We had tried another doggy daycare in the area and weren’t thrilled with it, plus ADGGP offers a month-​long membership for dogs that includes unlimited days of playcare. They now go daily for playcare and they LOVE it. As we get close to the facility in the morning, one of our dogs starts making excited noises and moving around in the car. We use their boarding, grooming, and training services as well and have nothing but good things to say about all of the services and staff — especially the management team and the owner!
One of our dogs has allergies and was constantly licking his paws; when we went to pick him up one day the playcare manager noticed he was bleeding. He and the HR manager both took a look at our dog and realized he had chewed 2 of his toenails off. They put some styptic powder on his paws to help them clot quickly, and immediately made an appointment for the next morning for the groomer to shave in between his paws to help them heal more quickly. It turned out that he was horribly matted between his paws — he had been licking them and chewing his nails because he was in so much pain! They did this free of charge and he seemed to feel better immediately. No more licking his paws. We have never owned dogs before, and would have probably taken him to the vet to get allergy testing done had ADGGP not figured out what the real problem was! Last week our other dog had a stomach bug — we took her to playcare in the morning and she wasn’t feeling great, they called us a couple of hours later and recommended we take her to the vet. I got her a vet appointment that day and the vet got her right on some anti-​nausea medication, additional fluids, and a soft food diet. Again, without ADGGP, she probably wouldn’t have felt better as quickly as she did. They were also willing to accommodate her special diet short term — she needed to be fed frequent small meals, which they were happy to do.
We love the daily pictures and regular anecdotes we get about our dogs. ADGGP is so in-​tune to our dogs needs, personalities, and health and we appreciate it greatly. We constantly recommend ADGGP to friends and family and regularly run into people we know picking up their dogs. Thank you ADGGP!

We come here for everything our little guy needs… he comes here to play — spend the night and get groomed. The groomer they have here is STELLAR! (Bobby) He is wonderful with dogs. Patient, kind, soft, loving… he alone gets 5 stars! We have left our dog here for daycare… and he came out happy and well adjusted. (Which is a feat… we adopted him 6 months ago and he was never let out of the home — so he never got fellowship with other dogs… or knew there was a big wide world out there) Dog Gone Good Place has been very good at helping us help him through learning it is good out here in the world. :) He had one weekend of boarding — and once again he came out happy and peaceful. We love this place… and so does our little white guy!

This is the best daycare I have experienced and I have been a loyal customer for two years.
My dog is very very energetic and she started going their as a puppy. They provide some extra training throughout the day by making them pay attention and not just setting the dogs loose together. Some daycares will mix the dog types but this place has several yards for each type of dog, including puppies, adolescents, little, and large. There are pools in each area when the summers are hot. Every day the dogs get a «nap» in an individual kennel between 12 and 2 so they can eat and wind down a bit in peace.
For overnight stays, the price may seem more expensive until you factor in what they do for the dogs. The price includes a full day at daycare, their own indoor room with a bed and a peanut butter filled kong at night. There is no extra add ons for extra attention or the occasional treat (those are included throughout the day).
Perhaps my best example of their service is the care they take for the animals and how closely they pay attention to them. When I was getting divorced I started taking my dog to dog parks more and I was a «single» parent, my dog started acting up and getting aggressive with the other dogs. The owners pulled me aside to let me know what was going on and asked me if there was anything happening that may be causing her actions. My dog was actually close to getting kicked out of daycare! When I told them what was going on they immediately understood and asked if I would bring her three times a week for a couple months. She said that she would personally work with my pup so that she can oversee her aggression and help her get over that. It worked beautifully and I have never looked elsewhere.
Some of their additional services are shuttle services for vet visits to the Walnut Creek Vet clinic, spa salon services, and a shop for food and toys. They also various classes that range from general obedience to agility and one day clinics.