Dog-Gone Furbabyz

My dog is a HANDFUL. As in, she is a volcano of explosive energy all the time and needs attention and exercise all the time. But after a day of daycare here, she literally didn’t make it five minutes in the car before passing out. She was super low-​key, chilled out, and obedient when I brought her back home, which was JUST what I needed after a stressful day.
New dogs are introduced slowly, Cesar Milan-​style, with the friendliest and calmest dogs meeting newcomers first to put them at ease. My dog Daisy sometimes is timid around new dogs or large groups of dogs, and will occasionally get overwhelmed and get into scuffles at the dog park. But since we started occasional daycare, she’s more sociable with other dogs and blends into the «pack» more easily and quickly.
Bring your dog in for an evaluation (and four free hours of daycare!) so that you can hit up the next Yappy Wednesday — half price ($ 12) for a full day of day care, every other Wednesday. An awesome deal for those with highly active dogs like Daisy who need to get their pent-​up energy out!

We took our buddy there over the weekend. They took him in for the evaluation on short notice, and I got a tour of the place — it’s a warehouse-​style building with big, open runs for the dogs, divided in half for little and big dogs. The only cages are for dogs who misbehave, and to isolate dogs while they are eating (great idea). Apparently at night they pull out lots of beds and have a doggie slumber party.
I found the staff to be strangely cold for a group of dog loving people — not a whole lot of smiling or small talk to be had. But, they get huge props for staying open just a few minutes past 10pm for us when we were late getting back into town. It specifically says that their doors close right at 10pm and overnight fees will be added, but they made an exception for us when we let them know our situation. Was so nice to get our dog back that night and not have to pick him up the next day.
One thing — your dog will come back smelling like the vet’s office. I don’t blame them for using a strong disinfectant to clean the place — they have upwards of 20 – 30 dogs at a time — but you’ll need to give your dog a bath to get the smell out.
We were really happy with this place. Our dog was not stressed out at all when we got him back. Totally seamless transition from home to boarding to home, which is what we were looking for.

This place is terrible. I left my dog there overnight. She got into a scuffle with another dog and had a cut on her inner ear. Things like that can happen when you put dogs together, but the way they handled it was terrible. They didn’t follow their stated policy of giving me a written report. When I picked her up the next day her ear was still bleeding from the night before! They said they cleaned it but there was wet and dry blood all over her inner ear. When I asked for a refund one of the owners was ignorant and refused. At one point she blamed me for the problem! I’ll never bring my dog back to that place again.

Loved it! Had a terrible experience; well several terrible experiences w/​my former groomer (to remain nameless). I Unilocaled in search of a new spot who’d take great care of my Pug children & decided to try Furbabyz. I was not disappointed

Love them. Everyone is so nice. They remember my dog by name and he loves going there for daycare or boarding.

My wife and I love the professional service and the fact that our puppy comes home wiped out. If you live in Soulard, Benton Park or Laffayette Square you must come and check these guys out.

We are guilty, absolutely guilty, of spoiling our dog like a first born child. Dog-​Gone Furbabyz is such a great place for just that reason!
First things first: Every. Single. Time. I walk into this place, there is someone from the staff in the dog area playing with them and giving them attention. This is huge to me, the dogs get close supervision and care.
Second: They have a «3 Strikes and You’re Out» rule for over aggressive dogs. I am probably over protective of my big white fluff ball of death, but hey, I should be. They’ve had dogs that had been there for a year or two, but three incidents and they’re gone — no exceptions.
They have a huge indoor area for both small and large dogs, as well as an overflow room upstairs (believe me, they get enough business that they actually use it!), and an outside area. In the summer time they put those little kiddie pools out there for the dogs to cool off, it’s a complete serving of doggie awesome.
If you need overnight care (example: Oktoberfest last week, the fiancé and I were going for all day drinking event, followed by God knows what/​where for the after party) you can drop off for the day, and if you can’t make it in time (and I hope you’ve left food for your little loved one) they’ll be happy to keep them overnight. Also, they don’t board them, they just bring out cots and they have a little doggie slumber party.
I would recommend this business to absolutely any and everyone.

I absolutely love this place!!! The space is perfect and unlike any other boarding/​dog day care in city limits!
The dogs get so much attention and love that I sometimes wonder if mine will ever want to come home.
Their hours work for everyone, and I think they are working on being an actual over-​night boarding facility — don’t quote me on that, but something to look into :)

Imagine this for a moment: A warehouse full of dogs, little ones upstairs, big ones downstairs with nice big doors that open up into a doggy heaven courtyard. Now imagine that it was open 24 hours a day. Open your eyes and see Dog-​Gone Furbabyz. My girls love this place. I can drop them off before work, pick them up after and not have to worry about being there by closing time. I came home from a work trip and picked them up at 10pm, it was perfect!
And get this, you want your dogs to hit the groomers on the way home, they can. They are next door and will pick up your pooch for you (see review for Pets in the City). The rates are great, the staff has been fantastic and my dogs give this place 2 well manicures paws up!