Best kennel ever!!Diane is incredible. The pups had so much fun I don't think they wanted to come…read morehome. Updated were frequent and all we could see was tails a wagging. We will definitely use again and highly recommend!!!

Bark Inn Kennel is fabulous. We boarded our dog there for the first time in July. We called ahead…read moreto see if would could check out the facility and Diane could not have been more gracious. She showed us around, explained the daily routine and made us feel very comfortable leaving our Daisy girl in her care. We got a daily text message and photos of how she was doing. When we picked her up after 4 days she was has happy as can be. I highly recommend Bark Inn Kennel, you won't be disappointed in the care your pet gets while you are away.

Kasey Nash, Joyful Paws Review I'm writing this review…read morefor Kasey Nash, Joyful Paws, because she is a superb trainer and I'm very grateful that she trained our dog Daisy to become a service dog. Daisy is a mini labradoodle and was 2 1/2 when she began training with Kasey. Previously she had had two intermediate classes at the K-9 Connecticut Education Center. To summarize, in our first session Kasey explained in detail what would be involved, and stressed the importance of my involvement. Daisy had 20 lessons spread out over 6 months. Lessons took place in Kasey's very well equipped basement, Home Goods, Target, Petco, and Cabela Sports. Kasey sent detailed notes after each lesson on what and how to practice, and how to take commands to new levels. Daisy bonded with Kasey the first day, and became very excited at even the mention of "Kasey". After a 5 week evaluation period she received her "Service Puppy in Training Vest" (a proud day). Approximately five months later, Daisy did a fantastic job on her service dog test which lasted more than two hours. Daisy's primary task was location assistance and guidance. She learned to guide me through a department store such as Home Goods, stop at curbs outside, and more. To name just a few commands: Left, right, forward, outside, button, here, wait. Kasey's method was to explain a new command, demonstrate it with Daisy, then teach me to perform the task with Daisy. Lots of treats were used! Before the next lesson, Daisy and I practiced the new commands extensively, at least three times a week along with previous commands. To give you a few examples of Kasey's teaching, we spent an hour or so getting on and off the glass elevator at Cabela Sports. Daisy learned elevator etiquette and got over fear of accelerations and abrupt stops. The techniques I learned from Kasey allowed me to build on many commands during our practice between lessons. To name a few, elevator techniques were used to teach escalators. "Outside" was extended to "Back" and "Find the trail" while hiking. For fun, during one lesson, Kasey taught Daisy to push a "door open" assistance button. This took less than half an hour to my amazement. A year later Daisy still remembers this "button" command. Kasey organized a number of field trips with her other dogs in training: Mystic Aquarium and a Scavenger Hunt to name two. Kasey wrote an "Attestation Letter" about Daisy's training which was instrumental in getting service dog approval for Aer Lingus and later for EuroStar (train to UK). I highly recommend Kasey Nash to anyone considering Service Dog training.

I have been training dogs for 40 years. And training my own service dogs for almost 20. I have…read moreworked with dozens of positive dog trainers. But Kasey is one of a kind! I immediately recognized she has skills way beyond mine and has so much knowledge of dog training and working service dogs. Far beyond most trainers. She helped my current service dog brush up on some skills and fix a couple issues we were having. She helped me create a near perfect service dog. I am so impressed with her that I asked her to produce and begin training my next service dog for me when my current girl retires. Joyful Paws is AMAZING!

Great experience for us with our two dogs. It has taken some time, but we have been able to…read morecorrect many behaviors with Ashley's help. She taught us the proper way to use collars safely as well as other equipment for our walks. With her help we have learned to become the alpha in the household. Their reactivity is so much better now. I can feel confident I can control them in any situation.

We were a client. We choose not to be identified. I felt it important to report our experience with…read morethis trainer. We attempted to discuss our issues but didn't get anywhere.

Scot at the Canine Suite is fantastic! I wasn't sure how my 1-year-old puppy, Tucker, would do…read moresince he's pretty timid, but he absolutely loved the slatmill. Scot took the time to make sure both Tucker and I felt comfortable, letting Tucker get familiar with the equipment at his own pace. It was a great experience from start to finish. I highly recommend giving it a try if you're looking for a fun, safe way to get your dog some extra exercise.

This was the third time, I have used Valley Pet Aftercare for the cremation of my beloved dogs. I…read morewas so numb the first time that I was just a slobbering mess standing at the counter. My girl Jasmine, was my baby and the first animal I lost in my adulthood. Tim, the manager held my hand and just let me cry my eyes out. Reassuring me through the entire process. He was kind enough to finish the process, so I could take her home that same day. Four weeks later, I found myself standing back in front of Tim having lost my second girl, Maxine. I was a bigger slobbering mess the second time around. Once again, Tim exhibited such compassion and warmth when giving me a large chuck of his day. He listened as I talked about how my girls made this world a better place. He handed me tissues as I cried my heart out and vowed to never get another pet. I was unable to find an urn that said "I'm Maxine or I'm Jasmine" in his store. He told me that when I found the perfect urns, he would transfer the ashes into them. Fast forward eleven years and another dog later. I found myself in front of him, once more. I went back to him, when I found out my Chopper girl became ill. I wanted to prearrange my services. I figured that would be the only way, I wasn't going to be a slobbering mound of mush. I arranged for transport from the vet office, two set of paw prints, the cremation and placing the ashes in an urn, that I purchased else where. I had special requests for Tim, I wanted my girl back in the same day and I only wanted Tim to process her. Tim was the last person to touch my girls, Maxine and Jasmine and now I wanted the same for Chopper. All of my request were meet with a quick, "Yes, I will do that." Tim was amazing. He remembered me and my girls. He also remember the promise to transfer the ashes, when and if I'm ready and find something that I like. I stopped by to prepay for the services and got to meet Jaime. Jaime is the assistant to Tim. He was very kind and compassionate as well. When the dreaded time came, I called Valley and left a message. The call was returned with a few minutes, even though it was after hours. I am very happy that my experience was handled by a company and people that I TRUST. I will forever be indebted to Tim for his kindness, compassion and empathy, in helping me through the three worst experiences of my lifetime.

Their website says that "there is simply no room for error!" That's the biggest BS. Please avoid…read morethe extra grief and go elsewhere. My dear pet Bruiser lost a battle to a pituitary tumor and I was absolutely devastated as any pet parent would be. My veterinary clinic had pointed me to this place, so my husband gave them a call (because I was too distraught to even talk) and we went to drop off Bruiser's body. I wrapped Bruiser in the towel that he was sleeping in the night he passed, and my husband and I drove to Valley on Saturday the 7th to drop off his body. The facility shares space with the Valley Boarding Kennel. When we walked in, we weren't even sure if we were in the right place. My husband filled out the paperwork and the guy behind the counter (I believe he was the guy who does the cremations) asked which urn I wanted. I chose a mahogany urn (they didn't even have this in stock, which they didn't let me know, but I'll get back to this later). The guy said they also offer paw prints, but that small animals' paw prints don't come out too well. That was strange because I've seen plenty of others get their small pet's paw prints imprinted perfectly fine. My husband said we'd pass on the paw print, whatever... I was still too distraught to argue about anything. Bruiser was still wrapped in his towel, and the guy asked if I wanted to take it with me or leave him with it. I said I'd leave it with him, but stated that I wanted the towel back with Bruiser's cremains. The guy said "absolutely". Lies. A few days pass, and I've been crying my eyes out every single day. Monday night, I ask my husband to call Valley and tell them to get Bruiser's paw print, if he hasn't been cremated yet (I assume he hasn't been since we haven't gotten a call yet). First thing Tuesday morning, my husband calls them to let them know. Some girl on the phone says that Jamie, the guy who does the cremations, is not in yet, but that she would relay the message to him first thing. Lies again. My husband gets a voicemail from this Jamie later in the afternoon saying that the cremation had just finished, but that he had gotten the message about the paw print too late. And the guy had the nerve to restate that small animals' paw prints don't come out too well anyway. Yeah, that makes a grieving pet parent feel SO much better. They were also waiting on the mahogany urn to come in, but said it should be in by the end of the week. Friday comes, still nothing. No phone call from them. My husband works nearby so he went to Valley almost a week after we'd dropped him off because I couldn't stand having Bruiser's remains there any longer... and mind you, their website states that "typically, we will be able to reunite you with your pet within 2-3 business days." They still didn't have the mahogany urn, so then Bruiser was put in another urn that I don't like. Another blow to a grieving pet parent. The staff member that my husband dealt with that day was a different one from the one we saw when dropped off Bruiser. He was sympathetic for all the trouble and issued a full refund for the services even though he had nothing to do with the issues we had. Then my husband realized that Bruiser's towel was not included with the cremains like I had asked. He was told that they would keep looking and would mail it to us. When I looked through the papers that came with Bruiser's cremains, I saw the identification tag that specifically said "would like towel back". THEN HOW THE HELL DID I NOT GET IT BACK?! Almost two weeks pass with no package. I called them yesterday and got the guy who gave the refund on the phone. He said Jamie, who handles all the cremations, was gone for the day. He also said that he thought Jamie had handled the issue, that he would give Jamie another call, and that I should try calling when Jamie gets in at 8:30. So today, I called and got this Jaime on the phone. He claimed that he had left a message for my husband that the towel had been burned with Bruiser. Lies AGAIN. The only message he left was his previous message to tell us his excuse that he didn't get the message to get Bruiser's paw print. He said himself that he was the one who wrote the note "would like towel back" but had forgotten to remove the towel before cremating Bruiser. I hung up, but called right back because it just bothered me so much that this guy seemed to have zero sympathy or regret for what happened. I had to let him know that giving a refund (which he himself hadn't even given) doesn't make what he did okay. He was trusted to save something with big sentimental value, and he made a HUGE mistake and didn't even sound sorry about it. His excuse was that when pets arrive wrapped in a blanket/towel, they typically get cremated together. But there's no excuse when he himself wrote a note to save it, but didn't. Disgustingly untrustworthy and unprofessional.

Samantha was wonderful. She was prompt and communicative. We asked Samantha to sit with our boy for…read morea month straight doing sleepovers and we were so happy we chose her. Sam works from home so she was at our place for more than an average of 20 hours per day, which was awesome because that meant more 1:1 time for my cat as he likes his independence but loves knowing someone is still keeping him company in the house, It was perfect. Samantha followed all my special feeding instructions of my sr cat. And what was truly wonderful was that all my stress was gone on my trip. Instead of anxiously watching my cameras wondering how my boy was doing I knew he was happy and in good hands.

I brought my shepherd and had the best experience. I cannot wait to bring my other 2 in. Daisy…read moresmells like heaven and was taken such good care of. I know fro the pictures you can't tell how great she smells, but trust me, she really smells amazing. Also, the employees were very concerned about her ears, and she had a bacterial infection! (This was pre existing obvi and had nothing to do with her grooming experience, but I loved how concerned they were about her)

Although my first experience was great and I rated this 5 stars... I had to change it to 1 after my…read moresecond visit, I later brought her in for a wash and blow dry (1 week later). When I picked her up she was still wet and had eye boogers. I paid a whopping 55$ to get a wet dog back with eye boogers. I believe they were two different groomers. The first time was done by a lady and it was great, the second was done by someone else and when I picked her up it's she was still damp and a mess.

Big thank u to Gretchen & Rob for taking care of our rescues, Ethan & Eve. They are Persian and…read moreExotic Shorthair rescues with rough pasts. They are very timid and Gretchen & Rob made them feel pampered and protected. My family highly recommends Woofs About Town, LLC and will finally get to travel more knowing we can rely on fantastic people to take care of our furry babies. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgCvz6g6eH

We could not be happier to have found Woofs About Town! Gretchen and Rob, first and foremost, take…read morecare of our pup as if he were their own. Every time they visit, our dog gets tons of exercise, attention, and belly rubs. They are incredibly responsible and reliable. They really took the time to get to know our dog's personality, routine, habits, and even the commands we use and specific areas we're working with him on training. They are so attentive and in tune with both our dog and our home, and have alerted us and checked in if something seemed unusual, or potentially unsafe. After every visit we get a detailed message about the time they spent with our pup (including adorable pictures). They have even reached out to us to check in on our dog after an operation, during a time when they weren't coming for visits. Gretchen and Rob are such a kind and compassionate team. They go above and beyond to care for their clients, and they truly love every member of their pack. We completely trust them with both our pup and our house, and highly recommend them to anyone in the area looking for a pet sitter. They are the best!