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Uppity Pup

3.7 (42 reviews)
Open 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Tired dogs on ride home.
Lorraine M.

Nice place, good rates..Linda was totally cool. Our dogs passed out when we picked them up after 3 days. Would love everything if there was a dog cam...

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Courtney O.

DO NOT BRING YOUR DOGS HERE! NEGLECT AND ABUSE! I wish I could give them zero stars. I have been bringing my dogs here for two years. They were recommended to me by my mom who has brought her dog here for four years. I loved this place. It is always hard to leave your dogs- and I used to feel comfort in knowing that my dogs were well taken care of and out playing and making friends all day. I trusted them so much that I drive two hours from the Bay Area to bring my pups here. My last couple visits have been different with some rude staff members. Through the grapevine (all of my parent's friends who bring their dogs here) I heard that they were hiring new staff and felt comfortable enough to bring my dogs there for my 11 day vacation. I returned this week from vacation and picked my dogs up an hour after opening. When my first dog was brought out (why wasn't he out playing with the other dogs?) his tail was between his legs and he looked terrified. Normally when I pick up the dogs they are happy, tails-wagging, and don't want to leave. This was my first red flag something was wrong. As soon as I got in the car, I turned around to kiss my babies and saw two huge scabs on my Dane staring me in the face. I immediately jumped out of the car, got Linda, and asked her what happened to my dog. She came out and looked at his wounds. I was worried he was attacked or fell. Upon further inspection we found 4 large scabs on all of his legs. Because of their symmetry Linda told me that he most likely developed a skin disease. Really? I drove him straight to the vet where my vet diagnosed them as pressure sores- the equivalent of bed sores to us humans. In addition to the 4 large ones spotted in the car we found 5 more- on his elbows, feet, and tail. To top it off, the larger sores are all infected. He will now be on antibiotics for the next month. These developed because he was locked in his kennel for most of the day. I asked my vet how long it would take for these to develop and he confirmed my fears: he had been left in there the majority of the day. When I left the vet, I called Linda to tell her what the scabs were. As the owner, I expected to be apologized to profusely. Instead I was met with denial while she threw every excuse at me including blaming me. Below are a few of the awful things she said to me: - The sores are due to bad breeding. - I am the one that left my dogs there so long - It is ridiculous to expect that my dog will get the same treatment the busiest week of the year compared to the rest of their stays. After asking repeatedly how NO ONE noticed these, she agreed to refund my $540, but will not pay my vet bills. I just do not understand how of all the staff- if he is really getting the attention that I am being told he is getting- no one noticed his wounds. Because of their lack of care and attention, he developed the wounds AND they allowed them to become infected. Both of my dogs smell like urine and feces... it is much worse than the normal smell they bring home after a stay here. With my pup's sores in addition to their smell, I have to assume that they were left in their much longer than what Linda is swearing to. My Dane now, after 3 days is still walking around on egg shells. The breed itself is a very sensitive and emotional breed. He is terrified, flinching, and whining non-stop. My high-energy lab also seems very sad. Neither of these behaviors are normal for them after being picked up from "puppy camp." I question whether or not they fed my dogs regularly as both appear much thinner. My Dane went in weighing 105 lbs and weighed in at the vet 11 days later at 93 lbs. I am disgusted with the treatment my dogs received. If you are like me, and love your dogs as a family member, DO NOT bring them here. Linda should be ashamed of her business and the treatment she and her staff give to these animals. You have betrayed not only your client's trust, but the dogs who are trapped with you while their humans are away. SHAME ON YOU.

Our babies!
Sam L.

Our experience here was very disappointing. I can say I fairly waited for a response from the owner to see if she'd do the right/fair thing, but I have yet to hear from her. We recently took our dogs to Uppity Pup for boarding for the 2nd time (used this place about 3 years ago also), they stayed on this visit for 5 days and we picked them up on a Monday. Dropping them off was immediately frustrating, 2 men were working and the one checking us in was irritated and had no patience. Our dogs are timid because of the breed and again they've only been boarded once ever before this visit. The man grabbed and yanked the dogs in, picking up our 50lb dog and yanking the other so hard her collar came off her head. Never greeted, said hello, pet or let them smell him. Had we not been fully packed/booked on our trip we would have not left them. I went to pick them up Monday. The lady started telling me how they were so timid, hardly ate, had bloody stool from the stress and only were allowed out on leash alone because they were looking at the fence like they were going to jump it. Ok I asked her if she was the owner and she said yes. I told her about the drop off experience and how I'm really disappointed because last time the dogs did better, they were out on the floor playing with the other dogs even. I know my dogs are timid, but they are very friendly, eat well (I did expect them to eat less though because of the new environment) but have never looked at a fence to jump or try to jump a fence. She gave us $20 a night off the bill, which was nice but still as expensive as the visit was, to hear they basically stayed in back the whole time is still quite frustrating. We left with no dog food given back to us even though she said they hardly ate (last time we came home with several bags of food leftover). Didn't notice until I was home. To top off everything the next day all 3 of my dogs have kennel cough (the first time we visited, they also came home with kennel cough but I thought it was a fluke). After 2 hrs waiting for the vet visit and getting meds for all 3 we are out $251 plus the $250 for the boarding costs (not to mention the bordatella vaccines which this place requires, not sure why when they end up with it anyways). My dogs are miserable, coughing constantly, having to lay around and be calm to not aggravate the cough and have to be given meds 3 times daily for 7days. I went by to talk to the owner after the vet visit, she wasn't there so the girl said she'd pass the message along and was coming in around 1pm. Funny part is this girl told me actually all the dogs did eat the food, only one dog had to be leashed and even the little dog came out to play on the floor. Now who's telling the truth?? I'm getting conflicting stories. Owner still hasn't called. We are out $500 for crappy service and sick dogs because of this place. We will NEVER visit Uppity Pup again, and I highly recommend you to also not visit. If you do, I hope you have a better experience than I did! For that amount of money I will pay someone from now on to come to my home and care for my pets. So frustrated with Uppity Pup. Business owners should never treat their customers this way, sad. I will never recommend this local business to anyone. We never got a call, so my husband called today and just happen to catch the owner. She immediately greeted him by saying I don't know what you want, all you're doing is complaining, said we don't know about animals and she reviewed the cameras and nothing they did was in the wrong. She said the county already knows that kennel cough was going around there but our dogs were already there, she asked do you get money back if your kid gets sick from school, my husband said no but if a sickness was running rampant through the school we would be notified & we don't pay the school to keep our kids all day/over night while we are on vacation. She told us we don't know how to vaccinate our dogs, which is completely untrue, our dogs are always up to date on their shots, the only one we got that was new was the bordatella because we don't normally board our dogs but we got it within the time range that Uppity Pup requires in their policy! She was completely rude, insulting and ignorant the entire conversation. She had absolutely no intention of calling us back even to apologize for our experience, said her staff doesn't tell her who she calls & doesn't call back. The whole conversation with the "owner" was completely shocking to hear. I don't know who treats their customers this way, never experienced anything like this. We paid Uppity Pup to care for our babies while we were on vacation, a service that they list as a service they provide but we did not receive quality care, we didn't even receive minimal care or consideration. We have never had complaints like this, this is all new for us but we did expect Uppity Pup to take care of our dogs and treat them well, something that just wasn't provided at all.

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My puppy's first time for Day care. Seemed to be having fun. However unfortunately he ended up with Kennel cough.

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