Animal Den
4060 Power Inn Rd, Sacramento, CA 95826
Overview
Animal Den is a Sacramento-based pet resort offering boarding, daycare, grooming, and training services for nearly 40 years. They operate a unique members-only dog park called The Local Bark Park featuring an in-ground pool, play structures, and craft beer for owners, with all dogs required to pass behavioral assessments and be spayed/neutered.
Amenities & Policies
Required vaccinations: up to date on vaccines
Policies & Details
Care & Play
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What Reviews Say
435 reviews analyzedAnimal Den is overwhelmingly beloved by customers with 90%+ 5-star reviews. The facility excels in dog happiness, cleanliness, and staff friendliness - dogs eagerly run inside and return home exhausted and happy. The pool and spacious play areas are major highlights. Minor complaints center on occasional rude front desk staff, price increases, and vaccine documentation requirements. A few concerning incidents (dog returned traumatized, dog attack, lost pet claim) represent outliers but warrant attention. The owner actively responds to reviews with professional, warm messages and clearly values long-term customer relationships - many clients have used the facility for 10+ years.
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Dog returned in concerning state - wet, smelling bad, trembling, hiding, acting traumatized
โMy dog was returned to me wet and smelling of all sorts of nasty...he was trembling and hiding in the cracks of my car seats whimpering. Between the smell and his behavior he acted as tho he was either grossly abused or poisoned.โ
Lost track of a pet
โOnetime they even lost track of a pet.โ
Dog attacked after staff ignored owner's specific warnings about dog's behavior
โInstead of removing her from the scene they left her because as manager stated 'wanted to give her a chance' and another dog reacted to her snap and attacked her.โ
Staff dismissed deaf dog from daycare, concerns about large pack sizes (60 dogs)
โMy 1 year old deaf golden retriever was put into a pack of 60 dogs...Putting 60 dogs together into a free running pack puts all of the dogs in danger.โ
Overcrowding causing stress, staff blamed dog rather than addressing issue
โThey take too many dogs at once and the service is significantly negatively impacted by this. They blamed my well behaved pup for the stress behaviors she showed instead of on their own decision to overcrowd the room.โ
Price increases(2 mentions)
โPrices jumped from $45 to $64 in just a couple months. I understand things are more expensive but it's in the energy and produced goods industry not kenneling.โ
Staff rudeness/poor customer service(5 mentions)
โRude employees with attitude would have been better going to front street animal shelter.โ
Vaccine record requirements causing friction(3 mentions)
โThey had specific requirements for the vaccine records that I wasn't aware of until I called. I emailed them the necessary documents but never got a response.โ
Lack of photo updates for cat boarding
โThe absolute lack of information about the cats (no report cards or photos). We were told that they would be photographed but we didn't see any photos.โ
Request for more detailed report cards(3 mentions)
โIt would be really nice to have a picture or at least a short 'report card' for what they did all day.โ
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