Safe Journey Dog Boarding
★★★★½ 4.3 from 202 Google reviews · #41 of 47 in Portland by score
DaycareTrainingBoardingPet sittingDedicated facility
About
Safe Journey Dog Boarding has been Portland's home for cage free dog daycare and overnight dog boarding since 2006. Our boutique facility welcomes dogs from Portland, Beaverton, Lake Oswego, and surrounding communities, with no cages, crates, or kennels at any point during their stay. Dogs roam, play, and socialize freely 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We also offer specialty dog care for pups that need a little extra attention or don't thrive in a traditional kennel setting. Open every day fr
Description from the business’s public profile.
What Safe Journey Dog Boarding 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
“We require that all dogs be vaccinated for Rabies, Bordetella (commonly referred to as Kennel Cough) and the standard regional core vaccines given as one injection in metropolitan areas of Oregon/Washington. This core vaccine injection (commonly referred to as dhpp)”dogboardingportland.com/faq/
Their words
“What is your Spay and Neuter Policy? Due to problematic behavior, no non-neutered adult male dogs are normally not allowed. Non Neutered male puppies will be considered on a case by case basis.”dogboardingportland.com/faq/
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“Day 1 Review our website information to your satisfaction, complete online boarding agreement, submit vaccination records by upload or email, then call Safe Journey to schedule a 45 minute camera based tour our facility.”dogboardingportland.com/faq/
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“Your pet spends the day and night at our comfortable Victorian home, with us and other dogs.”dogboardingportland.com/
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“At Safe Journey, dogs are always free to roam, play, and socialize 24-hours a day, 365 days per year. We do this by never using any cages, crates, pens, or kennels.”dogboardingportland.com/
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“Dog Boarding Crate-Free Home Boarding. No Cages, Crates, Pens, or Kennels!”dogboardingportland.com/
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“For your dog s protection, our home is climate-controlled and our yard is pesticide-free.”dogboardingportland.com/
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“For your dog s protection, our home is climate-controlled and our yard is pesticide-free.”dogboardingportland.com/
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“Get started, schedule a tour, bring your dog, and see everything that we have to offer.”dogboardingportland.com/
Read from the facility’s public website, 2026-09-07. Policies change — confirm anything that matters when you book. “Reviewers” marks a fact customers describe that the operator does not state; it is weaker evidence and never counted as published. Method on the methodology page.
What reviewers mention
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Rating breakdown
74% of reviewers gave 5 stars; 16% gave 1–2 stars.