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    It's A Dogs Life Academy

    5.0 (23 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:30 pm

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    Dog boarding and training

    Dog walking

    Pet boarding

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    Private dog training

    Puppy socialization classes

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    I rescued a small male puppy in 2020 as we were stuck at home and didn't give much thought to socialization as we'd always had at least 2 dogs. Didn't take long to recognize Mo-Mo wasn't getting enough playtime with just us by his side. I'd driven by It's a Dogs Life many times & could see online they had great reviews. Alecia & Fi are devoted dog lovers and business owners. They offer a safe yet structured environment to meet, play and navigate all kinds of other dogs while at day camp, not to mention their adventure outings. Not sure how they do it but the place is spotless and the myriad of dogs are happy and well taken care of. It's been such a lucky find for us - Highly Recommend!!!

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    I can't say enough good things about this place and the owners Alecia and Fi. I moved here last year from Arizona and found an amazing Groomer who recommended this place to me. I work from home and my two Chihuahua mix dogs are social butterflies and very high energy so this is a great place for daycare. They pick my dogs up from home and bring them home for an extra small fee. My dogs get to play with other dogs all day and they go on super fun pack beach walks. The place is very clean and just overall a very well ran business. I'm super thankful to have found this place. My dogs are always tired when they get home they sleep like babies and are super excited to wake up in the morning and go at it again. This is definitely the place if you want your dogs to have social mental and physical training.

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    Alecia and Its A Dogs Life has really helped our family by helping us to give our dog Kona some structure.

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    4.0
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    We recently started bringing our two dogs to daycare at Paw Sweet Paw at the Irvine Spectrum…read moreCenter, and we couldn't be happier with our experience in especially because of Ian. Our little family includes George, our Frenchie who recently underwent back surgery, and Waldo, our Portuguese Water Dog/Poodle mix who struggles with extreme anxiety. Leaving them anywhere can be stressful for us, but Ian immediately put our minds at ease. He is incredibly friendly, professional, and, most importantly, genuinely wonderful with our dogs. He takes the time to understand their individual needs and treats them with such patience and care. With George's recovery and Waldo's anxiety, that extra attentiveness means everything to us. It's clear Ian truly loves what he does, and it shows in the way our pups light up when they see him. We keep coming back because of Ian and the way he treats George and Waldo. I'm sure the entire team is just as kind, but Ian consistently goes above and beyond, and we are so grateful to have found someone we trust with our babies.

    PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE RESEARCH LOCATION. We have taken our dog here for quite some time and…read morewere overall pretty happy. That changed this last time the owners sold the company and the new owners took over, as things have definitely gone downhill, which brings me to this review specifically. This past Thursday, July 2nd, I swung by Paw Sweet Paw on my way home to pick up my dog, since my wife dropped her off for a half day. I told the young lady at the front I was here to pick up Boba, and she said, "I'll be right back with Boba."I waited for 15 minutes for her to return, and when she did, she did not have my dog with her, and she stated something like, "they are in the process of moving the dogs". Some more time goes by, and a manager walks by, and I am livid by this point, and I said, "Where is my flippin dog, although I didn't use flippin. She said, " Please hold on for one minute and she walked away and went upstairs. By this point, it had been a half hour, and not to mention there was another gentleman there to drop off his dog, and he had been waiting 15 minutes. Some more time goes by, and I told the lady at the front that I was walking to the back to get my dog, and you can call whoever you want, but this is BS. When I opened up the gate and was proceeding to walk back, the manager came walking down the steps, and again, I said Where the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HELL is my dog, to which she replied, I don't know how to tell you this, but WE GAVE YOUR DOG TO THE WRONG PERSON. Needless to say, I lost it, and I said, how the hell is that even POSSIBLE on your end, let alone the person that took my dog home. Who the hell picks up their dog and realizes that this is not my dog and takes it home?????? The Manager said that somehow either she lost her paper collar or someone neglected to read the name on the collar and handed her off to another staff member, and they are the ones that gave her to the wrong owner.....When the new owners of Paw Sweet Paw took over, they implemented this paper tag collar policy, and when you check your dog in, they take the regular collars off of the dog and put a paper collar on the dog. I think it is absolutely ridiculous, but somehow, they believe it's to protect the dogs in case they get in a fight or something, to which I still don't understand. By this point, I cannot even see straight, and I am basically yelling at the Manager as to where my dog is and who the hell is going to get her. She said, "I just spoke to the owner, and I am driving to her house right now to get Boba." The lady that took my dog had two dogs, so as the manager was leaving, I said You might want to go back and get her dog..... She said it would take her about 15 minutes to get to the lady's house and 15 minutes back. Finally, after well over an hour, I got my dog back!!!!!!.. Needless to say, she was extremely anxious and was panting very heavily all the way home, and her heart was racing as well. She finally settled down later that night.....I am not sure what dogs think, but I believe Boba might've been thinking she was being abandoned because she has never been anywhere except Paw Sweet Paw. All in all, I think it was about a 1.5-hour ordeal (nightmare). The Manager said she started 3 weeks ago, apologized profusely, and said she is going to rectify the problem so that it never happens again. She also said that the District Manager would be calling my wife, because by this time, my wife had come down as well. They did call later on that night from a blocked number and left a message with no number to call back. We're still waiting for her to call back. It really sucks because this is the only place we have ever taken Boba, and she actually likes it there cause she is not locked up all day and can play with other dogs. My dog is already anxious, so the idea of finding a new boarding place is less than desirable, but I might have no choice.

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    4.7
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    Our Kona girl loves Bow Wow! She went in a nervous little golden retriever, and when we picked her…read moreup, she was wagging her tail and all happy and everything was good! And she looked absolutely beautiful! We will definitely continue to use Bow Wow for Kona girl! I recommend it to everyone!

    Had a tour + boarding experience and I loved it. Yes it's a little old but it's not screaming…read morecorporate control and robot employees. At the end of the day our pets won't be caring about how the place looks like as long as they are well taken care of. I wanted to come on here and give my honest opinion since I was looking at their reviews and saw the most recent one and I must say that person flat out lied. I talk to the lady that works there and they only offer morning tours due to their intense cleaning procedures that take place in the afternoon!Unfortunately some people don't respect their rules and just walk in whenever and demand a tour and when they are told no or that it will be short then they get mad and make false accusations! I was checking the place out and it makes sense to ask to see the place in the morning since the dogs are more clam and the employees have more time. The "hole" was actually their drain system that gets opened up for cleaning time after all the dogs go into their rooms. And I myself witnessed the big dogs enjoy playing rough with the kids play slide that they have in their daycare so obviously it will be torn off a bit. But there was not plastic pieces laying around so it safe to say that the toy is strong enough for the dogs. The smell was honestly not that bad. I mean they take care of all animals , so a little common sense would tell you that it will smell like animals. And I can re assure that all the occupied rooms had bedding and water. The lady answer all my questions and made me feel comfortable with leaving my dogs. The place is small and there isn't much to it but it feels homie. They send pictures every day. Also the owner and staff reply really fast and there's good communication. For pet owners that just need simple and chill care this place is for them. Also loved how straight forward and chill the workers are.

    It's A Dogs Life Academy - pet_training - Updated July 2026

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