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September 2024 by Amber Foote
My dog comes home absolutely exhausted after a day of sleepy dog!
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September 2024 by Alan B
Sleepydog is the best! We started with daycare for our puppy 6 months ago and he is so excited to go each time. The way he interacts with the staff gives me full trust in the care they provide. Our older dog started to go as well and he loves it even more. The staff is so friendly and focused on the wellbeing of the dogs. Recently we had our first boarding experience and they both came home happy and healthy. They have so much fun, I’ve started to describe it as summer camp for dogs versus the traditional kennel experience. Thank you Sleepydog!
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September 2024 by Violetta
So happy this place exists. We have been bringing our puppy for the past month, and can't say enough good things. The staff is always kind and welcoming and work with you if you have to switch from full to half day. Clara bear gets excited as soon as I pull in the driveway and loves every minute spent at the kennel. I usually get a report how she did when I pick her up and it's always an outstanding day @ Sleepydog Kennel. Thank you so much for all you do, and we are so glad we discovered this wonderful place to bring Clara.
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August 2024 by Tom Lepsic
Caring and helpful staff, our dog Jax had a great stay.
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August 2024 by Stephanie Cuepo Wobby
Our dogs have been going to Sleepydog on and off since we moved back to Vermont in 2017. The staff has always been friendly and accommodating and, as many customers as they do have, it feels like each visit is still very much personalized and tailored to our dogs' needs.
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June 2024 by Michala
TLDR: Strongly advise anyone against boarding their animals with SDK. Very understaffed and lacking in communication caused a likely avoidable bite.
Longer story:
I had planned to board my pup whois dog-selective with SDK's dynamic dog boarding program for a 10-trip in late April. He went and did his trail day on March 25th. I did not receive his first day report card until I reached out to them and asked them about it on April 13th. Per their report he was high energy and friendly and loved getting pets and attention. Which was very accurate to the behavior that I was used to seeing.
I dropped him off for his long boarding on April 19th and was told to check IG for photos. I reached out to them on April 25th because I had not seen my dog in any of the postings and had received no updates on his care. They responded and let me know that he was doing well and had been on walks and that they do their best to get photos of every dog posted and sent me a couple photos of my pup. At pick up after the boarding my boy was clearly over stimulated, so I spoke with his vet about increasing medication for his kennel anxiety and was given a second medication and instructions on how to increase the dosing if needed.
Over the Memorial Day long weekend, my dog was again boarded with the dynamic dog boarding. At drop off I gave the check in folks his 2 medications and let them know that there were instructions on how to increase his dosing if needed.
On Tuesday afternoon I received a call from Jen the owner who informed me that there had been an incident and my dog had bit a member of staff and that staff had needed medical attention. She also informed me that there had been three incidents of his biting at staff prior that I had not been made aware of. I was given the excuse of them being understaffed and just focusing on the dogs' care.
The following day I reached out via email to ask if all of the incidents had occurred over the Memorial Day weekend or over his longer boarding as well. And asked for more details around what happened prior to the bites occurring. By Friday I had gotten no response, so I sent a follow up email. Jen the owner responded and said that she had gotten some information from James the operations manager but still had some questions and asked to call over the weekend. I let her know I would not be available for a phone call over the weekend and asked for her to email me the information.
Over the weekend I spoke with the PD who informed me that after speaking with the staff member involved it was listed as a provoked bite.
Incredibly frustrating that it was easier and faster to get more details out of the police than the facility that was charged with caring for my animal.
This behavior is so far from his norm, I have deep concerns with what occurred with his stay that led him to be in the place where he felt the need to defend himself in that way.
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April 2024 by John Muldoon
So happy to have found Sleepy Dog, my pup is so well cared for by everyone there and comes home exhausted! I trust them completely!
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March 2024 by Eric Howe
Sleepydog was fantastic! I brought my 9 month old pup in there for his first daycare experience a week or so ago and the experience was exactly what I was looking for. I like the online registration, all of the forms they need can be submitted to my account online, the staff were friendly, and most of all they lived up to their name... My pup was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as he was in the car. We will be back!
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November 2023 by greg
My dog loves sleepy dog! He is so excited when we pull up in the driveway, it makes Mr feel good to know that he is staying with people who know and care about him!
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November 2023 by g “Woodchucker”
My dog loves sleepy dog! He is so excited when we pull up in the driveway, it makes Mr feel good to know that he is staying with people who know and care about him!
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November 2023 by Joel Barnes
Our dogs have been regulars at Sleepydog since they first opened. The owner and staff have always been wonderful to our dogs and to us. Very accommodating and they are all animal lovers.Wonderful, and highly recommended.
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October 2023 by Gene Parmesan
All the dogs love this place!
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August 2023 by Daniel James
I needed someone to watch my cat at the last minute and sleepydog kennel saved the day! They took care of my cat extremely well and gave her a lot of love. She was there for 2 weeks with no problems and without a scratch. Definitely recommend, and plan to use their boarding again in the future.
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August 2023 by Jen Cozine
We take our dog here. She loves it! Comes home run down but so happy when we pull into the sleepy dog driveway. We do daycare and boarding. The staff are great and seem to really get to know the dogs.
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August 2023 by Cheryl Bodette
Such a caring group of people who own this business and that work there!!!!
