Waukee Bark Avenue

We love Bark Avenue! ❤️ My puppy mill rescue likes to chew things he shouldn’t when he’s home alone and crating isn’t an option as it makes him very anxious having been in a mill, so we thought we would try doggie school & daycare here as it’s close to my work. The staff is so kind and we love the little report cards and photos we get. Thanks for taking good care of him!

We have been so pleased with how the Bark Avenue staff cares for our dog Luna! We let them know before the initial meet and greet that our rescue dog is very anxious (tends to bark and pull away) around strangers. They responded in a way that demonstrated their knowledge of accommodations her varying needs. She even gave the staff member kisses at the end of our meet and greet. Luna has met several different staff members and looks forward to coming to daycare everyday! We have also boarded her at Bark Avenue as well and had an excellent experience after a rough experience boarding elsewhere. We can not express enough how grateful we are for the wonderful people that make Bark Avenue so great!

This was Boone’s first time at doggy daycare and it was a bit of an emergency for me. He was timid at drop-off, but Jenna sat on the floor with him and helped him feel safe and comfortable. He ended up spending the next three days having the best time, and you can see it in his happy, happy photo they shared with me. I’m so grateful for the care and kindness they showed him. 🐶

Axl has been attending school/daycare at Waukee Bark Avenue, since he was just a puppy. The staff treats him like their own, and he loves them too. It is so comforting to know he's in good hands, when I'm at work or traveling. I would highly recommend them...

We love Waukee Bark Avenue. Fynley gets so excited when we turn into the parking lot and starts squeaking before we can even get the door open. That says something about this place and the team that watches our baby. He doesn’t like very many people and for this to happen means this is a great place for him, which makes us as parents feel we are leaving him in good hands. Jenna is the best and understands Fynley’s needs and works with her staff on what he needs. Thank you to the Jenna and her team for being so great!

Bear loves going to Bark Avenue. We have always had great service and the staff is very friendly. Prices are reasonable and we have never had any issues with any service provided. Great dog facility.

Easily one of the worst groomings my dogs have ever received. My wife and I just recently moved to Iowa from another state and we were immediately in the search to find a new groomer for our Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. I decided to try this place seeing it had a good star average and the person I spoke with on the phone while making the appointment was genuinely very nice. However, things changed very quickly after my wife picked our dogs up and immediately called me at work to express her opinions on the dogs. At no point would I consider this to be a professional establishment, despite them boasting that they have "award winning groomers", considering the state that my dogs were returned to me in. There is no sign at all that they were groomed properly. They went in with some mats and came out with all the same mats. One dog still has tiny twigs stuck in his fur that he went in with. They hardly looked bathed and it looks like they were wet down and left to air dry for 4 hours until they gave us the call to have them picked up. One dog’s hind feet toenails looked to be unclipped. I also asked to have the inside of their ears cleaned and the hair trimmed down which they were not. Their hair besides for their back(where they spritz a vanilla smell) smells dirty still. I can lightly brush my hand across their backs and pull out a whole handful of hair. They were not brushed at all after their hair was dry. They definitely just bathed them (not well) and let them air dry because they looked like they were outside in the rain.