My poor dogs went to this place 3 years ago from the shelter because I was fooled by the owner Milan These two dogs I left with Milan at top dog were covered in sores and encrusted with feces when I got them back. The female I can only describe has having ptsd - it sounds like exaggeration- shaking which she did not before . Now I've heard from others in the dog rescue community share their horror stories of Milan and top dogs - dogs kept in. Cages - nobody cleaning up messes, it's too hard to even write Most rescues And people who feel guilty for trusting the dogs to him too now are aware of who he is and speaking out -would never allow an animal in his care his only clients were rescues because he was cheap not because he was capable at all -but it's not worth it. The pound is more humane than this place with this " resort" read more

To start, Everyone has their own experiences and expectancy from places that are suppose to care for their pet/s while they are away. I'm a rescue that came here to pick up a dog that was abandoned in boarding or at least that's what I was told her story was. This is my experience, again MY experience, just picking up and being in the front of the building. I can see that this place is not a having a yard for them to run sort of place so if you have a dog with allot of energy that needs a yard or to go to the park daily or a few times a week you should choose another facility. I saw at least 10 dogs go out for their walks and back and the walks seem to be more for just letting them potty rather than getting out their energy. They are FILLED with energy even coming back from the walk. The lobby did smell! You can say all you want that there are allot of dogs there of course it's going to smell, of dog, right? no, I own my own rescue and still am able to keep our place smelling like a normal home without any pets. It's allot of work but necessary to make sure they don't get sick or the people visiting don't get sick or assume we don't care for our pets cause of cleanliness. It didn't just smell like wet dog it smelled like wet dirty dog. I have visited quite a few boarding facilities that did not make me want to hold my breath the whole time I was inside. It was gross and hard to stand but I was not leaving without the dog I came to take in. Milan was not at the facility when I arrived so I can't say much for his ways other than he's not always prepared and on top of things. We had made arrangements ahead of time for me to pick up this dog and the guy at the front didn't know what I was talking about I waited an extra hour before Milan actually answered his phone to let the guy know it was ok for me to get her. Shouldn't he had already known if we had this all planned out that a rescue was going to be picking her up? I mean it seems like it would be the professional thing to me. As for how he treats the dogs I could not say because I have yet to actually meet him in person or be aloud into the back. Speaking of not being let into the back. It seemed kinda shady to me that the guy up front was very strong about me not seeing where the dogs stayed. He made sure to squeeze the dogs through for their walks so I couldn't see past and had a kinda confused and freaked out look on his face when I asked. I don't know any facility that does not let people see where the dogs stay! Maybe this is something they do in the LA area but we do not do things that way in NorCal. Even rescue boarding facilities that don't have yards out here let you see the kennels, do not smell very strongly of dogs and prepared and on top of things. They keep up with grooming them as well. On to my next note. When I finally got the dog she was FULL of energy leaping at me to leave and very excited to be in the car. When we took our pit stop for a potty and food break I took a look at her body to see if there was anything amiss and well she had scrapes on her underside of her hind legs that I then realized was from scratching herself with her hawk like nails that seemed to never had been trimmed the whole time she was there. They say they groom. When I got her home to our 2 acres of land and tried to run her she wouldn't leave my side she was skittish of men and once I took her for a good walk she's been very calm every since and well behaved outside of barking and being skittish around men. Kids she LOVES she was licking all over our neighbors son's face when they arrived but grown men she didn't seem very fond of. which also made me a little concerned about this facilities she was being kept at. It's said that their fears are worked on and yet she didn't want to be near the guy holding her lead and barked and seemed to hide near me when she saw a grown man get close to us. It's said they are well cared for and groom dogs yet when I gave her a bath the water was so dark brown it could be black, I had to give her an extra scrub and rinse, as well as the fact that her nails were unhealthily long! She had been limping a little and found out why when I saw the state of her nails. SO much loose hair came off of her when I brushed her which is what made me decide on a bath sooner than later. She did seem to be fed well. The guy at the front had said she was a problem for milan, I asked "why, does she have behavior problems?" and he said "no, just problems I don't know specifically". You are in charge of making sure everything runs smoothly while milan is away and don't know why she is a problem for him? On their card it states... Top Dog Resort www.topdogresort.biz boarding, training, doggy daycare, Grooming 818-898-9663 11401 llex ave San Fernando, CA 91340 for that other person that posted I see that you like this place but he states he's a DOGGY DAYCARE! so don't go saying it's not suppose to be a daycare when it's stated on the card. read more

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Milan is a genuine sincere caring person who is great at training dogs. I brought my dog to him for training ( a big stubborn German shepherd) and he came back to me a gentleman. I recommended top dog resort!!!!! read more

This place is GREAT!!! And Milan is awesome..I have boarded several dogs here for rescues that were pulled from the shelters at the last minute...The people working here are great..sometimes I have been running late and I called and told them I will be there 30 min after their closing time..they said no problem and waited for me to get there....I got nothing than good positive experience with them and will continue to do business there. read more

I'm so glad that this place is closed. Everyone has different experiences and unfortunately mine was beyond horrible. I see that my review was removed but let me tell ya. We had a beautiful pit named Pearl who we need to house somewhere for a bit during a move. When we would visit her we noticed that her skin was scallded and reeked of urine. Not only this but the bottom of her paws were raw like she had been on hot pavement to long. Every time we'd visit she was filthy and we'd talk the owner Milan into letting us give her a bath. Her paws were cut up and times and the would be dried blood on her. When we asked him why he assured us it was from playing with the other dogs. I got a glimpse of the part of the facility where they keep they animals and it was filthy. The d o go are in cages and seem miserable. When we finally got pearl home she was skittish and had a lot of anxiety she was malnutritioned and beyond skinny. We had picked our dog up only to walk in kn a foul Marijuana stench and a surprised staff. Where Milan was who knows but clearly he doesn't know who he's leaving his business in the hands of. I called the authorities to check this place of but I never got a response so I went on yelp to share my story. Please please please if you are unsure of this place and I'm not convicting enough don't bet on the safety of your pet by taking them here. We came here cause it was what we could afford but we should've done more research and scrapped together all our pennies. I'm so sorry Pearlie we left you in this nightmare. read more

Top Dog is ALL about the dogs! They step up and actually HELP the rescue community. Milan took in dozens of abandoned dogs, the Eldad Hagar of Hope For Paws DUMPED on him.....dogs from Palmdale, CA and Arlington, AZ in May 2010. Fortunately, Hope For Paws got sued by Top Dog and LOST, but Hope For Paws only had to pay a few thousand which was "chunk change" to them as they took in over $15K to "rescue" the dogs...the dogs they DUMPED and never looked back at. Top Dog sent pleas out to good ETHICAL rescues that stepped in and actually saved the dogs, got them vetted, and found them homes. Top Dog sets the bar for running a boarding facility the right way! Milan also knows dogs, how to handle them with dignity and compassion and do right by them! read more

Milan is the best. He helps our rescued rotties so much and we couldn't save a lot of them without him. He is a real bully breed dog man and if the fluffy folks don't think he is foo-foo enough for them, too bad. I trust this man 110%. He is there for the dogs and his place is immaculate. He is a blessing to our dogs. read more