Alkam were fantastic! I boarded my Dachshund with them and they took great care of her =)read more

From the owner: Alkam Pet Services offers the best place to leave your loved one with us at home! Which is Home!…read moreYes! We take care of your loved one from the comfort of our Home. That way whenever you travel (Business, Vacation or Emergencies) you are with piece of mind that your loved one is well taken care of. We offer various services (walking your dogs, boarding, day care, pick up/delivery, attend your home if you prefer not boarding- meaning we go check on your loved one and feed, walk and make sure everything is alright). Walking - Prices vary per the minutes. Pick up/delivery - vary on the distance. Attending your home - vary on the distance. Day care - Boarding includes Play time, walking with our new friend. Boarding prices vary on the size of the dogs. It also includes play time, walking with our new friend. Please book your loved one before we run out of spots available. We accept Zelle, Venmo, Paypal and cash. Text or call to obtain a quote. Alkam - 2108575584 / 5127838305 (We respond faster to texts). Website: alkampet.com

They claim to be "climate controlled" but only have the air conditioning part of the day. As…read moresomeone who owns a bradycephqlic dog, this should have been disclosed. I expressed multiple times my concern for overheating and need for cool climate and I was told later they started to run on a back up generator. Not to mention, my poor frenchie came home with a sore in his ear, rash on his underbelly, covered in poop, and gums swollen. My shih poo was covered in poop. Do not recommend! Terrible place to leave your dogs!!!! So expensive, too! Such a joke of a place!

Always a Great experience. Dusty loves them, and they have always been very flexible when I have…read morelast minute work travel.

Loved being able to see our dog on camera while on vacation. The staff were very caring and the…read moreplace is very clean.

One of our dogs had fleas They called when we were 6 hours out of town. Said they would give them…read morea flea bath. They didn't. Kept them locked in small confinement for FOUR days and they didn't eat a bit of their food. Just picked them up and they are covered with urine. Not happy

Susan and Kathleen did a phenomenal job. I was very comfortable knowing that my three fur babies…read morewere in great hands! I got beautiful pictures every day and they texted every time they visited. I can't wait to use them again Awesome service

We picked up a happy and healthy dog after 6 nights of platinum boarding. We were extremely pleased…read morewith the professionalism and experience of the kennel techs. The kennels were spacious and my dog was able to keep her own silicon toy with her for comfort. We did do a few days of daycare beforehand per Starmark's suggestion and feel it really helped prepare our nervous dog for the new-to-us facility. We will be using them again!

I have had two experiences with board and train at Starmark and want to CLEARLY separate the two…read morethough my overall review stands as a reflection of the overall experience with the business not just with the trainers. My first board & train was with my male Belgian Malinois and stayed for 4 weeks with Bella as the trainer. This experience was phenomenal. Great updates on progress with commands and socialization (which was the biggest issue for him). When I picked him up the take home lesson clearly demonstrated the effort Bella and Baz had put into training and showed clear positive results. Demonstration of heel, basic commands and bite were very nice. Because of this experience I traveled from Alabama were I am staying temporarily to have my female Belgian Malinois stay for a 6 week board and train. Bella apparently wasn't available so Paige was the trainer this time around. Through email a command list was provided as well as the request for off leash obedience and intro to trail tracking if possible. The updates started and stayed positive but extremely generic. This was a statement in an update 2 "Saphira has made a lot of progress this week, and we just started e-collar conditioning today! She's already mastered the basics, " and updates such as this continued until it was time to pick her up. 6 weeks later and another trip from Alabama I was looking forward to seeing my pup and the progress she had made. The take home lesson was a DISASTER!!! When first bringing her into the room her level of excitement was clear so I was prepared for more mistakes and issues because she is younger than my male Malinois was during training previously and it had been a while. Paige demonstrated a heel and place which honestly were quite good and I was happy with the on leash demonstration. Off leash heel was less than desirable but a good introduction. The issues became clear when off leash the sit and down command demonstrations were worse than her performance of those commands prior to entering the board and train. The demonstrations became so problematic off leash that I requested her to be put on leash. With some more demonstrations with terrible results it was time for me take the lead/leash. Performance was not good but it was helpful to get the introduction to E-Collar and off leash handling before reverting to on leash. The commands that supposedly were taught (requested via email and confirmed via later email that they confirmed "All of the commands you listed below are the ones she was taught." Continuation marker - yes Terminal marker - free Sit - sitz (seetz) Down - platz (plahtz) Stand - Steh (sh-tay) Heel - foos Recal / come - Saphira Heere Leave it - lass es Out - Aus Only sit, down, heel were demonstrated with the incorrect word (English being used by Paige on several occasions paired with stimulus from E-Collar) in addition to place which I had not listed but was discussed. Out, Leave It do not result in the intended behavior (not sure if trained at all... definitely not "mastered") recall on leash requires her to see a reward recall off leash ineffective sit and down are slower, sloppier, and confusion around which to do that was not the case before training. Stand - saw no change either positive or negative prior to the training. Paige said she worked with her on trail tracking and gave me an intro to continuing that and no demonstration was provided as I am sure that would have been difficult in the time allotted but I have not worried about the trail tracking since she has been home as all of the focus has had to be on the basics that were "mastered". While continued training for the basics is always important with continued training it is as if she is starting where she was 12-18 weeks ago for sit and down. I believe too much focus was put on off-leash training rather than staying committed to the quality of training for the basics. I would have preferred honest updates and feedback with a redirection on the focus of her training to a much higher standard than broad training at a very low standard. if Bella isn't available I definitely won't be going back to Starmark for board and train as my faith in the business and other trainers has been impacted by this experience and through the email exchanges since.

Highly recommend pet care service! My dogs absolutely love Fluffy Butts and I completely trust…read moreKristina and her crew!

We have used Fluffy Butts for boarding our one year old Frenchie this past year on all of our…read morebusiness and vacation trips. We have been very happy and also use their walking services.

I wanted so badly to like this place. Adorable home, super sweet staff, great prices. But we won't…read morebe coming back. I have a puppy, about four months old. I was unable to fly with him over the Christmas break, so I made sure to reserve him a spot to board. In prep, I dropped him off for day camp so I could get a feel for the place and he could get used to the staff and the smells. After the day camps and whenever I checked in during his week stay, I wanted to know how he was doing. He's a puppy, so the way he's socializing and his schedule for feeding and potty times are super important to me. Every time I asked, it was so vague. "He's doing great!", but no one seemed to know anything specific until I really pressed for information. And I heard different information from each staff member. My real issue is here: When we picked him up from a week stay, the owner/groomer met us outside to talk about his health. She claimed to be a vet tech for many years, and was concerned about his weight. She made us feel guilty about his grooming and how skinny he was (again, he's a large breed puppy) and recommended adding tuna to his diet. We felt so awful that we immediately took her advice. DO NOT FEED YOUR DOG TUNA. it's filled with mercury. After less than two cans, my dog now has an infection and constant diarrhea almost two weeks later. He picked up an infection (either from the tuna or the place) and is now on antibiotics. Now, I should have absolutely done my research as a "parent." But to claim to be a medical professional and guilt us into making incredibly unhealthy choices for our puppy, makes me so angry and upset. We won't be going back.

Avoid this place at all cost. If you want animals lovers taking care of your babies while you're…read moreaway, this is not the right business. I used to like this place. We've boarded our dog there a few times. The last time we boarded our dog there they lost both her harness and her food. I only got it back after calling and following up and insisting that I left plenty of food (I always leave a full bag). They suddenly found both her harness and food. I brushed it off as an honest mistake, but after this visit I'm really unsure. I picked my dog up today and the employees came out and charged me, brought out her dry food, and then brought out my dog. As I was taking her to the other side of the truck the owners' dogs got out of their fence (the owners' house is next door to the pet resort) and ran after us. 3 of them were small dogs but one was a doberman (or something similiar looking) and was growling and snapping at us. I hurried and got my dog in the truck and stood there with her while the employees got the dogs back in the fence. I was obviously upset and wanted to speak with someone about what just happened. As I was waiting for one of the employees to call the owners I noticed a patch of missing fur from my dogs leg. No idea if it happened just then or if it was from earlier in the week but it definitely wasn't like that when I dropped her off. The employee had to call the owners twice. The first time he was asking them to come outside and it sounded like they hung up on him. I insisted I wanted to speak with someone and he called again and said they were coming. I had to ask him to grab my dog's canned food that they had forgotten while we were waiting for the owner. At this point I would have been completely happy with someone seeming like they cared even a little. You would think the OWNER of a pet boarding place would care about animals. She made absolutely no attempt at coming to see me or my dog and check on things. She was obviously very upset that she had to get up and come address a situation. When I told this woman about her dogs running after us she kept claiming they were in the fence. I tried explaining they were only in there because her employees put them back. I mentioned there was a patch of missing fur on my dog's leg and clarified that I don't know if it was from this incident or from earlier in the week and her only response was to ask "is she bleeding?" and follow up with "well there's nothing I can do then". You're the OWNER. There is plenty you can do. A simple apology would be a great start. Mostly I just kept getting her saying "I hope you have the day you deserve" since apparently my day should suck for interrupting her relaxing to speak with a customer. Now that we're home and looking more closely at our dog we see a missing patch of fur on her leg, her ID tag that we made for her is gone off of her collar, she has what looks like some kind of sore in her mouth, and she's scratching at her eyes a lot. We're going to get her checked out by a vet because we are not experts in dog healthcare, but we're concerned about several things we're seeing on her that definitely were not there when we dropped her off. All we can do at this moment is document everything and get a professional opinion. A few things are concerning to us here but honestly most of it would have been assumed to be stress on our dog being away from home if it hadn't been for the way the owner behaved. I am so baffled by the fact that the owner of a pet boarding company seems to not care at all about the pets or the customers for that matter. I'm trying to wrap my head around how someone can get paid to board others' pets and then have so little concern when their own get out and run after a customer and their pet. Who do you want watching your fur babies? Someone that cares deeply for animals or someone that cares deeply for a paycheck? Edit: I disagree with quite a few of the 'facts' that Beverly responded with. I've sent her a message letting her know she's welcome to contact me if she wants to discuss my experience. I'll be happy to update my review afterwards but I'm not going to have a back and forth on the yelp page. For now, my experience with this business is listed above.

I have never been to Dog Joy with my dogs so I went today. The people were nice, but the prices…read morewere ridiculous! I have two schnauzers they don't use the splash pad and all they did was walk around. They did have some Obstacles for the dogs to jump over, but I just threw away $60.. then I wanted to get some popcorn so I could give some treats to the dogs when they did their training that tiny sandwich baggy cost me $5.. It was a total rip off! Will never go back again!

I took my dog to the initial Tryout day & she passed. I then took her probably 2 or 3 more times…read moreto REPS Daycare dates. Andi seemed to have a great time. Their location is quite a drive for me and it's pretty expensive. For example, the last daycare visit was $84. It's 49.50 for a REPS day, then I added $20 so she could play in the splash pool, and finally, I pay $12 for her to have a lunchtime Kong. You also don't get photos unless you pay $20 for a Facebook updates pics. I didn't pay for that and therefore got no pics of her at the Splash Park and incidentally, she was not in any photos with other dogs who played (and had a ball judging by the photos on the FB page) in the water that day & who's pawrents did pay for the FB update. I'm happy to pay for my dog to have fun but the way she was apparently separated out because I didn't pay, obviously disappointed me. So, needless to say, I'm looking for another daycare that is perhaps a little closer.

Dogtopia of Round Rock had THE most phenomenal customer service from the moment I made the meet and…read moregreet reservation all the way through booking our first doggy daycare visit! The communication was top notch. The K9 Counselors are well trained and professional, from the explanation of how they introduce the dogs to the final assessment; they really take the time to ensure the dogs are comfortable with each other and that your dog is a good fit! Excited for Zeus and I to have a paw-tner in his life!!

I took my 7-month old english bulldog in for a Meet and Greet in advance of a planned trip at the…read moreend of the month and I was super impressed with the staff's dedication to introducing incrementally. Sadie was a bit shy at first but quickly warmed up - especially to the humans in the room and I was able to watch on camera as she explored. It's so hard to find somewhere you can trust for your fur-baby but I've already booked a few play-dates so she can get more comfortable before we board her for a week.

I love boarding here!!! I got my dog trained here as well. He was a pretty nervous puppy but seeing…read morehim go through training and watching his confidence grow was absolutely worth it! He's great both on and off leash. They offer touch up sessions as well as a free one after the training to help everyone get better adjusted. I've now boarded him here several times and he loves it! I get tons of pics of him and he's always having a great time

From the owner: Over 25 acres of dog-centered fun “home away from home” experience where your dog will be cared for…read moreand loved in a safe and enriching environment! Home-based dog boarding and training facility. We offer private cage free boarding, pack boarding, and traditional (climate-controlled) kennel run boarding. Ask us about our VIP shuttle services to/from the Austin area!