Kate’s Canine Resort

I started taking my mini goldendoodle here when he has 8 months old. My first poor encounter occurred just a couple of months later. When I picked him up he had a large gash on his tail. It looked as if his tail got caught under a door. It was a bad injury, which I had to take him to the vet for, and I’m sure he would have cried loudly when it occurred. When I confronted Kate’s about the injury they denied knowing anything about the gash. I was shocked that nobody noticed. They then told me that he has quite a bit of energy, and that some of the older dogs may be getting frustrated with him. I thought daycare was supposed to be for friendly dogs with energy. The daycare said that they would take a video of him playing with the other dogs so I could see his interactions. They never did. The final straw came when Kate’s asked that I take him to puppy classes before bringing him back. My dog is extremely friendly and plays well with all dogs. He picks up on cues from other dogs extremely well and knows not to play with certain dogs if they clearly don’t want to play. The whole situation was unsettling and sketchy. I do not recommend Kate’s to anybody. It is not worth the wellbeing of your pet. I now take my dog to Dawg Pawz and love it! They always have great things to say about him. Further, it is better staffed and much cleaner than Kate’s. Kate’s is cheap for a reason.

I have been taking my Golden doodle since she was 6 months and now she is 10 months old. Needless to say this puppy needs a lot of attention and plenty of room to play I couldn’t ask for a better place than Kate’s Canine Resort. Tracy is amazing with the canine’s and genuinely cares for each I admire her dedication to running a superb operation.

I’ve been taking my lab mix to Kate’s for over a year now. I absolutely love the place! Tracy, the owner, is so good at dealing with my dogs quirky personality. She likes him regardless of some things that could drive her crazy and it’s nice to drop him off with someone I can trust him with! He is a jumper and can scale the privacy fence around their outdoor play area. She knows to watch out for this and keeps perfect track of him.
I took my dog to Kate’s before Tracy took over. Kate was still running the place and I don’t have a single complaint about either owner. When Tracy came she put her personal touch on the place and it’s looking really nice. I was happy when she had the floors sealed and redid some of the kennel area. It is a place run by dogs and she took the initiative to deal with this fact by doing these things.
I caught myself giggling a bit at the negative reviews. I take my dog both to daycare and to Penn Dog park down the road. People complaining about their dogs smelling a bit after being around so many other dogs is a bit silly, isn’t it? Every once and a while my dog will get peed on at the park. I can’t imagine the silly things the dogs do to each other at daycare. They get slobber on each other and are going to play enough that yes, they might end up smelling like dogs!
There was a day when Freud (my mutt) got sick at daycare and Tracy felt awful and offered to give him bath. If the other owners would have even eluded to the fact that they were upset Tracy would have jumped to fix the problem. I know this because on another day Freud’s collar broke while he was playing with another dog. Tracy felt offered repeatedly to replace it. She cares!

I haven’t been going to Kate’s for long, but I’ve had nothing but good experiences. I work late so I have to board him overnight when he goes, but have never had any problems. Taz (beagle/​jack russell mix) absolutely loves going. He doesn’t even look back at me when I try to say goodbye. He comes home smelling like other dogs, but never like urine. And he is always so tired when he comes home, he sleeps all day long! I would definitely recommend Kate’s to anyone with active and social dogs!

We’ve brought our lab puppy Vader to Kate’s since he was 3 months old and he’s always loved it! The best part is he’s EXHAUSTED after we pick him up and he sleeps like a baby all night. Kate is amazing with all the dogs and Vader is never in a hurry to leave. We’ve boarded him over weekends and he even stayed 6 nights over the holiday’s and I was so happy to not have to worry about his well being. Kate is amazing and her resort is exactly what KC puppies need.

I work at Children’s Mercy Hospital and bring my active Foxhound to Kate’s as much as possible. It is clean and safe and he absolutely loves it there! He has incredible fun at Daycare and is never in a hurry to leave.
He comes home happily tired and sleeps all night every night. And I never worry about him.:) Prices are very fair and he is treated very very well.

I’m not sure if this place necessarily deserves 2 stars, but i definitely HAVE experienced better. (although it is possible that my only other kennel experience was so good that it’s ruined me for everybody else. See my Cottonwood Kennels review)
Like any other kennel, they require your dog be up-​to-​date on shots. Unlike other kennels, they don’t keep those records on file, they just briefly glance and say «okay». It made me not feel as comfortable, that’s for sure.
It seemed like there were a lot of REALLY big dogs there, and in not the biggest of areas. I was worried b/​c my dog can be intimidated fairly easily by huge dogs. I don’t know how it went down while i was gone, but they told me she was very timid the entire time she was there. That’s not like my dog at all, unless she’s freaked the fuck out.
She was there for 1 night. I had just bathed and groomed her 2 days before. She reeked of pee when i picked her up. She also could NOT get out of the place faster. She wanted nothing more than to not be there.
On the positive, the location is very convenient and Kate is a VERY friendly lady. I may use this place again for daycare, but i doubt that i’ll be kenneling her overnight again. If i have a better experience the next time i send her to daycare, i’ll update my review and reconsider kenneling.

I used to work downtown near Crown Center, and Kate’s Canine Resort was a handy place to drop off my dog for daycare. I like to take him to daycare every once awhile just to give him a chance to play for a day instead of being stuck at home by himself all day, and also to keep him socialized.
Kate’s is a great little place. It’s fairly small compared to most of the dog daycares around here, but it’s friendly place and Muggle seems to always have fun when he’s there. There are separate areas for big dogs and small dogs, which I like. My dog THINKS he’s a big dog, and usually ends up getting trampled by much larger dogs when he tries to rough ‘em up. If your dog isn’t feeling well or is older or even just a new puppy, they are kept behind the front desk in their own little area where they can get special care.
All of the staff I have met here are very nice people and a lot of the customers seem to be regulars. I know that Kate’s offers boarding and grooming as well, though I’ve never had the opportunity to try them out.
Kate’s is very reasonably priced! I pay $ 15 a day to keep Muggle in daycare. By far the cheapest daycare in KC that I’m aware of!

I wish I could take this place with me when I moved. I heard of this place through some people at the dog park and they were so right. It has the friendliest and most loving, caring staff. I have boarded my beloved pup here for a month and when I picked him up, he was happy, healthy and even got a brushing. Plus, they are priced very reasonably last time I checked. They fill up fast for boarding so call way ahead of time.