Stay & Play Pet Resort

"This was a disaster from the start. We we’re visiting from GA & our dog sitter got sick. Of course it was a Saturday & most places closed at noon. After locating this facility which showed hours until 6:00 PM. I made numerous calls to them. There was no answer & voicemail was full. Finally after several tries, Jovonnie answered. I explained my situation & she said there wouldn’t be any one there until between 4:00 & 6:00 & could we come then. Of course we agreed. We arrived around 4:30 to find an old house with a fenced in piece of property. There was NO ONE in sight. We tried again several times to call her back but with no response. The house was left open so I was able to walk through. The place was a dump. This is a poorly run business & not somewhere I could/would ever recommend."

"Our dogs Koda & Scooby spent almost 5 days there recently and it was a great experience for the dogs and piece of mind for us. Our dogs will be going here from now on. No small cages, plenty of space to play, toddler beds for the dogs and a great Kennel manager. A+++"

"I needed a place to kennel my dogs at the last minute, and had a difficult time finding a place that would keep my small family group (3 dogs) together and not try to have them "socialize" with other dogs. (My pack doesn't do dog parks or daycare.) As I began to despair, Jovonnie called me back and said she had room and would be glad to keep my pups out of the daycare group- in fact, she had a fenced yard especially separate for little packs/solo dogs like mine! When you drive up to Stay and Play, don't use your human eyes to assess it. Use your dog eyes (or really, nose). It's a house the dogs are walking up to, just like they're used to! There's a sofa and small beds in the rooms! There are windows and if you want a TV running, you got it! The yard is a huge, safe, fenced wonderland (I could hear my terrier thinking, "I see horses! Are those cows?") and has wading pools and tons of fresh water available. If your dog is destructive, they can stay in a crate- which is okay because they'll get so much exercise, they'll only use it to sleep in! Mike is the right man in the right job, because he loves his boarders. He has a calm, balanced demeanor and his charges obviously love him back. I was at ease leaving my babies with him the morning I dropped them off. Back in Virginia when I would travel, my dogs would go to a fairly spartan kennel where they would get more love and walks than should be legal from the humans who worked there! My friends who send their pets to play dates and spa-like boarding facilities thought I was cheap, or worse- blase about my animals. The bottom line for me is safety and security, and then love. All three exist in spades in this off-the-beaten-path boarding facility in Parrish. I'll use Stay and Play in the future- and that's my highest recommendation."

"A staff member of mine contacted owner of Stay & Play Pet Resort located at 3155 N Rye Road in Parrish FL 34219 and made it clear I needed a foster home for three months while I was in and out of the hospital. My dog is an expensive white English Retriever but had already been boarded too much. Bait and switch artist Owner Jovonnie Androy said "look no further" and professed to find a good foster home who is a friend of hers who signed an agreement w me NO BOARDING FEES. She was present when the foster friend signed the contract. Conveniently, when I am admitted into the hospital I get a call from Jovonnie Androy (who knew my admission date) claiming she had custody of my dog at Stay & Play Pet Resort Parrish FL and "she gets $40 a day." I told her that was $1,200 a month!! This did not even include walking my dog, or as I found out later, food. Dialogue remained pretty outrageous even after I agreed to a reduced price ($30 a day - little choice) and many times I had to swallow my ego. Even trying to go pick him up was a nightmare. After I paid her $1,000 initially - she then texted me for my credit card data because food was not part of deal. I pointed out I had no contract with her and NO WAY was I going to give my Visa cart blanche to her. She claimed food was not included in her "reduced fee" and kept trying to do add ons. She is a great at acting incredulous while trying to bilk me and then saying "Why are you so upset?" When clear to me she has been down this road MANY times before because she babbles endlessly about how smart she is. She never got my credit card data. The actual housing a tad better than a trailer and her "palace" of a home is a few acres over at GoldenGael Farms. Getting my dog - she demanded cash only and upped the balance, as I figured. He had lost a lot of weight, 16 pounds (he was 80 pounds) and she claimed he gained muscle (muscle weighs more than fat) and she ALWAYS has ALL the answers. She owns GoldenGael Farms in Parrish FL next door and my dog WAS taken back and forth--to swim. He needed a life vest and apparently almost drowned because she forgot he needed one. I would NEVER get involved with her again or her properties unless I am into self harm. I had to really pay $1,570 at the end of this story when she had proclaimed he would be in foster care with her "friend" prior to my going in the hospital. But the dialogue was very disturbing most of the time and I felt I was powerless. You should just wonder how someone can do so much professed "business" at Stay and Play Pet Resort Dog Boarding in Parrish FL but have ZERO reviews on Google. It is quite apparent not one customer wanted to leave any review. You can bet there will be some fake postings after I post this on how great her businesses are after I post this. Stay & Play Pet Resort, 3155 N Rye Rd, Parrish, FL 34219"