Dog Boarding Prices

Nightly Rate

Like a hotel, the nightly rate can fluctuate depending on the demand for the dates in question, such as for holidays.


An additional dog from the same household, staying in the same suite at night, is $10 less per night. We do not allow dogs from different households to sleep in the same boarding suite, for safety reasons.

Our nightly rates are driven by the demand for our boarding services. This is similar to other travel-related services such as car rentals, hotels, and flights.

Big Dog Status

When checking out from a boarding reservation, any customers who have boarded 75 nights or more in the prior 12 months will automatically receive $10 off per night. A "night" is per dog, so if you have boarded two dogs in the past, that would count as two nights.

Group Play

Cost: No additional charge

With this option, your dog would be in group play throughout the day, combined with breaks. It would then sleep in its individual boarding suite at night. Most dogs who board here use the group play option.

Solo Play

Cost: $15 extra per night, per dog, additional to the base rate listed above when entering your dates.

With this option, dogs stay in their suite throughout the day and night, for reasons such as not being social or having recent surgery. The suites are spacious, sanitary, and safe, and you can bring your own chew toys (at your own risk). We take solo play dogs out four times throughout the day for potty breaks and individual play time, including throwing a ball. There is a higher fee because it is very labor-intensive for us to offer this option, due to the amount of time spent with each dog and the number of solo play dogs we are caring for. We are one of the few places in Chicago to offer a solo play option.

Major Holidays

During major holidays, we have two additional requirements:





Deposit (Major Holidays Only):

Post-Noon Checkout

Cost: $40 per dog if checking out after noon

The post-noon checkout fee applies because on the check-out day, picking up after noon means your dog would have received a half-day of care that wasn't included in the boarding price. This fee applies regardless of what time your dog arrives on his first day.

Post-Noon Checkin

Cost: $40 per dog if checking in after noon and your dog is scheduled for group play throughout its stay. Note that this is only applied on your checkin date, not per night.

The post-noon checkin fee applies because on the checkin date, all dogs must arrive before noon in order to go into play. If your dog arrives after noon, it would be considered a "solo play" for the day, where our staff must take it out regularly before going to sleep at night. This one-on-one care requires a lot of extra time and staff. All dogs must arrive by 4pm, which is for the well-being of your dog, because if you arrive really late in the day, it can be stressful for the dog to go right into a boarding suite for the night.

Health Warranty Program

Cost: $5 per boarding stay, regardless of number of dogs or nights. The maximum you would pay for this program is $50 in a 12-month period. Once you have hit the maximum, the fee is not charged until the amount paid in over the past 12 months drops below $50.

The Health Warranty Program reimburses you for up to $250 in veterinary bills after a boarding stay with us. Please note that the $5 fee covers the entire boarding stay - it is not charged per night. Therefore, even if your stay is for 2 weeks and you are boarding two dogs, the warranty fee would only be $5 total.

Click here    to learn more about our Health Warranty Program.

Frozen Peanut Butter Kong

Cost: $5 per dog per night (optional). You can choose the nights.

With this option, we can bring your dog(s) a frozen peanut butter Kong at bedtime. Dogs love to work at getting out the tasty peanut butter. We supply the Kong and dog-safe peanut butter.

Feeding

Cost: No charge for feeding.

We feed dogs at pre-determined meal times throughout each day, based on the schedule you give us (e.g., breakfast, lunch, dinner, overnight). Any leftover meals go into your dog's suite at night, unless you request otherwise. Please provide your own food, measured out to cover your dog's entire stay plus a few nights, just in case. Please do not bring a huge bag of dog food, but instead put the full amount in a smaller bag or container, ideally with your dog's name on it. Dogs who switch to a different food during boarding have a higher propensity to get diarrhea and won't have as pleasant a time in play. Thus, it's best if you stick to your own food - trust us on this one.

Medicine

Cost: We do not charge for administering medicine.

Please note that we do not give injectable medication due to liability reasons.

Taking your dog to the vet for vaccinations or pre-existing conditions

Cost: $75 plus cost of the veterinary visit.

This applies if we need to take your dog to the veterinarian for a pre-existing condition or vaccination updates. If your dog needs to go to the vet for a situation such as this, we strongly encourage you to have an emergency contact that you could call in this instance. If your dog needs to go to the veterinarian for vaccinations, we would likely go to one in our neighborhood where we have a strong relationship and would not need to wait in line. Please note that these policies exist because we do not have adequate staffing levels to be able to send someone away like this, which can be very time-consuming.

Going to the store to buy extra food

Cost: $25 plus the cost of the food

This applies if we must go to a store to buy extra food for your dog because you didn't pack enough. We charge this amount because we do not have extra staff members who can leave the premises to do this. In order to avoid this scenario, we strongly encourage you to portion out all of the food for your dog's stay, and to pack extra meals just in case you need to extend your stay. If you run out of food that we sell here, we would be happy to sell you a bag and there would be no additional fee besides the cost of the food itself. You could also have a friend bring over more food.

Exit Bath or Other Grooming

Cost: Depends on the size and breed of the dog, as well as which services you are requesting (e.g., bath, haircut, deshedding, nail clipping or grinding, teeth brushing, etc.). Click here for our grooming prices.

This applies if you request an exit bath or other grooming for your dog to have her looking and smelling great when you pick her up. We have multiple outstanding groomers, and provide professional grooming services seven days per week.