We are often in Central Oregon as my mom has a second home in Sunriver. Although Central Oregon is…read morea mecca for dog fun with so many outdoor activities, it's nice to have a place like Dig available for our dog to play for hours while we do dog-unfriendly activities (particularly in the winter!), like go to the movies, restaurants, trampoline parks, etc.
Dig appears to have opened in March of 2019 and it is a beautiful modern and large facility.
Pros: Spacious, clean, has both indoor/outdoor areas for dogs to roam freely, also big/small dog areas if there is a need to separate, friendly staff, video streaming to check in on how your pup is doing, half or full daycare options, what appears to be nice overnight accommodations (we did not use this service though), easy registration and reservation process.
More specifically, since we are not local to the area, it was very seamless to have our dog registered and cleared to play in their system. They just needed current vaccination records.
Cons: The video streaming is not seamless. You have to get an invitation from the business, download an app (the web version would not work for me), register yourself...overall it was a bit of a pain but once I was able to get it going, it worked all right. I also mentioned that registering my pup was seamless and easy as many other places require a temperament evaluation before accepting your dog. This was not part of their process...which, from a visitor needing daycare somewhat immediately, this was appreciated, but perhaps it would be a wise move for them to consider as some dogs are just not great at places like these and if someone dumps and runs like we did...well...
They did introduce my dog slowly-ish to the pack...starting her in an area of smaller dogs before having her join the larger pups (she's 40lb shepherd mix). All in all, she seemed to have a good time. We've used them a few times now and we love it! Glad to have that option when we're in town. Not too far off the highway, easy parking.