Dog Ranch Bed & Biscuit

If you have a dog and live in the Laguna Beach area, you need to check this place out. The facility is beautiful but the people really make it very special. Stephanie, Monica, Vicky and Eric and the rest of the crew are the best. We have a high energy and very social 2-​year old Goldendoodle named Emmett who visits The Ranch a few times a week and comes home happy and exhausted. Many thanks to everyone at The Dog Ranch for taking such great care of our pup!

Our dog loves his visits to The Dog Ranch and it’s so fun to check in on him during the day via the live video feed from my computer. This was the only dog daycare in South Orange County that is fully outdoors, with a pool that always has water — which I find very important. Only the best for my dog, and we think The Dog Ranch is the best.

I can’t think of any place better than this for your dog. I never had a problem at The Dog Ranch. My dogs have loved every person who works there. My Boxter, Isabel, who passed away several months ago, stayed with The Ranch many times when I went out of town, and was as happy as could be when I came to pick her up. They pay constant attention to the dogs, and seem to love them as much as the dogs love them. I would recommend The Ranch to anyone. Stephanie has put together a wonderful group of people who love dogs and know how to make them calm and happy. It’s a great way for them to have socialization with other dogs, both big and small, and they are VERY careful about inoculations and not accepting dogs that are aggressive. YOUR DOG WILL BE SAVE AND HAPPY AT THE DOG RANCH!

Stephanie (the owner) is one of the nicest and more knowledgable professionals in the dog care business.
Stephanie and her staff work tirelessly to ensure all dogs are safe and well taken care of.
Our dog, Chauncey who was a Boxer, loved his visits to the Dog Ranch. Chauncey visited 3 days a week on average while we were at work. For Christmas the Dog Ranch sent Chauncey home with a paw-​made Christmas ornament for our tree. It was Chauncey’s paw, we hang it on the tree every year!
We love Stephanie & the Dog Ranch! Only the best care for our animals. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

My pooch WAS a long-​time attendee here. I took a tour years ago and bought into the sales-​pitch of where the dogs were crated at night. The staff will walk you to the ‘other’ ranch house across from the play-​yard which has cozy couches and 8 crates with nice bedding. They tell you this is where your dog will sleep each night. My interest was peaked when I learned they can house up to 40 dogs onsite! Where do all these dogs sleep if there are only 8 crates in a small ranchhouse?
When I requested to see the area where the dogs were crated at night, I was told by 3 people (owner included) that I could not enter that area because dogs get anxious if people walk back there. No facility should deny a customer access to where your dog is being housed at night. Note: all dogs are put in a collapsible type create all night, so if you don’t feel comfortable with them being crated for 12 hours, don’t board here.
The place is pricey ($ 55.00 for overnight which includes outdoor playtime). Their racket is that in order to have your dog continue his ‘overnight status’ you must bring them in once each month for a mandatory visit at $ 35.00 a pop so they stay ‘socialized’. That’s a lot of money to spend yearly just so your dog retains the right to board at a facility where they won’t show you the real sleeping area. Weird.

Only the best for my pup. It’s ludicrous how much money I spend on my dog, but in our family he’s like a second child so he gets high quality food, cool toys, great medical care, and of course carefully screened accomodations whenever he’s away from home (while his «people» are away on vacation).
This place is part doggie daycare with an outdoor Astroturf-​covered, fully fenced area with a water play area. At night when it’s time to rest, the dogs go inside into their individual crates. I like this setup (versus kennels or Petsmart’s pet hotel) because the play area is large and it gives me the impression that my doggie has a chance to run around all day and tire himself out so he sleeps soundly at night even though he’s in a different environment.
My only qualms about this place are its out-​of-​the-​way location since I’m coming from Irvine, and the nail biting left turn into the facility from Laguna Canyon Road (the 133) as you narrowly dodge traffic zooming along in the opposite direction.