Potomac Happy Dog Care Center

Happy Dogs Daycare is absolutely amazing! My Little Latte has been there since the day they opened. My family’s dogs also attend daycare and come home happy and tired from all the playing they have. The care that the dogs get is outstanding. They get treats a huge backyard to play in beds and couches to sleep on. I’ve noticed a lot of regular dogs there that are always friendly and always welcoming at the door. By far the place to go if you need a full day of daycare half day or even boarding. Little Latte can’t get enough and is always running out of the truck to the front door to see her friends.

My dog LOVES it here! They don’t do much to market the place so it was by luck that I noticed them as I drove by one day. I was VERY nervous taking my puppy to a new place, especially one without reviews etc (which is why I made sure to write one!). But this place was close and I LOVED that they let the dogs play outside with tons of toys, included a kiddie pool and hoses and sprinklers. The first time I dropped him off the owner was there and I think could tell that I was very nervous about leaving him, so she sent me 2 videos of him frolicking in the water and rolling around with the other dogs, which meant a lot to me.
I think for the area the prices are not unreasonable. Most other doggy day cares are around $ 30-​$ 35/​day, (to be in a cement room without being let out to go to the bathroom all day!) and dog walkers are about $ 15 – 20 for a 30 minute walk. If you go for one day, the price at Happy Dog is $ 40, but you can buy a package of 10 days for $ 300 which comes out to $ 30/​day
The only complaint I have are the hours. They open at 8am and close at 5pm which means I leave work a little early to make it there on time, and they are not open on the weekends.
My dog now leaps over me to get out of the car when we pull up and bolts for the door without even looking back at me and is happily exhausted for a good 24 hours after I pick him up, which is a great feeling for a dog owner! I have also noticed that he is better socially than he was before he started going.
There are some forms to fill out about your dog like emergency info and vaccine history and you need to call the day before to make sure they wont be too full to take your dog, but you can drop off as early as 8am. They suggest bringing a little bag of food since the dogs play so much to give them some fuel in the middle of the day. Big and little dogs are separated to keep the little ones safe from the big ones wrestling and every time I have dropped him off they walk him in to the area with the other dogs to make sure there wont be any aggressive dominance behavior from one of the other dogs which I appreciate.