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| - After planning the perfect vacation, my boyfriend and I spent everyday dreaming about relaxing on a beach but dreaded the thought of leaving our pup behind. We have 3.5 lbs, 6 month old teacup chihuahua that we absolutely adore. She is our baby and we have never left her before! We went through everyone we knew and decided that we didn't want to leave her with anyone of our own friends or family, that's how nervous and crazy we are about our dog. We knew we wanted professionals to care for our pup while we went away so I searched on Yelp for the best boarders and stumbled upon Camp Bow Wow. After reading many reviews, I knew I needed to get an interview. They do require interviews before you can board just an FYI! When I arrived, the girls at the front were very nice and walked me through all of the information, took me on a tour of the place, and met my dog. I was a little nervous at first because our dog does not really like being around other dogs, she gets very nervous and scared and hides. Camp Bow Wow lets the dogs spend 90% of the day playing in a large area with other dogs. They get an hour nap in the afternoon and then go in their kennels at night. They do separate the dogs by size but even in the "small" dog area there were 30+ dogs all 35 lbs and under. A 30lbs poodle is not small compared to my 3.5 lbs teacup chihuahua so I was nervous that even the small dog area would be too overwhelming for my dog. After the tour I was a little unsure of Camp Bow Wow due to the fact that they house more than 100 dogs per day. The girl leading the tour informed me that there's about 25 dogs to 1 employee which Is a little scary. I handed my dog over and let them conduct their 3 hour interview with her, but a huge perk is that they have cameras in their facility so you can watch your dog the entire time! After watching my poor dog hide under play equipment, run scared to the back of the room, and spend the entire time shaking I thought the vacation was going to have to be cancelled. But a miracle happened, after an hour into the interview they took my dog to a room they call the teacup room. This room is a small bedroom sized room where they keep very small dogs and dogs that are scared. There's usually about 1-4 dogs in there at a time as teacup breed dogs are not super common and most dogs aren't super nervous. After I came back to camp to collect my
dog, they explained to me a little more about the teacup room. The room doesn't have any employees in it so the downside is there's really no one watching your dog, but the room is directly next to the desk where the employees are and there's cameras for them to watch the dogs so it's not that bad. The room is sometimes vacant so if you request to have your dog spend the entire stay in that room, there's a chance they'll be alone. I knew the teacup room was the only way I could board my dog so I requested my dog stay in the teacup room the entire stay. This worked out perfectly as she was usually alone (which she prefers) and was able to relax for her 5 night stay. They sleep in this room as well which is wonderful because the main room for sleeping houses all of the dogs and it's very loud which would scare my dog. Sooo overall I really like this place. My entire trip I was able to watch my dog with the camera, I called daily and they let me know in detail how she was doing. They fed her the correct amount, she peed on her bed and they washed it, and she was so happy to see us. Great job camp bow wow, we will definitely be using this place frequently.
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