We didn't move in. We built it.
One empty concrete shell. A thousand decisions, from the colors dogs can actually see to the sound dampening hidden in the walls. Every one made for the dogs.
We didn't design a building. We designed a dog's day.
Before a wall went up, the whole place was mapped: two open playrooms, a calm lobby, and a layout built around how pups and people move through the day.
The two playrooms stay as separate as we could make them. A pup can't see into the other room, which keeps every crew calmer and safer.
- Two purpose-built playrooms
- Rooms kept separate for calm
- Water planned into every room
- A calm, welcoming lobby
Twelve steps from empty box to opening day.
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The shell
It started as an empty box.
When we got the keys, there wasn't much here. Bare concrete, an open ceiling, and a sunny storefront on the corner.
We saw a blank canvas. We started right away, mapping how the space should flow and where each room should go.
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The bones
We drew it on the floor before we built it.
Before a single stud went up, we chalked the whole floor plan onto the bare slab and walked it, room by room, doorway by doorway.
Only once every room felt right at full size did the steel framing go up.
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Solid walls
Then the walls went solid.
Insulation, then drywall, turned the frame into real rooms, including full seven-foot solid walls between play groups.
No see-through panels, nothing to climb. Each group stays focused and calm, without getting wound up by the room next door.
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The quiet
Dogs bark. We built the room to handle it.
We built quiet in twice. Inside the walls runs a heavy layer of mass-loaded vinyl, the kind of sound dampening you find in a recording studio. Overhead, padded acoustic baffles soak up the echo.
Why it mattersLess echo means lower stress for nervous pups, and a calmer day for the counselors with them.
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The colors
We picked colors dogs can actually see.
Dogs see mostly blues and yellows. Reds and greens wash out to gray.
So our yellow, blue and gray aren't just our brand. Yellow and blue are the colors your dog's eyes see most clearly, and gray because most other colors wash out anyway. Chosen on purpose, for them.
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Identity
The day our name went up.
The front desk took its place. The happy dog silhouettes went up on the windows, pane by pane.
Then our sign got craned up over the corner. A drawing we'd stared at for months was suddenly a real place, on a corner you could point to.
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The floors
Every play floor is built for grip.
No bare concrete. Heavy rubber flooring covers every play floor, so pups can run, turn and stop without sliding out from under themselves.
Sealed every quarterA fresh seal four times a year keeps the floor non-porous, easy to sanitize and good as new.
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The systems
The work you'll never see.
Four HEPA air purifiers run around the clock. A nine-stage reverse osmosis system sends human-grade water to every room.
None of it shows up in a photo of a happy dog. All of it is the reason the dog is happy.
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Their happy place
Their favorite place outside of home.
We can't replace home. We can be their favorite place to spend the day, cool and comfortable while it's scorching outside.
That's why the entrance is a real front door, not a cold commercial one. Tile in the hallways and wipe-clean panels along the playroom walls keep it all easy to sanitize.
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Built just for them
Even the play sets are ours.
We didn't buy them off a shelf. Our play sets were built from scratch, with ramps, platforms and our logo cut right in.
Here's one finished in the builder's backyard, and the set in the room where pups climb, perch and lounge every day.
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Two rooms
Two rooms, designed on purpose.
Not one big space with a divider. Two separate rooms, each set up for the pups who spend their day in it.
The Raiders Room is the bigger space for pups 30 to 90 lbs. The Knights Room is cozier, for pups under 30 lbs, who get just as rowdy. Each room has its own crest.
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The people
Then the people who'd run it moved in.
A building is only half of what makes a place feel right. The other half is the people.
Our team moved in early to learn the cameras, the doors and the routines, so on day one they could welcome every pup like an old friend.
Every promise, already built in.
None of this was tacked on at the end. It went into the walls and the floors from day one.
Floors for paws
Rubber across every play floor, sealed every quarter.
Quiet by design
Mass-loaded vinyl in the walls and baffles overhead.
Tough and safe
Wipe-clean panels and rubber floors that take a beating.
Clean air
4 HEPA air purifiers, running around the clock.
Filtered water
9-stage reverse osmosis to every room.
Colors dogs see
A yellow, blue and gray palette, picked for canine eyes.
And then the part we built it all for.
The doors opened, and the first pup trotted up to the front desk like he'd been coming here his whole life.
It was never just about the building.
Every wall, every system and every tool here exists for one reason: to take care of each pup the best way we can imagine. And you get the whole day, from the first zoomies to the afternoon nap.
- We know every dogBefore they arrive, your pup is already known. Never just processed.
- We play, not just watchCounselors jump in, play, and help pups learn and socialize.
- You see the whole dayReal-time updates, photos and Dawgs Day at pickup.
- Always improvingEvery detail is tested in real use. We're never done refining it.
Come see what we built.
Photos are one thing. Come see it in person, watch the rooms on the live cameras, and take a breath.
Mon to Fri 7am to 7pm · Saturday by reservation only