Camp Bow Wow Fort Collins

They assured my dog a spot over the phone and when I went in for the «interview» they told me they were full the day I needed my dog to be boarded. If they let me know earlier before the interview I could’ve saved a lot of time and hassle.

This is review number two. My dog has been attending Camp Bow Wow over the last two years.
Reasons I love it: video camera options to be able to check in, the staff always knows me and my dog’s name when we arrive, great customer service, great experience with personalized dog training.
I [still] highly recommend it!

Do not take your dog here unless you enjoy cruelty to animals. I regret signing the waiver that basically says Camp Bow Wow is not responsible for ANYTHING that happens to your pet under their «care.» I have a very sweet, non-​aggressive pug (all pugs are extremely sweet and playful) and I put on the application that he needs to be supervised during meal times because he is easily distracted and will not eat or drink unless someone is there sitting by. I also requested he not be around non-​aggressive dogs. Camp Bow Wow did not refuse service to me, they accepted it under these conditions. I trusted that my pug would be safe and they said that he’d be around other small, nice dogs who wouldn’t harm him. I just returned from my honeymoon and picked my pug up. Not only did he lose a lot of weight in one week, he also had two «infections» on each side of his face. They referred to them as «infections» and downplayed them. I finally see my poor pug and he has a HOLE on the side of his face. He is missing hair. I was deeply disturbed and felt guilty for putting my poor dog in harm’s way. It is very obvious that another dog bit him MORE THAN ONCE. They returned his dog bed, chewed up to pieces. Not sure why this had happened, but it probably happened during the many hours my poor pug was caged up without supervision and he probably chewed the bed out of boredom. It probably made him sick! While on vacation, I checked in the cams and found out on Sunday that they just keep the dogs caged up all day and night. Disgusting. The dogs have no yard with big trees to play in, just a side of rocks and then they walk around in circles all day getting sprayed by a yawning attendant. My dog look dehydrated and defeated, but he still has his lovable spirit. I am taking him to the vet tomorrow as my vet office is closed and I don’t want to put the poor animal through more stress. This place is a joke. You’re basically paying to have your dog caged up, though he would have been better off at the humane society. I am so sorry and never should have went here. Trust the other bad reviews. This is not safe for your animal! I received no apology or refund and there was no compassion about my situation. I am going to look into my rights as I have a copy of my application that listed my requirements, which they clearly violated. Shame on you, «Camp» Bow Wow.

I have known about Camp Bow Wow for quite some time, but never actually used their services. Until last week, and I was very happy with what they offer.
The staff we dealt with was very friendly, and very accommodating. It definitely felt like a place where the people actually cared about taking care of your dogs (As opposed to some kennels that are nothing more than a cage to keep your dog alive while you’re gone).
Prices are reasonable and they offer a whole multitude of options; just a few hours of playtime, a whole day of play, overnight, and long term boarding. They have a very nice facility, and also have lots of treats/​toys/​food for sale, and grooming/​bath options.
One very nice thing is that they require an initial interview visit. Basically a free day of camp for your dog so they can make sure the dog handles camp and can get along with other dogs while there. They also have web cams set up on their website so you can check in and see your pooch playing if you want to.
When we picked up our dogs they had a report card about how the dogs behaved, what they spent most of their time doing, etc.
I’d give Camp Bow Wow’s FTC location 2 thumbs up. We liked it, our dogs liked it, and it’s going to make some of our upcoming trips a LOT easier to manage now that we have somewhere we can drop our dogs off with no worry.
Great for giving your dogs some playtime, great for socializing your dog, great for putting them up for the night.

We’ve taken our dog here twice to get groomed and both times they fit us in when we called the same day. Friendly, clean business and I have no problem bringing him back.

I’ve boarded my dogs here a couple of times. On the surface, they seem great — the facility is clean and pleasant enough, the staff is nice enough, the boarding kennels spacious enough. A bit expensive, but the opportunity to play with daycare dogs is bundled into their boarding package and they have webcams so you can check-​in on your dogs if you are so inclined … the question is, are these things worth it?
Unfortunately, I have to say no, they’re not. The thing is, when I picked-​up my dogs, they were frantic. Layla leaped over the barrier into my arms (which is weird — she’s an independent dog and not really prone to separation anxiety). Pip tried to follow but couldn’t clear the barrier … when they opened the barrier he was on me like I was flypaper. Okay, so I’m sure its normal for them to have missed me but really they are better behaved than all this.
I don’t think that they were abused at all, but have concluded that they were somewhat neglected — standard poodles are people dogs more than dog dogs, so apparently they were horrified at being left with a bunch of other dogs with little or no human interaction (this I observed on their webcams — my dogs were always at the fences, following the people outside the enclosures back and forth, but I never saw the staff interact with them, other than to squirt dogs that were playing too rough with water). So much for that bundled daycare being worth it … but I guess I have to say I did get something out of the webcam (though surely not what they wanted me to get …)
I was also a bit miffed that they didn’t seem to follow my feeding instructions — I packed an extra couple days worth of food for them in case I somehow was delayed, but when I picked them up all of their food was gone. This might seem like a minor thing to complain about, but one of my dogs tends to put on too much weight and the other has a hard time maintaining weight so it’s something I’m a little freaky about.
Would I take my dogs here again? Well … I suppose I would if I were really, really, really desperate, e.g. some emergency situation where I couldn’t get a petsitter, all the other kennels in town were full, and I couldn’t arm-​twist a friend/​neighbor/​acquaintance/​anyone I vaguely know with an inkling of experience with dogs to check-​in on my dogs.

When we used to live in FoCo we would take our pups there every now and again. They weren’t our first choice but usually they’d do in a pinch.
We put the dogs up there last night and carefully reviewed the medication procedures with the supervisor. We were assured that our epileptic dog would be given her medicine in due course and medicine times were included in the overnight fees.
So we got there this morning and there was one-​half pill in the medicine bottle. We specifically gave them two-​half pills and these pill pockets for our seizure-​prone pup. Their employees claimed to have given her the pill and no one would say otherwise. I won’t get in an argument as to who gave the pill and who didn’t but suffice it to say the pill was not given as instructed.
To their credit, they refunded us the cost of the overnight but if our dog has a seizure then it is all for naught.
We won’t be taking the pups back to Camp Bow Wow in FoCo. Ever.

This business practices blatant breedism (just think racism and apply that to dog breeds). I called Camp Bow Wow in Fort Collins to inquire about doggy daycare and to see if I could take a tour of the facility and meet some of the staff. Darn right, I would never just take my girls somewhere and drop them off without checking it out first! The person on the phone was friendly and said, «Of course you can check out the place but wait, first… what kind of dogs do you have?» Oh so badly did I want to say the kind with 4 legs and a tail but I didn’t. I answered proudly, «A rescued 7 year old boston /​pit mix and a 8 month old pit mix from the Larimer Humane Society.» I was promptly informed that Camp Bow Wow does not accept pit bulls or pit mixes of any sort along with certain other breeds (she did not elaborate on this) — note their breedism is not reflected on their website under Camp Rules. The girl on the phone went on to apologize about the rule and that she would love to have my dogs there she likes the breed, thinks they are really sweet dogs but Camp Bow Wow is a franchise and they have to follow franchise rules even though pit bulls and pit mixes are legal, welcome dogs in Larimer County. Sad. But that is ok there are plenty of other doggy daycares in the area that do not practice breedism that welcome my lovely little dogs.