CANINE TO FIVE

Hiromi, the owner is terrific with Tilly (65#, 1 year old lab) with her swimming lessons. Tilly has hip and reactive issues, so this is a safe place to take her. Hiromi is so calming and our dog loves her and her pool! She gives great advice and her recommendations are spot on. I highly recommend taking your pup for a swim with Canine to Five!

Been taking my puppy here for 3 years, ever since I got him. I like that it’s a one-​stop shop for everything your dog may need: daycare, on-​site or at-​home private training, grooming, dog food/​treats/​items, etc. I’ve pretty much used most of their services and have nothing but great things to say. My pup loves coming here and cannot wait to get in as soon as I take him out of the car. The owners are always very helpful and knowledgeable and most of all, I can trust them to take good care of my dog.

I’m not a huge Unilocaler, but I figured anything I could do to help this business would be my pleasure! My girlfriend and I have bringing my black lab pup Napali here for about 5 – 6 months. Its safe to say we find new reasons to be impressed every week. Hiromi and her husband Susuki take such pride in their work and care for dogs its a relief to conduct business with a family owned and operated outfit like Canine to Five. We live in Bay Park and are proud of calling these wonderful people our neighbors and friends. We’ll be customers for life and happily refer them to anyone we know. Thanks for all the you do Canine to Five

I cannot say enough about these wonderful people! I’ve only utilized their grooming services and they are the only place whose grooming services I will utilize. I have one pure bred husky (male) and one rescue husky mix (female). The first time I brought my male to be groomed he was not yet one. I assumed they would dread working with a young husky and that they would complain of his lack of cooperation, but quite the opposite. The groomer loved that he «sang» to her throughout his grooming and said he behaved very well. On top of that, she did a wonderful job! She trimmed his hair perfectly only where needed and I swear his white legs were glowing.
A few months ago we adopted our female. All that we knew of her background was that she was a stray. Her coat was not in the best condition, her face was very oily, and her tail was a mess of knots. She would let me brush her a bit, but would quickly become irritated and let me know it. I brought her in today fearing that she wouldn’t cooperate and they wouldn’t be able to complete her grooming, but they made it all the way through and even managed to dry her with the blow dryer (and this girl is terrified of vacuums). Time was carefully taken to beautify my girl and I am so thankful! These folks are incredibly friendly and do quality work and I suggest their grooming services to anyone and everyone!

Excellent place for your best friend. Highly recommend this place for their excellent and professional services.

I’ve been amazed at how much my dog Qena has changed since we took her here.
My puppy used to be very timid and would shy away/​bare her teeth at other dogs whenever they came by. We were determined to make sure she changed that behaviour and learned how to play with others.
After a few sessions, she began to loosen up, and eventually became a party animal! Hiromi disciplined our dog well (made sure qena got a time-​out if she was being mean to other dogs).
Another problem arose as it turned out that Qena’s metabolism was so fast that regular dog food did not suit her;Hiromi gladly provided us with samples of The Honest Kitchen. She has since then gained weight and maintains her weight well!
Unfortunately, we do not come to Canine to Five because we live too far, but it was worth coming every week when our dog was a puppy.
I would recommend this place for puppies.

My Pug… Tyrone hurt himself jumping up on the couch to… yes bark at a passerby. He overshot the top and fell to the ground putting ribs out of place thus causing pain. Had some chiropractic done, and an x-ray…After several months it was apparent he was losing control of his rear legs, at this point we did a MRI to establish the extent of the injury… the results… spinal cord injury, not repairable. Neurologically the signal from the brain was not getting to the hind legs due to the injury.
Finally someone suggested water therapy, a long story short we chose Canine To Five. Tyrone hates water, he’ll do what he can to walk around a puddle of water. Canine to Five uses a small swimming pool vs the tank some use with a tread mill.
I’m convinced Tyrone needed the personal touch of the therapist in the pool, vs. being plunked into a tank of water and made to walk on the treadmill.
After four months Tyrone has gone from 3 days a week, to now twice a month, soon once a month, he has regained strength in the legs, he no longer drags his paws. Before swim therapy he was headed for a wheel chair, now no wheel chair in sight he walks normal and is doing fine… an amazing and successful recovery… Hiromi the owner and therapist is too wonderful for words, because of her Tyrone is back to normal, in spite of a non-​operable spinal cord injury.

I started taking my dog Sadie to Canine to Five three years ago. As a veterinarian, I very much appreciate having such amazing people to help care for the dogs in our community. Hiromi and Suzuki have been a major part in helping Sadie to overcome significant fear issues and other behaviors associated with her previous life before she was rescued. They are also a tremendous resource for helping people raise their dogs in the most healthy way (inside and out). I wholeheartedly give them 5 plus stars on every level.
To find out more of Sadie’s story and the role Hiromi and Suzuki played in her life please visit their website and read my extended review in the testimonial section.

My dog Taylor had an incident with a dog walker when he was a puppy and became a fearful dog. He simply doesn’t take well to meeting new people. Canine to Five took him in even though they could see that he may be difficult.
Now that Taylor is 1 year old going on 2 in Feb 2013, he’s so happy to be part of the Canine to Five family. He l o v e s going to day care and can’t wait to get in the door to see his human and puppy friends.
Canine to Five also stocks healthy treats that you can’t find in regular chain pet stores and they also offer training and. swimming lessons!
I’ve signed up Taylor for swimming lessons after he fell in our pool and looked quite panicked to be in the water. His first lesson was awesome and we hope that he’ll feel more secure the next him he finds himself in the water. Taylor also has arthritis in his elbows and swimming is a great way for him to get exercise without stressing his joints.

Our puppy was so timid at one point that she would never become friends with other dogs at the dog park and we were wondering if this is the breed thing and at lost how to develop friendship skills for her. Thanks to Canine to Five, our puppy at the age of 1year+ has changed so much and the review we get from places like Petsmart day camp is like «She’s the most popular kid in the camp» all the time. We salute their dedication towards puppy training and scientific approach in educating puppies, and a lot of tips they provide us which can be practiced at home. They provide free consultation as well. For us it’s an ultimate dog school academy for puppies. Better join at the early age rather than after getting older.

This place is run by a couple that see themselves as the ultimate dog experts. Our experience here started out fairly positive. We had our puppy enrolled in classes, used their daycare services religiously, purchased product from them, all in an effort to support their business and the efforts they made with our dog. Then one day when we picked up our puppy, he was very timid and scared. When asked what happened their explanation was that puppies sometime have this happen. It didn’t sit well with me because I noticed that he would now shy away from larger dark colored dogs (when he was absolutely a very playful dog before). After speaking to several other day care facilities, the responses were the same; he was probably attacked or had a bad experience with a larger dog. When asking Canine to Five what happened, they said nothing happened and it was normal for a puppy to change in personality. What concerned me was that Canine to Five sold their day care as keeping larger dogs and smaller dog separate. After pushing harder in an effort to try to figure out what happened, I was told that our dog was no longer welcome, that he was disruptive and not well behaved. I guess all the training we paid for from Canine to Five was a waste. I understand being particular and protecting the other dogs in daycare, but to become defensive and kick our puppy out of daycare instead of answering questions told me they were more concerned about themselves than us and our puppy.
Our dog is now at a much better day care, walking services and they love him. Walk and Roll Doggie is a MUCH better operation!!! People stop us on the street or in the park and know him, tell us that their dog goes Walk and Roll Doggie and they play together. People have even offered to take him when we travel because their dog gets along so well with ours.

This is a GREAT daycare! My sister’s friend brings her puppy here, and told me about it when my husband and I got our puppy. We needed to take her to daycare for a week when I was away on a business trip.
Hiromi is so patient and our puppy loves her! She loves being in daycare and doesn’t want to leave when we pick her up. It was a huge plus that Hiromi would feed our dog lunch because we feed our dog a raw diet. Hiromi fully supports raw feeding which many daycare/​boarding facilities don’t.
My husband and I were both impressed that there is training and socialization time as well as nap time built into the day (not just running around doing free play all day). Our pup is used to napping throughout the day and we didn’t want her to get overwhelmed and too tired.
Hiromi would give my husband an update each night when he picked up our dog about how she did that day and any issues that came up.
We bring our dog to daycare every other week to allow her to socialize in a safe environment with other dogs. Now that our puppy is getting older (7 mos), Hiromi let us know that she is going through her teenage phase and is playing rough with the other dogs. They stop any inappropriate play right away and are teaching her that she gets to play when it’s appropriate play.
I was thrilled to find out that they will also board one dog at a time if the dog attends daycare.

This place is great and I am very happy that Mason, our 9 mo. old pit bull can attend day care here. They are very dedicated to the dogs, by keeping up with their training as well as socializing them. Mason has learned behavior that we could never teach him on our own without this place. Plus, he has great friends at day care now!