West Bottoms • Open 6:30a • Three yards by size
Doggy Daycare & Boarding in Kansas City
Tired, happy and home by six. Three play yards split by size, one handler to every eight dogs, webcams you can check at lunch, and an assessment day that makes sure your dog actually loves it here.
4.8 from 900+ reviews · Assessment day is free
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Daycare & Boarding
Everything starts with the same free assessment day, whether you need one Tuesday a month or ten nights at Christmas.
Full-Day Daycare
Drop off from 6:30am. Structured play in size-matched groups, enforced midday rest, and a dog who sleeps through the evening instead of bouncing off the walls.
From $38See details →Half-Day Daycare
Four hours, morning or afternoon. Popular with puppies, seniors and dogs who find a full day too much — which is a lot more dogs than their owners expect.
From $26See details →Overnight Boarding
Boarding dogs join daycare with a real bed at night — a run, two evening potty breaks and a photo before lights out. Daytime daycare is included in every night.
From $64 a nightSee details →Holiday Boarding
Thanksgiving, Christmas and spring break, booked from September. Same handlers your dog already knows, and a daily photo while you are away.
From $74 a nightSee details →Puppy Daycare
From 16 weeks to 8 months: two short play blocks with the big-dog noise kept out, crate naps on schedule, and handlers who reward the calm stuff.
From $30See details →Built Around The Ratio
Most daycare problems are arithmetic. One person cannot watch twenty dogs at once, so nobody gets settled and small scuffles turn into incidents. Bramble & Bark Pet Care runs one handler to every eight dogs. Three yards split by size rather than by breed, and two enforced rest periods a day — because a room of exhausted, over-aroused dogs is where incidents come from. It costs more in payroll and staff, and it is the entire reason we have the reviews we have.
Ratio
One handler to every eight dogs, all day.
Split
Three yards matched by size and play style.
Rest
Two enforced quiet blocks. Not optional.
Handlers
Trained in body language and group management.
What Twelve Hours Actually Looks Like
Not twelve hours of play. Nobody's dog would survive that, and neither would ours.
6:30–9:00 · Arrivals
Dogs come in, greet at least, then join their yard in small waves rather than all at once. Slow arrivals set the quietest part of the day, which suits nervous dogs.
9:00–11:30 · Morning Play
Structured group play in size-matched yards, with handlers intercepting the escalation ladder — nipping over-arousal before it tips into something real.
11:30–2:00 · Rest
Lights down. Every dog naps, on a cot or in a crate — whichever they take best to. This is the part cheap daycares skip, and the reason dogs come home settled.
2:00–4:30 · Afternoon Play
Second play block, usually calmer, with enrichment — snuffle mats, puzzle feeders — in summer. The rowdy morning crew is napping by three.
4:30–6:30 · Wind Down & Pick-Up
Leads back on. A final potty break, and a short cuddle at pick-up so short-stay dogs leave the same settled state — including the day's report card.
Three Yards, One Puppy Room
Everything here is visible on the webcams, so there is nothing you cannot check for yourself.
Free, four hours, no obligation
Every Dog Starts With An Assessment Day
Four hours, free, so we can see how your dog actually is in a group. Sometimes the honest answer is that daycare is not for them — and we would rather tell you that on day one.
Book An Assessment DayThe Questions Worth Asking Any Daycare
Ask these of us and of anyone else you are considering. The answers separate the good ones fast.
What is your handler-to-dog ratio?
Ours is one to eight. Above about one to fifteen, nobody is genuinely reading the room, and incidents get spotted after they are finished rather than before.
Do you separate by size?
Three yards, split by size rather than breed. A 70lb labrador and a 70lb shepherd can hurt a terrier without any aggression involved at all.
Is there a rest period?
Two, enforced. Continuous play produces overtired, snappy dogs — and a dog who comes home wired is not settled.
Can I see the dogs?
Webcams on every yard, live, with a login you keep. If a daycare will not show you the floor, you can guess why.
What are the vaccination rules?
Rabies, DHPP and bordetella, checked before the assessment day, plus flea and tick preventative.
What happens in an emergency?
Handlers are first-aid and CPR trained, our vet is four minutes away, and we call you from the car — not after.
Three Steps To Your First Day
Send Your Vet Records
Rabies, DHPP and bordetella, plus flea and tick prevention. Ask your vet to email them straight over.
Free Assessment Day
Four hours, no charge. We introduce your dog slowly, watch how they settle, and tell you honestly which yard suits and whether daycare suits at all.
Book Your Days
Regular days, half-days or a package rate for three-plus days a week. Most owners book once the assessment is done.
What Kansas City Owners Say
Talia Monroe The assessment day is why we trust them. They watched our collie for four hours, told us he does better with the calm group despite his size, and they were right.
Emmanuel Corrigan I watch the webcam at lunch most days. It is genuinely reassuring — you can see the handlers actually handling, not standing on their phones.
Louise Marshall Ten nights over Christmas and they sent a photo every single day. Came home tired and completely normal, which is all I wanted.
Dwight Halford They turned our first dog away because he was not cut out for group, and recommended a walker instead. It stung, but it told us everything about how they operate. We came back with our second dog.
Georgia Townsend The puppy room is separate and it shows. Ours came home tired rather than overstimulated, and he learned to interrupt play and settle, which we never taught him.
Fletcher Carrillo Three yards split by size means our terrier is not sharing with a shepherd. That was the deciding line why we drive past two closer daycares.
Nights Are Not Just Daycare With The Lights Off
Boarding dogs join daycare during the day, which is the whole point — they arrive tired rather than pacing a kennel from 9am. At night they get a private suite with a raised bed, not runs, with evening potty breaks and a photo before lights out. Holiday weeks are staffed by the same handlers your dog already saw every week, because a strange building and a stranger on top of it is a lot to ask.
- Daytime daycare included in every boarding night
- Private suites with real beds, not runs
- Two evening potty breaks and a lights-out photo
- Same handlers your dog already knows
Before The Assessment Day
A full day with us is $38, a half day $26, and most regulars take the three-day-a-week package at $102. Boarding is $64 a night with the day's daycare included. If someone charges half that, ask what the ratio is — that is where the money goes.
Rabies, DHPP and bordetella, plus flea and tick prevention. Your vet can email the records straight over, and we check them before the assessment day — no records, no visit.
No, and that is exactly what the assessment day is for. Dogs who guard resources, panic without their owner, or simply do not enjoy groups are usually happier with a walker or one-to-one care. We will tell you honestly either way.
With one handler to eight dogs, most trouble is interrupted before it starts — a body block and a time-out, not a scrum. If contact happens, both dogs are checked, both owners get a call the same day, and we write up what triggered it.
Yes — every yard has a live camera and every owner gets a login. They run all day, every day. Half our owners check at lunch; the other half just like knowing they could.
Puppies under eight months, yes. Adult intact males and females in season cannot join group play — it changes the whole yard's behaviour. Spayed and neutered adults of any age are welcome.
What To Bring
Vet Records
Rabies, DHPP and bordetella, plus flea and tick prevention. Email ahead and the morning goes faster.
Lunch, If They Eat Midday
Pre-portioned and labeled. We feed in a separate quiet room, never in the yard.
Any Medication
In its original packaging with written instructions. No extra charge, and every dose is logged.
Nothing Else, Really
No toys or beds from home — they cause guarding in a group. Boarding dogs may bring one blanket that smells of you.
Holiday boarding opens in September
Come And See The Place
Book the free assessment day, or just come and look around while the yards are running. We would rather you see it than take our word for it.
Book Your Free Assessment Day
Tell us about your dog and send your vet records. We reply the same day with the next assessment slot.
Kansas City, MO 64102