Urban Pooch Canine Life Center
★★★★½ 4.7 from 386 Google reviews · #32 of 74 in Chicago by score
DaycareBoardingGroomingDedicated facility
About
Urban Pooch Canine Life Center has been named Best Pet Store and Best Doggie Daycare in Chicagoland – offering carefully curated Retail with The Very Best in food, yummy treats, FUN toys, helpful accessories and the comfiest in beds. We also offer Expert and Loving Pet Care Services that include Group Play Daycare, Cage-Free Lodging / Boarding, Grooming, Bathing, Transportation with our PlayTime Express Van service + delivery of retail within a radius around our store. Our sister facility, Urban
Description from the business’s public profile.
What Urban Pooch Canine Life Center publishes
We read this facility’s own website for the policies owners ask about before booking. Each published policy carries the sentence it came from; each blank one is a fact about the website, not a verdict on the facility.
Their words
“Click here to view our vaccination requirements (Bordetella, Rabies, Distemper / Parvo, H3N2 Flu Vaccine, Clear fecal exam every 6 months)”urbanpooch.com/daycare/
Their words
“Click here to view our vaccination requirements (Bordetella, Rabies, Distemper / Parvo, H3N2 Flu Vaccine, Clear fecal exam every 6 months)”urbanpooch.com/daycare/
Their words
“Spayed or Neutered by 6-months of age (This rule applies to daycare ONLY. Neutering/spaying is not a requirement at any age for training classes)”urbanpooch.com/daycare/
Their words
“Your pooch must pass our social test at both facilities to be able to board and do daycare at TFC A successful Meet and Greet at the Canine Life Center automatically waives the evaluation fee at our Training and Fitness Center”urbanpooch.com/board-and-Train/
Their words
“The Urban Pooch Canine Life Center is Staffed 24/7 365 Days a year!! We offer Cage-Free Boarding where our Team of Pet Care Professional Counselors sleep with your Pooch every night!”urbanpooch.com/dog-boarding/
Their words
“In this Location, We Offer: Award-Winning Pet Retail Store for Dogs and Cats Group Play Daycare Cage-Free Boarding (Lodging) Grooming Spa & Bathing”urbanpooch.com/
Their words
“Overnight Social Sleepover All-Day Social Play Bedtime Story and Cuddle Time Daily Wellness Check Bedtime Snack Woof Mail Mid-Visit Photo Update”urbanpooch.com/dog-boarding/
Their words
“Feeding - $5 per meal, free if you provide your own food.”urbanpooch.com/dog-boarding/
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What reviewers mention
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Rating breakdown
87% of reviewers gave 5 stars; 6% gave 1–2 stars.
Amenities & details
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