Camp Bow Wow

"We belong to a camp bow wow in Stuart FL. We were passing through mass and had no other places to board our pup. CBW Bellingham happily took our pup in even though they didn’t have to, and he got great care and had a blast. Thanks so much again!"

"We just brought our dogs in for an interview, as we're transferring from another location after moving out of that area. We have used three other Camp Bow Wow locations and had great experiences. It is why we opted to try the Bellingham location though it is not very convenient for us (40 minute drive). The drive was worth knowing they would be somewhere they were comfortable with. We couldn't have been more wrong. They took our two dogs back to the play area and slowly started letting other dogs into that room. Everything was fine. They ran around and played with the others, no problem. Then, they let a large golden retriever into the room, who immediately fixated on one of our dogs who is less than half the golden's weight/size. It started jumping on our dog and would not leave him alone. As we watched on the cameras in the lobby, our dog tried wriggling to get the golden off of him, and barking to express fear. He ran to the other side of the room a few times but any time he came back to the area where all the dogs were, the golden would start jumping on him and lunging. Our dog did bark at that point and immediately was sprayed in the face over and over with a water bottle by the handler. Our dogs were in the room with this golden for less than 2 minutes. At no point did they try removing the golden to see if it would improve how nervous our dog was. They just removed ours. They came out and told us that our dog was "being loud" (if barking is a crime, then every other dog should be disallowed as well), and growling (wouldn't you, being crushed and lunged at?), and being "snippy" which we absolutely did not see on the camera. They told us we should try another day (after we'd driven 40 minutes and been given less than 10 minutes total, 8 of which were totally uneventful, 2 of which our dog was being jumped on repeatedly by a dog twice his size). The option to wait a few minutes or try again without the golden in the room we're never offered. I took our dogs out to the car and my husband went back to discuss with the staff. They pulled the video back up, which revealed the repeated spraying in the face of our dog by the handler, the other dog being extremely hyper and jumping, and our dog barking and running away. The staff member playing back the video said "well we know Trevor (golden) is a little crazy." So you admit that this dog is the overactive one! The most frustrating thing is that the Camp Bow Wow locations apparently don't communicate with each other, so four years of history at multiple locations with zero incidents means nothing when transferring to a new location. But now I feel like our dog has been given a scarlet letter by the staff who made snap judgements and did nothing to help him when he was clearly scared of a much larger dog. Will absolutely not be back. Don't waste your time here. If you have a small dog, better hope they're okay being trampled on and don't show the even the slightest sign of distress, or they'll be black listed too."

"Always take good care of my pup, and she actually likes the place unlike many others. They know who she is as soon as they see her and tell us how good she is! They are extremely responsible with your pup, and that’s all any of us can really ask."

"Great staff, great ownership and great facilities. People like walking into a business where everyone knows their name. Every dog owner loves a walking into a business that knows their dog's name. CBW Bellingham is top notch."

"We've only been there twice so far but we love it! They show so much care to each pup to make sure they are in the right play group and answer any and all questions we may have. Our pup was so excited to go back and we can't wait to try some of their other services (currently do doggie day care)."