We've been using Jen for a few years now to watch our two cats. One cat is super grumpy and the…read moreother is loving but gets bad anxiety. Jen is great with both personalities and typically by the end of a vacation, both of them get really comfortable with her. She's great!

Jen was awesome to work with and accommodating of our last minute circumstances. Her enthusiasm for…read morewhat she does made us feel really comfortable. She was patient with our shy kitty and really took time to visit and connect with our fur baby while we were gone. We highly recommend hiring Furry Friends!

Terri knows so much about dogs and treats them all like they're a part of her family. There's…read morereally no better place to leave your four legged family members because they'll be a part of a family here.

I've taken my pup to Salem Bed & Biscuit twice now for boarding and not only is Terri…read morecommunicative after you drop off your dog, but she has also been really flexible with times she was available to watch him. My dog always comes home well cared for and tired out from playing with her sweet dogs!

I would leave a zero if I could. we used the boarding facility with dog training. We told her a dog…read morehad anxiety and what we really wanted was training everyday. My dog was taken into the boarding area which is nice enough with heated floors. As our dog was walking through the door her little dogs came charging at him (behind fencing) and Started our dog. Then our dog was put into a kennel surrounded by 3 other kennels and my dog freaked out. So we told her this wasn't going to work and she moved him to the other side of the room which was better for him. I wasn't so sure if this was a good place for him and told her if there was any problems to call us ASAP. We called her later to check in and she said he was fine. When we returned after 7 days we found out he had been stressed all week, had diarrhea and she didn't want him back. I asked her if had had any training or any exercise outside and she said NO. I also asked her why she didn't call us because I don't want my dog going through this - she said oh I didn't think you had anyway to take him!!!! when she knew our other dog was home and we wanted Marley to come stay and get training!!! So our dog was locked up for a week - stressed out . I told her I just want my dog now - when I went in the back he was back into the kennel that was in the middle of all the other dogs - the one that he was moved out of before. I'm guessing she didn't want to walk across the room to feed him. My dog is so messed up right now due to this abuse!!!! Btw the 2 times I was there while all the dogs were stressed (due to her little dogs) she never once tried to console any of them!!! I can't imagine her being a good dog trainer seeing how she treated my dog, or the lack of empathy I saw for the other dogs there. I suppose if you just want your dogs locked in a kennel this is the place to go.

I took my pup here to get trained and he has learned a lot! Brenda uses the clicker training which…read moreI think is a great tool. I also think that the individual training classes are extremely beneficial. Since there aren't other dogs around, Brenda's able to focus on just my pup and the things he needs to work on. Side note - You'll need to practice everything you learn on your own to see progress!!!

Glen was so helpful in our training (mostly mine). Beau is a stubborn little Frenchie but he is…read moresmart and has learned a lot with the training techniques Glen shared with us. I can now walk him in my neighborhood without much pulling. He has learned to wait at the door until I am ready for him to go out or in. He still jumps up when greeting but is better and we continue to work on it. Glen was also flexible and accommodating of my schedule.

We had an in-home consultation with Glen with our dog Linda, which went well. Glen was informative…read moreand Linda responded well to him. However, as we explained her reactivity issues to dogs and some people, Glen seemed reluctant to schedule further training sessions with Linda, telling us "I recommend taking some time to review the article I sent you, and begin implementing them, specifically only greeting if Linda initiates the greeting. " Since he seemed reluctant to schedule further training, we are seeking another trainer. One trainer I spoke to questioned whether Glen doubted he had the expertise to deal with our dog's reactivity issues?

My dog loves it here! She pulls me in every time we arrive for daycare. I tried taking her to a…read moredifferent daycare and she was not nearly as excited during drop offs so we will stick with The Dog Bark for as long as they will have us. My pup romps and plays all day at daycare and gets her zoomies out and then comes home a tired well behaved pup. Shannon and her crew are always there for us when we go out of town and have even given me the green light to extend my vacation at times. Pro tip: always bring extra kibble.

We bring our dogs 1-2 times a week and they are both so excited to go every time. And they are…read moreexhausted when they get home, so they definitely get a lot of exercise and socialization. They have a big dog room and a little dog room. My dogs are a 35-40 lbs, so they started them out in the little dog room, but now they're in the big dog room and they do great there. My only critique is I wish their webcam was better when I peak in on my dogs, but I understand that a lot of that has to do with the website's performance and really isn't up to them. It's definitely not a deal breaker though and we never have any concerns about leaving our dogs with them.

We have our dog groomed at Ankeny and also have him stay for a playtime. We have boarded our…read moregeriatric cat at Ankeny also. The care and attention they give our pets is fantastic. We would not leave them anywhere else. A great facility!

I know I wrote a review here at the beginning of the year and not sure where it went so I'm…read morerewriting it!! I brought my dogs here at Christmas time last year so I could visit grandchildren and it was an out-of-the-way last minute thing since the normal place I go was completely booked up and just could not even budge one dog. So I came here and my experience was very good. My dogs all boarded together and I paid for the playtime once a day and everything went really well. I was really happy that they told me when I left that the dogs were really good dogs and easy to take care of that made me feel really, really good. I have gone back to my usual place, but I am definitely considering coming back here again because they offered the dogs some playtime and where I go does not. Again, the experience was good. The hotel was clean and well maintained, and the dogs seemed very happy when they came home. All in all good.

The folks at The Shaggy Dog are just the B E S T!! They get Poppy Fay every Wednesday and she goes…read morein and leaves in such a good mood. They're very kind to her. She gad her very first grooming appointment last week and she looked great. They let her play to get her zoomies out and then groomed her. They were able to do a really nice groom on her and she was proud of how she looked. Love them and if we ever need to board her, it will be there.

They do a great job of taking care of my dog while I'm away. She's not the easiest animal, and…read moreisn't a fan of other dogs. Knowing she is well cared for is such a relief. They are excited to see her and she loves going there.