Ruby’s Day Care For Dogs

Our dogs have been a part of the RUBY’S family for 6 years. Love this place. The owners Madeline and Martin are terrific. The entire team is passionate about caring for dogs. Can’t say enough nice things about Tuby’s. Our dog loves it here! Safe. Consistent. 6 years and we take our dog here 4 x per week. Best Dog Daycare in Portland, Oregon.

Five stars isn’t enough! I adopted Jethro, a nervous rescue dog, about 5 months ago. A lady saw me training him on the street and stopped me to tell me about Rubys. For $ 20 they do half hour social classes for dogs who need extra help. Of course, I jumped at that, as I haven’t seen anything like it in Portland. From the first visit we had I was amazed at the amount of knowledge the trainer had. Now, a couple months later, he is a different dog. He still has work but when I leave Rubys, I feel good and confident and I know Jethro and I can get through these behavior issues together. They all love the dogs so very much, and they have a good pack hanging out there. The trainers are funny and magical. I can’t say enough wonderful things about them.

Having gotten a puppy, I wanted to socialize it extensively. The ability for my young puppy to meet and interact with a variety of older dogs, of various breeds, sizes, and shapes, and develop skills was excellent. Older dogs provide much more nuanced social skills for the puppy to learn from (opposed to other puppies it’s own age), and the special room they use for puppies while they are awaiting complete vaccinations is an excellent resource for all young puppy owners — making Ruby’s really stand out from many others.
They cultivate calm and appropriate play through directing the dogs behavior, rewarding good behavior, and deterring friction from building between the dogs. I’ve seen a lot of doggy daycares, and this quality makes Ruby’s stand out from some others in regards to daycare, but the young puppy option makes it VERY unique and special.
Over this time, I also came to really trust and respect the staff’s style, skills, and methods. They really cultivate good behavior and have excellent structure. They have an excellent read of dog body language, helping direct them when tension is more subtle and easing things by actively directing the dogs.
I work in training and animal behavior (privately) and this is my first time meeting the staff, and have super high standards for my own puppy’s developmental needs. When my puppy is a few weeks older and ready, he will be attending there in daycare, because I want the best for him. I can’t recommend this place enough, it’s standards and methods are excellent. I’ll be referring clients there, especially those with young puppies for socialization needs, with great comfort.

Ruby’s is awesome! They have taken great care of our anxiety-​prone shelter dog over the past several months. She was a little timid and nervous about us leaving her at first, but with lots of support from the amazing staff at Ruby’s, she has turned into a doggy daycare pro! The whole staff at Ruby’s is great — of course I only get glimpses of them with the dogs at drop-​off and pick-​up times, but that is enough for me to see that they are all truly great with the dogs — including my nutty mutt! I totally trust them to take great care of her while we’re at work. As other reviewers have mentioned, they even reinforce good training by rewarding good behavior and using time-​outs as needed. She plays all day and comes home happy, hungry, and exhausted.

I highly agree with what the other reviewers are saying about Ruby’s, especially the part about the staff being highly knowledgeable and constantly interacting with your dog. My dog, Remy loves all the staff members there and he loves interacting with the other dogs. I consider myself extremely lucky to have found this place among the myriad other doggy day care places in Portland, but my local Veterinarian who I have seen for 6 years personally recommended this place. It’s great because the doggy day care shares a space with Happy Go Lucky Dog Training, and we have taken Remy there for 4 different dog obedience courses. I love that the dog training and the day care complement each other and they are consistent with the behaviorist approaches they use for the dogs, I couldn’t ask for anything more! This place is the crème de la crème the very best.

Both my doggy and myself love this place for doggy day care! Madeline and her staff are loving, amazing, highly knowledgable people with the right priorities on dog care and dog training, I feel like my dog’s temperment and overall well– being has improved working with them and having him go to Doggy day care!

Ruby’s is the best dog daycare in Portland, but maybe the best in the world.
I’ve been taking my dog there for years and she loves it. The staff don’t just watch your dog like some other daycares, they interact constantly with each and every dog, training them and praising them. The staff really gets to know your dog. They work hard to create a happy safe environment where dogs romp and mingle with each other in a fun, friendly, civilized manner.

This is the first day care I ever brought my dog to and I had no idea how great they were until I visited a couple of other places recently. The staff is friendly, the dogs are well managed, the prices are reasonable. I just assumed all doggy day cares ran this way.
Not so! Chaos, bad vibes, and price structures that make no sense reign in some of their competitors. You get a bunch of surly teens standing around watching big dogs bully little ones. My dog left angry every day.
At Ruby’s they enforce civil behavior with active, experienced monitoring and frequent harmless «timeouts». My dog gets better training there than she does at home. My only complaint is I wish they’d open a 2^nd location in N Portland, closer to my house.