Unorganized staff and questionable recommendations. This office boarded my Mom's small dog in a…read morecrate and only walked her once a day. Her dog still has scars on her nose from chewing on the crate door. There is only one vet and the staff are often rude and VERY slow. Do NOT recommend.

Perhaps my review is inflated by my bad experience at a vet just east down the road (Meadows), but…read morethis place offers the kind of service I've grown to expect from a good veterinarian. They take appointments, which is nice for us since our dogs get overly excited at the sight of other animals in the waiting room. The vet, Dr. Becky, was very caring and sweet to our dog. She not only looked at his problem foot, but also examined him entirely. She quickly diagnosed the problem. The office fee is $40, but trust me, the visit felt worth the price. When you get a thorough vet like her, you will rarely be coming back in a few days later because she missed something. The assistant called the next day to see how things were going, which is always nice so you can ask follow-up questions. We plan to board both of our dogs here over labor day weekend, so I'll update the review then to give information about that experience. If you're worried about the drive out here from Champaign, don't be. There is no traffic or stoplights, and the speed limit is about 50, 55 mph. You'll get there in no time.

Love all the photos and videos they post online of our dog having fun with all her friends! Clearly…read moreso much hard work goes into all their events like Peanut Butter Day, Puppy Bowl, and the birthday "paw"-ties.

I have taken my dog to ruff Dayz since it opened and loved it..he got great tlc and grooming…read more Took him to get groomed and did t know ownership had changed..my golden doodle was unrecognizable when I picked him up. The groomer shaved him down to his skin. I would not recommend this groomer to anyone. Stay away

Becky came to my home in her bus to groom my pup, Skye. She did an awesome job and it was so…read moreconvenient, Skye gets car sick so this was a great answer for my grooming needs. I highly recommend R.U.F.F.

Becky is great! She runs the salon out of the basement of her home, and offers better services than…read morepet store grooming salons at comparable prices. I take my 10 pound yorkie to RUFF every 5-6 weeks. Becky gives him a bath and a full groom (including nails) in one hour. My dog never has to wait for hours in a cage. As long as I live in this area, I will be taking my dog to Becky - I highly recommend her services!

Jan and team are amazing! We have 2 bichons and each time she took great care with them. Learned…read morehow they responded better to grooming (i.e. nail clippers vs electronic file, hand clippers vs electronic, etc) and made sure they were taken care of. We moved to CA a few years ago and miss Jan a lot! As a note - she is honest with you and you need to be ready for that. She told us, nicely and very professionally, that we needed to brush our boys more or she would not be comfortable grooming them. This was because each time they came in matted she saw the pain on the faces as she brushed them and could not let them through that. She knew we cared about the boys as well so this was something we took the time to work on and fix. Although we don't live there anymore we would recommend Bark Ave to anyone with dogs!

Our dog goes crazy when he knows he is going to see Miss Jan at Bark Avenue! She does an amazing…read morejob with our Morkie's monthly cut and is so friendly with all of her dogs. She lets the dogs roam free in a small gated area where she works and has a HUGE backyard for them to play. She always makes sure they have fresh water and lots of love; if they have to go out, she listens to them and lets them out. She has a full-service salon (hair, ears, toenails, anal glands, etc.) She knows every inch of their body and takes excellent care of her "babies!"

Acasia created beautiful balloon bouquets for a baby shower I was hosting. She worked with me on…read moregetting the colors just right and thicker ribbons for the floor bouquets. We received multiple compliments on her work. Her communication was excellent as well. I highly recommend!

We had family photos taken. Have gone there periodically for years. They do an amazing job on every…read morelevel, every time! The experience is great, the photos are always of the highest quality. Highly recommend.

I was in a rush to find a professional photographer for my son's baptism ceremony, two of my…read morefavorites photographer in town were busy for that day and I started calling some studios that I had found on google, I called Staske studio, I spoke with Roberta who told me they were unavailable but she was going to make a couple of calls to help me out with my rush, however, she asked me for my budget I told her $600, what I was willing to pay for professional photo shooting. Then, she called me two days after we first spoke and she asked me if I had found somebody to take the pictures, I said no and she told me that her husband (Paul) a professional photographer with more than 30 years of experience had a cancellation and he was available to take the pictures, I was so happy and thankful for such a great news. Therefore I set the day and time with Paul for the photoshoot. During the ceremony Paul took hundreds of pictures from the same spot, he did not move around to shoot from other angles, he did not have suggestions for posing, he was so shy, it seems to my wife that he did not know what he was doing, my wife told me she had the feeling that the pictures were not going to be great and I told her it will be ok, they are professional, that's what I could see and read on their website. Three days after the ceremony Paul texted me to bring me the pictures and I thought to myself, wait that's so quick, I have had three different photoshoot sessions with two different photographer and they at least have lasted two weeks or more to send by email a link where you can download the pictures, for my surprise Paul had given me a pen drive with 318 images in its original format not even took the time for editing, the pictures were the worst images I have ever seen, poor quality, blurry, dark, the setting of the camera were inadequate, not to mention that they charged me $600 for non professional and poor images. I expressed my concern about the quality of the images and I was told by Paul that they do not go through 300 plus images and photoshop all of them, which I was not expecting that, however he told me to send to an email address the number of 20 images to crop and enhance them, so I wondered why he did not do it then, I follow his suggestion, then I received an email from Roberta asking me what did I want for those images, LOL, I told her about the poor performance of the photo session that I experienced and never heard back from them. I am still waiting for an answer. It's outrageous, unprofessional, dishonest, fraudulent and disrespectful their aptitude on this matter. Do not recommend these people at all. (STASKE PHOTOGRAPHY) BE HONEST STOP DELETING MY POST

I recently did a boudoir session and was incredibly nervous. Paul made me feel so comfortable and…read moremy pictures look amazing :)

I'm a sucker for heartfelt engagement pictures and Holly does amazing work. She brings the joy to…read morelife in her art.

Holly shot our ceremony and reception on March 26 at the I Hotel in Champaign. She is professional,…read morelaid back, and super friendly. The whole experience was stress-free! While wedding planning I had major reservations about paying so much money for a photographer. All of the recommended options seemed pricey to me! However, I was constantly reminded that a quality photographer is worth the investment and you can skimp on things in other areas (such as favors, napkins, etc...). We had a sneak peak of our photos within days after our wedding and received the whole gallery a short week later. Wow! My qualms about money were squashed --- our photos are priceless and the perfect collection of memories from the best day of my life. With such great photos my only issue now is figuring out which ones I want to hang. I highly recommend Holly Birch Photography. She is easy to communicate with and great at what she does.